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Wood Duck

Ellen Lawrence · Bearport Publishing
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

A mother wood duck peeks out of a hole in an old, twisted tree in a swamp. The hole is the entrance to her nest. Once she's sure no predators are close by, the mother duck jumps from the nest hole to the ground. Then, one, two, three--tiny, fluffy ducklings start to jump from the tree....
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What a Beautiful Morning

Arthur Levine · Running Press Kids
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Every morning is beautiful when Noah visits his Grandparents. When Grandpa and Noah wake up, they take off singing and hardly stop: walking the dog, splashing through puddles, and eating French toast with cinnamon.But one summer Grandpa seems to have forgotten how to do the things they...
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Ginny Louise and the School Field Day

Tammi Sauer · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Nobody loves Truman Elementary more than Ginny Louise. She didn't think school could get any better until--School Field Day!Ball throws, long jumps, tug-of-war, and, to top it all off, a sack race! Ginny Louise is game for it all. But the Truman Elementary Troublemakers, Cap'n Catastrophe,...
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The Pomegranate Witch

Denise Doyen · Chronicle Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

When a scary old tree blooms with the most beautiful pomegranates ever seen, the neighborhood kids' mouths water with anticipation. But the tree isn't theirs - and it has a protector! So begins the Pomegranate War, a fun, rollicking, rhyming tale of a battle between the sly, plucky...
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Animals in Spring

M J York · The Childs World Inc
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Engages readers with stories of animals in spring. Readers are introduced to different animals in spring, which are waking up, migrating, or being born. Additional features include a table of contents, phonetic glossary, index, and sources for further research. A kid-friendly project inspires...
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Dino-Racing

Lisa Wheeler · Carolrhoda Books
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

In this installment of dino competition, meat eaters face off against plant eaters in three high-speed auto events: drag racing, off-road racing, and stock-car racing. Lisa Wheeler's rhymes explore thoughtful questions such as: Which dinosaurs would make the best chasers for support in a desert...
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In the Rainforest

Kate Duke · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 33
Format: Hardcover

The rainforest is home to millions of plant and animal species. Some animals live high up in the trees, some crawl across the forest floor, and some tunnel underground, but they all depend on one another and the rain to survive. With colorful illustrations and fascinating diagrams from...
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Don't Call Me Grandma

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson · Carolrhoda Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Great-grandmother Nell eats fish for breakfast, she doesn't hug or kiss, and she does NOT want to be called grandma. Her great-granddaughter isn't sure what to think about her. As she slowly learns more about Nell's life and experiences, the girl finds ways to connect with her prickly great-grandmother.
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While You Were Napping

Jenny Offill · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In this hilarious read-aloud featuring robots, fire trucks, and pirates, meet an older sister who's more than happy to fill her little brother in on all he missed while he was napping. Since none of the other neighborhood kids had to nap, they came over. Then came the robots, and of course...
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American Crows

Lisa J Amstutz · Capstone Press, 2016.
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Whos that squawking in the backyard? Its an American crow! Find out where American crows live, what they eat, and how to identify the birds and their eggs.
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Ghost Cat

Eve Bunting · Sleeping Bear Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Miss Maggie McCullen has been the keeper for the Port Carrick lighthouse for many years. She has never missed a night, keeping the big light going. And while the people in Port Carrick are grateful to her, they worry about her lonely life at the lighthouse. But they don't know that she has her cat,...
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A Case of the Clones

Ada Hopper · Little Simon
Pages: 125
Format: Print book

Dr. Bunsen causes some serious double trouble when he creates clones of the DATA Set in this fifth DATA Set adventure.Dr. Bunsen is just trying to help. Really, he is. This time, when Dr. Bunsen overhears the kids complaining about all their chores, he lends an extra hand ... by creating...
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Shake a Leg, Egg!

Kurt Cyrus · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From celebrated author-illustrator Kurt Cyrus comes a playful and whimsical picture book that celebrates the excitement and anticipation of a soon-to-be-born baby.It's springtime, and the pond is bursting with new life. There are beaver pups, heron hatchlings, and lots and lots of ducklings....
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Malala's Magic Pencil

Malala Yousafzai · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Malala's first picture book will inspire young readers everywhere to find the magic all around them.As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning....
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Like Bug Juice on a Burger

Julie Sternberg · Abrams
Pages: 165
Format: Print book

I hate camp. I just hate it. I wish I didn't. But I do. Being here is worse than bug juice on a burger. Or homework on Thanksgiving. Or water seeping into my shoes. In this sequel to the critically acclaimed Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie, Eleanor is off to summer camp. At first she's excited...
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