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Our Ears Can Hear

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

Hearing is one of the five senses. Our ears let us hear. Simple, fun text teaches readers about the sense of hearing and how the ears let us hear. Quizzable text is at an Accelerated Reader ATOS level of 1.0 or lower.
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Disney Infinity: The Essential Guide

DK Publishing · DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Pages: 62
Format: Hardcover

Experience the fun and excitement of the highly anticipated Disney Infinity video game with DK's Disney Infinity: The Essential Guide! Featuring beloved Disney and Pixar characters like Captain Jack Sparrow, Lightning McQueen, and Mike Wizowski, readers will learn all about the six initial...
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Be A Star, Wonder Woman!

Michael Dahl · Capstone Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

As a new day dawns, a young girl faces the ultimate challenge: school! Follow along as she demonstrates her greatest superpower (sharing) , overcomes her worst fear (the playground) ,and conquers her archenemy (the spelling test) .With courage, kindness, and other heroic traits of DC Comics'...
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Forest Habitats

Arnold Ringstad · Child's World
Format: Book

Discusses the ecology of forests, including the different types of forests in the world, some of the plants and animals found in these forests, and threats to the forest.
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Jamaica

Jessica Rudolph · Bearport Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Beautiful. Colorful. Musical. Welcome to Jamaica! 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 Jamaica's cities, food, history, music, and wildlife. They'll...
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Stonewall: A Building. An Uprising. A Revolution

Rob Sanders · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising with the very first picture book to tell of its historic and inspiring role in the gay civil rights movement.

From Rob Sanders, author of the acclaimed Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag, comes...
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Sacagawea: Brave Explorer

Jodie Shepherd · C. Press/F. Watts Trade
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Rookie Biographies offer an in-depth look at some of the most influential people in history. They might be some of America's earliest heroes, like Paul Revere and Sacagawea. Or they could be people who work every day to make the world a better place, like Jane Goodall. No matter what...
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Jealous

Kerry Dinmont · Child's World
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Introduces the feeling of jealousy and helps children understand what to do when they experience that emotion or encounter someone else who is experiencing it. Additional features to aid understanding include a photo quiz for recognizing the emotion, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary,...
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Why Am I Me?

Paige Britt · Scholastic Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Presented as a thoughtful, poetic exchange between two characters -- who don't realize they are thinking and asking the very same questions -- this beautiful celebration of our humanity and diversity invites readers of all ages to imagine a world where there is no you or me, only we.

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Orangutans

Megan Borgert-Spaniol · Bellwether Media Inc., ©2014.
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces orangutans to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
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The Great Dictionary Caper

Judy Sierra · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

When all of the words escape from the dictionary, it's up to Noah Webster to restore alphabetical order in this supremely wacky picture book that celebrates language.

Words have secret lives. On a quiet afternoon the words escape the dictionary (much to the consternation of Mr. Noah...
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Pete the Cat and the Cool Caterpillar

JAMES DEAN · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Pete the Cat meets a super-cool caterpillar in the first Pete the Cat Level 1 I Can Read tale from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator James Dean!

Pete thinks he found a new best friend. But when his caterpillar goes missing, Pete has to find out what happened to his new friend....

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Celebrating the Fourth of July

Maddie Spalding · Child's World
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Engage readers with a story of celebrating the Fourth of July. Readers are introduced to why we celebrate the Fourth of July, as well as traditions such as having picnics, watching fireworks, and eating tasty summer treats. Additional features include a table of contents, a phonetic glossary,...
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Dino Mike and the T. Rex Attack

Aureliani Franco · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 86
Format: Library Binding

Dino-Mike is on the trail of a T. rex in this chapter book adventure! The son of a famous paleontologist, young Michael Evans travels the world with his dino-huntin' dad. As dad digs dino bones, Mike does some exploring on his own and winds up finding a live T. rex! After tracking what...
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My Weirdest School #1: Mr. Cooper Is Super!

Dan Gutman · HarperCollins
Format: Print book

"A.J. and the gang at Ella Mentry School are in for a super surprise when a new teacher, Mr. Cooper, take over their third grade class"--
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