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Pete the Cat and the Tip-Top Tree House

JAMES DEAN · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and artist James Dean takes readers along for a fun, groovy adventure with Pete the Cat!In Pete the Cat: Tip-Top Tree House, Pete invites all of his friends over to spend time in his tree house. When they climb up, they realize the tree house is not big enough...
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Dia de Los Muertos

Roseanne Thong · Albert Whitman & Company, 2015. ©2015
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

It's Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and children throughout the pueblo, or town, are getting ready to celebrate! They decorate with colored streamers, calaveras, or sugar skulls, and pan de muertos, or bread of the dead. There are altars draped in cloth and covered in marigolds...
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Small Walt and Mo the Tow

Elizabeth Verdick · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Small Walt befriends a tow truck when he comes across a car in need of help in this irresistible companion to Small Walt, which Kirkus Reviews called "charming and endearing" in a starred review.We're Gus and Walt We plow and we salt We clear the snow so the Cars can go! A bitter...
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The Day I Lost My Superpowers

MichaeÌ?l Escoffier · Enchanted Lion Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Childhood is a magical time when even the stuff of the day-to-day is exciting and the ordinary often seems extraordinary. A part of this magic is that with just a little imagination, we all might be found to possess true superpowers!This isn't the first or last book where a child delightedly...
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Curious George Chasing Waves

H. A. Rey · HMH Books for Young Readers; Act Mti edition

Get swept away by this summery story based on PBSs award-winning television show! When Curious George, the man with the yellow hat, and their friend Marco visit Professor Wiseman at the beach, they have many new experiences. They dig for clams in a tidal pool, swim with dolphins, and even...
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The 12 Days of Christmas

Greg Pizzoli · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

Elephant is delighted to get a gift, but as the twelve days of Christmas continue, presents pile higher and higher!
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Daytime Nighttime

William Low · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 28
Format: Print book

Who likes the day? Butterflies. Who likes the night? Owls. Who is working today? Beavers. Who is flying tonight? Bats.Readers turn the pages to reveal what animals are doing during the day and at night.
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Judy Moody and Friends: Stink Moody in Master of Disaster

Megan McDonald · Candlewick Press (MA)
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback

Stink takes a star turn - and helps stave off cosmic calamity - in a new Judy Moody & Friends adventure just right for newly independent readers.Look up! Look out! A comet is coming, a comet is coming! Stink is camped out in the backyard with his sister, Judy, and he can't wait...
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Mickey Mantle: The Commerce Comet

Jonah Winter · schwartz & Wade books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

The ONLY nonfiction picture book about New York Yankee Mickey Mantle, one of the greatest baseball players of all time. From award-winning author Jonah Winter and #1 New York Times bestselling artist C. F. Payne comes this extraordinary picture-book biography that traces Mickey Mantle's...
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Box Meets Circle: Pixar Animation Studios Artist Showcase

Aaron Hartline · Disney Press
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Circle loves to jump, but Box just falls flat. Oww! Box loves to sit, but Circle just rolls away. Whoa! They want to play together, but how? They figure out that Box can sit on Circle as Circle jumps to her heart's content. However, Box still experiences an Oww! every once in a while....
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EllRay Jakes Rocks the Holidays!

Sally Warner · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 143
Format: Hardcover

It's December at Oak Glen Primary School and all EllRay can think about is Christmas. As far as he's concerned, Christmas is the best - no school, presents, fun parties, and lots of cookies! But before EllRay can celebrate with his family, he must lead half the school in the Winter Wonderland...
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Written and Drawn by Henrietta: TOON Level 3

Liniers · TOON Books
Pages: 60
Format: Print book

Also available in Spanish as Escrito y dibujado por EnriquetaA Junior Library Guild SelectionReading books is fun . . . but what about making them? Armed with new colored pencils, Henrietta's ready to try. Peek over her shoulder as she draws the story of a brave young girl, a three-headed...
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Coyote Tales

Thomas King · Groundwood Books
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

Two tales, set in a time "when animals and human beings still talked to each other," display Thomas King's cheeky humor and master storytelling skills. Freshly illustrated and reissued as an early chapter book, these stories are perfect for newly independent readers. In Coyote...
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Splat the Cat Gets a Job!

ROB SCOTTON · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

You know Splat the Cat from his bestselling picture books and phonics fun in Level One readers. Now get ready to graduate with Splat into Level Two readers! This all-new I Can Read features splat-tastic inventions as Splat tries his paw at a new job - newspaper cat.Splat is so excited to be the new newspaper...
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Grimelda: The Very Messy Witch

Diana Murray · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Grimelda's house may not be tidy, but it's cozy, and that's just the way she likes it. She also likes pickle pie. There's only one problem - she can't find the main ingredient in her messy house! Readers who enjoyed Norman Bridwell's classic The Witch Next Door will...
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