Stockard Channing
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 8
Language
English
Description
Follows the adventures of nine-year-old Ramona at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta and at school in Mrs. Meacham's class.
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 4
Language
English
Description
The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 7
Language
English
Description
Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich Uncle Hobart, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.
10) Grease
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's love when a greaser falls for a good girl in this classic musical depicting young life in the fifties.
11) Le divorce
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Isabel Walker receives word that her pregnant stepsister Roxy has been left by her philandering French husband, artist Charles-Henri de Persand, Isabel travels to Paris to offer her help and moral support. Together, the two young women hit the party scene, living it up with the locals and American expatriates. Eventually, Isabel unexpectedly begins an affair with a septuagenarian Frenchman.
12) Frankie & Bug
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the summer of 1987 in Venice, California, ten-year-old Bug and her new friend Frankie learn important lessons about life, family, being your true self, and how to navigate in a world that is not always just or fair.
13) Must love dogs
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Sarah Nolan is divorced, demoralized and dateless - until her sister posts her profile on perfectmatch.com. Now she has a lot of dates, mainly with weirdos, weepers, lechers and jocks. Then she meets Jake, a soulful boat builder whose idea of true love comes straight from the movies. Jake is attractive, smart and maybe a bit too intense for Sarah, so she passes him by. But in passing him up, she may be passing up a real chance for love.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-fourth president, Barack H. Obama. Hilariously illustrated by Small, this celebration by St. George shows us the foibles, quirks and humanity of forty-four men who have risen to one of the most powerful positions in the world.
15) Practical magic
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from Alice Hoffman's novel. A crafty chick flick about two sisters who are witches: one wants to lead a normal life, and the other wants to have fun, but a matter of life and death get in the way of both.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
4 sound discs (4 hr., 24 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ramona the brave: Six-year-old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first-grade teacher. Ramona Quimby, age 8: The further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third grade.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Michael is a guardian angel who appears to children when they need an imaginary friend. From the ages of five to ten-years old, Jane Claremont was one of his charges. Now she is about to marry TV series star Hugh Danderford. Michael appears to Jane again but neither one of them know why. Soon Michael falls in love with Jane and gradually seduces her. Now Jane must decide if she will remain committed to Hugh, or stay with Michael.
18) Angry neighbors
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When his ultra-wealthy neighbor in the Hamptons builds an obnoxious mega-mansion next door, grumpy retired novelist Harry March concocts an elaborate scheme for revenge that is destined to go hilariously awry.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (954 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The 22-episode third season whose storylines include the investigation into the alleged cover-up of President Barlet's illness, the early bid for a second term and confrontations with global terrorism. Reel- and real-life events profoundly intersect in the historic Isaac and Ishmael episode made in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. And must-see bonus features include a special The West Wing look at the executive branch featuring...
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
En route from New York City to Hollywood for a drag queen beauty pageant, Noxeema, Vida and Chi Chi are stranded in a tiny Midwestern town when their 1967 Cadillac breaks down. When their glitz and glamour wake up the sleepy local citizens, the stage is set for an outrageously funny weekend.