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Pip Bartlett's Guide to Unicorn Training

Maggie Stiefvater · Scholastic Press
Pages: 190
Format: Hardcover

Some things Pip and Tomas will find when dealing with unicorns: SHOW-OFFS STAMPEDES MYSTERYA UNICORN WHO'S AFRAID OF EVERYTHING Some things Pip and Tomas will not find when dealing with unicorns: PEACE AND QUIET Pip Bartlett has a way with magical creatures. But even she's challenged by Regent...
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Electrical Wizard: Candlewick Biographies: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World

Elizabeth Rusch · Candlewick Press
Pages: 56
Format: Print book

Move over, Thomas Edison! Nikola Tesla takes the spotlight in a biography of the man who pioneered modern electrical engineering - and changed the course of history.When a Serbian boy named Nikola Tesla was three, he stroked his cat and was enchanted by the electrical sparks. By the time...
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Monsters Beware!

Rafael Rosado · First Second
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Claudette is back AGAIN, and she's ready to kick major monster butt!She's fought giants, clobbered dragons, and now Claudette faces her biggest challenge yet ... herself! Well, that and a gang of vile monsters. It all begins when Claudette's town hosts the annual Warrior Games. After some...
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Higher, Steeper, Faster: The Daredevils Who Conquered the Skies

Lawrence Goldstone · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 243
Format: Hardcover

Discover the daring aviation pioneers who made the dream of powered flight a reality, forever changing the course of history. Aviator Lincoln Beachey broke countless records: he looped-the-loop, flew upside down and in corkscrews, and was the first to pull his aircraft out of what was a typically...
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Bad Princess: True Tales from Behind the Tiara

Kris Waldherr · Scholastic Nonfiction
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Forget everything you thought you knew about princesses... Welcome to Bad Princess by Kris Waldherr (author of Doomed Queens) , where you'll discover what really happens after "Happily Ever After." From the war-torn Dark Ages of Medieval Europe to America's Gilded Age,...
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Stick Cat: Two Catch a Thief

TOM WATSON · HarperCollins
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Join Stick Cat in this scrumptious story featuring Tom Watson's trademark laughs, adventure, and hilarious stick-figure drawings - perfect for fans of the Stick Dog, Big Nate, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid books.Much to Edith's delight, she and Stick Cat are enjoying a lazy day at his apartment....
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The Pet War

Allan Woodrow · Scholastic Paperbacks; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

THE PET WAR is a hilarious story about the timeless battles of dog vs. cat, brother vs. sister, know-it-all vs. know-nothing.Eleven-year-old Otto wants a dog. His twelve-year-old perfect sister, Lexi, wants a cat. Their mother, who works very long hours as a nurse, wants neither. Pets are expensive...
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Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, and Stories from an African American Childhood

Pat McKissack · Schwartz & Wade Books
Pages: 173
Format: Hardcover

"Part songbook, part research text, this work is perfect for families to share together or for young scholars who seek to discover an important piece of cultural history. "-- School Library Journal, starred review From Newbery Honor winner Patricia C. McKissack and two-time Caldecott...
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How to Outsmart a Billion Robot Bees

Paul Tobin · Bloomsbury
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

It's Friday the 13th again, and for sixth grade genius Nate Bannister, that means doing three more not-so-smart things to keep life interesting. But he has bigger problems than his own experiments. His nemesis, the Red Death Tea Society, is threatening to unleash a swarm of angry bees on the city...
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Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow

Jessica Townsend · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 465
Format: Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller!"Poignant....A Harry Potter-esque adventure." --Time Magazine A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world--but is then tested beyond her wildest...
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It's Chinese New Year!

Richard Sebra · Lerner Publications
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about the traditions and celebrations of Chinese New Year. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions and a photo glossary help build nonfiction learning skills.
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Jack and the Geniuses: At the Bottom of the World

Bill Nye · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 247
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling authors Bill Nye the Science Guy and Gregory Mone take middle-grade readers on a scientific adventure in the launch of an exciting new chapter book series, Jack and the Geniuses. The perfect combination to engage and entertain readers, the series features real-world...
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The Dam Keeper

Robert Kondo · First Second
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Life in Sunrise Valley is tranquil, but beyond its borders lies certain death. A dangerous black fog looms outside the village, but its inhabitants are kept safe by an ingenious machine known as the dam. Pig's father built the dam and taught him how to maintain it. And then this brilliant...
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The Lost Kingdom

Matthew J. Kirby · Scholastic Press
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover

A remarkable adventure by award-winning author Matthew J. Kirby brings a fantastical American West filled with secrets and spies and terrifying creatures to vivid life.In this extraordinary adventure story, Billy Bartram, his father, and a secret society of philosophers and scientists venture...
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Trials of Apollo, The Book Two The Dark Prophecy

Rick Riordan · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 414
Format: Hardcover

Zeus has punished his son Apollo--god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more--by casting him down to earth in the form of a gawky, acne-covered sixteen-year-old mortal named Lester. The only way Apollo can reclaim his rightful place on Mount Olympus is by restoring several Oracles...
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