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Squirrels

Julie Murray · Abdo Kids
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

This very simple book about squirrels combines familiar with fun. Readers will learn about this favorite common animal while strengthening reading skills and being wowed with great photographs.
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Invisible Inkling: The Whoopie Pie War

Emily Jenkins · Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

The adventures of Brooklyn boy Hank Wolowitz and his invisible—but not imaginary—friend continue with The Whoopie Pie War, the third book in the Invisible Inkling series by Emily Jenkins. A truck selling ice-cream whoopie pies sets up right in front of the ice-cream shop...
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The 52-Story Treehouse

Andy Griffiths · Feiwel and Friends
Pages: 329
Format: Print book

Andy and Terry live in a 52-Story treehouse. (It used to be a 39-story treehouse, but they keep expanding.) It has a chainsaw-juggling level, a make-your-own-pizza parlor, a rocket-powered carrot-launcher, a life-size snakes and ladders game, a remembering booth, a Ninja Snail Training...
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Sammy the Seal

Syd Hoff · Harpercollins
Pages: 72
Format: Print book

Sammy, the adventurous seal, leaves the zoo for the day and ventures into the big, busy city. Along the way he finds a school full of kids and new things to do - and he even learns to read! This I Can Read is perfect for Level 1 beginning readers.Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff, author of Danny...
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Violet Mackerel's Pocket Protest

Anna Branford · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In this sixth story of the Violet Mackerel series, Violet and Rose start a very small protest to make a very big impact.Violet and Rose have shared their best secrets under the big oak tree in Clover Park. And they have found some very good small things there too. So when Johnson's...
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Happy Birdday, Tacky!

Helen Lester · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The Nice Icy Land was crackling with busy-ness. It had taken weeks and a lot of whispery chirps for Tacky the Penguin’s friends to plan a Perfect Surprise Birdday Party for him on his special hatchday. With songs, presents, cake, fishy ice cream, and surprise entertainment from Iglooslavia’s...
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Cinderella and the Vampire Prince

Wiley Blevins · Red Chair Press
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

You may know the story of the downtrodden girl who meets her Prince Charming. But our Cinder-Ella rules the dark night with her new Prince.
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The Fairy Bell Sisters #4: Clara and the Magical Charms

Margaret McNamara · Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Pages: 118
Format: Hardcover

Aspiring young fairies who adore Rainbow Magic and Disney Fairies will delight in the fourth magical installment in Margaret McNamara's Fairy Bell Sisters series, about Tinker Bell's little sisters.All the fairies on Sheepskerry Island look up to Clara Bell. Clara can do anything,...
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Wonderful Winter

Bruce Goldstone · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Winter is a season of wondering and waiting. We wonder why some trees lose their leaves while others stay green all winter long. We wait for the first snowfall -- and then wonder at how amazing each snowflake is. We wonder how animals manage to live in the cold. And we can't wait to celebrate...
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Yaks Yak: Animal Word Pairs

Linda Sue Park · Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

At once funny and informative, Yaks Yak presents animals acting out the verbs made from their names. Illustrations rich in comic details show hogs hogging, slugs slugging, and other spirited creatures demonstrating homographs, words with different meanings that are spelled and pronounced...
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Cc

BELA DAVIS · ABDO KIDS
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

From cookies to cartwheels, this title has got C words covered Each instance of "C" or "c" is bolded so that readers begin to recognize it in words and the sounds it makes. Complete with big colorful photographs, a More Cc Words page, bolded glossary terms, and a picture...
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Total Tractor!

DK · DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Kids who like trucks and tractors will love Total Tractor! a fun, colorful guide to farm machines, tractors, and things that go. Younger readers and even pre-readers have lots to explore in Total Tractor! thanks to detailed photography of a huge variety of tractors: from cool classics to gleaming...
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Seedlings Motorcycles

Kate Riggs · Creative Education
Format: Hardcover

A kindergarten-level introduction to motorcycles, covering their speed, drivers, role in transportation, and such defining features as their engines.
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P. Zonka Lays An Egg

Julie Paschkis · Peachtree Publishers
Pages: 1
Format: Audiobook

Extraordinary hen P. Zonka spends her time taking in the beauty around her: the shiny green of the grass, the buttery yellows of the dandelions, the deep blue of the sky. The other hens can't understand why she never lays eggs like they do. Finally, P. Zonka gives in and lays an egg....
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The First Cars

Roberta Baxter · Pebble Plus
Format: Book

The first car with a gas engine had only three wheels. What were early cars like and who made them? Find out about the first electric car, the first car race, Henry Fords Model T, and more.,
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