Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"November, 1921. Edward VIII, Prince of Wales and future ruler of India, is arriving in Bombay to begin a four-month tour. The Indian subcontinent is chafing under British rule, and Bombay solicitor Perveen Mistry isn't surprised when local unrest over the royal arrival spirals into riots. But she's horrified by the death of Freny Cuttingmaster, an eighteen-year-old female Parsi student, who falls from a second-floor gallery just as the prince's grand...
2) Swimmy
Author
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
c1968.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Swimmy, the little black fish, teaches the red fish how to use teamwork to outwit predators.
3) Duck & Goose
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Duck and Goose learn to work together to take care of a ball, which they think is an egg.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the midst of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Archibald Shrew and Garbage Island's mouse mayor, Mr. Popli, constantly clash over Archibald's bungled inventions. In fact, Archie and Mayor Popli are so busy arguing that they don't realize their island is falling apart until it's too late. Caught in a current, these unlikely companions are swept far from home on a rip-roaring adventure neither could have imagined. As they try to fight their way back,...
7) Big pumpkin
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A witch trying to pick a big pumpkin on Halloween discovers the value of cooperation when she gets help from a series of monsters.
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Neglected tropical diseases affect over one billion of the world's poorest people, although they are preventable and treatable. Ellen Agler and Mojie Crigler tell the moving stories of those struggling with these diseases and the lifesaving work being done to combat them, chronicling the largest public health program in the world, describing the difficulties in delivering treatment to some of the most vulnerable communities, drawing on interviews...
12) Thirsty Thursday
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A lack of rain causes everyone on Bonnie Bumble's farm to be dry and thirsty, but when a little cloud finally blows past, Bonnie comes up with a clever plan that calls for interspecies cooperation.
Author
Publisher
Jewish Publication Society
Pub. Date
c1989.
Language
English
Description
In this allegory, the author's reaction to the Holocaust, the animals of the forest are carried away, one type after another, by the Terrible Things, not realizing that if perhaps they would stick together and not look the other way, such terrible things might not happen.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
For the first time in seven decades, there is no single power or alliance of powers ready to take on the challenges of global leadership. A generation ago, the United States, Europe, and Japan were the world's powerhouses, the free-market democracies that propelled the global economy forward. Today, they struggle just to find their footing. Acclaimed geopolitical analyst Ian Bremmer argues that the world is facing a leadership vacuum. The diverse...
16) Chubbo's pool
Author
Publisher
Clarion
Pub. Date
c1996.
Language
English
Description
A selfish hippopotamus, who will not share his pool with the other animals, learns a lesson in cooperation and sharing.
Author
Language
English
Description
Spying has never been more ubiquitous-or less understood. The world is drowning in spy movies, TV shows, and novels, but universities offer more courses on rock and roll than on the CIA and there are more congressional experts on powdered milk than espionage. This crisis in intelligence education is distorting public opinion, fueling conspiracy theories, and hurting intelligence policy. Amy Zegart separates fact from fiction as she offers an engaging...
18) Hound and hare
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The Hare family and the Hound family don't like one another, but when Harley Hare and Hugo Hound decide to run in the Big Race, a big storm threatens them and they need to rely on one another help to save themselves and Pippa Pig.
19) Confiscated!
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When Mama hears Brooks and Mikey fighting over yet another toy, it gets CONFISCATED! (In other words, taken away.) It's only when ALL the toys are confiscated that Brooks and Mikey finally learn how to work -- and play -- together nicely. (But not before creating a whole heap of trouble ...).
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Orem Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. NOTE: WILL REQUIRE A POSTAGE FEE
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? You can put in a request for us to add it to the collection. Submit Request