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Tasty Snacks and Drinks

Rita Storey · Smart Apple Media
Format: Hardcover

Snacks and drinks are a useful way of boosting your energy between meals. But many savoury snacks are high in salt and fat and many sweet snacks and drinks are high in sugar. This book provides lots of ideas for healthy, but very tasty, snacks and drinks. The recipes include mini-wraps,...
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The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever

Jill McElmurry · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Unearth the true story of green-thumbed pioneer and activist Kate Sessions, who helped San Diego grow from a dry desert town into a lush, leafy city known for its gorgeous parks and gardens.

Katherine Olivia Sessions never thought she'd live in a place without trees. After...
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What's Your Favorite Animal?

Eric Carle · Henry Holt
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Everybody has a favorite animal. Some like little white dogs or big black cats or hoppy brown bunnies best. Others prefer squishy snails or tall giraffes or sleek black panthers. With beautiful illustrations and charming personal stories, 14 children's book artists share their favorite...

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The Super-Smelly Moldy Blob: A Branches Book

Amy Marie Stadelmann · NY
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches...
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Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam

Tracey Corderoy · Nosy Crow
Format: Hardcover

Does crime really pay? Not for these two burglars. After one bungle too many they decide on a career change that any mother would be proud of!Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are two hapless robber dogs who decide the perfect way to rob their neighbors would be to invite them over for a lovely...
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What's Bugging Nurse Penny?: A Story about Lice

Catherine Stier · Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Nurse Penny is a fun and funky school nurse who wears honeybee earrings and a butterfly smock and carries a ladybug purse. But there's one kind of bug she'd rather not have around. . .head lice! So she calls a special school assembly to talk about those pesky critters--what they...
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Rappy Goes to School

Dan Gutman · HarperCollins
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

It's Rappy the Raptor's first day of school, and he's having a hard time keeping his cool!

But when Rappy spots a classmate being bullied, he finds the nerve to speak up - in rhyme, of course! Parents and kids will snap, tap, and dance first-day jitters away with this funny school...

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The Menace of Metallo!

Art Baltazar · DC Comics
Format: Hardcover

Can it be true? Has Superman met his match in Metallo? Who is Metallo? And whats up with his heart? Where does Lex Luthor fit into all of this? Watch out! Theres a new Super Hero in town!,
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Splat the Cat Goes to the Doctor

Rob Scotton · HarperFestival; Nov edition
Format: Book

Splat the Cat can't wait to go to the doctor for a checkup! That is, until his friends start talking about all the scary things a doctor's visit can mean. But Splat conquers his fear of the doctor's office and learns it isn't so bad after all - especially when you get a surprise...
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Scholastic Discover More: Puppies & Kittens

Penelope Arlon · Scholastic Reference
Format: Hardcover

An adorable and modern reference book about puppies and kittens for emergent readers.Puppies and Kittens is packed with facts about everyone's favorite pets. Each double-page spread features as aspect of the life of animal babies for children to compare with their own lives. Where to eat and sleep,...
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The Dragonsitter

Josh Lacey · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Dear Uncle Morton: You'd better get on a plane right now and come back here. Your dragon has eaten Jemima. Emily loved that rabbit! I'd better go now. I can smell burning. --Eddie
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Out-of-This-World Aliens: Hidden Picture Puzzles

Jill Kalz · Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Theyre parked behind the planet. Theyre keeping cool in the pool. Theyre even crouched by the campfire. Inside detailed, illustrated picture puzzles set in alien worlds, all sorts of sneaky objects are trying hard not to be found. Look close at the to find list on each spread, and seek...
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Sunshine

Helen Cox Cannons · Heinemann
Format: Book

Through stunning photographs and simple text, books in this series introduce children to different types of weather. In Sunshine, children learn what sunshine is, how the sun moves, when the sun is strongest, how to stay safe in the sun, and why sunshine is an important part of our weather.,
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Arctic Foxes

Julie Murray · Big Buddy Books
Format: Hardcover

Young readers learn about the Arctic fox, including its appearance, life cycle, habitat, threats to its survival, and more. Includes backckground information about the Arctic.
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Signing Around Town: Sign Language for Kids

Kathryn Clay · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

From the street to the store, take a trip around town and learn to sign along the way. What's the sign for car? Or for menu? Learn helpful words for restaurants, the doctors office, and even the zoo!
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