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I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

Debbie Levy · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Get to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - in the first picture book about her life - as she proves that disagreeing does not make you disagreeable!Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent a lifetime disagreeing: disagreeing with inequality, arguing against...
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Chase is on the Case!

Random House · Random House Books for Young Readers; Nov edition
Format: Print book

PAW Patrol is Nickelodeon’s new animated action-adventure series starring a pack of six heroic puppies led by a tech-savvy boy named Ryder. This Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader based on the series is perfect for boys and girls ages 4 to 6 who are just learning to read on their...
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Charlie and the Blanket Toss

Tricia Brown · Alaska Northwest Books; New edition
Format: Hardcover

Charlie loves to watch his relatives and friends get thrown high in the air during the traditional Inupiat blanket toss. But secretly, he's afraid to try it himself. At the Whaling Festival, he's ready to step up and overcome his fears. Warm humor and good energy fill the pages...
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Pete the Cat Storybook Collection: 7 Groovy Stories!

James Dean · HarperCollins
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author and artist James Dean brings us a cool collection of seven of the grooviest Pete the Cat stories out there - Play Ball!, Construction Destruction, Pete's Big Lunch, Cavecat Pete, Pete at the Beach, Robo-Pete, and Too Cool for School.

The Pete the Cat Storybook...

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What This Story Needs Is a Bang and a Clang

Emma J. Virjan · Harper
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Join Pig and her friends in their latest adventure as they get ready to put on the best show ever!

What this story needs is a pig in a wig,

building a stage, arranging a stand,

and getting ready to conduct the Pig in a Wig Band.

But when a surprise...

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Learn to Draw Angry Birds

Kristin Marroquin-burr · Walter Foster Library; Mti edition
Format: Print book

Featuring all of your favorite Angry Birds and Piggies, including Red, Bomb, King Pig, and many more.,
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Firefighters

Cecilia Minden · Child's World
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Lights flash, sirens sound, and a fire truck speeds down the street toward a burning building. This may sound thrilling, but fighting fires ultimately requires an extreme amount of dedication and courage. This book gives young readers a glimpse of the risks firefighters face, as well as the heroism...
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Lice Check #12

Nancy Krulik · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 121
Format: Paperback

Head lice have invaded Edith B. Sugarman Elementary School, and George wants nothing more than to remain scotch-free from the vermin. Well, that and he wants his dad's booth at Career Day to be infinitely more popular than his enemy Louis Farley's dad's booth. He even bet his skull...
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A Galactic Easter!

Ray O'Ryan · Little Simon
Pages: 120
Format: Hardcover

Galaxy Zack has some "sweet" competition in this Easter-themed chapter book adventure!Zack and Drake venture to Gluco, the candy planet, for some Easter fun. Once there, the two friends decide to compete in activities, including an egg toss and a three-legged race. Zack remembers...
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Nadine, My Funny and Trusty Guide Dog

Carol Fleischman · Pelican Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A young woman and her service dog learn to trust each other. In this delightful true story told through a first-person narrative, a sight-impaired young woman describes how her service dog, Nadine, loves to play tricks around the house. From hiding dirty laundry to avoiding her harness,...
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Bunjitsu Bunny's Best Move

John Himmelman · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 116
Format: Print book

Isabel is back! The best bunjitsu artist in her class, she can throw farther, kick higher, and hit harder than anybunny else. But her strongest weapon is her mind!

With even more fun, adventures, and wisdom than before, author/artist John Himmelman continues to charm in this...

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Return.

Aaron Becker · Candlewick Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Welcome the much-anticipated finale of Caldecott Honoree Aaron Becker's wordless trilogy - a spectacular, emotionally satisfying story that brings its adventurer home.

Failing to get the attention of her busy father, a lonely girl turns back to a fantastic world for friendship...
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What a Beautiful Morning

Arthur Levine · Running Press Kids
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Every morning is beautiful when Noah visits his Grandparents. When Grandpa and Noah wake up, they take off singing and hardly stop: walking the dog, splashing through puddles, and eating French toast with cinnamon.

But one summer Grandpa seems to have forgotten how to do the things...

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The Planets

Robert Dinwiddie · DK
Format: Hardcover

Featuring all-new 3D models built using data gathered by NASA and the European Space Agency, The Planets is an awe-inspiring journey through the Solar System, from Earth to Mars and beyond. Viewed layer by layer, planets and other objects in the Solar System are taken out of the night sky and presented...
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The Eiffel Tower Incident #5

Steve Stevenson · Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book

"Red Rose." Those were the final words of a Russian diplomat murdered at the Eiffel Tower. With only those two words, Agatha and Dash set off to track down a killer hiding somewhere in the busy streets of Paris.
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