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Mr. Wolf's Class

Aron Nels Steinke · Graphix
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Mr. Wolf has just started teaching at Hazelwood Elementary. He wants the first day of school to go well, but he's got his hands full with his new class. Some of his students include: Margot, who is new in town and is trying to make friends. Sampson, who brought something special to school...
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Myth Match: A Fantastical Flipbook of Extraordinary Beasts

Good Wives and Warriors · Laurence King Publishing
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover

You might have heard of the unicorn and the griffin, but what about the unifin? This fantastical flipbook collects together magical and mythical creatures from all over the world, then lets you mix and match their fronts and backs to create even more wondrous beasts of your own! From the wolpertinger...
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TBH, This May Be TMI

Lisa Greenwald · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Told entirely in text messages, the second book in this addictive series from the acclaimed author of 11 Before 12 is perfect for fans of Lauren Myracle and Rachel Renee Russell.TBH, Cece has no time for her boy-crazy friends. She wants to make a bigger impact in middle school than just...
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Teen Titans Go!

STEVE KORT · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

This exciting junior novel tells the story of the Teen Titans as they try their hardest to break into the big time with their very first movie! The book is based on the upcoming feature film Teen Titans Go! to the Movies and features a full-color insert with stills from the movie. TM &...
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Silverlake Art Show

Poppy Green · Little Simon
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

In this thirteenth charming book of The Adventures of Sophie Mouse series, Sophie hosts the very first Silverlake Art Show Sophie has a brilliant idea: she's going to host the very first Silverlake Art Show After all, she loves to draw and paint and she likes looking at art too. With...
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Waking the Rainbow Dragon: A Branches Book

Tracey West · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

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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Hug a Tree, Geronimo

GERONIMO STILTON · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Geronimo decides to buy his aunt's old farm where he used to spend the holidays. It's filled with memories from his childhood! There is a large oak tree in the yard that holds legendary secrets to unlock.
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Heidi Heckelbeck and the Snoopy Spy

Wanda Coven · Little Simon
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

In the twenty-third Heidi Heckelbeck adventure, Heidi discovers a snoopy spy in her house!Heidi's little brother, Henry, has turned into a snoopy, little spy and it is driving her crazy! He spies when her friends are over at their house. He spies on the school bus. He even spies on the playground!...
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My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries: Journey to the Livewood

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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The Rival Detective

Walker Styles · Little Simon
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

In this fifth Rider Woofson adventure, there's a new detective in town and he's trying to steal Rider's latest case!When there's a trouble at the Museum of Feline Art, Rider and the PI Pack arrive to find a new detective already on the scene. Wolf Growler is a super sleuth...
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Ugly Cat & Pablo and the Missing Brother

Isabel Quintero · Scholastic Press
Pages: 144
Format: Library Binding

Ugly Cat was supposed to meet up with his brother Tamarindo so that they could go on a search for the best albondigas (meatballs) in the neighborhood, but then Tamarindo never showed up! Now Ugly Cat and his impeccably dressed mouse friend, Pablo, are on a mission to find Ugly's brother....
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Library

Erica Donner · Jump!, Inc.
Pages: 16
Format: Library Binding

Library takes emergent readers on a trip to the library while providing them with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience. Carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references to support emergent readers, making sure they...
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Mechanics

Emma Less · Amicus
Pages: 16
Format: Library Binding

Care for us, ease our pain, and (ugh!) give us shots all with a smile! In this book, readers will meet the nurses who help make sure we grow well and stay healthy and strong. Aimed at emergent readers, the text also includes vocabulary specific to this community helper's job, along...
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Trees

K C Kelley · Amicus
Pages: 16
Format: Library Binding

"This search-and-find book invites emergent readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about the amazing world of trees. There's a forest on every page!"--
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I See Trees

Tim Mayerling · Jump!, Inc.
Pages: 16
Format: Library Binding

I See Trees introduces emergent readers to a variety of tree attributes while providing them with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience. Carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references to support emergent readers, making...
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Saving Fiona: The Story of the World's Most Famous Baby Hippo

THANE MAYNARD · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

The amazing, true story of Fiona, a baby hippo born prematurely at the Cincinnati Zoo, the team of scientists and caregivers who nursed her to health, and the vast community in Cincinnati and beyond who rallied around her. Includes full-color behind-the-scenes photographs throughout. On a cold...
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Baseball's Best and Worst: A Guide to the Game's Good, Bad, and Ugly

Drew Lyon · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Baseball is a game of hits and misses, homers and strikeouts, wins and losses. Check out the very best and worst that baseball has to offer with Baseball's Best and Worst.
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Titanic's Fatal Voyage

Kevin Blake · Bearport Pub Co Inc
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

"Iceberg right ahead!" yelled Frederick Fleet, a crewmember aboard the Titanic. The ship had only seconds to spare. Titanic?s officers steered the ship to the left as quickly as they could to avoid a head-on collision. But they weren?t fast enough. The right side of the ship...
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Drum Roll, Please

LISA JENN BIGELOW · HarperCollins
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Find the confidence to rock out to your own beat in this big-hearted novel perfect for fans of Gracefully Grayson and Better Nate than Never.Melly only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. But to her surprise, quiet Melly loves playing the drums. It's...
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Max's Story: A Dog's Purpose Puppy Tale

W BRUCE CAMERON · Starscape
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Meet Max -- a very special dog with a very important purpose. Here is another irresistible tale in the bestselling series for middle grade readers adapted from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel A Dog's Purpose and A Dog's Journey by W. Bruce Cameron.As soon as he sets...
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The 91-Story Treehouse

ANDY GRIFFITHS · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

New York Times-bestselling team Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton invite readers to come hang out with them in their 91-Story Treehouse -- the seventh book in the illustrated chapter book series filled with Andy and Terry's signature slapstick humor!Andy and Terry live in a 91-story treehouse....
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Whatshisface

GORDON KORMAN · Scholastic Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

When 12-year-old Cooper Vega moves for the third time in five years, he receives a state-of-the-art smartphone to help him stay in touch with old friends. He's had phones before, but this one is buggy and unpredictable. When a boy named Roderick Northrop communicates with him through the phone,...
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Code Word Courage

Kirby Larson · Scholastic Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Billie has lived with her great-aunt ever since her mom passed away and her dad left. Billie's big brother, Leo, is about to leave, too, for the warfront. But first, she gets one more weekend with him at the ranch.Billie's surprised when Leo brings home a fellow Marine from boot camp, Denny....
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The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair

Amy Makechnie · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A ten-year-old girl is determined to find her missing neighbor, but the answers lead her to a places and people she never expected - and maybe even one she's been running away from - in this gorgeous debut novel that's perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish.Guinevere St. Clair is going...
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Belle Takes Flight

KATHY MCCULLOUGH · RH/Disney
Pages: 224
Format: Library Binding

The spell may be broken, but Belle's adventures have just begun! This original middle-grade novel continues the story of Disney's Beauty and the Beast!The spell that turned the Prince into the Beast has been broken. But when he mysteriously goes missing, Belle learns that he is being...
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Not So Normal Norbert

JAMES PATTERSON · jimmy patterson
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

James Patterson's rollicking new middle grade novel is a hilarious adventure into a futuristic world, where different is dangerous, imagination is insanity, and creativity is crazy!Norbert Riddle lives in the United State of Earth, where normal means following the rules, never standing...
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Pip Bartlett's Guide to Sea Monsters

Maggie Stiefvater · Scholastic Press
Pages: 166
Format: Hardcover

Pip and Tomas have dealt with magical creatures that burst into flames and runaway unicorns. Now they are headed with Tomas's family to Port Candor, a seaside showplace full of magical sea creatures. Soon they are surrounded by Slimekrakens and Tubafish and Spinnerseals and other dazzlers...
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See You On a Starry Night

Lisa Schroeder · Scholastic Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Juliet has just moved to a beachside town with her newly separated mother and her moody older sister. When she meets their new neighbor, Emma, the girls form an instant bond. Emma's big family takes Juliet in, and the girls have fun together -- starting with the night they throw bottles...
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Ghosts and Goblins and Ninja, Oh My!

Walker Styles · Little Simon
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

A team of ninjas descends upon Pawston in this fourth Rider Woofson adventure!When the sacred scroll of Bark-Jitsu disappears, the Sensei goes to his student Westie for help. Can Westie and the rest of the Pup Investigators Pack expose the truth before the scroll disappears forever? With...
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Where the Watermelons Grow

Cindy Baldwin · HarperCollins
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Fans of The Thing About Jellyfish and A Snicker of Magic will be swept away by Cindy Baldwin's debut middle grade about a girl coming to terms with her mother's mental illness. When twelve-year-old Della Kelly finds her mother furiously digging black seeds from a watermelon in the middle...
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The Griffin's Feather

Cornelia Funke · Chicken House
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

It's now been two years since Ben and Firedrake defeated Nettlebrand and rescued the silver dragons. Both boy and dragon have finally found homes, but they must live hundreds of miles apart and can only see each other every once in a while.During one such visit, news reaches Ben, the Greenblooms,...
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The Lost Continent

Tui T. Sutherland · Scholastic Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

For centuries there have been rumors of another continent on the dragons' planet -- another land far across the ocean, populated by tribes of dragons very different from those we know. But there's never been any evidence, and most dragons dismissed the rumors as fairy tales.Until now.Because...
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