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The World Is Waiting For You

Barbara Kerley · National Geographic Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

"A stirring invitation to leap, dive, soar, plunge and thrill to the natural world's wonders and glories." --Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW"What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question kids get asked over and over. But very few connections are made for kids...
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Like Carrot Juice on a Cupcake

Julie Sternberg · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

I did a mean thing. A very mean thing. I HATE that I did it. But I did. This is worse than carrot juice on a cupcake or a wasp on my pillow or a dress that's too tight at the neck. In the third installment from the team who created Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie and Like Bug Juice on a Burger,...
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Spider Monkey

Dee Phillips · Bearport
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

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Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution

Mara Rockliff · Harcourt Brace and Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Christopher Ludwick was a German-born American patriot with a big heart and a talent for baking. When cries of "Revolution!" began, Christopher was determined to help General George Washington and his hungry troops. Not with muskets or cannons, but with gingerbread!
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Superworm

Julia Donaldson · Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

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Some Bugs

Angela DiTerlizzi · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Get the buzz on bugs in this picture book from Angela DiTerlizzi!Grab your magnifying glass!Find your field guide!And come hop, hide, swim, and glidethrough this buggy backyard world! Featuring insects including butterflies and moths, crickets and cicadas, bumblebees and beetles, this zippy...
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The Big City

Grace Gilmore · Little Simon

Logan ventures into the big city in this third book of a wholesome series that's like Little House on the Prairie for younger readers.Welcome to Sherman! Logan can't wait to leave "boring" Maple Ridge and enter the exciting city. While Pa is at his job interview, Logan...
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Outside

Deirdre Gill · Harcourt Brace and Company
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In this gentle picture book fantasy, a child's world transforms through his hard work, imagination, and persistence when he opens the door and steps outside, into to the brave new world of his imagination.
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My Bus

Byron Barton (Author, Illustrator) · Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

My Bus is a lively celebration of vehicles and transportation, occupations, pets, and basic math concepts. The busy bus driver in Byron Barton's preschool tour-de-force has a job to do. He drives his bus along his route, picks up the cat and dog passengers waiting at the bus stops,...
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Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book #5: Amelia Bedelia Shapes Up

Herman Parish · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

In the fifth book in the New York Times?best-selling chapter book series about the childhood of America's favorite housekeeper, Amelia Bedelia takes to the field, the yoga mat, and the track, with hilarious results. Includes a guide to the idioms used in the book and features black-and-white...
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