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The Great Shelby Holmes Meets Her Match

Elizabeth Eulberg · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The Great Shelby Holmes may have finally met her match in this humorous sequel to Elizabeth Eulberg's fresh twist on Sherlock Holmes.Being friends with a super sleuth isn't easy, especially when she's nine years old and four feet tall, and full of attitude. But for eleven-year-old aspiring...
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The Homestead Act and Westward Expansion: Setting the Western Frontier

Irene Harris · PowerKids Press
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

In the 19th century, thousands of Americans left their homes behind and set out for a life on the western frontier. This period of westward expansion had a huge hand in shaping the culture and identity of the United States. This title explores the push and pull factors that encouraged settlers...
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Choose Your Own Career Adventure at NASA

Don Rauf · Cherry Lake Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

What do people do at NASA (and in outerspace) ? Readers pick from eight different scenarios and experience "next best thing to being there yourself" opportunities for interactive career exploration. Sidebars promote additional learning activities and independent reaserch
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Band Camp Rules

AMY COBB · MAGIC WAGON
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Before the school year even starts, the Benton Bluff Junior High band is back in room 217 for summer arts camp. Morgan Bryant wants to be a famous conductor someday, and leading the clarinets is perfect practice But somehow, goofy Zac Wiles and his saxophone campers are stealing the show....
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Eli Whitney and the Industrial Revolution

Heather Moore Niver · PowerKids Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Eli Whitney is remembered as a great inventor. His cotton gin was one of the most important inventions of the Industrial Revolution, and it did much to shape the course of the American economy. This biographical title explores Whitneys entrepreneurial mind, bringing to life his inventions,...
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Animal Strength and Combat Sports

Isabel Thomas · Heinemann Raintree
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Who would win the Olympic gold medals if all the competitors were animals? Each book in the series covers a different type of Olympic sport, while each chapter looks at a different event. Primarily intended as high-interest reads, the books contain animal-related curriculum information,...
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John Pierpont Morgan and the Banking Industry

David Machajewski · PowerKids Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

The name J.P. Morgan may first bring to mind a large American bank, but its the man behind the bank whos worth studying. Born in 1837, John Pierpont Morgan became one of the worlds leading financial minds in the late 19th century. This biographical text explores Morgans life and accomplishments,...
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Extravaganza at the Plaza

LAUREN L WOHL · Persnickety Press
Pages: 88
Format: Hardcover

"It isn't fair that our town doesn't have its own theater," eight-year-old Hannah complains. A lot of thinking, planning, dreaming, and list-making later, and Hannah - along with the kids of Raccoon River - are up to their ears in a brand new project: saving the town's...
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard: The Illustrated Edition

J K Rowling · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

The Tales of Beedle the Bard contains five richly imaginative stories of adventure, cunning, heartache, and, of course, magic. They are to the wizarding community what the tales of the Brothers Grimm are to Muggle families. This lush new illustrated edition has been translated from the ancient...
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Spy Ski School

Stuart Gibbs · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 350
Format: Print book

Ben Ripley enrolls in ski school, where the slopes, and the stakes, get really steep in this follow-up to the Edgar Award-nominated Spy School, Spy Camp, and Evil Spy School.Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley is not exactly the best student spy school has ever seen--he keeps flunking Advanced...
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Twintuition: Double Trouble

Tia Mowry · HarperCollins
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

From actresses Tia and Tamera Mowry comes Double Trouble, the second book in their Twintuition series about the super-special - and sometimes supernatural - bond between sisters! Identical twins Cassie and Caitlyn Waters have adjusted to small-town life, but they're still not used to seeing...
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How the Government Works

Jeanne Marie Ford · The Child's World
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Learn about the history, importance, and procedures of theU. S. government at the national, state, and local levels. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled captions and sidebars, detailed photographs, informational diagrams, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary,...
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Doctor Strange: Mystery of the Dark Magic

Brandon T Snider · Chapter Books
Pages: 119
Format: Library Binding

Doctor Strange wishes to work alone, but with bizarre attacks occurring around New York City, Strange finds himself seeking guidance from a number of mystical aliens and his super hero comrades. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division...
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All about Drawing: Farm & Forest Animals

Robbin Cuddy · Walter Foster Library
Format: Book

Learn simple new ways to draw and color your favorite farm and forest animals, including a cow, a pig, a bald eagle, a grizzly bear, and many more.
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Fault Lines & Tectonic Plates: Discover What Happens When the Earth's Crust Moves

Kathleen M Reilly · Nomad Press
Pages: 122
Format: Print book

The ground beneath your feet is solid, right? After all, how could we build houses and bridges if the land was moving all the time? Actually, the ground beneath us really is moving very slowly all the time! In Fault Lines and Tectonic Plates: Discover What Happens When the Earth's Crust...
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