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Dazzling Disguises and Clever Costumes

Angela Wilkes · DK CHILDREN
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Packed with more than 50 creative projects for children to make on their own, this fun-filled book has exciting costume ideas for Halloween parties, plays, or just dressing up with friends. From creating fabulous hats to regal robes to funny glasses and animal box masks, Dazzling Disguises...
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Ben Rides On

Matt Davies · Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

Ben loves his new bike. In fact, he loves it so much he even likes riding to school (especially if he can take the long way around)! That is, until an encounter with the local bully, Adrian Underbite, leaves Ben bike-less. When Ben discovers where his bike actually is, the reader is in for a dramatic,...
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What Happens Next

Susan Hughes · Owlkids
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

What Happens Next is a raw, realistic story told by an unnamed protagonist who feels different from everybody else, like she doesn't quite fit in. Bullied by a girl at school, our narrator gives a terse script of the related facts (What Her Friends Do: Laugh. What Everyone Else Does:...
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Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

Barbara Park · Random House
Pages: 69
Format: Print book

Meet the World's Funniest Kindergartner - Junie B. Jones!

Remember when it was scary to go to school? With over 50 million books in print, Barbara Park's New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing...
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Dreams

Ezra Jack Keats · Viking Juvenile
Pages: 22
Format: Hardcover

One night while everyone is sleeping, a little boy watches his paper mouse save a cat from an angry dog.
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Nellie Sue, Happy Camper: An Every Cowgirl Book

Rebecca Janni · Penguin Young Readers
Format: Print book

Like all adventurous cowgirls, Nellie Sue loves to go camping--and it's time to try her skills in the wild outdoors. But, when night falls and the woods come alive with creaking noises, these happy campers aren't so happy anymore! Nellie Sue must use her biggest cowgirl courage...
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I Am: Why Two Little Words Mean So Much

Wayne W. Dyer · Hay House
Format: Hardcover

      I AM, the newest children’s book by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, is taken from his latest book for adults, Wishes Fulfilled. I AM teaches kids a simple but profound message: God is not far off in the distance, or even merely beside us. In other words, we are not separate...
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Brave Norman: A True Story (Pets to the Rescue)

Andrew Clements · Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Level 1: Starting to Read • Simple stories • Increased vocabulary • Longer sentences Norman is a dog who cannot see. One day, he is at the beach. He hears a girl in the water calling for help. Can a blind dog save someone's life?
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Escape from Egypt: A Branches Book (Time Jumpers #2)

Wendy Mass · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Pick a book. Grow a Reader!

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina....
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Big Book of Bugs

DK Publishing · DK CHILDREN; 1st edition
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The most amazing, unusual, and fantastic bugs in the world! The newest addition to DK's Big Book of series is Big Book of Bugs - the up-close and personal book for young entomologists and all curious kids who are fascinated with bugs. Look right into a spider's eye and get tangled...
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Grasshopper On The Road

Arnold Lobel · Turtleback Books
Pages: 64
Format: School & Library Binding

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Everything seems hopeless until Grasshopper meets a worm.
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