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Are You A Horse?

Andy Rash - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

For young cowboys and little scientists, an ARE YOU MY MOTHER? for the 21st century!For his birthday, Roy's freinds give him a saddle and some very specific instructions:1. Find a horse.2. Enjoy the ride!But there's a problem; Roy doesn't know what a horse IS! So he sets off to find...
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The Bake Shop Ghost

Jacqueline K. Ogburn - Houghton Mifflin Books for Children; None edition
Format: Hardcover

Cora Lee Merriweather baked the best pies and cakes for milesfluffy meringue pies, flaky strudels, layer cakes, sheet cakes, and cakes with frosting finer than Irish lace. But now Cora Lee haunts the shop she used to own.When new bakers arrive to take over her empty bake shop, Cora Lee scares...
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Blackout

John Rocco - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

One hot summer night in the city, all the power goes out. The TV shuts off and a boy wails, "Mommm!" His sister can no longer use the phone, Mom cant work on her computer, and Dad cant finish cooking dinner. Whats a family to do? When they go up to the roof to escape the heat,...
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Billy and Milly, Short and Silly!

Tuesday Mourning - Putnam Juvenile
Format: Book

Follow Billy and Milly through thirteen adventures in these funny and simple short stories. Through very basic storytelling, these brief narratives are told in only three or four words apiece. For example, ?Stoops (Billy and Milly sit on their front stoops as the ice cream truck drives...
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Judi Barrett - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast lunch and dinner. But it never rained rain and it never snowed snow and it never blew just wind. It rained things like soup and juice. It snowed things...
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A couple of boys go to Antarctica

Marla Frazee - Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

"This Caldecott Honor book captures the fun and freedom of a week of summer vacation spent with a best friend and their grandparents, eating, laughing, and using lots of imagination." - Seira Wilson, Amazon Editor

When James and Eamon go to a week...

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Help Me, Mr. Mutt!: Expert Answers for Dogs with People Problems

Janet Stevens - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Responding to disgruntled dogs nationwide, Mr. Mutt, Canine Counselor, has solutions to the most sticky dilemmas. But Mr. Mutt has his own problem to solve: the cat (aka The Queen) , who has her own idea of who's in charge. Now Mr. Mutt is the one who needs help--quick! Through...
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John, Paul, George & Ben

Lane Smith - Hyperion Books for Children
Format: Audiobook

Once there were four lads...John [Hancock],Paul [Revere],George [Washington],and Ben [Franklin].Oh yes, there was also Tom [Jefferson], but he was annoyingly independent and hardly ever around.These lads were always getting into trouble for one reason or another. In other words, they took...
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If You Decide To Go To The Moon (Booklist Editor's Choice. Books for Youth (Awards))

Faith Mcnulty - Scholastic Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Two artists at the height of their powers have created a beautiful book with an unforgettable message about the moon and an even more important message about the earth. A publishing event!"If you decide to go to the moon," writes Faith McNulty, "read this book first. It will...
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Inside-Outside Dinosaurs

Roxie Munro - Marshall Cavendish Children
Format: Print book

There is a giant dinosaur, a flying reptile, a dinosaur with plates and spike on its body, and even baby dinosaurs cracking out of their shells. There is a ferocious dinosaur that eats meat and vegetarian dinosaurs that hide from the carnivores. Look inside the dinosaurs and you'll see a dynamic...
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Let's Do Nothing!

Tony Fucile - Candlewick; Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed edition
Format: Hardcover

Don't move! A master of animation explores the elusive art of doing nothing in this comical tale of two very active imaginations.Frankie and Sal have already played every sport and board game invented, baked and eaten batches of cookies, and painted a zillion pictures. What's left...
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Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes

Margie Palatini - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Fox wants the grapes, but they're too high for him to reach. He's nothing if not crafty, and in this humorous new spin on the well-known fable, fox's scheme is taken to new heights.
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NanoBots

Chris Gall - Little
Format: Print book

Introducing a team of robots powerful enough to change the world--and yet smaller than the dot at the end of this sentence!
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Rotten Ralph

Rubel, Nicole

Ralph, a very, very nasty cat, finally sees the error of his ways -- or does he?
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Shark vs. Train

Chris Barton - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Shark VS. Train! WHO WILL WIN?!If you think Superman vs. Batman would be an exciting matchup, wait until you see Shark vs. Train. In this hilarious and wacky picture book, Shark and Train egg each other on for one competition after another, including burping, bowling, Ping Pong, piano playing,...
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So You Want to Be President?

Judith St George - Philomel Books
Format: Print book

This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-second president, George W. Bush. There are now three Georges in the catalog of presidential names, a Bush alongside...
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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

Jon Scieszka - Viking Penguin
Format: Audio CD

A spoof on the three little pigs story, this time told from the wolf's point of view. Lane Smith also illustrated Hallowe'en ABC which was one of The New York Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year.
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When Dinosaurs Came with Everything (Junior Library Guild Selection)

Elise Broach - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Get a WHAT!? Free WHAT!? DINOSAURS? Just when a little boy thinks he's going to die of boredom from running errands with his mom, the most remarkable, the most stupendous thing happens. He discovers that on this day, and this day only, stores everywhere are giving away...
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Wolf's Coming! (Carolrhoda Picture Books)

Joe Kulka - Carolrhoda Books
Format: Library Binding

Wolf's ComingAll of the animals in the forest go into hiding because the wolf is coming, but why they are hiding is the big surprise. Author: Joe Kulka Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Format: 32 pages, Hardcover Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (January 10, 2007)
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