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Ghost Boys

Jewell Parker Rhodes · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better.Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes...
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W is for Welcome: A Celebration of America's Diversity

Brad Herzog · Sleeping Bear Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Following the alphabet this book uses poetry and expository text to celebrate America's diverse population and showcase the remarkable achievements and contributions that have come from the many people who have chosen to make our country their home. Topics include well-known landmarks...
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National Geographic Kids Almanac 2018

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS. · NATL GEOGRAPHIC
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Kids can have fun keeping up with our quickly changing world with the New York Times best-selling Almanac, packed with incredible photos, tons of fun facts, crafts, activities, and fascinating features about animals, science, nature, technology, and more. New features include three chapters...
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The Ultimate Book of Sharks

BRIAN SKERRY · National Geographic Children's Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Dive into the wild world of sharks! Get up close to learn the truth behind these fantastic, ferocious fish with famed National Geographic photographer and explorer Brian Skerry.Join this amazing underwater adventure to track the sharks of the world, from the teeniest dogfish to the everfeared...
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How to Be an Engineer

DK. · DK Children
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Clearly explained engineering concepts and fun, simple projects give kids ages 7-9 the chance to put their STEAM knowledge to the test!Teach kids to think like an engineer! The engaging projects in this book will encourage kids to investigate using items from around the house. Build a robot...
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Louie Lets Loose!

RACHEL HAMILTON · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Louie the unicorn has traveled from his home in Storyland to New York City to make all his dreams come true! He's enrolled at an elite performing arts school because he's determined to become a star.But his ride to super stardom is bumpy--the school already has a superstar unicorn,...
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Superhero Harry

Rachel Ruiz · Capstone Young Readers
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Harry wants to be a superhero -- but he knows that's not possible (no mater how hard he tries) . So Harry invents things that will help him be more like a superhero, including Roby the robot, rocket blaster boots, a superhero flashlight belt, and super swinger wristbands. Combine...
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Splatoon, Vol. 1

Sankichi Hinodeya · VIZ Media LLC
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback

All your favorite Inklings are about to get embroiled in an all-out Splatoon Turf War!The Turf Wars have started in Inkopolis, and the team that inks the most ground will be crowned the winner! Based on the hit Nintendo games! The Turf Wars have started in Inkopolis, and the team that...
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The Secret Mountain

Tom Percival · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Meet Jack and his talking chicken Betsy, Red, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, and a host of other Little Legends as they have fantastic new adventures! Get to know your favorite fairytale characters like never before in this magical new book seriesEveryone in Tale Town knows that trolls mean...
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My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries: Cursed Crusaders

PENUMBRA QUILL · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Join the Cutie Mark Crusaders--Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo--as they read mysteries, legends, ghost stories, and every other kind of tale that makes a mane stand on end. From Ponyville School classmates to Rainbow Dash to the Princess of the Night herself, you never know who else...or...
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Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer

Jane O'Connor · HarperCollins
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Nancy Clancy returns in New York Times bestselling team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser's second Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy chapter book all about love! In the sequel to Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth, Nancy and Bree decide to play matchmaker, but nothing works out as planned. Will love...
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The Gender Identity Workbook for Kids: A Guide to Exploring Who You Are

KELLY SHERMAN STORCK · Instant Help
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

"A sensitive and empowering exploration of identity and expression that both educates and celebrates." - School Library JournalThe Gender Identity Workbook for Kids offers fun, age-appropriate activities to help your child explore their identity and discover unique ways to navigate...
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Understanding politics & government

Alex Frith · EDC Publishing
Pages: 127
Format: Print book

"Many people will disagree when discussing politics in polite conversation. But understanding it is essential if you're going to understand the world around you. Politics help people decide how to run cities and countries, and how even the simplest decisions in society get made....
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What a Wonderful Word

Nicola Edwards · Kane Miller
Pages: 58
Format: Hardcover

"Have you ever wished there was a name for a person who asks too many questions? Or a word for the way you hesitate when you've forgotten someone's name? This handpicked collection of untranslatable words from all over the world celebrates the magic of language, with gorgeous...
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How Are You? / ¿Cómo estás?

Angela Dominguez · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When two giraffe friends find a baby ostrich, they have some questions. Is baby ostrich hungry? Shy? Tired? Ostrich says no! So how does she feel?Friendship awaits in this book about feelings, expressed both in English and in Spanish.
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Science Encyclopedia Paperback Book w/Internet & QR Links

Kirsteen Robson · Usborne
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback

This is a comprehensive science reference book covering key topics from gravity, flight and floating to genes and DNA, with clearly written explanations and superb photographs and illustrations. It includes the latest technology links in the form of QR codes for each topic that provide...
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Galaxies, Galaxies!

Gail Gibbons · Holiday House
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Planet Earth is in the Milky Way Galaxy, the cloudy band of light that stretches clear across the night sky. How many galaxies are there in the universe? For years astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the universe. Now we know that there are billions of them. Gail Gibbons takes the reader...
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Flowers

Grace Hansen · Abdo Kids, 2016.
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

A complicated topic is made easier with this title introducing flowers and explaining their anatomy and how they reproduce. Labeled diagrams and photographs and a glossary will make learning the parts of a flower even simpler!
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The Bee Book

CHARLOTTE MILNER · DK Children
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Explore the secret world of bees: how they live, how they work, how they support each other and their hive.DK's The Bee Book is a wonderful introduction to the humble honeybee: nature's hardest worker, and much more than just a provider of honey! Bees are incredibly industrious,...
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Let's Draw Robots With Crayola!

Afdeling rechtspraak van de Raad van State. · Lerner Pub Group
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

Can you draw robots? You can if you start with simple shapes! Circles and squares become a battle bot. Triangles and rectangles make a robotic firefighter. What kind of robot can you draw with shapes? Colorful, step-by-step illustrations show readers how to draw robots of all shapes and sizes.
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What Is the World Cup?

Bonnie Bader · Penguin Workshop
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

GOOOAAAAAL! Get ready for a front-row seat at the world's most-watched sporting event--the World Cup.Every four years, thirty-two of the best men's soccer teams from across the globe compete for the title of FIFA World Cup winner. Over one billion people tuned in worldwide to watch...
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My First Book of Lacrosse: A Rookie Book: Mostly Everything Explained About the Game

The Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids · Sports Illustrated
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

My First Book of Lacrosse, the fifth book in the best-selling Rookie Book series from Sports Illustrated Kids, explains this fast-growing sport to young readers. A fun guide for beginning readers, My First Book of Lacrosse introduces kids to the plays, positions, and basics of lacrosse...
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Who Is the Dalai Lama?

Dana Meachen Rau · Penguin Workshop
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Get to know the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader and one of the most popular world leaders today.Two-year-old Lhamo Thondup never imagined he would be anything other than an ordinary child, but after undergoing a series of tests, he was proclaimed the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. By age 15, he found...
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Drake

Katie Lajiness · Big Buddy Books
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Meet famous music star Drake! In this engaging title, readers will follow Drake's career from his role on Degrassi: The Next Generationto his move into music and first albumThank Me Laterto four American Music Awards and three Grammy Awards! Drake's charitable work is also featured....
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I am Harriet Tubman

Brad Meltzer · Dial Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Harriet Tubman's heroic and pivotal role in the fight against slavery is the subject of the fourteenth picture book in this New York Times bestselling biography seriesThis friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order...
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National Geographic Kids Guide to Genealogy

T J RESLER · National Geographic Children's Books
Pages: 160
Format: Library Binding

Inspired by the growing ancestry and DNA-testing crazes, this guide helps readers dig into the past and learn more about their own family history.What does your family tree look like? Where do its roots lead? Are you related to royalty? Start your very own journey and find out with this...
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The Dragon's Eye

Sarwat Chadda · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Confidential until May 2018!
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Beast Keeper #1

Lucy Coats · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Beasts of Olympus is a series of 144-page illustrated chapter books set in a magical Ancient Greece where strange things still walk the Earth. Beast Keeper tells the story of Pandemonius (a.k.a. "Demon," the half-god son of Pan) who, on his tenth birthday, is called upon to look...
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Party Crashers

Jonathan Roth · Aladdin
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Beep and his best friend Bob get blamed for a robbery on a fancy spaceship in this second book in the hilarious, action-packed Beep and Bob series!It's Bob's friend Lani's birthday, and she's having her party on a super luxury space cruiser called the Starship Titanic, whose...
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The Wishing-Well Spell

Holly Anna · Little Simon
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Remember me? Daisy Dreamer? Of course you do, silly! Well, Posey my totally true imaginary friend just cast a special wishing well spell. And you won't believe what came true!Have you ever wished a wish? Do you remember what you wished for? Wait, don't tell me, because then your...
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Peanut the Mouse

Jane Clarke · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

We'll be there in a whisker!Peanut is sick! For once, Peanut is the patient who needs Dr. KittyCat's expert care. But without his help, the clinic is in total chaos!This book has two-color art inside! Supercute photographs of real puppies and kittens combine with hand-drawn purple...
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