Akron Public Library

Whether at home getting ready for the day, enjoying the beach, or at bedtime, Olivia is a feisty pig who has too much energy for her own good. Includes audio CD with a reading of the text.

For her discovery of an ancient human relic, glamorous UCLA anthropologist Cassie Barrett is rocketed to the prominence of a '90s-style Margaret Mead. As if that's not enough, she goes to Kenya as technical consultant on a movie starring hunk-of-the-month Alex Rivers. After a whirlwind romance, Cassie becomes the new Mrs. Rivers, toast of filmdom's beautiful people. But all is not bliss for the newlyweds: Alex's tortured past just won't let go, and...

Can a woman ever really know herself if she doesnt know her mother? Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya,...

"Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect." -- from front jacket flap.

Flagan and Galloway Sackett are heading west when they meet an old Irish horsetrader who offers them two fine horses if they escort his granddaughter, Judith, to her father's ranch in Colorado. Unfortunately, the girl was being courted by the outlaw James Black Fetchen, who doesn't want to let her go. Fetchen and his gang leave a trail of robbery and murder behind as they race the Sackett brothers and Judith to the ranch.

Lilly Martin is racing from an oncoming blizzard when she skids into a hiker. Taking the injured man to a remote cabin, she discovers he is the handsome but shady Ben Tierney, who she flirted with the previous summer. Although attracted to Ben, Lilly must be on her guard. Five women have recently disappeared from the area, and Ben is the primary suspect. But as the storm intensifies and the roads become impassable, Lilly finds herself with nowhere...

Who cut off Medusa's head? Who was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed Pegasus? It takes a demigod to know, and Percy Jackson can fill you in on the all the daring deeds of Perseus, Atalanta, Bellerophon, and the rest of the major Greek heroes. Told in the funny, irreverent style readers have come to expect from Percy and enhanced with vibrant artwork by Caldecott honoree John Rocco. Covers larger-than-life personalities from the classic Greek stories...

The Big Friendly Giant is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and it's lucky for Sophie that he is. If she had been carried off by any of the other giants she would have been breakfast. When Sophie hears that the giants are headed to England to steal some little children, she and the BFG decide they must stop them once and for all.

Ali Reynolds thinks her most difficult challenge will be surviving a six-week-long course as the lone forty-something female at the Arizona Police Academy. When Brenda Riley, an old broadcasting colleague, shows up in town with an alcohol problem and an unlikely story about a missing fiance, Ali reluctantly agrees to help. The man posing as Brenda'a fiance is revealed to be a cyber-sociopath who has left a trail of broken hearts in his virtual wake....

A little old lady who is not afraid of anything must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her through the dark woods trying to scare her.