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Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
64 pages
Description
"Galápagos giant tortoises are fascinating-and they're endangered. Take a journey to the Galápagos Islands to see them up close and discover how cutting-edge technology is helping scientists study and protect them. Text in universal Spanish"--
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"Diana O'Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She's an associate specialist at Sotheby's now, but her boss has hinted at a promotion if she can close a deal with a high-profile client. She's not engaged just yet, but she knows her boyfriend, Finn, a surgical resident, is about...
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"A forbidden love story set on the tropical island of St. Thomas about the extraordinary woman who gave birth to painter Camille Pissarro, the Father of Impressionism"--
Growing up on idyllic St. Thomas in the early 1800s, Rachel dreams of life in faraway Paris. Instead she is married off to a widower with three children to save her father's business. When her husband dies suddenly and his handsome, much younger nephew, Frédérick, arrives from...
4) Giant Island
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"In this wondrous book by award-winning fantasy author Jane Yolen and award-winning fantasy illustrator Doug Keith, two children and a dog explore the coves and caves of a tiny island. Under the watchful eye of Grandpa, the kids are thrilled to discover ahuge surprise: the craggy rocks, tufted grass, and wind-swept trees on Giant Island are much more than they seem"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
21 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
In the ancient South Pacific world of Oceania, Moana, a born navigator, sets sail in search of a fabled island. During her incredible journey, she teams up with her hero, the legendary demi-god Maui, to traverse the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous sea creatures, breathtaking underworlds, and ancient folklore. -- Amazon.com
Author
Series
Blackberry Island novels volume 3
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Sisters Nina and Averil Wentworth deal with life and love--and their tenuous relationship with each other--on Blackberry Island.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
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The show reimagines the origin of the mythic Kong in a compelling, original adventure. In the film, a diverse team of explorers is brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific, as beautiful as it is treacherous, unaware that they're crossing into the domain of the mythic Kong.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
Moving to a tiny Scottish island a year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah are shattered when their surviving daughter claims they have mistaken her identity and that she is actually the twin they believed dead.
11) Orphan Island
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On an island where one child is delivered each year while the eldest is taken away, nine children live under the leadership of new elder Jinny, who trains the latest newcomer and wonders what will happen when her own departure occurs.
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Series
Appears on list
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Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
Grandfather, George, and Meg the dog are on the hunt again, this time searching for dinosaurs on a remote island, in an "I Spy" book that features tactile elements and more than ninety dinosaurs to find.
14) Tumble & fall
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With an asteroid set to strike Earth in just one week, three teens on an island off the Atlantic Coast wrestle with love, friendship, family, and regret as they decide how to live their final days.
15) Shutter Island
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (137 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels arrives at the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, what starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a sinister turn. As the investigation unfolds and Daniels uncovers more shocking and terrifying truths about the island, he also learns there are some places that never let you go.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm
Description
On her sixteenth birthday, Sky and River, the boy with whom she has shared Island since she was a toddler, are "rescued" and taken to California, where Sky is separated from River, forced to live with a grandmother she has just met, and learn new rules for survival.
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Series
Clementine Fox volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
200 pages : chiefly illustrations (color) ; 24 cm
Description
Meet Clementine Fox, Professional Amateur Adventurer! Clementine is supposed to be on her way to school... but why not go out for a day of adventure and exploration instead? She recruits her friends Nubbins Squirrel and Penelope Rabbit and heads to the beach, where Jesse Otter is preparing to take his giant Turtle, Annabella, to a mysterious local island. Clementine's great-aunt Marnie lives there -- far away from math tests and tutors -- so Clementine...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Scooby-Doo and the alien invaders: Stranded in a remote desert town, the gang soon discovers the place is crawling with flying-saucer buffs, secretive scientists and less-than-friendly extraterrestrials! Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island: The gang's headed to a haunted bayou island to investigate the ghost of Moonscar the pirate. But the swashbuckler's spirit isn't the only creepy character on the island.
Author
Series
Blackberry Island novels volume 4
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After her cat toy empire goes up in flames, Sophie Lane returns to Blackberry Island, determined to rebuild. Until small-town life reveals a big problem: she can't grow unless she learns to let go. If Sophie relaxes her grip even a little, she might lose everything. Or she might finally be free to reach for the happiness and love that have eluded her for so long. Kristine has become defined by her relationship to others. She's a wife, a mom. As much...
20) The reef
Publisher
Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (77 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Pi, an orphaned fish, escapes the fisherman's net to move in with his aunt on an exotic coral reef, he meets his true love, Cordelia. But before Pi can start his life with Cordelia, he must outsmart the bully tiger shark also determined to win her heart.
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