Central Kansas Library System

"Traditional manly man Mike Baxter ... continues to be surrounded by forces seeking to complicate and feminize his world"--Container.

Maria and her family visit an apple orchard and pick apples. Then it's time to turn the apples into applesauce! Every year they use the special pot that has been in the family for generations to make applesauce. First they wash the apples. Then Grandma cuts them into quarters. Follow each step in the process as everyone helps to make delicious applesauce!

George Lopez plays an assembly-line worker who brings a blue-collar outlook to a white-collar job when he is promoted to management. His best friend and mother both work at the factory and George's home life is his loving wife, kids and his not-so-loving mother.

Marcus and his classmates learn about the terrible problem of slavery in present-day Sudan and raise money to help buy the freedom of some of the slaves. Alternate chapters tell the stories of the slaves.

Old Yeller: the story of a Texas pioneer family in the 1860's and the big yellow stray dog that profoundly affects their lives. Savage Sam: A new pup sets the stage for more thrills for Travis and Arliss Coates.

After being torn apart by the Pioneers Morgan's group is not dispensed across their far-reaching settlements, with life behind the Pioneers' walls testing each of the group's members in different ways, and forcing them to define who they really are in this new world. As Morgan's bid to free the remaining members of the group grows bolder, Virginia's desperation to find her sister accelerates, as does her need to protect the settlements from the enemy...

Anxious to distract his "overly" strict mother, twelve-year-old Stuart and his best friend, a girl named Mack, determine to fix her up with Mack's Uncle Joe.

"A sharp, smart, and compulsively readable new novel from the #1 international bestselling author of The Party about a picture-perfect family--all hiding dark secrets--whose lives are upended by a dangerously escalating series of pranks"-- Thomas and Viv Adler are the envy of their neighbors. One morning they wake up to find their porch pelted with eggs. It's a prank, Thomas insists; the work of a few out-of-control kids. But when a smoke bomb is...

"This lively, heartwarming picture book for all ages highlights the permanence of love and connections between loved ones. Both humorous and endearing, Smooch is a fresh take on the expression of love that is relevant, relatable, and reassuring. Showcasing diverse family structures and characters through bright, colorful artwork, Smooch engages young readers through familiar circumstances and humor and caregivers through touching sentiment. Perfect...

40 episodes of the CBS television sitcom about an Ozark hillbilly family that struck oil and moved to Beverly Hills.