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Disney Princess Beginnings: Cinderella Takes the Stage

Rh Disney. · Disney Books For Young Re
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

An all-new chapter-book series introducing each Disney Princess as a young girl!Before Cinderella met her fairy godmother or dropped her glass slipper, she was a young girl, and this is her story. Ella, or Cinderella, as her parents fondly call her, is getting ready for a puppet-show contest...
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I Spy Ultimate Challenger: A Book of Picture Riddles

Jean Marzollo · Cartwheel; Library Binding edition
Format: Hardcover

It's the Ultimate Challenge: the most difficult riddles combined with the most incredible photographs--culled from the original I Spy books--to create the most intriguing I Spy book ever!Think you know every I Spy book out there? Think you've found every last bauble, bow, striped...
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Hooray for Doctors!

Tessa Kenan · Lerner Classroom
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

Doctors know many things about health and the human body! By examining patients and prescribing medicine, doctors can find out what is making someone sick and how to make them feel better. Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about how doctors...
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My Journey to the Stars

Scott Kelly · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly was the first to spend an entire year in space! Discover his awe-inspiring journey in this fascinating picture book memoir that takes readers from Scott's childhood as an average student to his record-breaking year among the stars. Scott Kelly wasn't...
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Biscuit Wins a Prize

Alyssa Capucilli · SCHOLASTIC INC. @
Format: Paperback

It's the day of the pet show, and Biscuit has to look his best. All his old friends are at the show, and Biscuit sees so many new friends that he can't sit still-even for the judge! The lovable yellow puppy's friendliness helps him win a big prize, and the hearts of his readers!
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Lion Lessons

Jon Agee · Dial Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

With the wit and read-aloud appeal of Peter Brown's Children Make Terrible Pets and William Steig's Pete's a Pizza, this funny, fierce picture book teaches kids just what it takes to be a great lion There are seven steps to becoming a proper lion, including Looking Fierce, Roaring, Prowling...
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Mother Bruce

Ryan T. Higgins · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Bruce the bear likes to keep to himself. That, and eat eggs. But when his hard-boiled goose eggs turn out to be real, live goslings, he starts to lose his appetite. And even worse, the goslings are convinced he's their mother. Bruce tries to get the geese to go south, but he can't seem...
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School's First Day of School

Adam Rex · A Neal Porter Book
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

It's the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone's just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself. What will the children do once they come? Will they like the school? Will they be nice to him?The school has a rough start, but as the day goes on, he soon...
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DK Readers L2: Star Wars: Rey to the Rescue!

Dk. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Meet Rey, the brave young heroine from the latest installment of the Star Wars™ saga: The Force Awakens™, in DK Readers L2: Star Wars: Rey to the Rescue! Takes a close look at Rey's home planet of Jakku, her fighting and piloting skills, her friends Finn and BB-8, and her evil enemy...
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W Is For Webster: Noah Webster and his American Dictionary

Tracey Fern · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

From an early age, Noah Webster was an odd fellow who liked to talk big and loved learning. He thought America needed its own national language and knew he was just the man to create it. He started with a speller, including everyday words like "scab," "grub," and "mop,"...
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Big & Little Questions

Julie Bowe · Kathy Dawson Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the successful Friends for Keeps series comes Wren Jo Byrd, a nine-year-old introvert whose life has gone topsy-turvy ever since her dad moved out."By turns heartbreaking and heartwarming - exactly like real life. Julie Bowe takes on the tough questions about what...
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Dory Fantasmagory

Abby Hanlon · Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

Move over, Junie B. Jones and Ivy & Bean! Here comes a lovably energetic little sister with a BIG personality - and an imagination to match!As the youngest in her family, Dory really wants attention, and more than anything she wants her brother and sister to play with her. But she's...
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Plants Feed Me

Lizzy Rockwell · Holiday House
Pages: 29
Format: Print book

Detailed illustrations help teach new readers about the edible parts of different plants, including leaves, flowers, stems, roots, and seeds.
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Her Right Foot

Dave Eggers · Chronicle Books
Pages: 104
Format: Hardcover

If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you'd mention the Statue of Liberty. Have you seen her?She's in New York. She's holding a torch. And she's taking one step forward. But why?In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, uniquely American in its frank tone and honest...
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