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Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala

Lina Maslo · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

The inspiring true story of Malala Yousafzai, human rights activist and the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, from debut author/illustrator Lina Maslo. When Malala Yousafzai was born, people shook their heads because girls were considered bad luck. But her father looked into...
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Monsters Love School

Mike Austin · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate the beginning of school with hilarious, energetic monsters in Monsters Love School from picture-book author-illustrator Mike Austin. Summer is over, and now its time for the biggest adventure of all . . . Monster School! Join these colorful monsters as they go to school for the first...
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Fractions

Sara Pistoia · Child's World
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Fractions are introduced using familiar objects such as pizza, stoplights, sandwiches, and flowers.
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Mr. Particular: The World's Choosiest Champion!

Jason Kirschner · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Meet Mr. Particular - the world's choosiest champion! This superhero's super picky: he says NO to squishy mud, gross green things, tucked-in shirts, humming, and anything with coconut. But, when his friends in the "Super-Duper Group" finally get fed up with his fussiness, can Mr. Particular...
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DK Readers L2: LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Amazing Battles!

DK · DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Discover a thrilling new world of action with the latest 2015 LEGO® DC Comics™ Super Heroes. Featuring a host of fun characters, DK's new Level 2 reader, LEGO® DC Comics™ Super Heroes: Amazing Battles!, showcases some of DC's most notorious villains as they plot yet another...
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Our Noses Can Smell

Jodi Wheeler-Toppen · Capstone Press
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Smell is one of the five senses. Our nose lets us smell. Simple, fun text teaches readers about the sense of smell and how the nose lets us smell. Quizzable text is at an Accelerated Reader ATOS level of 1.0 or lower.
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Pete the Cat: A Pet for Pete

James Dean · HarperCollins
Format: Paperback

Pete is back in New York Times bestselling artist James Dean's I Can Read beginning reader Pete the Cat: A Pet for Pete. When Pete gets a goldfish, Goldie, he decides to paint a picture of his new pet. Word spreads of Pete's cool paintings, and soon everyone wants one. But Pete...
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These Are the Chores We Do

B A Hoena · Cantata Learning
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

It takes some work to get ready for the day. But this happy sing-along makes chores fun. Tie your shoes, zip your coat and get ready for a joyful time helping around the house. This hardcover library bound book comes with CD and online music access.
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This Is the Way We Move

B A Hoena · Cantata Learning
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

How do birds fly, elephants walk, and snakes crawl? Find out in this fun to sing, tongue-twister of a song. You'll have fun stompety-stomping and hippety hopping your way through this book. This hardcover library bound book comes with CD and online music access.
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Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain

Cheryl Bardoe · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

The true story of eighteenth-century mathematician Sophie Germain, who solved the unsolvable to achieve her dream.When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying math...nothing stopped Sophie. When a professor discovered that the homework sent to him under...
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The Bear and the Piano

David Litchfield · Clarion Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

One day, a bear cub finds something strange and wonderful in the forest. When he touches the keys, they make a horrible noise. Yet he is drawn back again and again. Eventually, he learns to play beautiful sounds, delighting his woodland friends. Then the bear is invited...
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The Farmer and the Clown

Marla Frazee

Whimsical and touching images tell the story of an unexpected friendship and the revelations it inspires in this moving, wordless picture book from two-time Caldecott Honor medalist Marla Frazee.A baby clown is separated from his family when he accidentally bounces off the
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Mr. Postmouse Takes a Trip

Marianne Dubuc · Kids Can Press
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

The post office is closed, and that means it's time for Mr. Postmouse and his family to take a vacation. Of course, he'll need to bring along a few parcels --- ?a postmouse's rounds are never done!? --- as he and Mrs. Mouse, Milo, Lulu and Pip set off on an around-the-world...
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The Poet's Dog

Patricia Maclachlan · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 88
Format: Print book

From Newbery Medal winner Patricia MacLachlan comes a poignant story about two children, a poet, and a dog and how they help one another survive loss and recapture love. "Just what I needed," raves Brightly.com. "It's a heart-warming story of loss and love that filled me with...
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Julian Is a Mermaid

JESSICA LOVE · Candlewick
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world.While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues,...
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