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Tiny Hero of Ferny Creek Library, The

LINDA BAILEY · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Eddie, a passionate reader and a shiny green bug, saves the school library in this funny, heartwarming tale that fans of Flora & Ulysses and Charlotte's Web will love. Includes black-and-white illustrations throughout from Newbery Honor Medalist and New York Times-bestselling author-artist...
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Bravelands #1: Broken Pride

Erin Hunter · HarperCollins
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Heed the call of the wild with this brand-new, action-packed animal fantasy series from the #1 nationally bestselling author of Warriors. Enter the Bravelands ... and discover the Erin Hunter series you've been waiting for.A lion cast out from his pride.An elephant who can read the bones...
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Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth

FRANK COTTRELL BOYCE · Walden Pond Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author Frank Cottrell Boyce returns with another one-of-a-kind story of heart, humor, and finding one's place in the universe. Prez knows that the best way to keep track of things is to make a list. That's important when you have a grandfather who is constantly forgetting....
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Holly Farb and the Princess of the Galaxy

Gareth Wronski · Aladdin
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Guardians of the Galaxy meets Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in this laugh-out-loud funny debut novel about a girl's journey into space and beyond to find her place in the universe.Holly Farb is not the Princess of the Galaxy. She may be top of the class in every subject, but she can't...
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Sam Battles the Machine!: A Branches Book

Jack Chabert · Branches/Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, 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....
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What Was the Wild West?

Janet B Pascal · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Saddle up and get ready for a ride back into the wild and wooly past of the American West.The west was at its wildest from 1865 to 1895, when territories west of the Mississippi River remained untamed and lawless. Famous for cowboys, American Indians, lawmen, gunslingers, pioneers, and prospectors,...
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Where Are the Galapagos Islands?

Megan Stine · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Armchair adventurers can set sail for the remote Galapagos Islands and learn about the strange and unique animals that live there. The Galapagos Islands are a chain of volcanic islands located on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean. The isolated location of the islands has allowed...
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Amy on Park Patrol

CALLIE BARKLEY · LITTLE SIMON
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Amy must come up with a plan to save a park - and all the animals living there - in the seventeenth book of the Critter Club series.When Amy learns that part of a nearby park may be destroyed and replaced by a shopping center, she's devastated. Amy has spent her whole life visiting...
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Junk Drawer Engineering: 25 Construction Challenges That Don't Cost a Thing

Bobby Mercer · Chicago Review Press Incorporated
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

There's no need for expensive, high-tech materials to test your engineering skills - you probably have all you need in your home junk drawer. Each hands-on project in this book will challenge you to come up with a unique solution to a specific design problem. Construct a Pasta Bridge...
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Kids' Crafternoon Papercraft: 25 Projects for a Crafty Afternoon

Kathreen Ricketson · Hardie Grant Books
Pages: 128
Format: Spiral-bound

A delightful beginner craft book for kids with twenty-five projects which can be completed with minimum fuss and maximum fun in an afternoon. With the help of the Crafternoon series of crafting books, children need only their imaginations, a few simple materials, and an afternoon to make...
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She Persisted

ANONYMOUS. · Philomel Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Chelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted. Throughout American history, there have always been women...
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DK findout! Stone Age

Dk. · Dk Publishing
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

Go back to prehistoric times to see what life was like in the Stone Age in DK findout! Stone Age. Learn how early humans discovered fire, how they used stone to create tools, and how they fought to survive.Meet a Stone Age human to see what they wore, sample some of their favorite foods,...
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You Can Be a Paleontologist!: Discovering Dinosaurs with Dr. Scott

Scott D Sampson · Natl Geographic
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Ever wondered how to find a dinosaur? Paleontologist Dr. Scott Sampson, host of Dinosaur Train on PBS Kids, tells kids how! How do paleontologists find dinosaur bones? How do they know what dinosaurs ate or looked like? And what is paleontology, anyway? Dr. Scott tackles all these questions...
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Sharkpedia

Nancy Ellwood · DK Publishing; Har/Pstr edition
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Learn where sharks lurk, what they eat, who they hang out with, and why the do what they do. Also, hear from scientists about why some sharks attack, and hear first-hand from survivors what an attack is like. Grab your bucket o' chum and climb aboard!
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Posted

John David Anderson · HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
Pages: 1
Format: Audiobook

[Children's Fiction (Ages 8-12) ]John David Anderson, author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day, returns with a funny, honest, and original story about bullying, broken friendships, and failures of communication.In middle school, words aren't just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right...
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Pottymouth and Stoopid

JAMES PATTERSON · JIMMY PATTERSON
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Bestselling author James Patterson's best book for boys in years Tired of being bullied, middle-school underdogs "Pottymouth" and "Stoopid" finally fight back with the power of funny. David and his best friend Michael were tagged with awful nicknames way back in preschool...
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Garfield Hams It Up: His 31st Book

Jim Davis
Format: Print book

Faster than a jelly donut, able to gobble lasagna in a single gulp . . . It's the one and only feisty furball Garfield - the corpulent cat with an attitude second only to his appetite. So whether he's relishing the fall season (the crinkle of autumn's rustling leaves sounds...
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Horse Diaries #14: Calvino

Whitney Sanderson · Random House
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

For all lovers of horses and history! This latest book in the Horse Diaries series features an Andalusian horse in romantic sixteenth-century Spain. Southern Spain, 1570s Calvino is a dapple-gray Andalusian stallion. He grew up driving cattle in the mountains, but soon he catches the eye of King...
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Descendants 2: Mal's Spell Book 2: Wicked Magic

DISNEY BOOK GROUP. · HARPERCOLLINS
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

The deluxe POB format features 192 pages of spells, sketches, and notes added by the characters!
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Tales of Rapunzel #2: Opposites Attract

RH Disney · RH/Disney
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Tangled: The Series on Disney Channel is set between the events of the original film and the start of Tangled Ever After. The series follows the long-locked Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore) as she acquaints herself with her parents, her kingdom, and the people of Corona. Realizing there...
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Space Taxi: B.U.R.P. Strikes Back

Wendy Mass · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Book five in the intergalactic science-based chapter book series from New York Times bestselling author Wendy Mass and Michael Brawer! Archie Morningstar fights crime across the universe alongside his dad and Pockets the talking cat. In Archie's fifth adventure, Pockets is in a panic:...
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Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep

Liz Kessler · Candlewick
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

An enchanting tale with a fabulous monster, engaging characters, plenty of mermaid magic, and a page-turning story, Liz Kessler's new middle-grade fantasy has all the charm and warmth of its predecessor, THE TAIL OF EMILY WINDSNAP.Picture an island set in a glittering blue sea, sparkling...
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Stick Cat: Cats in the City

Tom Watson · HarperCollins
Pages: 219
Format: Hardcover

Join Stick Cat and his incomparable sidekick Edith on another dangerous, epic, and hilarious rescue mission in Tom Watson's Stick Cat: Cats in the City!With over-the-top fun and humor, this scrumptious story features Tom Watson's trademark laughs, adventure, and hilarious stick-figure drawings,...
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The Door Before

Nathan D Wilson · Random House
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Discover fascinating new worlds and reluctant heroes worth cheering for in the prequel to the bestselling and highly acclaimed 100 Cupboards series! Whether If you've read 100 Cupboards and can't wait to learn where the cupboards came from or whether you'are new to the series,...
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Katana at Super Hero High

Lisa Yee · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Get your cape on with the DC Super Hero Girls™ - the unprecedented new Super Hero universe especially for girls! Readers of all ages can fly high with the all-new adventures of Wonder Woman™, Supergirl™, Batgirl™, and some of the world's most iconic female super heroes as high...
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Invisible Emmie

TERRI LIBENSON · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Jennifer L. Holm, Invisible Emmie is a humorous and surprising debut graphic novel by Terri Libenson, creator of the internationally syndicated, Reuben Award-winning comic strip The Pajama Diaries. This is the story of two totally different girls...
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Roller Girl

Victoria Jamieson · Dial Books
Pages: 239
Format: Print book

The Newbery Honor Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Roller Girl is a heartwarming graphic novel about friendship and surviving junior high through the power of roller derby - perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Smile! For most of her twelve years, Astrid has done everything...
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Lights, Camera, Middle School!

Jennifer L Holm · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

It's a new kind of book for Babymouse! Fans of Dork Diaries, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and James Patterson's Middle School books, this is going to be epic. . . . For Babymouse, middle school is like a monster movie. You can never be sure who's a friend and who's an enemy, and the halls are filled...
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The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary

Jeff Kinney · Harry N. Abrams; Mti edition
Format: Hardcover

A NEWER, REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION OF THIS BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE, The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary (DOG DAYS EDITION), ISBN 978-1419706424. INCLUDES 32 NEW PAGES ABOUT THE THIRD WIMPY KID MOVIE, DOG DAYS, PLUS AN ALL-NEW COVER ILLUSTRATION.
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