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I Can Make Musical Instruments

Emily Reid · Windmill Books, 2016.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Making music is fun, but it's even more fun when you make the musical instruments, too! Readers follow a series of step-by-step instructions to create their own musical instruments, such as bongo drums, tambourines, and guitars. Each step is presented to readers through clear text and detailed...
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The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo

Drew Weing · First Second
Pages: 121
Format: Print book

Charles just moved to Echo City, and some of his new neighbors give him the creeps. They sneak into his room, steal his toys, and occasionally, they try to eat him. The place is teeming with monsters!Lucky for Charles, Echo City has Margo Maloo, monster mediator. No matter who's causing...
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Natural Resource Depletion

Micah Sanchez · Powerkids Pr
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Our natural resources include freshwater, forests, oceans, clean air, and land. Humans are steadily depleting each of these resources. We constantly use more resources than our planet is able to replace. People take long showers, use paper products produced as a result of deforestation,...
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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Libraries!

FIONA MACDONALD · Franklin Watts
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

For 5,000 years and more, libraries have been gathering and preserving writings of all kinds. Theyre keepers of the worlds memory. Theyre storehouses of knowledge, and imagination, and fun. Learn about how these places and their collections of written
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The Case of the Fiddle-Playing Fox

John R Erickson · Maverick Books
Pages: 118
Format: Paperback

Someone or something has been robbing eggs from the chicken house. Hank stakes out the chicken house and to his surprise sees a fiddle-playing fox hop in with the hens, play them some hot fiddle music, and then accept several fresh eggs as his payment! Instead of arresting Frankie the Fox,...
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Totally Amazing Facts About Geography

Cari Meister · Capstone Press
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

Did you know that Antarctica is really a desert? Ever wondered what the world's most crowded city is? Curious to learn where you can swim in lakes as pink as strawberry milkshakes? Discover these and over 100 other outrageous and surprising facts about places all around the world. Fun geography...
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Breakout

Kate Messner · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek--two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. But when two inmates break out of the town's maximum security prison, everything changes. Doors are locked, helicopters fly over...
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Trolls

Alicia Klepeis · Cavendish Square Publishing
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

For centuries, the myths of trolls have fascinated and frightened people young and old. Originating in the time of the Vikings, trolls have been constant figures of mythology since the very first troll story. Their lore has evolved and developed over time, but their representations, especially...
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Plants vs. Zombies Volume 6: Boom Boom Mushroom

Paul Tobin · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Crazy Dave's brainy niece Patrice, neighborhood daredevil Nathan Timely, and a batch of bold plants discover "Zomboss's Secret Plan for Raising a Zombie Army Underground and Then Swallowing the Entire City of Neighborville Whole!" A rare Boom Boom Mushroom must be found in order...
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Saving the Endangered Grizzly Bear

Justine Ciovacco · Rosen Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Young conservationists and those interested in these fascinating animals will delight in this informative, photo-filled book. Readers will find out why these are a threatened species, get details about the life of grizzly bears, including how they and their cubs hibernate in the winter,...
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Animation and Presentation from Scratch: 4D An Augmented Reading Experience

Rachel Ziter · Capstone Press
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Learn the basics of coding using Scratch by focusing on simple coding techniques and language. This visual, hands-on guide will teach junior makerspace users how to recreate stories, make their stories, create presentations, and construct unique quizzes, all using Scratch. Download the Capstone...
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Plants vs. Zombies Volume 9: The Greatest Show Unearthed

Paul Tobin · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover

PopCap's immensely popular Plants vs. Zombies game gets another serving of hilarious, plant-filled, zombie-zapping comics! These durable, value-priced hardcovers are perfect for readers and game players of all ages!Dr. Zomboss erroneously believes that all humans hold a secret desire to run away...
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Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo Adventure

Greg Rucka · Disney/Lucasfilm Press
Pages: 183
Format: Print book

Han Solo and Chewbacca the Wookiee team-up for an all-new adventure in this thrilling upper middle grade novel. Set between Star Wars: A New Hope and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the story follows everyone's favorite pair of smugglers as they fly the Millennium Falcon on a top-secret...
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Liberty

Kirby Larson · Scholastic Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Fish has a knack for inventing. His annoying neighbor, Olympia, has a knack for messing things up. But when his latest invention leads Fish to Liberty, a beautiful stray dog who needs a home, he and Olympia work together to rescue her. At the Higgins boatyard, where the boats that just...
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What Do You Know About Evolution and Classification?

Anna Claybourne · Powerkids Pr
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Earth is home to billions of life-forms, and scientists discover new species all the time. How do we keep track of all these living things? This immersive book gives readers a firsthand look at evolution and classification. They'll learn about the scientific method through Ask, Test,...
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