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Bella The Bunny Fairy

Daisy Meadows · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 65
Format: Paperback

Jack Frost has stolen the Pet Fairies' magical pets! Can Rachel and Kirsty help find them? Or will the pets be lost forever?The Pet Fairies have one of the most important jobs in Fairyland! They work with their special pets to make sure that all animals find safe homes. But now Jack...
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Everyone Feels Happy Sometimes

Cari Meister · Nonfiction Picture Books
Format: Paperback

Feeling happy is fun! What does being happy feel like? What does it look like? How can you show others your happiness? Everyone feels happy sometimes.
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Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Javaka Steptoe · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator AwardJean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere:...
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A Pet for Fly Guy

Tedd Arnold · Scholastic, Incorporated
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

What is the right pet for Fly Guy?In the first zany, hilarious Fly Guy picture book, Buzz tries to help Fly Guy find the right pet. It seems that everyone else at the park has a pet, so Fly Guy wants one, too. A dog licked Fly Guy. A frog chased Fly Guy. A cricket was too jumpy. Who will...
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I Love Dad

Camilla De La Bedoyere · Qed Pub Inc
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

This endearing book explores father and child relationships between animals, ranging from mischievous monkeys to loud lions. There are so many reasons to love our Dad - he protects us, plays with us and makes us happy. Animals feel the same way. I Love Dad perfectly captures these moments...
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How Do Jets Work?

Buffy Silverman · 21st Century
Format: Print book

Jets are sleek and powerful. They travel very fast. But how do these heavy planes fly? And how do pilots land them? Read this book to find out!
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Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust

Loïc Dauvillier · First Second
Pages: 76
Format: Hardcover

In this gentle, poetic young graphic novel, Dounia, a grandmother, tells her granddaughter the story even her son has never heard: how, as a young Jewish girl in Paris, she was hidden away from the Nazis by a series of neighbors and friends who risked their lives to keep her alive when...
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Gazpacho for Nacho

Tracey C. Kyle · Two Lions
Pages: 1
Format: Hardcover

Nacho likes to eat only one thing - gazpacho! Gazpacho for breakfast, gazpacho for lunch, gazpacho for dinner, for snacks, and for brunch. Nacho won't even try other dishes - until he discovers miles and piles of mouthwatering vegetables at the market. This lively rhyming story, sprinkled...
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The Dentist from the Black Lagoon

Mike Thaler · Spotlight
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Featuring a two-headed, monstrous dentist who puts bridges and root ""canals"" in people's mouths, this story is sure to amuse and quell fears of new experiences at the same time!
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Akissi: Tales of Mischief

MARGUERITE ABOUET · Flying Eye Books
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback

Akissi: Tales of Mischief brings together all the hilarious and heartfelt Akissi comics by Marguerite Abouet, the award winning author of Aya of Yop City.Poor Akissi! The neighborhood cats are trying to steal her fish, her little monkey Boubou almost ends up in a frying pan and she's...
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Beauty and the Beast Stories Around the World: 3 Beloved Tales

Cari Meister · Picture Window Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Think there's just one fairy tale with a beautiful girl and a monster? Think again! Cultures all around the world have their own Beauty and the Beast stories. Visit France, China, and Switzerland, and find out who asks for a grape instead of a rose, and whose beast is a snake.
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Star Wars The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight

Tony DiTerlizzi · Harpercollins
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

The classic tale of good versus evil set in a galaxy far, far away, quickly became a cultural phenomenon during its time, inspiring a generation of story lovers and storytellers. Now, the original trilogy of Star Wars shines anew with the vibrant concept art of Ralph McQuarrie, the legendary...
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Flat Stanley and the Missing Pumpkins

JEFF BROWN · HARPERCOLLINS
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Four feet tallOne food wideHalf an inch thick.Stanley Lambchop is a nice, average boy. He leads a nice, ordinary life than one day a bulletin board falls on him and suddenly Stanley Is flat.This turns out to be very Interesting. Stanley gets rolled up, mailed, and flown like a kite. He even...
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Super Rabbit Racers!: A Branches Book

Thomas Flintham · Branches
Pages: 80
Format: Library Binding

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Spellbound: Tales of Enchantment from Ancient Ireland

Siobhan Parkinson · Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

Eight ancient legends of Ireland, told for younger children by an acclaimed Irish writer and reviewer. The stories are all linked by themes of magic and enchantment, and are perfectly matched by Irish illustrator Olwyn Whelan's brightly coloured and decorative paintings.The stories...
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