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Pinkalicious: Thanksgiving Helper

Victoria Kann · HarperFestival; Nov Pap/Ps edition
Format: Print book

It's Thanksgiving Day, and Pinkalicious and Peter decide to be Thanksgiving helpers!

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The Lending Zoo

Frank Asch · Aladdin
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

From the beloved author of the Moonbear series, Frank Asch, comes a charming new picture book about a 'zoo-brary' that accidentally loses track of a tiger!

Miss Perkins is happy to be the librarian at The Lending Zoo, a 'zoo-brary' that lends out all types of animals - from massive...
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Costa Rica

Corey Anderson
Format: Hardcover(Library Binding)

Welcome to Costa Rica! In this bright, exciting book, young readers will travel to this amazing country without ever leaving their homes or classrooms. During their journey, they will learn all about Costa Rica?s land, history, cities, food, and more. They?ll even learn how to speak a few words...
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Let's Recycle!

Jenna Lee Gleisner · Jump!, Inc.
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. We hear it all the time, but what does it mean, and how can we do it? Lets Recycle! shows early fluent readers learn why its important to produce less waste with fun and easy ways they can do it every day. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will...
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Bob, Not Bob!: *to be read as though you have the worst cold ever

Liz Garton Scanlon · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Little Louie is stuck in bed with a bad cold. His nose is clogged, his ears are crackling, and his brain feels full. All he wants is his mom to take care of him, but whenever he calls out for her, his stuffed-up nose summons slobbery dog Bob instead As Louie tries and tries to make himself...
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Purrmaids #4: Search for the Mermicorn

Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

The adorable mermaid-kittens (and unicorn-mermaid!) in this chapter book series will have fans of Magic Kitten and the Fairy Animal series paw-sitively hooked from page one!What's better than a purrmaid? A mermicorn!Coral, Angel, and Shelly can't wait to work on their school...
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The Watcher

Nikki Grimes · Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pages: 42
Format: Hardcover

A poetic story inspired by Psalm 121 Jordan lives in fear of Tanya, the class bully. But Tanya has worries of her own, no matter how much she tries to ignore them. It seems impossible that Jordan and Tanya could be anything other than enemies, but the Lord is watching over them, guiding...
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Timelines, Timelines, Timelines!

Kelly Boswell · Capstone Press
Format: Paperback

What are timelines? How do you use them? Find out all about timelines and the great ways they can help you sort dates and information.
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The Mystery of the Grinning Gargoyle

Gertrude Chandler Warner · Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

The Aldens visit Goldwin University, where Grandfather attended college. The old library is about to be torn down. But legend says the stone gargoyles guarding the roof of the old building will do anything to protect it--even fly. When the creatures begin appearing outside the windows,...
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Cleonardo, the Little Inventor

Mary GrandPré · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Cleonardo's father is an inventor. So was her grandfather, her great-grandfather, and all the great-greats before them. Cleo wants to be an inventor too. She tries to help her father in his workshop, but he never uses her great ideas. Can Cleo invent something big and important and perfect...
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The Forest

Riccardo Bozzi · Enchanted Lion Books
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback

A lyrical book about the adventure of life, The Forest is also a magnificent visual work, both painterly and a technical feat of paper engineering. Here, sensory experience and the textures of the material world are rendered through die-cuts, embossing, cutouts, and two gatefolds. A beautifully...
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Kung Pow Chicken #3: The Birdy Snatchers

Cyndi Marko · Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

Gordon's birdy senses are tingling like crazy! All over the city, chickens are acting strangely. Have they been turned into zombies?! This superhero knows that only a bad guy would steal brains! Kung Pow Chicken is hot on the evil Birdbrain's tail feathers--that is, until an army...
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Giraffes

Grace Hansen · Abdo Kids
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Meet the tallest land animal in the world - the giraffe! Everything about this title is big, from the full-bleed photographs to the content. Readers will learn all that is super-sized about this towering mammal. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids...
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Firelight Friends #10

Sue Bentley · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 119
Format: Paperback

Kara Parkes is worried she is going to be lonely at summer camp. But when magic kitten Flame shows up, she seems to forget all her troubles!
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Malala Yousafzai

Kaitlyn Duling
Format: Hardcover(Library Binding)


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