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Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History

Vashti Harrison · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Vashti Harrison shines a bold, joyous light on black men through history.An important book for readers of all ages, this beautifully illustrated and engagingly written volume brings to life true stories of black men in history. Among these biographies,...
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Ali Cross

James Patterson · jimmy patterson
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

James Patterson's blockbuster Alex Cross series has sold over 100 million copies--and now he's bringing those thrills to a new generation! Alex's son Ali is eager to follow in his father's footsteps as a detective, but when his best friend goes missing, what price will he have to pay to solve...
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Edison Beaker, Creature Seeker: The Lost City

Frank Cammuso · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Who you gonna call? Creature Seekers!
Edison Beaker heads back through the Night Door to help his creature friends and thwart his creature foes in another romp of a middle-grade graphic novel from Eisner-nominee Frank Cammuso.

After escaping evil Baron Umbra, the sticky...
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Little Mole's Wish

Sang-Keun Kim · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

With echoes of Raymond Briggs's classic The Snowman, here is a magical, timeless story about the friendship between a lonely little mole and a snowball he molds into a bear that comes to life.Little Mole is new in town, and he's lonely. On his way home from school on a winter day,...
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Piece by Piece

Tan, Susan · PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM


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A Talent for Trouble

Natasha Farrant · Clarion Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A girl determined to follow her dream persuades two friends to join her for an off-the-grid adventure that becomes a survival story as they confront storms, illness, injury, and a gang of international jewel thieves.

Desperate to meet up with her unpredictable father, quiet Alice...
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Chirri & Chirra, On The Town

Kaya Doi
Format: Hardcover

In this fifth book of perhaps the most charming series ever, Chirri and Chirra venture down forest paths and through alleyways into a yarn shop and an old woman's house, where they enjoy hot drinks and soup. When they're done, they find a wonderful surprise hidden in the branches of a tree....
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The Rabbits' Rebellion

Ariel Dorfman · Triangle Square
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

The story of a mean and narcissistic king, originally written in the 1970s is both uproariously funny and distressingly on point, will be enjoyed by children and their parents."Rabbits don't exist." So decrees the new king, the Wolf of all Wolves, after conquering the rabbits'...
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Finding Narnia: The Story of C. S. Lewis and His Brother Warnie

Caroline McAlister · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Finding Narnia is Caroline McAlister and Jessica Lanan's captivating picture book biography of two brothers, Jack and Warnie Lewis, whose rich imaginations led to the creation of the magical world of Narnia.Before C.S. Lewis wrote The Chronicles of Narnia, he was a young boy named Jack...
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Power of a Princess

E. D. Baker · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

From beloved author E.D. Baker, an adventurous tale about a princess who is more than what she seems -- and a kingdom whose fate rests in her hands.

Aislin is more than just a princess. Born to a fairy king and pedrasi queen, she's strong, smart, and brave, with magical gifts she's...

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