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Trudy's Big Swim: How Gertrude Ederle Swam the English Channel and Took the World by Storm

Sue Macy · Holiday House
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

On the morning of August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle stood in her bathing suit on the beach at Cape Gris-Nez, France, and faced the churning waves of the English Channel. Twenty-one miles across the perilous waterway, the English coastline beckoned. Lyrical text, stunning illustrations and fascinating...
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DK Readers L2: LEGO DC Super Heroes: Super-Villains

Victoria Taylor · DK
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

In DK LEGO® readers, lively illustrations and engaging age-appropriate stories create a multilevel reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills! DK Readers: Level 2: LEGO® DC Universe™ Super Heroes: Super-villains What do the Joker...
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Green City: How One Community Survived a Tornado and Rebuilt for a Sustainable Future

Allan Drummond · Farrar Straus Giroux, 2016.
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

In 2007, a tornado destroyed Greensburg, Kansas, and the residents were at a loss as to what to do next--they didn't want to rebuild if their small town would just be destroyed in another storm. So they decided they wouldn't just rebuild the same old thing; this time, they would...
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Show Me the Continents: My First Picture Encyclopedia

Pamela Dell · Capstone Press
Format: Book

From the tallest mountain in Asia to the ice shelves of Antarctica, there's so much to learn about Earth's geography. Show Me Continents has more than 100 facts and definitions about our natural world.
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Little Elliot, Big Fun

Mike Curato · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In this third story of Little Elliot and Mouse, the friends head off in search of adventure . . . and lots of fun!Little Elliot, the polka-dotted elephant, and his friend Mouse go to the amusement park to see the sights and ride the rides -- water chutes, roller coasters, carousels, and more....
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Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille

Jennifer Bryant · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

An inspiring picture-book biography of Louis Braille a blind boy so determined to read that he invented his own alphabet. Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to be able...
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Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny

Barbara Park · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Meet the Worlds Funniest First GradermdashJunie B JonesIts an Easter Egg-stravaganza With over million books in print Barbara Parkrsquos New York Times bestselling chapter book series Junie B Jones is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughingmdashand readingmdashfor over...
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My Explosive Diary

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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How the Meteorite Got to the Museum

Jessie Hartland · Blue Apple Books
Format: Hardcover

It came from outer space and crashed onto bookshelves! This third entry in the award-winning Got to the Museum series traces how a rock broke from its billion-year orbit to fall from space onto the trunk of a teenagers car, then to several natural history museums.,
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In New York

Marc Brown · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Marc Brown now calls New York City home, and with In New York, he shares his love for all that the city has to offer and all that it stands for, including the way it's always changing and evolving. From its earliest days as New Amsterdam to the contemporary wonders of Central Park,...
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Echo Echo: Reverso Poems About the Greek Myths

Marilyn Singer · Dial Books for Young Readers, 2015.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A new book of unique reversible poems based on Greek myths from the creator of Mirror Mirror What happens when you hold up a mirror to poems about Greek myths? You get a brand-new perspective on the classics! And that is just what happens in Echo Echo, the newest collection of reverso...
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365 Penguins

Jean-Luc Fromental · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

From the amazing success of the documentary March of the Penguins to the popular penguins in Madagascar to the penguin-themed movie "Happy Feet", penguins are everywhere! That's especially true for the family in "365 Penguins", who find a penguin mysteriously delivered...
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Tooth by Tooth: Comparing Fangs, Tusks, and Chompers

Sara Levine · Millbrook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

What animal would you be if a few of your teeth grew so long that they stuck out of your mouth even when it was closed? What would you be if your top canine teeth grew almost all the way down to your feet? This picture book will keep you guessing as you read about how human teeth are like...
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DK Readers L1: Star Wars: Are Ewoks Scared of Stormtroopers?

Catherine Saunders · DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

An all-new addition to DK's top-selling line of Star Wars readers. It's the question on everyone's minds: Are Ewoks scared of stormtroopers? Let's find out! Level 1 readers feature simple sentences and limited vocabulary, as well as a picture glossary and a simple index....
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