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The Princess in Black Takes a Vacation

Shannon Hale · Candlewick Press
Pages: 87
Format: Print book

Even monster-battling princesses get tired sometimes! But a peaceful time away is hard to find as the humorous New York Times best-selling series continues.After battling monsters all night, a sleepy Princess in Black decides that she needs a vacation. After all, the Goat Avenger, a new hero...
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Sing It Out

Devin Ann Wooster · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

In Barbieâ„¢ in Rock 'n Royals, Barbieâ„¢ stars as Princess Courtney, a modern princess whose world is turned upside down when a mix-up sends her to Camp Pop and the famous rockstar, Erika, to Camp Royalty. When the girls learn both camps are at risk of shutting down, they must come...
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A Woodland Wedding

Rebecca Elliott · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover

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 books...
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You're My Boo

Kate Dopirak · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

In a sweet rhyming ode to unconditional love, debut author Kate Dopirak celebrates the silly ups and downs of life with a little one.Introducing an adorable fox family, where the older brother is sweet ... and a bit of a stinker. But whether he gets along (or doesn't) with his baby...
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Give Bees a Chance

Bethany Barton · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

From the author-illustrator of Children's Choice Book Award Winner I'm Trying to Love Spiders: a plea to please give bees a chance!Not sure whether to high-five bees or run away from them? Well, maybe you shouldn't high-five them, but you definitely don't have to run away from them. Give...
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Sheep Won't Sleep: Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s

Judy Cox · Holiday House
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A comical math skills book with a cast of colorful woolly animals.Clarissa is flabbergasted. Ten of the sheep she was counting while trying to doze off have barged into her bedroom. The bossy ewes tell her to count pairs of alpacas, herds of llamas, and sets of yaks. Pretty soon baaing,...
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Let the Children March

Monica Clark-Robinson · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

I couldn't play on the same playground as the white kids. I couldn't go to their schools. I couldn't drink from their water fountains. There were so many things I couldn't do. In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to march for their...
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Ferocious Fluffity: A Mighty Bite-y Class Pet

Erica S Perl · Harry N Abrams
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Mr. Drake's second grade class has a new class pet. Fluffity appears to be a cute and docile hamster - but the kids soon discover that she is not the cuddly pet they expected. From the moment her cage door opens, Fluffity becomes FEROCIOUS - biting and chasing everyone down the hall and into...
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A Family Is a Family Is a Family

Sara O'Leary · Groundwood Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways - but the same in the one way that matters most of all.One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates...
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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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Triangle

Mac Barnett · Candlewick
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen conspire again on a slyly funny tale about some very sneaky shapes.Meet Triangle. He is going to play a sneaky trick on his friend, Square. Or so Triangle thinks. . . . With this first tale in a new trilogy,...
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Surprise!

MIKE HENSON · words & pictures
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Badger wants to show Rabbit something. But why do the lights keep going on and off? There are plenty of surprises in store for the animals in this simple, vibrant picture book which is both a mystery and a guessing game. As young readers prepare to turn the pages, they can try to predict...
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Lucy

Randy Cecil · Candlewick Press
Pages: 132
Format: Print book

A tiny dog, a kindhearted girl, and a nervous juggler converge in a cinematic book in four acts - a unique children's literature experience.Lucy is a small dog without a home. She had one once, but she remembers it only in her dreams. Eleanor is a little girl who looks forward to feeding...
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Jason and the Argonauts

Robert Byrd · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

A beautifully illustrated account of the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts with informative details from the award-winning author of Electric Ben The story of Jason and the Argonauts is one of the earliest recorded Greek myths. Here, master artist Robert Byrd has created a striking...
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Mission PAW

Random House · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Join Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol for a special mission in Barkingburg. Chase is invited to guard the royal crown, when but it's stolen, he needs help from Ryder, Rubble, Zuma, Skye, and the rest of the pups! Boys and girls ages 4 to 6 who love PAW Patrol will thrill to this Step 2 Step...
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