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DK Adventures: Clash of the Gladiators

Catherine Chambers · DK Children
Format: Hardcover

In Clash of the Gladiators join DK Adventures exclusive SLIP club Secret Living In the Past — a group of young history buffs who belong to a top-secret club that allows them to travel throughout history to any time, any place through a phone app. This time their journey takes them to Ancient...
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Let's Hear It for Labrador Retrievers

Piper Welsh · Rourke Educational Media
Format: Book

What'S The Most Popular Breed Of Dog In America? The Labrador Retriever Features The American Kennel Clubs Recently Named Top 8 Breeds. This item is Non-Returnable.
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The most amazing sports moments of all time

Doug Williams · SportsZone
Pages: 48
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

This title explores the incredible moments in in the world of sports, from Jackie Robinson's debut to Brandi Chastain's World Cup winner, that will be etched in our memories forever. The title also features informative sidebars, a glossary, and further resources. SportsZone is an imprint...
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Book Uncle and Me

Uma Krishnaswami · Groundwood Books
Pages: 149
Format: Print book

Every day, nine-year-old Yasmin borrows a book from Book Uncle, a retired teacher who has set up a free lending library next to her apartment building. But when the mayor tries to shut down the rickety bookstand, Yasmin has to take her nose out of her book and do something.But what can she do? The local...
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The Robot Book: Build & Control 20 Electric Gizmos, Moving Machines, and Hacked Toys

Bobby Mercer · Chicago Review Press
Format: Book

"The 20 easy-to-build robots in this project book can be constructed for little or not cost using common household objects and repurposed materials."--
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Understanding Coding with Hopscotch

Patricia Harris · PowerKids Press
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Coding for elementary students is a new and exciting learning opportunity, and this book will show readers how to get coding in just minutes with the program Hopscotch. Instead of lines of text, Hopscotch provides users with colorful, stackable blocks to create animations, games, and more....
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Daring

Blake Hoena · Stone Arch Books

Lei and her crew know their skatepark is run down and nothing special, but its theirs and they are proud of it. So when a crew of older boys move in to claim the park as their own, Lei isn't going to just step aside and let them. She challenges the boys to a skate off -- trick for trick....
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France

Bitsy Kemper · Childs World
Format: Print book

Highlights the geography, government, cities, currency, people, customs, and culture that make France unique in an increasingly globalized world.
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Motorcycles

Penny Worms · Smart Apple Media
Pages: 30
Format: Print book

Packed with full-color photography and plenty of facts and stats, young gearheads will find this title about motorcycles fascinating. A brief introduction to these vehicles is followed by 10 profiles of the most iconic and intriguing models in the category. A dynamic large-scale image of each...
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Gertie's Leap to Greatness

Kate Beasley · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"Meet the new Ramona Quimby!" -- Entertainment WeeklyGertie Reece Foy is 100% Not-From-Concentrate awesome. She has a daddy who works on an oil rig, a great-aunt who always finds the lowest prices at the Piggly Wiggly, and two loyal best friends. So when her absent mother decides...
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Middle School: Ultimate Showdown

James Patterson · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Readers get a chance to participate in James Patterson's wildly successful Middle School series in this interactive book featuring more than 80 hilarious anecdotes from dueling siblings Rafe and Georgia Khatchadorian--plus dozens of fun-filled activities! The Khatchadorian kids are an opinionated...
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Grand Theft Safari

Precious McKenzie · Rourke Educational Media
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Having parents who travel the world for work has its benefits. Twins, Tomas and Marisol, are able to tag along on many or their parents trips exploring new cultures, making new friends, and maybe a few adventures. Tomas and Marisol never thought such a beautiful place would be so dangerous....
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The War I Finally Won

KIMBERLY BRUBAKER BRADLEY · Dial Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Like the classic heroines of Sarah, Plain and Tall and Little Women, Ada conquers the homefront as her World War II journey continues in this sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning The War that Saved My Life When Ada's clubfoot is surgically fixed at last, she knows for certain that she's...
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Basketball trivia

Phil Ervin · SportsZone
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Test your knowledge about the history of the hardcourt, from the days of peach baskets and set shots to the high-flying dunkers of today. The title features informative sidebars, a trivia quiz, a glossary, and further resources. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
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Grace stirs it up

Mary Casanova · American Girl
Pages: 177
Format: Print book

Inspired by her grandparents' bakery and her recent visit to Paris, nine-year-old Grace leads her friends in starting La Petite Patisserie, making and selling French pastries at school and special events, but they soon discover that starting a new business is not always easy--or fun.
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