Holly Goldberg Sloan
3) Short
Author
Language
English
Description
"Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she'll realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn't ever thought of herself as a performer, but when the wonderful director of Oz casts her as a Munchkin, she begins to see herself in a new way. As Julia becomes friendly with the poised and wise Olive--one of the adults with dwarfism who've joined the production's motley crew of Munchkins--and with...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Holly Goldberg Sloan, a hilarious and heartfelt novel for fans of Maria Semple and Emma Straub about a family trying to restore a ramshackle beachside motel-and their own lives. What good was thinking the future only held cloudy skies? Wasn't the reality that pieces of blue were always there, waiting to break through? When Paul Hill drowns in a surfing accident, he leaves his wife, Lindsey, and their three children...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Raised by an unstable father who keeps constantly on the move, Sam Border has long been the voice of his silent younger brother, Riddle, but everything changes when Sam meets Emily Bell and, welcomed by her family, the brothers are faced with normalcy for the first time.
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nell's a newly single mom who wants this Christmas to be extra - special for her two kids. It turns out to be special, indeed, but it's not what she had in mind. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Chaos reigns in this entertaining comedy, and the notion of 'family' takes on a whole new meaning.
10) The big green
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A comedy about a group of bored misfits who become local soccer heroes when a British schoolteacher new to Elma, Texas and determined to motivate her students, decides to form a soccer team.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Steve attemps to relocate a hugh crocodile to save him from poachers. But what Steve doesn't know is that the big croc has swallowed a top-secret U.S. satellite beacon ... making them both targets of the U.S. special agents assigned to retrieve the beacon.
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (192 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Angels in the outfield. A boy, praying for his father's return, and the California Angels, praying for a pennant, join forces and learn to believe that anything is possible.
Angels in the infield. The daughter of a big league pitcher on a losing streak prays for some help to restore his self-confidence. Her prayers are answered - sort of - with the arrival of the late, almost great, Bob Bugler.
