Reese Witherspoon
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch--'Scout'--returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions that were transforming the South, Jean Louise's homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures...
2) Whiskey in a teacup: what growing up in the South taught me about life, love, and baking biscuits
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Academy Award-winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm. Reese Witherspoon's grandmother Dorothea always said that a combination of beauty and strength made southern women "whiskey in a teacup." We may be delicate and ornamental on the outside, she said, but inside we're strong and fiery. Reese's...
3) Busy Betty
Author
Publisher
Flamingo Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"As she tries to give her big, smelly dog Frank a bath, which becomes more impossible by the minute, Betty learns that she can accomplish anything with perseverance, teamwork, and one great idea." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Flamingo Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
AD 550L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Busy Betty has always been busy. Every day she wakes up with a million questions and a billion ideas! And today she has an amazing idea: she's throwing her mom a birthday party. Shhh... It's a surprise! Then Betty and her best friend, Mae, have the best idea of all: What if they threw Mom a circus surprise party?! It will be the greatest day in the history of the universe! Everything is perfect until Betty realizes oh, no! Mom's birthday isn't today...it's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Flamingo Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Busy Betty makes a Christmas cookie stand to earn money to buy presents, but when no customers brave the cold, she decides to bake personalized cookies for her family instead.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Award-winning actresses and mother-daughter duo Laura Dern and Diane Ladd are the kind of women who draw strength from their lifelong friendships with other women, and most of all, from each other. Ever since Laura was born, the two have leaned on each other through the trials of everyday life and the tribulations that come with even the most storied Hollywood careers. They were always close, but when Diane developed a sudden illness, their relationship...
Author
Series
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
[Wonderbook edition]
Physical Desc
1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : digital, color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Busy Betty has always been busy. Every day she wakes up with a million questions and a billion ideas! And today she has an amazing idea: she's throwing her mom a birthday party. Shhh ... It's a surprise! Then Betty and her best friend, Mae, have the best idea of all: What if they threw Mom a circus surprise party?! It will be the greatest day in the history of the universe! Everything is perfect until Betty realizes oh, no! Mom's birthday isn't today...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So, in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to...
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband.
11) Vanity fair
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Becky is determined to make something of herself. She accepts a job as a nanny for the children of Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky catches the eye of Crawley's son Rawdon. Becky is introduced to London's most exclusive social circle, where she becomes re-acquainted with Amelia. Becky weds Rawdon, but the social and economic stability she dreamed of begins to collapse when he begins drowning his troubles, and soon she turns to the powerful Marquess of Steyne...
12) Wild
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After years of reckless behavior, a heroin addiction and the destruction of her marriage, Cheryl Strayed makes a rash decision. Haunted by memories of her mother Bobbi and with absolutely no experience, she sets out to hike more than a thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail all on her own.
13) Walk the line
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces Johnny Cash's childhood, including his distant father to his early attempts at a music career. At this point in his life he marries his girlfriend Vivian. During a tour with singer/musicians Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, he encounters singer June Carter, and his love for her, and her rejection of him through the years, spurs him into drugs, drinking, and depression. June is a sassy spitfire singer whose charm breaks hearts, but eventually becomes...
14) Sing 2
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The ever-optimistic koala, Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage extravaganza yet, all in the glittering entertainment capital of the world.
15) Four Christmases
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen and full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate and Brad find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation, and unable to escape, they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In these spooktacular stories, favorite DreamWorks characters from the blockbuster hits Shrek and Monsters vs. Aliens return in these chilling fables for the whole family.
17) Sing
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A koala impresario stages a grand singing competition for the world's animals in order to save his elegant theater and bring it back to its former glory.
18) Walk the line
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Traces Johnny Cash's childhood, including his distant father, to his early attempts at a music career. At this point in his life he marries his girlfriend Vivian. During a tour with singer/musicians Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis, he encounters singer June Carter, and his love for her, and her rejection of him through the years, spurs him into drugs, drinking, and depression. June is a sassy spitfire singer whose charm breaks hearts, and eventually becomes...
19) Cruel intentions
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
Wide and full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An unscrupulous student gets more than he anticipated when he attempts to deflower the Headmaster's beautiful, virgin daughter.
20) 6 movies: family
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (594 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Ron Clark story: An innovative teacher (Matthew Perry) takes risks and dreams big in one of Harlem's toughest classrooms.
Leave yesterday behind: A talented young polo player (John Ritter) is left paralyzed and must overcome the obstacles of his injury.
Solomon's choice: A family is torn when their teenage daughter (Reese Witherspoon) is diagnosed with leukemia and their medically-unstable son is the best bet for a bone marrow transplant.
Music...