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Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography

Lemony Snicket · HarperCollins; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

A Warning from the Publisher Many readers have questions about Lemony Snicket, author of the distressing serial concerning the trials of the charming but unlucky Baudelaire orphans, published under the collective title A Series of Unfortunate Events. Before purchasing, borrowing, or stealing...
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The Mystery of the Mayhem Mansion

Matthew K Manning · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 104
Format: Print book

When Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang visit a famous mansion once owned by horror filmmakers Jeffrey and Madeline Mayhew, they discover they ve arrived at a pretty creepy place. With its maze-like layout, strange stairways that abruptly end at the ceiling, doors opening to reveal brick...
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The Life and Times of Martin Luther

Meike Roth-Beck · Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pages: 44
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating look at the ideas that founded the Protestant Church Wittenberg, Germany, 1517: Martin Luther publishes 95 theses criticizing the practices of the Roman Catholic Church. With that one defiant act, a conflict begins - a conflict that will spark the Protestant Reformation and ultimately...
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Venomous Animals

Cari Meister · Jump!
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

In Venomous Animals, early fluent readers learn about animals such as the cobra, bee, and stonefish that protect themselves against predators by injecting poison. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they explore the unique adaptations of these venomous...
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Jade the Disco Fairy

Daisy Meadows · Scholastic Paperbacks

Can Rachel and Kirsty help the Dance Fairies get their grooves back?The Dance Fairies' magic ribbons are missing! Without them, all kinds of dances are getting off on the wrong foot. Everyone is miserable, except for Jack Frost and his goblins. They have the ribbons . . . and it's...
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Inventions & Technologies

Chris Woodford · QEB Publishing
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

In the ancient world, philosopher Archimedes designed new machines for farming. During the Renaissance, artist Leonardo da Vinci sketched his ideas for wondrous flying machines. Scientist James Watt provided ideas that would power the Industrial Revolution, while American inventor Thomas...
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Bomb squad technician

John Perritano · Mason Crest
Pages: 48
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : English

It takes a special kind of bravery to face down a live bomb . . . but the people in this book demonstrate that courage every time they go to work. Experts on bomb squads around the world face new dangers every day. Inside, read how they stay ahead of the bombers and how they train their...
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Escape from Funland

Bill H Doyle · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

The humor and heart of Modern Family meets wacky contests in book two of this series, which asks: What could be more fun than a fun house? A local theme park called Funland is hosting a huge contest to turn one family's home into the ultimate fun house. Who wouldn't want a slide from...
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Who Was Albert Einstein?

Jess Brallier · Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Print book

Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein-but what exactly did he do? How much do kids really know about Albert Einstein besides the funny hair and genius label? For instance, do they know that he was expelled from school as a kid? Finally, here's the story of Albert Einstein's life,...
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A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day

Andrea Davis Pinkney · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 60
Format: Print book

A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day.The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats's obvious talent, his father...
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When Mischief Came to Town

Katrina Nannestad · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 179
Format: Print book

In the tradition of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES and PIPPI LONGSTOCKING comes a heart-warming novel about love, family, grief, joy and the power of laughter and imagination. When Inge Maria arrives on the tiny island of Bornholm in Denmark to live with her grandmother, she's not sure what to expect....
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Big Nate Blasts Off

Lincoln Peirce · Balzer + Bray, 2016.
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

For fans of the hilarious Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, here comes the eighth novel in the New York Times bestselling series Big Nate.BIG NATE IS BLASTING OFF!Nate has a crush on Ruby. But after his scrap with Randy Betancourt makes headlines in the Weekly Bugle, he's got a problem WAY worse...
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Earth science

Tim Harris · Cavendish Square
Pages: 32
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : English : First edition

Earth Science uses geography and geology to outline the way our planet works. There is a diagram of the Earths layers and another showing why we have seasons. The causes of the forces of nature are outlined, as are the effects those forces have on water and land. There are fact boxes on our environment...
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Zorgoochi Intergalactic Pizza: Delivery of Doom

Dan Yaccarino · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 318
Format: Print book

When Luno's dad FINALLY gives him the responsibility of delivering pizza orders all over the galaxy, Luno is excited, mostly. He knows that delivering pizza is no walk on the moon. There are hostile customers, and there's always the threat of his deliveries being intercepted by Quantum...
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The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs

Cylin Busby · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 263
Format: Print book

For fans of Katherine Applegate's The One and Only Ivan comes the swashbuckling story of a little cat's adventures on the high seas Captain Natick does not want to take a kitten on board his ship when it sets sail in 1837, but his daughter convinces him that the scrawny yellow...
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