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Garden to Table: A Kid's Guide to Planting, Growing, and Preparing Food

Katherine Hengel · Scarletta Junior Readers, an imprint of Scarletta
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Fill your plate with fresh, self-sustained produce that comes straight from your garden. Step-by-step planting, care and harvesting tips give the beginning gardener a good basic understanding of the growing process. Over 30 delicious recipes made with basil, carrots, green beans, leaf lettuce,...
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Bomb Squads

Lee Fitzgerald · PowerKids Press
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Members of a bomb squad certainly didnt choose an easy or boring career. Bomb squads are made up of brave, intelligent, and highly-trained men and women who are called in to diffuse potential explosive devices. Readers explore this dangerous and heroic career path through engaging text,...
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The Curse of Maleficent: The Tale of a Sleeping Beauty

Elizabeth Rudnick · Disney Press
Pages: 219
Format: Print book

Aurora has always enjoyed her simple life. She loves to explore the beautiful woods surrounding her quaint cottage. She even likes living with her bumbling yet well-meaning aunts. But when Aurora discovers a dark secret about her past, her whole world turns upside down. Will she be able...
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Tangled in the Rainforest: Can Science Save Your Life?

Gerry Bailey · Crabtree Pub Co

Tangled in the Rainforest
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The Great Zombie Invasion: The Birth of Herobrine Book One: A Gameknight999 Adventure: An Unofficial Minecrafter's Adventure

Mark Cheverton · Sky Pony Pr
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Can Gameknight999 survive a Minecraft journey one hundred years into the past?

A freak thunderstorm strikes just as Gameknight999 is activating his father's digitizer to re-enter Minecraft. Sparks flash across his vision as he is sucked into the game ... and when the smoke...
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Nightmares! The Lost Lullaby

Jason Segel · Delacorte Press
Pages: 318
Format: Print book

The third book in the hilariously scary Nightmares! series by New York Times bestselling authors Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller is here! You thought the nightmares were over? You better keep the lights on!

Charlie Laird has a very bad feeling.

1. There's...
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Robots at Home

Christine Zuchora-Walske · 21st Century
Format: Book

Robots work in homes every day. Some vacuum floors or mow lawns. Others keep people company. And some help kids have fun! What robots might you find in someones home? Read this book to find out!,
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Jack & Louisa: Act 1

Kate Wetherhead · Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Jack Goodrich was a Broadway star, with two shows under his belt and a third in rehearsals. But when his voice changes suddenly, Jack and his parents leave the spotlight and move from New York City to Shaker Heights, Ohio. While Jack hopes to leave his Broadway past behind,...
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People

Stephen Aitken · Benchmark Books
Format: Hardcover

In Climate Crisis, students will discover that rising temperatures are only a small part of the problem.
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Story of the Fiesta Bowl

Barry Wilner · SportsZone, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

"Learn more about the history of the annual contest in Phoenix, Arizona, that has become one of the biggest games on the college football calendar."--Publisher's website.
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Geronimo Stilton #59: Welcome to Moldy Manor

Geronimo Stilton · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Each Geronimo Stilton book is fast-paced, with lively full-color art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.Rancid rat hairs! I'd been spending so much money lately, I had none left in the bank! Even worse, when my grandfather found out, he sent me off to Moldy Manor. There, miserly...
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Two-Face Face-Off

Laurie Sutton · Stone Arch Books, 2016.
Pages: 88
Format: Print book

The fate of the Batman and Robin comes down to a flip of a coin! Two-Face is on the loose and his crimes have the Dynamic Duo working double time. From the heist of rare twin diamonds to a showdown on a bi-plane, the Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder stop at nothing to bring this super-villain...
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Speed Machines

Ruth Owen · PowerKids Press
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Emphasizing adult supervision (when appropriate) and safety, this book will have boys using their creativity and some elbow grease for making stealth paper airplanes to constructing rubber band dragsters and even traditional go-carts.
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Getting Started with Coding: Get Creative with Code!

Camille McCue · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 121
Format: Print book

A cool coding book--just for kids! When your kid is ready to add coding to their creativity toolbox but you're not ready to ship them off to coding camp, Getting Started with Coding is here to help them get started with the basics of coding. It walks young readers through fun projects...
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The U.S. Justice System

Ellen Dupont · Mason Crest
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

The United States justice system was created when the Constitution was adopted in 1787. The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation, which gave most of the power to individual states. The Constitution created a strong federal government to bring the states together to work for the good...
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