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Magic Animal Rescue 1: Maggie and the Flying Horse

E D Baker - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

In this first book of a new chapter book series by E. D. Baker, one girl has the adventure of her young life!Eight-year-old Maggie has a keen eye for noticing things in the Enchanted Forest that no one else does -- like unicorns, griffins, and tiny flying horses with wings. One day while...
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All About Ellie

Callie Barkley - Little Simon
Format: Hardcover

The Critter Club has baby bunnies to care for - but is Ellie too busy aiming for showstopper status to help out her friends?The Critter Club is up and running, and so are the girls - especially Ellie! She's wanted to perform her entire life, so when she lands the lead role in Santa Vista...
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All About Ellie

Callie Barkley - Little Simon
Format: Hardcover

The Critter Club has baby bunnies to care for - but is Ellie too busy aiming for showstopper status to help out her friends?The Critter Club is up and running, and so are the girls - especially Ellie! She's wanted to perform her entire life, so when she lands the lead role in Santa Vista...
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Dinosaurs Before Dark

Mary Pope Osborne - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Where did the tree house come from? Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure...
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Super Fly: The World's Smallest Superhero!

Todd H Doodler - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

From just a tiny larva in diapers to . . . SUPER FLY! This is the story of Eugene Flystein, a small and nerdy, mild-mannered housefly, who also happens to be the world's smallest superhero and humanity's greatest crime fighter. SUPER FLY!: Able to stop tornadoes from destroying towns with...
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My Pet Human

Yasmine Surovec - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Print book

From queen cat lady Yasmine Surovec comes a cuddly new chapter book series about a cat in need of a pet human. Oliver is an independent kitty. He has his run of the neighborhood and looks at his animal friends with their fussing humans with pity. But when a freckle-faced girl moves into...
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Sadie's Story

Christine Heppermann - Greenwillow Books
Format: Print book

A must-have for newly independent readers and fans of Ivy + Bean and Clementine! The first of a new series, starring three young girls and a mysterious visitor who appears exactly when you need her - with just the right amount of magic.Sadie has two best friends: Jess and Maya. But Jess...
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Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon: Tales from Deckawoo Drive, Volume Two

Kate DiCamillo - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

Deckawoo Drive's intrepid animal control officer meets her match - or does she? A funny, heartfelt, and fast-paced romp from Kate DiCamillo.Francine Poulet is the greatest animal control officer in Gizzford County. She hails from a long line of animal control officers. She's battled snakes,...
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The Frightened Kitten

Holly Webb - Tiger Tales
Format: Print book

Maddie is determined to provide the perfect home for her new kitten, Cookie. She spends all of her time with Cookie, playing and cuddling! Maddie is sure that her lively kitten will love exploring their backyard, too! But little does she know that the neighbors two tom cats see the yard...
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Dino-Mike and the Underwater Dinosaurs

Franco Aureliani - Stone Arch Books
Format: Print book

Dino-Mike is going deep into Atlantic Ocean in this chapter book adventure! Young Michael Evens and his dino-huntin dad are headed to an underwater dinosaur habitat! Theyre not real dinosaurs, of course . . . Or are they? Imagine Dino-Mikes surprise when the dinosaurs actually come to life...
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Growling Gracie

Shelley Swanson Sateren - Picture Window Books
Format: Library Binding

Hound Hotel is packed! Alfie and Alfreeda and their mom have to work like dogs just to keep up. When Uncle Robert shows up with Twinkles, a champion Frisbee dog, Alfie sees his chance for some much needed fun. But Twinkles'""sister"" Gracie is one grumpy golden retriever....
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Humphrey's Really Wheely Racing Day

Betty G. Birney - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Everyone's favorite classroom pet is now starring in chapter books! Humphrey is one happy hamster. He lives in Room 26 at Longfellow School. He has a big comfy cage with a wheel perfect for spinning and a room full of friends. But when Humphrey goes to Mandy's house one weekend,...
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Digby O'Day in the Fast Lane

Shirley Hughes - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover

Hang on to the wheel for the first of three adventures from a dynamic mother-daughter pair: beloved author Shirley Hughes and talented illustrator Clara Vulliamy.Digby O'Day and Percy are best friends. This daring canine duo can find adventure anywhere - even entering an All-Day Race!...
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Dragon Masters #1: Rise of the Earth Dragon

Tracey West - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

The DRAGON MASTERS series is "How to Train Your Dragon" meets the DRAGON SLAYERS' ACADEMY!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced...
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Leroy Ninker Saddles Up: Tales from Deckawoo Drive, Volume One

Kate DiCamillo - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Yippie-i-oh! Saddle up for the first in a spin-off series starring favorite characters from Kate DiCamillo's New York Times best-selling Mercy Watson books.Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn't have is a horse - until he meets Maybelline, that is, and then it's...
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Beauty: Aurora's Sleepy Kitten

Tennant Redbank - RH/Disney
Format: Library Binding

Beauty is a sweet kitty who loves to sleep, snuggle, and play with her best friend, Princess Aurora. Girls ages 6 to 9 will love getting to know one of the Disney princesses new Palace Pets in this book, one of a series of early chapter books that come with a collectible bookmark!,
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My Explosive Diary (1) (Eliza Boom)

Emily Gale - Aladdin
Format: Paperback

Meet Eliza Boom - assistant inventor, junior spy, and full-on fantastic - as she tells all in this first book of a chapter book series packed with jokes, doodles, and dear-diary secrets!Eliza Boom is having a blast. Her father is an inventor who makes gadgets for spies, and Eliza is his unofficial...
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Fly Away

Patricia MacLachlan - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

From the Newbery Award-winning author of Sarah, Plain and Tall comes a story about one brave girl who saves her family from losing everything.Everyone in Lucy's family sings. Opera. Rap. Lullabies. Everyone, except Lucy. Lucy can't sing; her voice just won't come out. Just like...
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Judy Moody and Friends: Jessica Finch in Pig Trouble

Megan McDonald - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover

Pee! Gee! Wee! Gee! What's that sound?With her birthday coming up, Jessica hopes that, just maybe, her present will be a real-live potbellied pig. Jessica can hardly wait for her party with Judy Moody and all their friends. But Judy Moody is acting like a pig-head, and Jessica UN-invites...
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The Lost Stone

Jordan Quinn - Little Simon
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to the Kingdom of Wrenly - a new chapter book series full of fantasy and adventure.Meet Lucas, the eight year-old prince, and Clara, the daughter of the queen's seamstress. Lucas is an only child who longs to make friends and go on adventures. Clara knows the kingdom well, so she and Lucas...
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Space Taxi: Archie Takes Flight

Wendy Mass - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Archie Morningstar learns a big family secret and helps save the universe. All before breakfast!Its not every day a regular kid like Archie gets to wake up at midnight. But today is Take Your Kid to Work Day, and Archie is finally allowed to ride along in his dads taxi cab. He has been...
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Lost in Bermooda

Mike Litwin - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Bermooda is a tropical island that is undiscovered by the outside world and is primarily populated by walking, talking cows of human intelligence. The cows came to the island hundreds of years ago by a ship carrying livestock that wrecked upon the shoals around the southern tip of the island....
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Good Crooks Book One: Missing Monkey!

Mary Amato - Egmont USA
Format: Hardcover

A funny, silly new series perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey. Mary Amato is a star of state master and children's choice lists and returns to the age category of her popular Riot Brothers chapter book series with this new venture. When their parents steal a monkey from the zoo to help them...
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No Dogs Allowed

Stephanie Calmenson - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Kate and Lucie are best friends. Kate is neat and Lucie is messy. Kate wakes up early and Lucie loves to sleep in. But both girls love, love, love dogs! Unfortunately, Kate and Lucie live in apartments where dogs are not allowed. Instead of real dogs, they have dog T-shirts, dog sheets...
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Violet Mackerel's Brilliant Plot

Anna Branford - Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

Introducing Violet Mackerel, a charismatic new chapter book star with a zest for life and an endearing, relatable voice akin to Ramona Quimby and Junie B. Jones. Violet is a seven-year-old with a knack for appreciating the smallest things in life her Theory of Finding Small Things states...
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Penguin Problems

Lauren Myracle - Penguin Group (USA)
Format: Hardcover

A brand-new illustrated chapter book series by New York Times bestselling author Lauren Myracle! Winnie Perry's sweet baby brother, Ty, is the quintessential dreamer, full of big ideas and wacky plans that only a seven-year-old boy could hatch. Whether it's battling the family cat with...
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All About Ellie

Callie Barkley - Little Simon
Format: Hardcover

The Critter Club has baby bunnies to care for - but is Ellie too busy aiming for showstopper status to help out her friends?The Critter Club is up and running, and so are the girls - especially Ellie! She's wanted to perform her entire life, so when she lands the lead role in Santa Vista...
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Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book #2: Amelia Bedelia Unleashed

Herman Parish - Greenwillow Books
Format: Print book

When her parents agree to let Amelia Bedelia get a puppy, she is surprised and happy! But there are hundreds and maybe even thousands of puppies to choose from. How will Amelia Bedelia ever find the perfect four-legged friend? Amelia Bedelia is determined to find the sweetest, bravest,...
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My Happy Life

Rose Lagercrantz - Gecko Pr
Format: Hardcover

Dani is happy to be starting school and she is even happier when she meets a girl named Ella who becomes her best friend, but something unexpected happens to Dani and Ella's friendship.
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White Fur Flying

Patricia MacLachlan - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

A young boy tries to find his voice with the help of some four-legged friends in this novel from the Newbery-winning author of Sarah, Plain and Tall.Zoe's family rescues dogs in need. There is always the sweet smell of dog and a warm body looking to cuddle or play. There is always...
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The No-Dogs-Allowed Rule

Kashmira Sheth - Albert Whitman
Format: Hardcover

Ishan Mehra wants a dog, but his mother has a rule about dogs. (Guess what it is?) Ishan figures if he's helpful enough and does enough things right around the house, he can change her mind. Somehow, though, the right things seem to come out all wrong. whether it's making paratha for breakfast...
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Third Grade Angels

Jerry Spinelli - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Print book

The long-awaited prequel to the bestseller FOURTH GRADE RATSGeorge, aka "Suds," has just entered third grade, and he's heard the rhyme about "first grade babies/second grade cats/third grade angels/fourth grade rats," but what does this mean for his school year? It means...
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Mermaid Mysteries: Rosa and the Water Pony

Katy Kit - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

The mermaid friends are excited about Mermaid Bays annual carnival, where the best performance wins a beautiful pearl necklace! Rosa uses magic to create a pony out of water, and she plans to perform amazing tricks on its back. But just before the carnival begins, the magical water pony...
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Marty McGuire

Kate Messner - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

A fun, accessible chapter-book debut from an exciting new talent--simultaneous hardcover-paperback launch!Marty McGuire would rather spend recess catching frogs in the pond than playing dress-up with the other girls in third grade. So when her teacher casts Marty as the princess in the class...
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Rodeo Queen

Marci Peschke - Picture Window Books
Format: Print book

When the rodeo comes to town, Kylie Jean decides she wants to be the Rodeo Queen! But to do that, she must learn rodeo tricks.,
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Princess Posey and the Perfect Present

Stephanie Greene - G. P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Audio CD

First grade is fantastic. Posey loves her new best friends, they do fun things in class, and she adores her teacher. Then it's Miss Lee's birthday and Posey thinks her home-grown roses will be the best present of all. But when her friend brings a huge bouquet from a florist, Posey's...
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Poodle and Hound

Kathryn Lasky - Charlesbridge
Format: Print book

Opposites attract.Acclaimed author Kathryn Lasky explores the nature of friendship in three delightful stories for beginning readers.Creative, impulsive Poodle and loyal, dependable Hound are an unexpected pair. Together they star gaze, plant a garden and prove that two very different individuals...
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My Life in Pictures

Deborah Zemke - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Fans of Amelia's Notebook and Judy Moody will love this friendship story bursting with doodles and pictures Bea Garcia is an artist. She draws anywhere and everywhere - but mostly in her own notebook. When Bea's first and only best friend Yvonne moves to Australia, not even drawing...
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Princess Pink and the Land of Fake-Believe #1: Moldylocks and the Three Beards

Noah Z. Jones - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Noah Z. Jones turns well-known fairy tales upside-down in this humorous new series!This series is part of Scholastic's 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...
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March of the Mini Beasts

Ada Hopper - Little Simon
Format: Print book

Danger! Action! Trouble! Adventure! Introducing The DATA Set, a brand-new chapter book series for young readers.What would happen if your next-door neighbor were a mad scientist? Gabe, Laura, and Cesar live on a quiet cul-de-sac. They are the whiz kids of Newtonburg Elementary and each...
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Class Pet Squad

Dan Yaccarino - Feiwel and Friends
Format: Print book

Every school needs a little help now and then, especially PS 1000.Sure, just like your school, PS 1000 has teachers, a principal, and a maintenance crew, who all keep everything running smoothly, but they don't do it alone!Who do you think makes sure everyone gets back on the bus after...
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#1: The Cave of Aaaaah! Doom!

Jaden Kent - Llittle Bee Books
Format: Print book

The Ella and Owen series debuts with a fun romp through the world of dragons! Readers can follow twin sibling dragons as they head deep into the forest in search of a wizard who may be able to cure Owen of his fiery cold. In the first book of the Ella and Owen series, the twin siblings...
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Rock Star #1

Kelly Starling Lyons - Penguin Workshop
Format: Library Binding

Fans of Princess Posey and Ivy and Bean will enjoy engaging with science-loving Jada Jones in this easy-to-read chapter book.When Jada Jones's best friend moves away, school feels like the last place she wants to be. She'd much rather wander outside looking for cool rocks to add to her collection,...
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Octo-Man and the Headless Monster #1

JANE KELLEY - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Library Binding

Zing, zong, zing. Brain flash! A pirate hook. Underground tunnels. Brains in jars. It's time for an Escapade!Clint McCool always has a lot of great ideas. That's what makes him such a great hero. But sometimes he has too many great ideas. Armed with his super-powered cap,...
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Octo-Man and the Headless Monster #1

JANE KELLEY - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Library Binding

Zing, zong, zing. Brain flash! A pirate hook. Underground tunnels. Brains in jars. It's time for an Escapade!Clint McCool always has a lot of great ideas. That's what makes him such a great hero. But sometimes he has too many great ideas. Armed with his super-powered cap,...
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Princess Pink and the Land of Fake-Believe #1: Moldylocks and the Three Beards

Noah Z. Jones - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Noah Z. Jones turns well-known fairy tales upside-down in this humorous new series!This series is part of Scholastic's 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...
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Princess Pink and the Land of Fake-Believe #1: Moldylocks and the Three Beards

Noah Z. Jones - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Noah Z. Jones turns well-known fairy tales upside-down in this humorous new series!This series is part of Scholastic's 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...
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Magic Animal Rescue 1: Maggie and the Flying Horse

E D Baker - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

In this first book of a new chapter book series by E. D. Baker, one girl has the adventure of her young life!Eight-year-old Maggie has a keen eye for noticing things in the Enchanted Forest that no one else does -- like unicorns, griffins, and tiny flying horses with wings. One day while...
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March of the Mini Beasts

Ada Hopper - Little Simon
Format: Print book

Danger! Action! Trouble! Adventure! Introducing The DATA Set, a brand-new chapter book series for young readers.What would happen if your next-door neighbor were a mad scientist? Gabe, Laura, and Cesar live on a quiet cul-de-sac. They are the whiz kids of Newtonburg Elementary and each...
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