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Baboon Troop

JULIE MURRAY · Abdo Kids Junior
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

This title explains what a baboon troop is and what baboons living in a group do to help one another. For instance, baboons groom each other and make loud calls when danger is near to warn others in the troop. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids...
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Kate, Who Tamed The Wind

Elizabeth Garton Scanlon · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author Liz Garton Scanlon presents a young, rhythmic read-aloud about a girl who solves a windy problem with an environmentally sound solution: planting trees.A wild wind blows on the tippy-top of a steep hill, turning everything upside down for the man who lives there. Luckily,...
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Hacks for Minecrafters: Combat Edition: The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You

Megan Miller · Sky Pony Press
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Hacks for Minecrafters and Hacks for Minecrafters: Master Builder comes the most encompassing guide ever to combat in the world of Minecraft!With more than 100 million registered Minecraft accounts and rights picked up by Warner Brothers for an action-adventure film in the style...
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GOOD NIGHT, PLANET: TOON Level 2

Liniers · TOON Books
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover

When you go off to sleep, your toys go out to play! After a long day of jumping in leaves and reading her favorite books, this little girl is wornout -- but her favorite stuffed animal, Planet, is just getting started. Planet befriends a dog, gobbles a cookie, and takes a leap into the unknown....
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Vice President

JULIE MURRAY · Abdo Kids Junior
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Where the vice president works and what he or she does are two of the important questions that are answered in this title. Readers will learn other basic information about vice president with the simple text and fun photographs that this title has to offer. Aligned to Common Core Standards...
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Quincy: The Chameleon Who Couldn't Blend In

Barbara DiLorenzo · little bee books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Quincy the chameleon just can't seem to blend in. Will he ever find a way to embrace his uniqueness?Quincy wants to love chameleon school, but he's not very good at blending in. No matter how hard he tries to stop it from happening, all of his thoughts keep popping up on his skin! In camouflage...
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Getting Ready for School

Lois Fortuna · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Whether wearing a uniform or picking out their own clothes, its not always easy for children to get up and get ready in the morning. In this book, early readers learn about this essential part of everyday life, learning how they can help their own families get the day started. This glimpse...
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TouchThinkLearn: Wiggles

Claire Zucchelli-Romer · Chronicle Books
Pages: 26
Format: Board book

Little fingers twist and turn, zig and zag, moving on, over, and through pages filled with fluorescent die-cut dots and playful, grooved paths. This brilliant application of the groundbreaking TouchThinkLearn format compels the youngest learners to explore and engage with their world in a hands-on,...
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Natural Gas Energy: Putting Gas to Work

JESSIE ALKIRE · Super Sandcastle
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

We use energy every day. It lets us cook food, drive cars, and so much more. But where does energy come from? Natural gas energy comes from gas trapped deep underground. Kids will read this book to learn how natural gas is pumped to the surface and used for fuel. Applied to STEM Concepts...
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The U.S. Capitol: Introducing Primary Sources

Kathryn Clay · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

The U.S. Capitol represents our nation's government and its laws. Using primary sources, young readers hear the story behind this American symbol from the people who helped make it what it is today. Engaging text, colorful photos, sidebars, and a variety of primary sources introduce...
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Peeking Under the City

Esther Porter · Picture Window Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Tap into kids' natural curiosity by pulling back the curtain on the below-ground workings of a typical big city. High-density, fun-to-explore illustrations and inviting text showcase water and sewer systems, transport lines and more.
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Frankencrayon

Michael Hall · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Ingenuity and surprise rule in this funny and colorful companion to Red: A Crayon's Story written and illustrated by Michael Hall, the New York Times-bestselling creator of My Heart Is Like a Zoo.The crayons are ready to tell the thrilling tale of Frankencrayon. The costumes are made, the roles...
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Sewing the Rainbow: A Story About Gilbert Baker

Gayle E Pitman · Magination Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Sewing the Rainbow is the powerful story of Gilbert Baker and the creation of the rainbow flag. This book takes readers from Gilbert's childhood in a small town in Kansas where he didn't fit in, to his historic artistic career in San Francisco. Today the flag is everywhere, even...
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A Surprise Visitor

Poppy Green · Little Simon
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

A little bird who's learning to fly accidentally winds up in Sophie's yard in the eighth charming book of The Adventures of Sophie Mouse!Sophie gets a surprise visitor when a little bird makes a crash landing into her yard and hurts his wing. But with Sophie and her friends to help...
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Pirates Can Work Together

Tom Easton · Windmill Books
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Its all hands on deck in this exciting book about the pirate crew of the Golden Duck. Captain Cod tells each crew member to work on a sail, but each time they do it alone, they fail. They realize that its best to work together as a team. Teamwork is an important concept in sports, school,...
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