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Totally Amazing Facts About Dinosaurs

Mathew J Wedel · Capstone Press
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

Did you know that T. rex had the strongest bite of any land animal that has ever lived? Ever wondered which dinosaur had the longest claws? Can you guess which dinosaur had plates in its eyelids? Check out all of the mind-bending, amazing facts about dinosaurs!
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (Puffin Classics)

Roger Lancelyn Green · Puffin
Pages: 294
Format: Paperback

Robin Hood, champion of the poor and opponent of the Sheriff of Nottingham, takes refuge in the Sherwood Forest and outwits his enemies with daring and panache.
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Jackson Pollock

Mike Venezia · Children's Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Clever illustrations and story lines, together with full-color reproductions of Jackson Pollock's actual works, give children a light yet realistic overview of this artist's life and style.
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Mr. Byrd Flies the Nest

AMY COBB · MAGIC WAGON
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Miles Darr and his friends in room 217 love band. And they love their director, Mr. Byrd. Colorful tropical shirts? Check. Sandals in winter? Check. High expectations? Double check. But lately, he's been distracted. And rumor has it, Byrd might be flying the nest. Can they convince...
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Amazon Rainforest

Galadriel Watson · Weigl Pub Inc
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Natural Wonders of the World takes young readers on a tour of some of the worlds greatest geographical features. Each book in the series teaches readers geography skills and reveals fascinating facts about one of Earths most interesting physical features. Readers will learn how human activity...
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The Story of the Black National Anthem

Harris Duchess · Core Library
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback

Anthems, or songs of hope and praise, can help support communities through difficult times. Throughout the 1900s, the song Lift Every Voice and Sing evolved into an anthem for black people in the United States. The Story of the Black National Anthem explores the history and the legacy of this...
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Going Wild #2: Project Chimera

LISA MCMANN · HarperCollins
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover


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Far Away

Lisa Graff · Philomel Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A book about life, loss, and the secrets families keep, reminiscent of Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moons, by National Book Award nominee Lisa Graff.CJ's Aunt Nic is a psychic medium who tours the country speaking to spirits from Far Away, passing on messages from the dearly departed....
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To Night Owl From Dogfish

Holly Goldberg Sloan · Listening Library
Format: Audio CD

From two extraordinary authors comes a moving, exuberant, laugh-out-loud novel about friendship and family, told entirely in emails and letters.Avery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in New York City. Bett Devlin, who's fearless,...
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Softball Surprise

Jake Maddox · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 65
Format: Hardcover

Jo can't wait for the summer softball league to start. She knows this will be the year she's on a winning team. But when she finds out some surprising information, Jo has to decide between the team that wins and the team she's come to love.
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The Science of Forces

Mary Colson · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Forces move everything around us. That may sound scary and complicated, but this book shows readers that forces like friction and other laws of motion can be fascinating and fun! Innovative flowcharts bring these abstract concepts to life via brilliant photographs matched with fact boxes...
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Not So Normal Norbert

JAMES PATTERSON · jimmy patterson
Pages: 368
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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The Red Shoes and Other Tales

Metaphrog · Papercutz, 2015. ©2015
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

There once was a young girl, who was pretty but poor, so poor she had to go barefoot. Her name was Karen. She loved to dance. When Karen becomes an orphan, her great aunt takes her in. One day on a shopping trip, she is bought a beautiful pair of red shoes. The shoes magically come to life...
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The Undersea World

Tamra Orr · Children's Press
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Though explorers have been searching Earth's deepest waters for many years, experts estimate that we have explored only about five percent of the global ocean. Readers will learn about the history of deep-sea exploration, from the creation of the earliest submersibles to today's...
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A Place to Belong

Cynthia Kadohata · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

A Japanese-American family, reeling from their ill treatment in the Japanese internment camps, gives up their American citizenship to move back to Hiroshima, unaware of the devastation wreaked by the atomic bomb in this piercing look at the aftermath of World War II by Newbery Medalist...
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