Children's Fiction
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The Bluest Sky
Christina Diaz Gonzalez
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A boy and his family must decide whether to remain in Cuba under a repressive government or risk everything for the chance of a new beginning in this gripping story from the award-winning author of The Red Umbrella.. There are two versions of Héctor: the public and the private. It |
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A Duet for Home
Karina Yan Glaser - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times best-selling creator of the Vanderbeekers series comes a triumphant tale of friendship, healing, and the power of believing in ourselves told from the perspective of biracial sixth-graders June and Tyrell, two children living in a homeless shelter. As their friendship... |
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The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves 1: Egypt's Fire
Tom Phillips
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Hilarious, non-stop adventure, a mysterious jewel heist, and a detective team like no other make this a must-have middle grade series starter. Perfect for fans of A Series of Unfortunate Events and Enola Holmes.. After twelve-year-old John Boarhog's mom dies, the last thing he wan |
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Long Lost
Jacqueline West - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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Once there were two sisters who did everything together. But only one of them disappeared. New York Times-bestselling author Jacqueline West's Long Lost is an atmospheric, eerie mystery brimming with suspense. Fans of Katherine Arden's Small Spaces and Victoria Schwab's City... |
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The Lucky Ones
Linda Williams Jackson - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning author Linda Williams Jackson pulls from her own childhood in the Mississippi Delta to tell the story of Ellis Earl, who dreams of a real house, food enough for the whole family - and to be someone.It's 1967, and eleven-year-old Ellis Earl Brown has big dreams. He's... |
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Omar Rising
Aisha Saeed - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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A Perfect Mistake
Melanie Conklin
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A moving, voice-driven novel about friendship, responsibility, and fighting against unfair expectations, for fans of Rebecca Stead and Erin Entrada Kelly. Max wishes he could go back in time to before he was diagnosed with ADHD, before he grew to be the tallest kid in his class, a |
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Willodeen
Katherine Applegate - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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The earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . .Eleven-year-old Willodeen adores creatures of all kinds, but her favorites are the most unlovable beasts in the land: strange beasts known as "screechers." The villagers of Perchance call them pests, even... |
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Word Travelers and the Taj Mahal Mystery
Raj Haldar - Sourcebooks Explore
Format: Paperback
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A new chapter book series from bestselling author Raj Haldar that explores etymology and world cultures using an exciting, action-packed mystery story!Eddie and Molly-Jean are next door neighbors and best friends. One Saturday, Eddie's mom sends him up to the attic to get his great-grandpa's... |
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Picture Books
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Abdul's Story
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Chester van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme
Avery Monsen - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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There once was a youngster named Chester van ChimeWho woke up one day and forgot how to rhyme.Chester loved rhyming, in poem or song.It always felt right, but today it felt...not right. VERY not right.Chester van Chime is usually the BEST at rhyming. He can normally tell you all about cats... |
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Chez Bob
Bob Shea - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Welcome to Chez Bob, which seems like a real restaurant...until you realize...it's on an alligator's NOSE! Bob's got a hidden plan for his customers: "Birds will come to eat, but I will eat the birds!" As they fly in from all over the world to dine on Bob's face,... |
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Clovis Keeps His Cool
Katelyn Aronson - Page Street Kids
Format: Hardcover
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Clovis used to struggle with his temper, but ever since he took over his late grandmother's china shop, he's been learning how to manage it. He pours tea, listens to soothing music, and always keeps Granny's words in mind: "Grace, grace, nothing broken to replace."But... |
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Counting to Bananas: A Mostly Rhyming Fruit Book
Carrie Tillotson - Flamingo Books
Format: Hardcover
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A hilarious, mostly-rhyming picture book about a banana and narrator who can't quite agree on what their book is about. Perfect for fans of Mo Willems' We Are in a Book and Adam Rex's Nothing Rhymes With Orange!When a narrator starts filling this story with fruit, Banana can't... |
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Gibberish
Young Vo - Levine Querido
Format: Hardcover
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Have You Seen Gordon?
Adam Jay Epstein - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Have you seen Gordon? Oh. There he is. Gordon isn't very good at hiding, is he? The narrator wants to play hide and seek with Gordon and the reader, but Gordon just wants to stand out. This madcap, fourth wall-breaking picture book is packed with humor and full, zany spreads with details... |
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I'm Not Missing
KASHELLE GOURLEY - little bee books
Format: Hardcover
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The dog days are over when one pup breaks free from his home to become an independent, Lone Wolf!Humans don't realize the stresses of pet life.Working hard to meet every command.Trying to be a good boy, the best boy.It's exhausting . . . humiliating, even! Sick of the pressures... |
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A Spoonful of Frogs
CASEY LYALL - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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Frogs are the most important ingredient in a witch's favorite treat - but they are also the hardest to get into the cauldron! From acclaimed author Casey Lyall and Caldecott Honor artist Vera Brosgol, A Spoonful of Frogs is a humorous and wholly original picture book - and a winning... |
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Informational Books
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Action!: How Movies Began
Meghan McCarthy - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning nonfiction picture book creator Meghan McCarthy tells the story of how motion pictures came to be invented and the story of the many people who helped create them.Movies take us on adventures, introduce us to new worlds, and make us feel, but how did they start? In her trademark... |
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Galloping Gertie: The True Story of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse
Amanda Abler - Little Bigfoot
Format: Hardcover
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The story of Galloping Gertie, the first Tacoma Narrows Bridge, is captured through the eyes of a young boy who not only watches the bridge being built, but also witnesses its spectacular collapse not long after the bridge is opened. Author Amanda Abler tells the bridge's dramatic story... |
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The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
Colleen Paeff - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover
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It's the summer of 1858, and London's River Thames STINKS. What is creating this revolting smell? The answer is gross: the river is full of poop. But the smell isn't the worst problem. Every few years, cholera breaks out, and thousands of people die. Could there be a connection... |
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Headstrong Hallie!: The story of Hallie Morse Daggett, the First Female "Fire Guard"
Aimee Bissonette - Sleeping Bear Press
Format: Hardcover
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Hallie Morse Daggett loved spending time outdoors, hiking among the tall trees of the forests in California's Siskiyou Mountains. She wasn't afraid of the bears, coyotes, and wildcats. But Hallie was afraid of fire and understood the threat it posed to the forests, wildlife, and people.... |
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I Am Smoke
Henry Herz - Tilbury House Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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"Wowww!" -- - Raina Telgemeier, #1 NY Times, #1 USA Today, #1 Publishers Weekly bestselling author/illustrator"Herz presents a provocative and unique look at the lifecycle and benefits of smoke throughout the millennia. Lopez's multimedia artwork further illuminates the ethereal... |
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It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel
Jennifer Dr. Gardy - Greystone Kids
Format: Hardcover
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An illustrated book about the digestive system and microbiome for young readers, from famous (and funny) scientist Dr. Jennifer Gardy.Everybody eats, and everybody poops. Pretty ordinary stuff, right?But what happens in between is far from ordinary! That's where your digestive system... |
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What's in Your Pocket?: Collecting Nature's Treasures
Heather L. Montgomery - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover
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When you find something strange and wonderful, do you put it in your pocket? Meet nine scientists who, as kids, explored the great outdoors and collected "treasures": seedpods, fossils, worms, and more. Observing, sorting, and classifying their finds taught these kids scientific... |
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Young Adult
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Defy the Night
Brigid Kemmerer - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover
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The kingdom of Kandala is on the brink of disaster. Rifts between sectors have only worsened since a sickness began ravaging the land, and within the Royal Palace, the king holds a tenuous peace with a ruthless hand. King Harristan was thrust into power after his parents' shocking assassination,... |
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Flirting with Fate
J. C. Cervantes - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover
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Jane the Virgin meets The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants in New York Times bestselling author J.C. Cervantes's charming, romantic YA debut.Ava Granados will never forgive herself for being late to her beloved nana's deathbed. But due to a flash flood that left Ava in a fender... |
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The Fort
Gordon Korman - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a middle-school "band of brothers" -- five friends who need to stick together after they set up a hideout in an abandoned bomb shelter and discover that the only way to be true friends is to reveal their secrets and help each... |
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Ghostlight
KENNETH OPPEL - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook
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One teen's summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead girl - and she has demands.... The award-winning author of Airborn delivers a roller-coaster ride of a story about the wakeful and wicked dead.Rebecca... |
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Hollow Fires
Samira Ahmed - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful, gripping YA novel about theinsidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthing hidden truths, and the undeniable power of hope, byNew York Timesbestselling author Samira Ahmed. Perfect for fans ofSadieand Dear Martin.Safiya Mirzadreams of becoming a journalist. And one thing... |
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I Must Betray You
Ruta Sepetys - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren't free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceauescu in a country governed by isolation... |
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Love, Decoded
Jennifer Yen
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Jenny Han and Jane Austen, a rom-com that's equal parts hilarious and heartfelt about the unexpected consequences of one teen's quest to help her friends find love, from the author of A Taste for Love.High school junior Gigi Wong strives to be the best. After all, that's... |
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Me
Amber McBride - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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Moth has lost her family in an accident. Though she lives with her aunt, she feels alone and uprooted.Until she meets Sani, a boy who is also searching for his roots. If he knows more about where he comes from, maybe he'll be able to understand his ongoing depression. And if Moth can help... |
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Mirror Girls
Kelly McWilliams - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A thrilling gothic horror novel about biracial twin sisters separated at birth, perfect for fans of Lovecraft Country and The Vanishing Half.
As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated... |
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Graphic Novels: Children
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Garlic and the Vampire
Bree Paulsen - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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An enchanting, farm-fresh debut graphic novel starring an unusual heroine who is braver than she realizes, for middle grade readers looking for a cozy, adventuresome read in the vein of Witch Boy or Be Prepared.Garlic feels as though she's always doing something wrong. At least with... |
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Invisible: A Graphic Novel
CHRISTINA DIAZ GONZALEZ - Graphix
Format: Paperback
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For fans of Twins and Allergic, a must-have graphic novel about five very different students who are forced together by their school to complete community service... and may just have more in common than they thought.Can five overlooked kids make one big difference?There's George: the brainSara:... |
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Lumberjackula
Mat Heagerty - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of The Okay Witch and Fake Blood, this hilarious middle grade graphic novel follows a half-vampire, half-lumberjack boy who feels torn between his parents and just wants to be a dancer.Jack is in a pickle. His lumberjack mom wants him to go to Mighty Log Lumberjack Prep to learn... |
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Sir Ladybug
Corey R. Tabor - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover
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From Geisel Award-winning author-illustrator Corey R. Tabor comes a fresh and funny young graphic novel series sure to delight readers. Perfect for fans of Catwad, Bird & Squirrel, and Narwhal & Jelly.Ladies and gentlebugs, presenting the duke of the dandelion patch, champion of truth and justice,... |
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The Tryout: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat - Graphix
Format: Paperback
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From two-time Newbery Honoree and Kirkus Prize winner Christina Soontornvat, and stellar new talent, Joanna Cacao, comes a high stakes, highly relatable graphic novel about courage and competition, friendship and belonging, and learning to feel comfortable in your own skin. Perfect for fans... |
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Graphic Novels: Young Adult
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Huda F Are You?
Huda Fahmy - Dial Books
Format: Paperback
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Huda and her family just moved to Dearborn, Michigan, a small town with a big Muslim population. In her old town, Huda knew exactly who she was: She was the hijabi girl. But in Dearborn, everyone is the hijabi girl. Huda is lost in a sea of hijabis, and she can't rely on her hijab... |
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Isla to Island
Alexis Castellanos - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Marisol loves her colorful island home. Cuba is vibrant with flowers and food and people ... but things are changing. The home Marisol loves is no longer safe - and then it's no longer her home at all. Her parents are sending her to the United States. Alone. Nothing about Marisol's... |
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Ride On
FAITH ERIN HICKS - First Second
Format: Paperback
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In this middle grade graphic novel, twelve-year-old Victoria is burned out from the high-pressure world or riding competitions. Can she get back to basics and rekindle her love of horses? Perfect for fans of Best Friends and Stargazing!VIctoria has always loved horses. But riding in competitions... |
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Squire
Nadia Shammas
Format: Audio CD
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Poetry
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Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory
Julie Abery - Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover
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The inspirational and little-known story of a dedicated teacher who coached Hawaiian swimmers all the way to the Olympics, beautifully told in simple rhyme.When the children of workers on a 1930s Maui sugar plantation were chased away from playing in the nearby irrigation ditches, local... |
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Smitten With Kittens
Florence Minor - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover
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Snuggly, fun, bouncy, and playful--who isn't smitten with kittens? A simple, rhyming story perfect for kitty loving kiddos everywhere!Get smitten with kittens in this rhyming picture book perfect for read-alouds. There's so much to love about kittens--from their cute little mews... |
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Wait and See
Helen Frost - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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Longtime collaborators Helen Frost and Rick Lieder team up for a breathtakingly beautiful glimpse at the praying mantis - and entice us to take the time to open our eyes to the world in front of us.The creators of Step Gently Out and many other acclaimed picture books join forces again... |
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Worst-Case Collin
Rebecca Caprara - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover
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Collin is always prepared for something to go wrong. Ever since he lost his mom in a car accident, he's been journaling about how to overcome things like avalanches, riptides, or even a bad case of halitosis. Meanwhile, Collin's father grows more distant by the day, and has started... |
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Zoobilations!: Animal Poems and Paintings
Douglas Florian - Beach Lane Books
Format: Hardcover
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Come horse around and live out your ele-phant-asies in this utterly original collection of animal poems. From the s t r e t c h of a giraffe's neck to the smooth skin of a naked mole rat, readers will see animals in a whole new way - and laugh like hyenas as they turn each pun-filled... |
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