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Crankenstein

Samantha Berger - Little, Brown
Format: Hardcover

BEWARE OF CRANKENSTEIN! Who is Crankenstein?HE IS A MONSTER OF GRUMPINESS THAT NO ONE CAN DESTROY! MEHHRRRR!!! HE'S ALIVE!
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God Found Us You (Harperblessings)

Lisa Tawn Bergren - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

A Story About Adoption
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Sandra Boynton
Sandra Boynton is a popular American cartoonist, children's author, songwriter, producer, and director. Since 1974, Boynton has written and illustrated over fifty children's books and seven general audience books, including five New York Times Bestsellers. More than 60 mil
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Judy Blume
Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, NJ, making up stories inside her head. She has spent her adult years in many places, doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Adults as well as children will recognize such Blume titles as: Are You There God?
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One Cool Friend

Toni Buzzeo - Dial; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

When well-mannered Elliot reluctantly visits the aquarium with his distractible father, he politely asks whether he can have a penguin--and then removes one from the penguin pool to his backpack. The fun of caring for a penguin in a New England Victorian house is followed by a surprise...
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Frindle

Andrew Clements - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Nicholas Allen has plenty of ideas. Who can forget the time he turned his third-grade classroom into a tropical island, or the times he fooled his teacher by chirping like a blackbird? But now Nicks in fifth grade, and it looks like his days as a troublemaker are over. Everyone knows that...
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Wish

Matthew Cordell - Disney * Hyperion Books
Format:  book_printbook : Fiction : Preschool : English : First edition

As an elephant couple embark on a life together, thoughts of children are far away-at first. But as the desire for a child grows, so do unexpected challenges. And its only after thwarted plans and bitter disappointment that their deepest wish miraculously comes true.,
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Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary (born April 12, 1916) is the author of over 30 books for young adults and children. Her characters are normal children facing challenges that many of us face growing up, and her stories are liberally laced with humour. Some of her best known and loved characters
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The Notebook of Doom #1: Rise of the Balloon Goons

Troy Cummings - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

Monsters Humor Fun THE NOTEBOOK OF DOOMThis series is part of Scholastics early chapter book line called Branches which is aimed at newly independent readers With easy-to-read text high-interest content fast-paced plots and illustrations on every page these books will boost reading confidence...
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Drew Daywalt
Ever since his childhood in one of Ohio's most haunted houses, writer director Drew Daywalt has been writing escapist fantasy and building worlds of his own. With a degree in Creative Writing, and a concentration in Children's Literature from Emerson College in Boston, Da
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Kate DiCamillo
Kate DiCamillo's writing journey has truly been a remarkable one. She grew up in Florida and moved to Minnesota in her twenties, where homesickness and a bitter winter led her to write Because of Winn-Dixie - her first published novel, which became a runaway bestseller and s
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The Snatchabook

Helen Docherty - Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Format: Hardcover

A brilliantly written, laugh-out-loud rhyming text about books and the joy of reading in the vein of New York Times bestsellers It's a Book, How Rocket Learned to Read, and Dog Loves Books. Where have all the bedtime stories gone? One dark, dark night in Burrow Down, a rabbit named...
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Anna Dewdney
Anna Dewdney lives in a very old house in Vermont. She has two teenage daughters and two very muddy dogs. Anna has wanted to write and illustrate children's books from the time she was a little girl, and she likes nothing better than to sit in her studio and make funny faces
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Go Away, Big Green Monster!

Ed Emberley - Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Caldecott Award-winning author-artist Ed Emberley has created an ingenious way for children to chase away their nighttime fears. Kids can turn the pages of this die-cut book and watch the Big Green Monster grow. Then, when they're ready to show him who's in charge, they'll turn...
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The night world

Mordicai Gerstein - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Sylvie the cat persuades her boy to go into the darkness very late at night, where they're greeted by the shadows of roses and other flowers, and by nocturnal animals who whisper, "It's almost here."
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The Princess in Black

Shannon Hale - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Who says princesses don't wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black!Princess Magnolia is having hot chocolate and scones with Duchess Wigtower when . . . Brring! Brring! The monster alarm!...
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Shh! We Have a Plan

Chris Haughton
Format: Book

Four friends, three big and one little, are out for a walk. Suddenly, they spot it - a beautiful bird perched high in a tree! They simply MUST have it and - SHH! - they have a PLAN. So they tip-toe, tip-toe very slowly, nets poised - "Ready one ...ready two ...ready three ...
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BE QUIET!

Ryan T Higgins - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

All Rupert the mouse wants is to star in a beautiful, wordless picturebook. One that's visually stimulating! With scenic pictures! And style! He has plenty of ideas about what makes a great book, but his friends just WON'T. STOP. TALKING.
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Night Animals

Gianna Marino - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Something's out there in the dark!First Possum hears it. Then Skunk. Then Wolf comes running."What could it possibly be?" asks Bat."Night Animals!" the animals declare."But you are night animals," Bat informs this not-so-smart crew.Children will love...
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Ten on the Sled

Kim Norman - Sterling
Format: Hardcover

Author Kim Norman Crocodaddy and illustrator Liza Woodruff have whipped up a rollicking, jolly, snow-filled adventure!In the land of the midnight sun, all the animals are having fun speeding down the hill on Caribous sled. But as they go faster and faster, Seal, Hare, Walrus, and the others...
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Barbara Park
I grew up in Mt. Holly, New Jersey. It was a small town surrounded by farmland . . . the kind of town where you greet people by name on Main Street. It was only an hour's drive to the ocean. So every summer we spent family vacations on Long Beach Island. My brother and I would
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Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson - Crowell
Format: Print book

This Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling author Katherine Paterson is a modern classic of friendship and loss.Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him....
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Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Louis Sachar - Morrow Junior Books
Format: Print book

Lois Sachar, best-selling author of the Wayside School series, knows how to make kids laugh. And there are laughs galore in this popular book, now available again in hardcover. Meet Mrs. Gorf, the teacher who turns the students in Wayside School into apples.
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Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick grew up in New Jersey and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Art and Design in 1988. He worked for two years after graduation at Eeyore's Books for Children in New York City. His first book was published while he worked there. Brian has also d
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Judy Sierra
Judy Sierra is the author of picture book classics including Wild About Books, Antarctic Antics, Counting Crocodiles, and The Sleepy Little Alphabet. Judy's books have won the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award, Parents' Choice awards, Children's Choice awards, Readers' C
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Not Quite Narwhal

Jessie Sima

In the tradition of Uni the Unicorn and Gaston, this heartwarming and adorable debut picture book tells the story of a young unicorn who was born under the sea to a family of narwhals.Growing up in the ocean, Kelp has always assumed that he was a narwhal like
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Press Here

Herve Tullet - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

PRESS HERE, MIX IT UP!, LET'S PLAY! and now SAY ZOOP! Collect all four interactive books from Herv Tullet!Press the yellow dot on the cover of this book, follow the instructions within, and embark upon a magical journey! Each page of this surprising book instructs the reader to press the dots,...
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Max the Brave

Ed Vere
Format: Hardcover

Meet Max - the mighty kitten and New York Times bestseller. Max is Brave, Max is Fearless, Max is a Mouse-catcher... But, in order to be a Mouse-catcher, Max needs to know what a mouse is, so off he goes to find out. This hilarious new picture book from the phenomenally-talented E
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Jennifer Ward
Jennifer Ward is the author of numerous acclaimed books for children, including Mama Built a Little Nest, illustrated by Steve Jenkins (Simon & Schuster / Beach Lane Books) , What Will Hatch? , illustrated by Susie Ghahremani (Walker Books) and the ever-popular series There Was a
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They All Saw A Cat

Brendan Wenzel - ‎Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel - New York Times bestseller and 2017 Caldecott Medal and Honor Book"An ingenious idea, gorgeously realized." -Shelf Awareness, starred review"Both simple and ingenious in concept, Wenzels book feels like a game changer."...
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E. B. White
E.B. White, the author of twenty books of prose and poetry, was awarded the 1970 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his children's books, Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web. This award is now given every three years "to an author or illustrator whose books, published in th
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The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real

Margery Williams - Applesauce Press
Format: Hardcover

Engaging new illustrations by renowned artist Charles Santore—illustrator of The Night Before Christmas, The Wizard of Oz, Snow White, and many others—reinvigorate the classic children’s story of the Velveteen Rabbit. An oversized heirloom edition with three times as many...
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Mo Willems
A three-time Caldecott Honor winner for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity, Mo Willems has also won two Geisel Medals for There is a Bird on Your Head! and Are You Ready to Play Outside? And his
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