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Lily's Story: A Puppy Tale

W. Bruce Cameron · Starscape
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Lily's Story is a new standalone story in the bestselling Puppy Tales middle grade series by New York Times bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron!A rescue dog to the rescue!Lily is the smallest puppy in her litter and the only girl. Her brothers are bigger and stronger and like to push...
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Humanimal: Incredible Ways Animals Are Just Like Us!

Christopher Lloyd · What on Earth Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Fascinating and stunningly illustrated, Humanimal explores, and celebrates, the astonishing ways in which animals and humans are alike.So you think you're special? You think that just because people have built giant cities, invented pop-up toasters and put a person on the Moon that...
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Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner

Janice N. Harrington · Calkins Creek
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

The curiosity of the first African American entomologist Charles Henry Turner--a scientist who studied bugs--shines in this nonfiction picture book, which showcases his ideas and discoveries about ants, bees, and other insects.Charles Henry Turner's mind itched with questions. Fascinated...
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You Can Make Changes: Ask or Ignore? You Choose The Ending

Connie Colwell Miller · Amicus
Pages: 23
Format: Library Binding

In this illustrated choose-your-own-ending book, Yusra must choose between asking for help rebuilding her neighborhood park or ignoring the problem. Readers make choices for Yusra and read what happens next, with each story path leading to different consequences. Includes four different...
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You Can Stop Bullying: Stand By or Stand Up?

Connie Colwell Miller · Amicus
Pages: 23
Format: Library Binding

In this illustrated choose-your-own-ending book, Elizabeth witnesses John getting bullied. Will she stand by and let it happen, or will she stand up and help John? Readers make choices for Elizabeth and read what happens next, with each story path leading to different consequences. Includes...
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From the Desk of Zoe Washington

Janae Marks · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

An Amazon Best Book of the Month! "Enticing and enthralling." - Jewell Parker RhodesFrom debut author Janae Marks comes a captivating mystery full of heart, as one courageous girl questions assumptions, searches for the truth, and does what she believes is right - even in the face...
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Our Dining Table

Mita Ori · Seven Seas
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback

BOYS' LOVE COOKED TO PERFECTIONEating around other people is a struggle for salaryman Yutaka, despite his talent for cooking. All that changes when he meets Minoru and Tane -- two brothers, many years apart in age -- who ask him to teach them how to make his delicious food! It's...
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Indy Cars

Adamson, Thomas · Bellwether Media
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Indy cars got their start on a car factory test track. That track went on to become one of the most famous racetracks in the world! Take in the long history of these open-wheel racers and much more in this title for striving readers.
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Sports Cars

Adamson, Thomas · Bellwether Media
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Whether Lamborghini or Ferrari, sports cars turn heads! These flashy cars look cool but are built for speed. Through the years, sports cars have pushed design, gone electric, and even reached speeds of more than 250 miles per hour! Readers will love learning about these luxurious cars in this...
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Race to the Sun

Roanhorse, Rebecca · Rick Riordan Presents
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Lately, seventh grader Nizhoni Begay has been able to detect monsters, like that man in the fancy suit who was in the bleachers at her basketball game. Turns out he's Mr. Charles, her dad's new boss at the oil and gas company, and he's alarmingly interested in Nizhoni and her brother,...
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