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Hilda and the Stone Forest
Hilda and the Stone Forest

Luke Pearson · Flying Eye Books
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

Hilda may be grounded, but that won't stop her from heading off on another daring adventure! But everything is thrown off course when her mother catches her and is dragged along for the ride. Furious with each other, the bickering pair find themselves lost in the land of the trolls, forced...
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My Dream Playground
My Dream Playground

Kate Becker · Candlewick
Format: Book

A resourceful little girl with big ideas becomes a key part of the team when a community of family, friends, and neighbors builds a playground.Right now there is just an empty lot down the street, but this little girl dreams that one day there will be a playground — a real playground,...
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Daddies Are Awesome
Daddies Are Awesome

Meredith Costain · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Daddies are awesome! They're warm and delicious.They tickle and hug you and shower you with kisses.Loving and thoughtful, playful and daring, cuddly and caring--daddies are awesome. This gentle rhyming text celebrates the special bond between father and child. Adorable doggy daddy and pup illustrations...
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Caroline's Comets: A True Story
Caroline's Comets: A True Story

Emily Arnold McCully · Holiday House
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) was not only one of the greatest astronomers who ever lived but also the first woman to be paid for her scientific work. Born the youngest daughter of a poor family in Hanover, Germany, she was scarred from smallpox, stunted from typhus and used by her parents...
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Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel

Kathryn Gibbs Davis · Harcourt Brace and Company
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A Junior Library Guild SelectionOrbis Pictus Honor for Outstanding Nonfiction for ChildrenCapturing an engineer's creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible...
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Giddyup, Scooby
Giddyup, Scooby

Scholastic. · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Someone's out stealing horses at Tumbleweed Ranch! Can Scooby and the kids from Mystery, Inc. saddle up to save the day?
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Fly Guy's Ninja Christmas
Fly Guy's Ninja Christmas

Tedd Arnold · Cartwheel Books
Pages: 30
Format: Print book

In the new book in Tedd Arnold's New York Times bestselling Fly Guy series, it's Christmazzz Eve and Fly Guy doesn't have a present to give his best friend, Buzz. But when he goes out to look for one, Fly Guy meets a stranger in the house whom he has to fight off with his ninja action....
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The Lost Puppy
The Lost Puppy

Holly Webb · Tiger Tales
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Christy is thrilled when her aunt's dachshund has puppies. And her parents have a wonderful surprise-she is going to get to keep one! Christy knows exactly who to pick-the beautiful puppy she's already named Lucky. Christy loves playing with Lucky and can't wait to take him for walks....
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Frog and Toad Together
Frog and Toad Together

Arnold Lobel · Scholastic Book Services
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

Frog and Toad are best friends - they do everything together. When Toad admires the flowers in Frog's garden, Frog gives him seeds to grow a garden of his own. When Toad bakes cookies, Frog helps him eat them. And when both Frog and Toad are scared, they are brave together. The School...
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Ninja on the Farm
Ninja on the Farm

Luke Flowers · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

In the first book in this fun Level 1 reader series, Moby Shinobi heads to the farm! Moby tries to collect eggs, gather hay, and feed the pigs, but each try ends in a funny mess. Moby wants to help Farmer Bob, but what if his ninja skills aren't right for the job? Then the cows break...
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The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors

Drew Daywalt · Balzer Bray
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

From New York Times bestselling creators Drew Daywalt, author of The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home, and Adam Rex, author-illustrator of Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, comes a laugh-out-loud hilarious picture book about the epic tale of the classic game Rock, Paper,...
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Magic Friends
Magic Friends

Chelsea Eberly · Random House Books for Young Readers; Mti edition
Format: Book

Girls ages 4 to 6 will love learning to read on their own with this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader based on Barbies latest film, releasing in fall 2014.,
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Olivia the Spy
Olivia the Spy

Ian Falconer · Atheneum Children'S Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Everyone's favorite pig is about to have a birthday ... but will her penchant for eavesdropping lead to more than presents?Olivia's birthday is days away. Plans must be made. Who makes plans? Moms! Who simply must know the plans? Olivia, who is NOT above eavesdropping. But when...
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DK Readers L2: LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Amazing Battles!
DK Readers L2: LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Amazing Battles!

DK · DK Children
Format: Print book

Discover a thrilling new world of action with the latest 2015 LEGO® DC Comics™ Super Heroes. Featuring a host of fun characters, DK's new Level 2 reader, LEGO® DC Comics™ Super Heroes: Amazing Battles!, showcases some of DC's most notorious villains as they plot yet another...
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Judy Moody and the Bucket List
Judy Moody and the Bucket List

Megan Mcdonald · Candlewick Press
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Drumroll, please: Judy Moody is about to become a poop-scooping, hinny-riding, one-girl band extraordinaire as she takes on her very own Bucket List.Judy is visiting Grandma Lou one day when she accidentally finds an uber-mysterious list of activities - a Bucket List! Which gives Judy...
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