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Ice Race!

Amy Weingartner · Random House Disney
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

Disney Infinity is an action-packed video game featuring a mix of characters as wide-ranging as Elsa and Anna from Disney Frozen, to Merida from Disney/Pixar Brave, to Jack Sparrow from Disney Pirates of the Caribbean. Boys and girls will love this Disney Infinity chapter book series that...
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Just Add Glitter

Angela DiTerlizzi · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Is there really such a thing as too much bling? Find out in this sparkly homage to imagination and creativity gone wild that's perfect for even the youngest fashion and crafting enthusiasts!Has the rainy day got you down? Not feeling fancy in your gown? Just add glitter! It all starts with...
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Queen of the Diamond: The Lizzie Murphy Story

Emily Arnold McCully · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Lizzie Murphy was good at baseball. In fact, she was better than most of the boys. But she was born in 1900, and back then baseball was not a game for girls. Lizzie practiced with her brother anyway, and then she talked her way onto the local boys' team, first as a batboy, then as a player....
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In a Village by the Sea

Muon Van · Creston Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Written in a spare, lyrical style using fresh, evocative imagery, In a Village by the Sea tells the story of longing for the comforts of home. A perfect book for teaching about diverse cultures and lifestyles through rich pictures and words, moving from the wide world to the snugness of home...
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Rags: Hero Dog of WWI: A True Story

Margot Theis Raven · Sleeping Bear Press
Format: Hardcover

During World War I, while stationed overseas in France with the United States Army, Private James Donovan literally stumbles upon a small dog cowering on the streets of Paris. Named Rags for his disheveled appearance, the little stray quickly finds a home with Donovan and a place in his heart....
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DK Readers L2: Battle at the Castle

Rupert Matthews · DK CHILDREN
Format: Paperback

Through the letters of a squire of the knight Sir Edmund Perry, readers are immersed in the life at Oxney Castle in Medieval England. In Battle at the Castle children just beginning to learn to read will experience the excitement of a tournament, the preparations for an attack, and the action...
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Can You Make a Happy Face?

JANICE BEHRENS · Childrens Pr
Pages: 12
Format: Board book

Explore all kinds of feelings through delightful photos of toddlersand have fun making faces.
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Very Grumpy Day

Stella J Jones · Tiger Tales
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

There's a big bad mood spreading through the woods! It starts with Bear, who upsets Mole, who snaps at Hedgehog, who's prickly with Fox. Soon Bear's bad mood has made everyone grumpy! Can a little bit of love make them happy again?
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When the Cousins Came

Katie Yamasaki · Holiday House
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A multicultural family story that celebrates kindness and differencesLila is excited for her cousins Takeo and Rosie to visit. They're going to ride bikes, paint, and camp together! But when the cousins arrive, everything's wrong: Rosie and Takeo are better painters than Lila, have skateboards...
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UFOs

Elizabeth Noll · World Book
Pages: 32

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Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book #8: Amelia Bedelia Dances Off

Herman Parish · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 143
Format: Paperback

In the eighth chapter book in the New York Times-bestselling series, Amelia Bedelia puts on her dancing shoes and dances up a storm! The Amelia Bedelia chapter books have sold more than one million copies and feature funny family and friendship stories with lots of wordplay just right for fans...
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Graphs

Sara Pistoia · Child's World
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Learn what graphs are and how we use them in everyday life.
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Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot

Dav Pilkey · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

There's something rotten in the state of Ohio, and it's smellier than a pile of putrid gym socks! Steer clear -- it's Sir Stinks-A-Lot! George and Harold, and their doubles, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold, have a good thing going. Two of them go to school, while the other...
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Love, Z

Jessie Sima · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

From the creator of Not Quite Narwhal comes the story of a young robot trying to find the meaning of "love."When a small robot named Z discovers a message in a bottle signed "Love, Beatrice," they decide to find out what "love" means. Unable to get an answer...
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Grow Up, Ant-Man!

BRANDON T SNIDER · Marvel Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Ant-Man is a very mischievous Super Hero. So it's up to Cassie to tell her dad to GROW UP! Watch as Ant-Man shows you just how big he can grow. Can Ant-Man grow bigger than the Hulk? Can Ant-Man grow bigger than the Avengers Tower? But what happens when Ant-Man grows TOO BIG?!Told using...
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