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The Wild Robot

Peter Brown - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Can a robot survive in the wilderness? When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping...
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How It Happened! Pizza: The Cool Stories and Facts Behind Every Slice

Paige Towler - Union Square Kids
Format: Hardcover

Find out how pizza became the world's favorite comfort food in this nonfiction book, part of the HOW IT HAPPENED! Series. . Did you know that every hour, more than one million slices of pizza are eaten in the United States? But this cheesy flatbread had a long journey before becoming...
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Emma and the Love Spell

Meredith Ireland - Bloomsbury Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

Witchlings meets The Parent Trap in this contemporary fantasy about a girl who tries to use her fickle witchy powers to keep her best friend (and secret crush!) from moving away.Twelve-year-old, Korean American adoptee Emma Davidson has a problem. Two problems. Okay, three:. 1. She has a crush...
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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

Kate Dicamillo - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal-winning tale.Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called...
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El Deafo

Cece Bell - Amulet Books
Format: Book

A 2015 Newbery Honor Book Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles...
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Not Quite a Ghost

Anne Ursu - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and deeply personal story of the ghosts that surround us - and the ones we carry inside.The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn't fit among...
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The Misfits #1: A Royal Conundrum

Lisa Yee - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Library Binding

When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!) - who're you gonna call? An elite team of crime-fighting underdogs, that's who! The Misfits are on the case in this hilarious illustrated series from Newbery Honoree Lisa Yee and Caldecott Medalist...
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The Adventurer's Guide to Successful Escapes

Wade Albert White - Little
Format: Print book

A thrilling debut novel where fantasy and science fiction meet, dragons aren't as innocent as they look, and nothing is quite what it seems. Anne has spent most of her thirteen years dreaming of the day she and her best friend Penelope will finally leave Saint Lupin's Institute for Perpetually...
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The Sky Over Rebecca

Matthew Fox - Union Square Kids
Format: Paperback

In this breath-taking debut novel, two worlds - and timelines - collide when ten-year-old Kara discovers mysterious footprints in the snow that lead her to another place entirely, perfect for fans of When You Reach Me and Echo. When mysterious footprints appear in the Stockholm snow,...
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Balto and Togo: Hero Dogs of Alaska

Helen Moss - ‎Godwin Books
Format: Hardcover

It's the winter of 1924 and a diptheria outbreak is threatening the population of Nome, Alaska. The only way to stop the deadly illness from causing a full blown epidemic is to immediately deliver one million units of the diptheria antitoxin to the affected communities --a task that...
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Ruptured

Joanne Rossmassler Fritz - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

The sensitive, suspenseful story of a family coping with a life-changing tragedy, told in stunning verse.. Is it wrong to grieve for someone who is still alive?Claire's mom and dad don't talk to each other much anymore. And they definitely don't laugh or dance the way they used...
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Picnic Planet: A Lunchtime Guide to Your Galaxy's Exoplanets

Asa Stahl - Creston Books
Format: Hardcover

Join an astrophysicist on a trip around the galaxy to explore worlds beyond our own. If you could go anywhere beyond our galaxy for the perfect picnic, where would you go? Asa Stahl, an NSTA award-winner for his previous book The Big Bang Book, introduces readers to some of the fascinating...
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Ink Girls

Marieke Nijkamp - Greenwillow Books
Format: Paperback

Every secret is a story waiting to happen.From New York Times-bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp and illustrator Sylvia Bi, this debut middle grade graphic novel celebrates the power that everyone - even those often overlooked - has to create change. In a vibrant city, two girls from very...
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Wonderstruck

Brian Selznick - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

In this groundbreaking tour de force, Caldecott Medalist and bookmaking pioneer Brian Selznick sails into uncharted territory and takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey. Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious...
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Everything You Know About Dinosaurs is Wrong!

Dr. Nick Crumpton - Nosy Crow
Format: Hardcover

Do you know all there is to know about dinosaurs? They're mean, green, and not very smart, right?. Well, this book is here to show you that you're WRONG! But don't worry, even the experts can't be right all the time . . .. From fossilized feathers to long-necked look-alikes,...
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Babymouse #1: Queen of the World!

Jennifer L Holm - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

With multiple Childrens Choice Awards and over 1.8 million books sold, kids, parents, and teachers agree that Babymouse is perfect for fans of Junie B. Jones, Ivy and Bean, Bad Kitty, and Dork Diaries!Meet Babymouse - Her dreams are big! Her imagination is wild! Her whiskers are ALWAYS...
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Mad About Monkeys

Owen Davey - Flying Eye Books
Format: Hardcover

With over 250 species inhabiting our planet, this book explores the many different types of monkeys from the smallest Pygmy Marmoset to the largest Mandrill, and provides all the facts you wanted to know and more. Discover where monkeys come from, how they swing from tree to tree, and why they...
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Sisters

Raina Telgemeier - Graphix
Format: Paperback

Raina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning companion to Smile! Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers...
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DIY Lettering

Dawn Nicole Warnaar - Walter Foster Jr. - Quarto Library
Format: Library Binding

DIY Lettering features hand-lettering lessons for beginners, from brush calligraphy basics to creating different lettering styles, as well as over 25 DIY crafts and projects, from customized stationery and postcards to mugs and chalkboard signs.
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Coding with the Paranormal (Adventures in Unplugged Coding)

Kylie Burns - Express!
Format: Library Binding

Just like a haunted house, coding can be a scary thing to explore. But unplugged coding can make it fun! In the hands-on activities in this book, readers will use problem-solving to construct a tower to search for UFOs and use loops to rid a haunted house of ghosts. Introductory text explains...
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Before Colors: Where Pigments and Dyes Come From

Annette Bay Pimentel - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From an award-winning author, an oversize nonfiction picture book exploring pigments and dyes made from natural sources - across time and around the world. Colors don't come out of nothing.They always start somewhere . . .With something . . . With someone. . Discover how color is harnessed...
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