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LEGO Friends: Friendship & Fun Collection

Lego Group. · Little
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

This giant collection contains over a dozen stories featuring your favorite Friends When these five best friends put their heads together, they can accomplish anything. Welcome to Heartlake City, the home of Mia, Olivia, Andrea, Stephanie, and Emma. Whether they're riding horses, flying...
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Touchdown Triumph

Jake Maddox · Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pages: 63
Format: Print book

Oliver Jeffries is used to moving around. His dad is in the Army, and moving is just part of life. But it finally looks like they'll be staying in one place, and Oliver decides to join Jackson Middle School's football team. Things couldn't be going better: he's the starting wide receiver,...
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LEGO Ninjago: Games, Ghosts and Pirates Collection

Lego Group. · Little
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

This giant collection contains over a dozen Ninjago stories featuring your favorite ninja When Master Wu's ninja put their heads together, they can accomplish anything. Welcome to the world of Ninjago, the home of Kai, Cole, Jay, Lloyd, Zane, and Nya. Whether they're battling Elemental...
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Alexis Cupcake Crush

Coco Simon · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Science whiz Alexis is out to prove that cupcakes are healthy in the latest addition to the Cupcake Diaries series.Alexis thinks she has the perfect project to win the Science Fair - she's going to prove that cupcakes are good for you! But all thoughts of the school competition go out the window...
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The Someday Birds

Sally J Pla · Harpercollins
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The Someday Birds is a debut middle grade novel perfect for fans of Counting by 7s and Fish in a Tree, filled with humor, heart, and chicken nuggets.Charlie's perfectly ordinary life has been unraveling ever since his war journalist father was injured in Afghanistan. When his father heads...
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You Can Be a Dancer

Alix Wood · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Book

Music videos, reality shows, and Broadway musicals all employ talented dancers that can move to the music. These dancers all spent many years practicing and perfecting good dance technique, and possibly took classes in many genres, including ballet, jazz, tap, and hip-hop. Through an introduction...
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The Matchstick Castle

Keir Graff · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 278
Format: Print book

A wild and whimsical adventure story, perfect for fans of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's LibraryBrian can think of a few places he'd rather spend his summer than with his aunt and uncle in Boring, Illinois. Jail, for example. Or an earplug factory. Anything would be better than doing summer...
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George Washington's Rules to Live By: How to Sit, Stand, Smile, and Be Cool! A Good Manners Guide From the Father of Our Country

K M Kostyal · National Geographic,
Pages: 127
Format: Print book

This innovative gift book allows kids to peek into the mind of George Washington and the more than 100 lessons by which he lived his life. Modern translations and hilarious caricature illustrations provide a lighthearted and fun way to learn about history and good manners at the same time....
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The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle

Jude Isabella · Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover

In this unique nonfiction picture book, the main character is a bicycle that starts its life like so many bicycles in North America, being owned and ridden by a young boy. The boy, Leo, treasures his bicycle so much he gives it a name -- Big Red. But eventually Leo outgrows Big Red, and this...
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Alistair Grim's Odd Aquaticum

Gregory Funaro · Disney Hyperion
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

* "Dive head-, feet-, or face-first into this delicious danger." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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The Madman of Piney Woods

Christopher Paul Curtis · Scholastic Press
Pages: 363
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis delivers a powerful companion to his multiple award-winning ELIJAH OF BUXTON.Benji and Red couldn't be more different. They aren't friends. They don't even live in the same town. But their fates are entwined. A chance meeting...
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The Silver Moon of Summer

LEILA HOWLAND · HarperCollins
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

In the third and final book in the middle grade trilogy that Newbery Honor winner Rita Williams-Garcia raved is "brimming with hilarity and sisterly hijinks," Marigold, Zinnia, and Lily Silver return to Cape Cod for another unforgettable summer. This summer, the town of Pruet...
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Allie, First at Last

Angela Cervantes · Scholastic Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Allie Velasco wants to be a trailblazer.A trendsetter.A winner.No better feeling exists in the world than stepping to the top of a winner's podium and hoisting a trophy high in the air. At least, that's what Allie thinks . . . she's never actually won anything before. Everyone in her family...
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Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever

Jim Murphy · Clarion Books
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

In 1944 a groundbreaking operation repaired the congenital heart defect known as blue baby syndrome. The operation's success brought the surgeon Alfred Blalock international fame and paved the way for open-heart surgery. But the technique had been painstakingly developed by Vivien Thomas,...
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Cool springy, slinky & stretchy projects : crafting creative toys & amazing games

Rebecca Felix · ABDO Publishing
Pages: 32
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

Kids can make their own fun with Cool Springy, Slinky & Stretchy Projects! This title has everything needed to create one-of-a-kind toys. Readers will create Water Balloon Bouncy Balls, Springy Spider Puppet, Slinky Yo-Yo and more! Step-by-step photos, materials lists, and extra tips...
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