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Seeds and Fruits

Melanie Waldron · Raintree
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Seeds and fruits carry out vital jobs for all flowering plants. New plants are created from seeds and fruits help to protect and spread those seeds. This book provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of seeds and fruit, their structure and how they are brilliantly...
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The Christmas Party

Andrea Posner-Sanchez · RH/Disney
Format: Library Binding

It's Christmas in Arendelle and Anna and Elsa want to make it the best one ever! Find out how the royal sisters from Disney's award-winning movie Frozen celebrate. Girls ages 4 to 6 will love this Step 2 reader that comes with press-out ornaments featuring pictures of the characters,...
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Crafty Cat and the Crafty Camp Crisis

Charise Mericle Harper · First Second
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Second grade isn't always a breeze for Birdie. There are just so many opportunities to embarrass herself! But Birdie's got a secret weapon that nobody knows about -- her alter-ego, Crafty Cat! Birdie can become Crafty Cat without anyone noticing, and she always manages to get herself out of a jam using...
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Bruno: Some of the More Interesting Days in My Life So Far

CATHARINA VALCKX · Gecko Press
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Bruno, the cat in the checkered cap, takes life as it comes. When it's too rainy to go outside, he rustles up an inside picnic with his friends. When he meets a fish swimming in the air, he follows it. Why not! When the canary forgets how to sing and can only speak gibberish, Bruno...
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Goldie Blox Rules the School!

Random House. · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 124
Format: Paperback

An original chapter-book series featuring the characters from GoldieBlox!This all-new chapter-book series based on the successful toy line focuses on Goldie Blox's mission to encourage girls to roll up their sleeves and get building! When Goldie Blox accidentally blows off the roof of her school,...
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Dinotrux: It Takes Teamwork!

Margaret Green · Little
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

The Dinotrux build a garage to keep their reptool friends safe. It's a huge construction project with a very important mission-- but can the Dinotrux put their differences aside and work together to build the best garage? This 8x8 storybook is based on an episode and includes character...
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The Very Fairy Princess: Attitude of Gratitude

Julie Andrews · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From the beloved mother-daughter team of Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton comes another delightful story in the #1 New York Times bestselling Very Fairy Princess series, perfect for Thanksgiving sharing! It's Gratitude Day at school! Gerry is ready to be grateful and kind all day long....
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The Berenstain Bears' Holiday Cookbook: Cub-Friendly Cooking With an Adult

Mike Berenstain · Zonderkidz
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Be part of the fun and join Mama, Papa, Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear as they cook up holiday favorites and some unique eats for friends and family with the all-new The Berenstain Bears Holiday Cookbook. Filled with traditional holiday favorites like Frosted Sugar Cookies, Pumpkin Pie,...
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Seeing-Eye Dogs

Jennifer Fretland VanVoorst · Bearport Publishing

If you were unable to see, how would you know when it's safe to cross a street? How would you safely go up and down stairs? You would rely on your seeing-eye dog. In this introduction to these special canines, readers learn how the dogs are trained, the amazing things they can do, and the kinds...
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Homing Pigeons

Jenny Fretland VanVoorst · Bearport
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Shares information about how homing pigeons are able to carry messages across great distances.
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The Secret World of Mermaids

Jordan Quinn · Little Simon, 2015.
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Prince Lucas discovers underwater secrets when he gets a glimpse of the mermaids' kingdom in this eighth chapter book in the fantastical Kingdom of Wrenly series.Lucas and Clara are floating on a raft when a wave hits and throws Lucas into the sea. Before being pulled up to the surface,...
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Double-Team!

Christy Webster · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 48
Format: Book

When the villains start to multiply, Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are forced to split up. Will two teams be better than one? Boys ages 7 to 9 will thrill to this action-packed Step into Reading level 4 reader.
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Asteroids & Meteoroids

GRACE HANSEN · Abdo Kids Jumbo
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

This title will cover how asteroids and meteoroids came to be, what they are made of, where most of them are found, and what happens when they collide with planets, like Earth! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids,...
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Laff-O-Tronic School Jokes!

Michael Dahl · Stone Arch Book, A Capstone imprint,
Pages: 91
Format: Print book

The most awesome Tronic collection of jokes, comics, gags, and basically everything awesome and fun about school!
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Emily's Blue Period

Cathleen Daly · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 55
Format: Print book

Emily wants to be an artist. She likes painting and loves the way artists like Pablo Picasso mixed things up.Emily's life is a little mixed up right now. Her dad doesn't live at home anymore, and it feels like everything around her is changing. "When Picasso was sad for a while,"...
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