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1) Backyard giants: the passionate, heartbreaking, and glorious quest to grow the biggest pumpkin ever
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
245 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An account of the annual competition among gardeners to grow the world's largest pumpkin journeys to county fairs and weigh-offs across the country in search of the ultimate prize, the world's first fifteen-hundred-pound pumpkin, over the course of a single season.
Author
Series
Publisher
[Createspace]
Pub. Date
�2013
Physical Desc
168 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Lexy Baker makes it to the finale of America's most prestigious bakery contest, Bakery Battles, she thinks her biggest dream has finally come true..til she stumbles across the dead body of judge Amanda Scott-aunders. What starts out as a bad day for Lexy becomes even worse when the police discover the judge was strangled with Lexy's apron. Now Lexy' sitting at the top of the suspect list with a motive, means and opportunity ... but no solid alibi....
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Physical Desc
402 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Set in the glamorous, competitive world of showjumping, a novel about the girls who ride, their cutthroat mothers, and a suspicious death at a horse show...from the author of Good Rich People When the nouveau riche Parker family moves to an exclusive community in the heart of Southern California, they believe it's their chance at a fresh start. Heather Parker is determined to give her daughters the life she never had--starting with horses. She signs...
Author
Series
Adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 14
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her mother enters the town's baking competition, Sophie is excited to be her mother's assistant and tries to come up with some new recipes to prepare for the contest.
Publisher
Reiman Media Group
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
240 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
You'll win blue ribbons when you plan meals from Contest Winning Annual Recipes 2012. That's because each of the 312 dishes found here ranked high in a Taste of Home cooking competition. --Taken from back cover.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Every summer for the past ten years, six awe-struck bakers have descended on the grounds of Grafton, the leafy and imposing Vermont estate that is not only the filming site for (3z(BBake Week(3y (Bbut also the childhood home of the show’s famous host, celebrated baker Betsy Martin. The author of numerous bestselling cookbooks and hailed as (3z(BAmerica’s Grandmother,(3y (BBetsy Martin isn’t as warm off-screen as on, though no...
8) Sing
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A koala hopes to restore his theater to its former glory by producing a singing competition.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nancy, who likes to use fancy words, is dismayed to be partnered with her shy classmate Lionel for the school talent show, until she comes up with an act perfectly suited for both of them.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Zack Dylan has a dream. He wants to sing on the biggest stages, for the biggest crowds, and he'll do whatever it takes to make it come true. But Zack also made a promise to his college sweetheart when he left Kentucky to compete on the popular TV show Fifteen Minutes: If he made it, nothing would change him or his faith in God. Overnight, Zack becomes the nation's most popular contestant, a country singer comparable to a young Tim McGraw. As his star...
12) The karate mouse
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
100 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Bruce Hyena and his cousin, Shorty Tao, enter Geronimo in the Karate World Championship, he has only one week to get into shape and learn karate.
14) A bitter brew
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 26
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jan and Elaine are thrilled when Jan is chosen to compete in the Traveling Baking Challenge. Not only is the invitation to compete an honor, it will bring national recognition to their little town, since the contest is televised every year. Things get even more exciting when the producer of the show asks if they can use the tearoom as the backdrop for this year's contest. Things go awry, however, when the trophy-a chest stuffed with the prize money-disappears...
15) Trouble magnet
Author
Series
George Brown class clown volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
119 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the students at his school prepare for a talent show and class presentations about Hawaii, fourth-grader George tries hard to behave, but his magic super burps keep getting him in trouble.
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 7 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
"Taylor's architectural firm enters her in a contest in which the teams will design and build life-sized gingerbread houses. After the contest, Taylor will likely be getting a promotion to a position in another city. But Taylor's original partner soon backs out, and she needs to find a replacement. When she meets Adam, a baker and single dad, at a local bakery, she convinces him to partner with her for the contest. After all, winning would give the...
Author
Series
WeirDo volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
151 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Weir Do tries out for the school soccer team, while his father works on his dance moves for the local dance contest.
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (approximately 9 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
NOW A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE!
Love is like a perfect recipe... You never want to lose it.
Years ago, Kelly McIntyre and Andrew York were engaged and dreaming of opening a restaurant together. Then he chose an opportunity to study in Paris over the small-town life they'd planned, and their romance came to a bittersweet end.
But Kelly's doing fine. She's not only the owner of a potbellied pig named Gray, but also of her own bakery. Business...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Kilbane, opinions are plentiful and rarely in alignment. But there's one thing everyone does agree on--the bakery in the old flour mill, just outside town, is the best in County Cork, well worth the short drive and the long lines. No wonder they're about to be featured on a reality baking show. All six contestants in the show are coming to Kilbane to participate, and the town is simmering with excitement...As for the competitors themselves, not...