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The Quintland sisters : a novel [sound recording] / by Wood, Shelley,1971-author; Gilbert, Tavia,narrator.;
Performed by Tavia Gilbert.This novel tells the devastating true story of the Dionne Quintuplets, told from the perspective of one young woman who meets them at the moment of their birth. Reluctant midwife Emma Trimpany is just seventeen when she assists at the harrowing birth of the Dionne quintuplets: five tiny miracles born to French farmers in hardscrabble Northern Ontario in 1934. Emma cares for them when the government decides to remove the babies from their francophone parents, making them wards of the British king, and she signs on as their nurse.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Dionne quintuplets; Quintuplets; Midwives; Diaries;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The Quintland sisters : a novel / by Wood, Shelley,1971-author.(CARDINAL)805507;
Includes bibliographical references (page 443-444).The story of the Dionne Quintuplets, the world's first identical quintuplets to survive birth, told from the perspective of a midwife in training who helps bring them into the world. Reluctant midwife Emma Trimpany is just 17 when she assists at the harrowing birth of the Dionne quintuplets: five tiny miracles born to French farmers in hardscrabble Northern Ontario in 1934. Emma cares for them through their perilous first days and when the government decides to remove the babies from their francophone parents, making them wards of the British king, Emma signs on as their nurse. Over 6,000 daily visitors come to ogle the identical ٢Quints٣ playing in their custom-built playground; at the height of the Great Depression, the tourism and advertising dollars pour in. While the rest of the world delights in their sameness, Emma sees each girl as unique: Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Marie, and Émilie. With her quirky eye for detail, Emma records every strange twist of events in her private journals. As the fight over custody and revenues turns increasingly explosive, Emma is torn between the fishbowl sanctuary of Quintland and the wider world, now teetering on the brink of war. Steeped in research, The Quintland Sisters is a novel of love, heartache, resilience, and enduring sisterhood-a fictional, coming-of-age story bound up in one of the strangest true tales of the past century.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Diary fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Dionne quintuplets; Midwives; Quintuplets; Diaries;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 21
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The Quintland sisters [Large print] / by Wood, Shelley,1971-author.(CARDINAL)805507;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-611)."Reluctant midwife Emma Trimpany is just 17 when she assists at the harrowing birth of the Dionne quintuplets: five tiny miracles born to French farmers in hardscrabble Northern Ontario in 1934. Emma cares for them through their perilous first days and when the government decides to remove the babies from their francophone parents, making them wards of the British king, Emma signs on as their nurse. Over 6,000 daily visitors come to ogle the identical 'Quints' playing in their custom-built playground; at the height of the Great Depression, the tourism and advertising dollars pour in. While the rest of the world delights in their sameness, Emma sees each girl as unique: Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Marie, and Émilie. With her quirky eye for detail, Emma records every strange twist of events in her private journals. As the fight over custody and revenues turns increasingly explosive, Emma is torn between the fishbowl sanctuary of Quintland and the wider world, now teetering on the brink of war. Steeped in research, The Quintland Sisters is a novel of love, heartache, resilience, and enduring sisterhood--a fictional, coming-of-age story bound up in one of the strangest true tales of the past century"--
Subjects: Large print books.; Diary fiction.; Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Dionne quintuplets; Midwives; Quintuplets; Diaries;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Full house : the story of the Anderson quintuplets / by Anderson, Karen,1945-(CARDINAL)749521; Robinson, Jo Ann.(CARDINAL)519996; Robinson, Jo,1947-(CARDINAL)781023;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Case studies.; Anderson, Karen, 1945-; Mothers; Quintuplets; Quintuplets; Mothers.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The miracle & tragedy of the Dionne quintuplets / by Miller, Sarah,1979-author.(CARDINAL)346004;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Quintuplets born to farm wife -- Canadian woman gives birth to five girls; all are doing well -- Country doctor struggles to save lives of Canadian mother and quintuplet girls -- Progress of quintuplets amazes medical world -- Star sends assistance to mother and five babes -- Quintuplets may go on exhibit at Chicago fair -- Quintuplets' father to get $100 a week while all live -- Home turned into hospital -- Parents of quintuplets dazed by sudden fame, offers, gifts -- Too many showmen after quintuplets -- Dionnes now have to guard quintuplets from tourist horde -- Quintuplet hospital started near home of parents -- Parents of babies plan for future -- Parents' wishes to be ignored -- Ontario adopts five world-famous little girls -- Mrs. Dionne, world's most famous mother, declares she is one of the unhappiest -- The private life of the Dionne quints -- Quints lose stage fright, 2500 gawkers a day -- Quintuplet frolics play to "standing room only" -- The threat to the quints' happiness -- Dionne endorsements, incorporated -- Dr. Dafoe himself -- Science designs a life for the Dionnes -- Home or science? The Dionnes' case debated -- Just one big unhappy family -- Guardians of Dionnes seek better relations with tots' parents -- "Felt right at home with king and queen" -- Dionne suing Dafoe for libel ; New York photo basis of action -- Dionne wins control over his five girls -- Quints will soon move to new home -- Dionne quints get schoolmates, nine specially selected girls -- Dionne quints 16 now, but no dates, says stern papa -- Famous Dionne quintuplets to be separated for first time this fall -- Four quints dry-eyed and close to shock -- Four Dionne sisters start life anew -- Boys? Million dollars? Dionnes shrug shoulders -- The Dionnes : a fight for happiness -- Quints' story causes new wound -- The babies of Quintland now : broke and bitter."When they were born on May 28, 1934, quintuplets Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie, and Marie captivated the world, defying medical history with every breath they took. In an effort to protect them from hucksters and showmen, the Ontario government took custody of the quints, sequestering them in a private, custom-built hospital across the road from their family. Here, Sarah Miller reconstructs their unprecedented upbringing with depth and subtlety, illustrating not only their resilience, but also the unique bond of their sisterhood"--1110LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Young adult literature.; Dionne quintuplets.; Quintuplets; Sisters; French-Canadians; Siblings.; Multiple birth.; Families; Siblings.;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 17
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Feather crowns / by Mason, Bobbie Ann.(CARDINAL)525775;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Families; Farm life; Quintuplets;
Available copies: 21 / Total copies: 25
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Peas in a pod / by McCartney, Tania,1968-author.(CARDINAL)605158; Snerling, Tina,illustrator.(CARDINAL)623101;
When sisters Pippa, Pia, Poppy, Polly, and Peg are born, they all look alike, and they all do everything together, so when one of them starts to get ahead of the others, their parents deal with it, but the girls do not want to be the same.
Subjects: Fiction.; Identity (Philosophical concept); Individuality; Multiple birth; Quintuplets; Sisters;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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A few bicycles more / by Uss, Christina,author.(CARDINAL)417048;
Twelve-year-old Bicycle's trusty bike Fortune takes them to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, where she reunites with her long-lost family and hatches a plan to share her love of cycling with her new sisters.Ages 8 to 12.Grades 4-6.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Fiction.; Novels.; Bicycles; Cycling; Quintuplets; Sisters;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Useless Bay / by Beaufrand, Mary Jane,author.(CARDINAL)481525;
On Whidbey Island, north of Seattle, the Gray family's quintuplets join the search for a young boy gone missing and soon discover deep family secrets and that crimes have been committed.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Young adult fiction.; Families; Islands; Missing children; Quintuplets; Secrecy; Siblings; Secrecy.; Siblings.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Pound puppies. [videorecording] / by Auberjonois, Ren©♭,1940-act.; Brown, Yvette Nicole,1971-act.; McCormack, Eric,1963-act.; Rapaport, Michael.act.(CARDINAL)527983; Hasbro Studios.(CARDINAL)600051; Shout! Factory (Firm)(CARDINAL)346726;
Homeward pound -- My fair rebound -- Quintuplets -- K-9 kid -- Zoltron.Eric McCormack, Michael Rapaport, Rene Auberjonois, Yvette Nicole Brown.A pup for every person and a person for every pup. That's the motto of the Pound Puppies, a team of fearless dogs whose sworn mission is to find homes for lonely puppies. They only look like regular dogs. In fact, they are dogs of action who match up pups with loving families while they keep the humans at Shelter Seventeen clueless. Sometimes dogs are dogs' best friend.Not rated.DVD, anamorphic (1.78:1) aspect ratio, 5.1 surround/2.0 stereo.
Subjects: Animated television programs.; Children's television programs.; Animal shelters; Dog adoption; DVDs.; Puppies;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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