Catalog Search Results
82) Seaside mystery
Author
Series
Magic kitten volume 9
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
After moving with her parents to a seaside home, Maisie feels lonely until she rescues a magical kitten and the two become instant friends.
Author
Publisher
Svenson Group
Pub. Date
©2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The adventures for the Hollisters begin as soon as they move into their new house. First, the moving van disappears, and next they learn that their house may be haunted, with a treasure hidden somewhere inside.
84) Bruce's big move
Author
Series
Mother Bruce volume 3
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"With four geese, three mice, and a very grumpy bear all crowded into one den, Bruce is ready for a new home"--
Author
Series
Hand-me-down magic volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Del loves LOTS of things! The Curious Cousins Secondhand Shoppe. Ginormous family dinners. And of course, her best-friend-cousin, Alma. Alma loves her abuelita's tasty empanadas. Her old home by the lake. And soon, she'll love living in the same place as her best-friend-cousin, Del. Yet despite having Del by her side, Alma isn't quite sure she fits in with their family at 86 ư Twenty-Third Avenue. It's a new life and it's all so different. When...
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz SL
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
El d̕a que me sacaron de casa y me transportaron en cami̤n a la ciudad lo cambi̤ todo. Paš de vivir rodeado de naturaleza, con mis hermanos, a acabar rodeado de edificios alt̕simos en una ciudad llena de contaminaci̤n. Aceptar ese cambio me cost̤ mucho, pero pronto me di cuenta de que la ciudad tambǐn ten̕a su parte positiva. Un amable jardinero se ocup̤ de m̕. Abon̤ mi suelo con ricos nutrientes, me suministr̤ agua y me cort̤ las ramas...
Author
Series
Violet Mackerel books volume 4
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Violet finds a special way to cope with moving to a new home after Mama marries Vincent.
88) Neighbors
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lying in bed, a child reflects on her new apartment, and the neighbors living around and above her, and looks forward to meeting them and her new classmates.
89) Leaving Lymon
Author
Series
Finding Langston volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Raised by his grandparents, first in Mississippi then in Wisconsin, ten-year-old Lymon moves to Chicago in 1945 to live with the mother he never knew, while yearning for his father.
90) Quintessence
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Quintessence is an extraordinary story from Jess Redman about friendship, self-discovery, interconnectedness, and the inexplicable elements that make you you. "Find the Elements. Grow the Light. Save the Starling." Three months ago, twelve-year-old Alma moved to the town of Four Points. Her panic attacks started a week later, and they haven't stopped -- even though she's told her parents that they have. She's homesick and friendless and every day...
Author
Series
Spyglass sisterhood volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Ellie moves to a new town, makes unexpected friends, and discovers a magical spyglass"--
92) Mover dolly
Publisher
Wen
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
None
Description
"Includes two furniture dollies measuring in at 18 x 30 x 5 inches Each pair of dollies handles a 2000-pound static load and a 1320-pound dynamic load Four ball-bearing swivel casters make for easy rolling in any direction Perfect for workshops, schools, offices, garages, and more.Material:Birch Hardwood body combined with the carpeted ends prevents scuffing and marring to sensitive cargo"--
"Remember when you could move that couch with ease?...
Author
Publisher
Sourceworks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Tom̀s and his family moved to a new house on a new street, he took it into his head that the new people might not like him. "Of course they'd like you," his mam̀ said. "Why wouldn't they? ¿Por qǔ no? " But Tom̀s didn't answer. Tom̀s's Mom encourages him to go out and meet the kids in his neighborhood, but Tomas is too shy. Instead, he sits on his stoop, watching the world go by. But on the night of Halloween, opportunity arrives in the...
94) Kick push
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Epic's family moves to a new neighborhood, he has a hard time making friends and fitting in with his skateboard; but the trick to making new friends is to be yourself!"--
Author
Series
Holly-Mei books volume 1
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Moving to Hong Kong for her mother's job, Holly-Mei Jones couldn't be happier until she makes a frenemy at school and must use all of her determination, stubbornness, and sparkle to turn her life in this new city into the ultimate adventure.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Simon is ready to make the Tangerine Pines his forever home, but when a robbery occurs in the apartment building, he and his new friend set out to solve the case and keep his family from moving again.
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sugar, Dirt, Sweetie, Poppy, and their mother, Moosh, live in a crowded chicken house until Sugar ventures out and finds a new home with a bathtub, a large bed, and even a massage table.
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Harpreet Singh has a different color for every mood and occasion, from pink for dancing to bhangra beats to red for courage. He especially takes care with his patka--his turban--smoothing it out and making sure it always matches his outfit. But when Harpreet's mom finds a new job in a snowy city and they have to move, all he wants is to be invisible. Will he ever feel a happy sunny yellow again?"--Amazon.com.
Author
Language
English
Description
What's so perfect about the past for Sybil and Blake Gregory, a successful Manhattan couple with three children who land in San Francisco when Blake impulsively accepts the job of a lifetime as CEO of a start-up? The family moves into a grand, surprisingly affordable Pacific Heights mansion and soon meets the affable Butterfield family, who lived there a century ago. Of course the Butterfields are ghosts, and only the Gregorys can see them, but that...
Author
Series
Julia's house volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Julia's house is restless. Julia and her family of lost creatures are ready to move on. But where will they go? And how will they get there? Don't worry--Julia has a plan for that! Julia always has a plan. But when Julia's plans all fail... What's left for her?"--Jacket flap.
Interlibrary Loan Request
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Des Moines Public Library can be requested from other libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? If the item was published recently, submit a purchase suggestion. Submit Request