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Dog Diaries #4: Togo

Kate Klimo · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 163
Format: Paperback

Small, feisty Siberian husky Togo - the overlooked sled-dog hero of the 1925 serum run to Nome - sets the record straight in Dog Diaries #4! When a diptheria epidemic breaks out in isolated Nome, Alaska, in January 1925, the only way to get life-saving serum to the town is by using dog-sled...
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The Boy Who Loved the Moon

Rino Alaimo · Familius LLC
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

This beautiful adaptation of the beloved The Boy and The Moon winner of multiple international independent film awards tells the story of a boy who swims the deepest seas and slays the mightiest dragons to win the Moon's love.
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Penguin Day

Nic Bishop · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Rockhopper penguins live by the sea, but in many ways, their families are just like ours. Penguin parents take good care of their children. Mama penguin fishes for food, while papa stays home and watches the baby. But even little ones get tired of waiting for breakfast, and sometimes they...
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Dare the Wind: The Record-breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud

Tracey E Fern · Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Ellen Prentiss's papa said she was born with saltwater in her veins, so he gave her sailing lessons and taught her how to navigate. As soon as she met a man who loved sailing like she did, she married him. When her husband was given command of a clipper ship custom-made to travel quickly,...
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Stella Batts Something Blue

Courtney Sheinmel · Sleeping Bear Press
Pages: 167
Format: Hardcover

The Batts family has arrived at a hotel in Los Angeles and everything is all set for Aunt Laura's wedding weekend. Stella and Penny are going to be getting a new uncle, and a new cousin! Plus, they get to be flower girls, and wear fancy dresses, and walk down the aisle throwing rose...
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Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton

Sherri Duskey Rinker · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Everyone in Folly Cove knows Virginia Lee as "Jinnee." With her magical wands she can draw whatever she imagines, but for Aris and Michael, she draws the most wonderful characters of all: BIG MACHINES with friendly names like Mary Anne, Maybelle, and Katy. Her marvelous magical...
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Dino-dancing

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

Ever seen an allosaurus in pointe shoes and a tutu? A raptor swing-dancing, or pterodactyls tap-dancing? You'll see it all in this enlightening and dizzyingly hilarious imagining of a prehistoric "So You Think You Can Dance" competition.
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Scooby-Doo and the Valentine's Day Surprise

Robin Wasserman · Spotlight - (Beginning Readers)
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Scooby and the gang are excited for Valentine's Day. But all of their valentines are missing! Did a ghost take their valentines or does Scooby have a secret admirer? It's a case only Scooby can solve.
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Guinea Pigs

Lisa J Amstutz · Capstone Press
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Squeal! Guinea pigs make fun pets. Some have long hair and some have almost no hair at all. Some have crests on their heads and others have droopy ears.Young readers will learn about the appearance and behavior of guinea pigs, and discover why these playful rodents make great pets.
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Drawing Vehicles: A Step-by-Step Sketchbook

Mari Bolte · Capstone Press
Format: Book

Get creative!  Expand your artistic skill by exploring a wide variety of vehicles. Learn to sketch the details that bring the racetrack to life. It just takes a pencil and a need for speed!,
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Boy, Were We Wrong About the Human Body!

Kathleen V. Kudlinski · Dial Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Long, long ago, ancient Egyptians thought that all of our ideas and personalities came from our hearts - boy, were they wrong!Debunking old (and sometimes silly) myths about the human body, this new addition to the Boy, Were We Wrong series shows how we discovered modern biology and medicine....
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The Only Child

Guojing · Schwartz & Wade Books,
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

A New York Times Best Illustrated BookLike Shaun Tan's The Arrival and Raymond Briggs's The Snowman, this gorgeous and imaginative 100-page graphic picture book is utterly transporting and original. A little girl - lost and alone - follows a mysterious stag deep into the woods,...
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Melvin the Mouth

Katherine Blanc · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Melvin is an imaginative and noisy little boy who grows up to be Mel Blanc, Looney Tunes cartoon character pioneer and the voice behind Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Woody Woodpecker, the Tasmanian Devil, and so many more familiar personalities. Readers are treated to a typical day for young...
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Warriors in Winter

Mary Pope Osborne · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

Travel back in time in the magic tree house with Jack and Annie in this #1 bestselling series and meet the greatest warriors of all--the Romans!We are warriors! Jack and Annie have met knights, pirates, ninjas, and Vikings, but they have never met the most fearsome warriors of all: Roman...
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We Love Diamonds!

Beatrice Harris · Gareth Stevens Pub
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Diamonds are similar to squares, but they look a bit squashed." Readers will recognize this special shape in the many bright photographs of this accessible text, which also encourages them to build new vocabulary. Theyll see diamond-shaped kites, cookies, and signs, and learn to spot...
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