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A Dime

Allan Morey · Cantata Learning
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Dimes are the smallest coins, but what are they worth? Whose face is on the front? Four curious kids are here to investigate Money Values. Have fun singing along as you learn all about A Dime! This hardcover book comes with CD and online music access.
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Pterodactyl

Daniel Nunn · Heinemann
Format: Book

This book takes a very simple look at pterodactyls, examining what they looked like, what they ate, how they behaved, and their special features and skills such as their wings and their ability to fly. The book also discusses how we know about pterodactyls and other dinosaurs today, showing...
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Who Hatches the Egg?: All About Eggs

Tish Rabe · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

The Cat in the Hat introduces young readers to nature's perfect package! Young readers will be delighted to join the Cat in the Hat as he cracks open the science of eggs - from the different animals that lay them to the amazing shapes, sizes, and colors they can be! An ideal choice...
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Phil Pickle

Kenny Herzog · Peter Pauper Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Phil Pickle lived in a pickle jar and was meant to share the same fate as all the other pickles he lived with -- next to a burger and fries on a plate. But Phil Pickle is like no other pickle you've ever seen: He's got big dreams and big-time aspirations of becoming an actor! Will...
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Beaky's Guide to Caring for Your Bird

Isabel Thomas · Heinemann/Raintree
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

In this book, Beakie the Budgie reveals how readers should go about choosing a pet bird, what supplies they will need, how to make a new pet bird feel at home, and how to properly care for a pet bird, including feeding, exercising, and keeping a bird cage clean. Text is accompanied by clear,...
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Flat Stanley and the Very Big Cookie

Jeff Brown · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Flat Stanley loves to help Mr. Pete the Baker make his delicious treats! When another baker begins taking away all his business, Mr. Pete comes up with a BIG idea to save his bakery, but he needs help from Stanley and Arthur! Will they succeed or will everything just fall flat? Beginning...
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Sad

Savina Collins · Rourke Educational Media
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

Do you ever feel sad? What makes you feel that way? Learn how to cope with these feelings and turn your frown upside down.
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Monster Dump Trucks

Nick Gordon · Bellwether Media, Inc., 2014.
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

Book by Gordon, Nick
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My Daddy Rules the World: Poems about Dads

Hope Anita Smith · Henry Holt & Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

"A picture book of poems that celebrate fathers from a two-time Coretta Scott King Honor-winning poet"--
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The Branch

Mireille Messier · Kids Can Press, Ltd.
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When an ice storm snaps a small girl's favorite branch from the tree in her yard, she's crestfallen. The girl's mom says it's just a branch. But not to her! ?That was the branch I sat on, jumped from, played under. It was my castle, my spy base, my ship . . .? Luckily, her neighbor Mr. Frank...
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Arlington National Cemetery

Bob Temple · Childs World
Format: Book

Introduces the history of our national burial ground and discusses some of the people, particularly those in the American military services, who are buried there.
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Seamus's Short Story

Heather Hartt-Sussman · Groundwood Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Seamus would give anything to be taller! One day, while playing dress-up in his mother's closet, he finds a way to reach new heights. With his mother's high-heeled shoes on, Seamus can suddenly reach everything that was once too high: the top-floor elevator button, the chocolate...
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Dragon Was Terrible

Kelly DiPucchio · Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

We all know dragons are terrible, but this one is especially terrible. He scribbles in books. He steals candy from baby unicorns. He even burps in church. Seriously, who does that? Dragon, that's who. The king, the knights, and the villagers are desperate to take down this beast once...
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Andrew Luck

Ryan Nagelhout · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Library Binding

A short biography about Andrew Luck, NFL quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts.
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Sparkling Skates #13

Sue Bentley · Grosset & Dunlap; DGS edition
Format: Book

Can magic puppy Storm make Laurens ice skating dreams come true?Lauren dreams of learning how to ice skate with her friends, but her parents arent sure its a good idea. When magical puppy Storm appears as a gorgeous little black Scottie puppy, it looks like Lauren will ice skate after all!,
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