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Missing Mike
SHARI GREEN · Pajama Press
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
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He's a rescue, a rust-colored mutt. Maybe there's a little retriever in him, although he's not exactly pretty. He's had a run-in with coyotes and he's missing an eye. But Mike is almost-eleven-year-old Cara Donovan's dog, and they love each other absolutely. Usually... |
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Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete Poems
Bob Raczka · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 43
Format: Hardcover
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"Who says words need to be concrete? This collection shapes poems in surprising and delightful ways. Concrete poetry is a perennially popular poetic form because they are fun to look at. But by using the arrangement of the words on the page to convey the meaning of the poem, concrete... |
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Understanding Propaganda
John Joseph Micklos Jr. · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback
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Everybody believes they're immune to propaganda, but everyone is wrong about that. Propaganda assaults us daily, on tv, on the internet, on the streets of our cities; everywhere we look, and even when we don't think we're looking. Easy-to-understand text, simple infographics,... |
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The Explorer
Katherine Rundell · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exciting new novel about a group of kids who must survive in the Amazon after their plane crashes.Fred, Con, Lila, and Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when the plane they're on crashes and the pilot dies... |
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Hoofbeats: Katie and Mustang # 1
S Radhakrishnan · Dutton
Pages: 144
Format: Print book
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Orphaned at age six and taken in by a heartless couple, nine-year-old Katie Rose spends her days doing chores and dreaming of going west to find her Uncle Jack. Then Mr. Stevens brings home an unbroken Mustang, and Katie's world changes. Katie is drawn to the horse's wildness, and he seems... |
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Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo
Jon Scieszka · Amulet Books
Pages: 171
Format: Print book
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"Huge laughs and great science - the kind of smart, funny stuff that makes Jon Scieszka a legend." - Mac Barnett, author of Battle Bunny and The Terrible Two "I never thought science could be funny . . . until I read Frank Einstein. It will have kids laughing." - Jeff... |
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King Flashypants and the Evil Emperor
Andy Riley · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Edwin isn't any ordinary boy. He is a king with a crown, his own suit of armor, a castle with secret passages and water slides -- oh, and the most horribly evil man in the universe living next door. Emperor Nurbison is permanently up to no good. He wants Edwin's kingdom for himself, so when... |
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The Haunted Dark: A Tale of Terror
Brandon Terrell · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 72
Format: Library Binding
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Malik Jackson has never told anyone about his terror of the dark. When his friend Ian dares him to join a ghost-hunting mission in an abandoned mansion, Malik is afraid he'll be laughed at if he backs down. Especially since the girl he likes is part of the crew. Malik tells him himself... |
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Flashback Four #2: The Titanic Mission
Dan Gutman · HarperCollins
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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In New York Times bestselling author Dan Gutman's all-new series, which blends fascinating real history with an action-packed adventure, four very different kids are picked by a mysterious billionaire to travel through time and photograph some of history's most important events.This time,... |
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Karl, Get Out of the Garden!: Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything
Anita Sanchez · Charlesbridge
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
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Do you know what a Solanum caule inermi herbaceo, foliis pinnatis incises, racemis simplicibus is?* Carolus (Karl) Linnaeus started off as a curious child who loved exploring the garden. Despite his intelligence - and his mother's scoldings - he was a poor student, preferring to be outdoors... |
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Scrap Paper Art
Susie Brooks · Powerkids Pr
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
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Newspaper, scraps of wrapping paper, and old envelopes are all items that can be used to create beautiful works of art. This fun book teaches readers to get creative and make projects out of supplies that might otherwise end up in the trash or recycling. Using scrap paper, young artists... |
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Abby in Wonderland
SARAH MLYNOWSKI · Scholastic Press
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover
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Down the rabbit hole . . .I'm spending the day with my best friends, Frankie and Robin, and -- UGH -- snobby Penny. I'm not expecting anything magical to happen, until Frankie falls into a mysterious hole behind Penny's house . . . and we all wind up in the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland!I've... |
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Baseball: Then to WOW!
The Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids · Liberty Street
Pages: 80
Format: Print book
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Baseball: Then to WOW! shows readers how baseball has evolved from the early days of the 1920s to the game it is today. Using MLB action photographs, illustrations, stories, and trivia, the book is a journey through time both for baseball fans and those new to the game. Kids will learn... |
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Wolfie and Fly
Cary Fagan · Tundra Books
Pages: 84
Format: Hardcover
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A classic story of imagination, friendship, adventure and speeding through the ocean in a cardboard box. For fans of Ivy & Bean, Judy Moody or Nate the Great.Wolfie and Fly is an early chapter book at its simplest and best. Our heroine, Renata Wolfman (Wolfie) does everything by herself.... |
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Squish #2: Brave New Pond
Jennifer L. Holm · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Introducing Squish—a hilarious, action packed graphic novel series from the award-winning creators of Babymouse! Filled with superheroes, comics within comics, and gross-out science, Squish is perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants, Dan Gutman's Weird School,... |
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