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Speediest!: 19 Very Fast Animals

Steve Jenkins · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins is back with more Extreme Animals, perfect for young readers looking for accessible nonfiction chock full of incredible art. Speediest! will focus on the fastest members of the animal kingdom. Through illustrations, infographics, facts, and figures,...
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LEGO Star Wars: Choose Your Path

DK. · DK Children
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

One hero, 30 endings, unlimited adventures!Be the hero of this book and choose where to go in the LEGO® Star Wars(TM) galaxy. Learn how to battle, who to team up with, which side of the Force to join, plus much, much more. Read the text, then decide where to go next by selecting one of two options...
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The Ultimate Book of Sharks

BRIAN SKERRY · National Geographic Children's Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Dive into the wild world of sharks! Get up close to learn the truth behind these fantastic, ferocious fish with famed National Geographic photographer and explorer Brian Skerry.Join this amazing underwater adventure to track the sharks of the world, from the teeniest dogfish to the everfeared...
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Lions & Liars

KATE BEASLEY · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Frederick Frederickson has a food-chain theory about life. There are lions, like the school bully. Gazelles, like the bullied kids. There are meerkats, and the fleas that live on the butts of meerkats. Frederick's a flea.Fifth grade is off to a terrible start when Frederick is sent to a disciplinary...
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La Frontera/ the Border: El Viaje Con Papá/ My Journey With Papa

Deborah Mills · Barefoot Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Join a young boy and his father on a daring journey from Mexico to Texas to find a new life. Theyll need all the resilience and courage they can muster to safely cross the border ? la frontera ? and to make a home for themselves in a new land.
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Dinosaur Survival Guide

DAVID LEWMAN · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 80
Format: Library Binding

Relive the excitement of the blockbuster film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom--which opens to US audiences on June 22, 2018--with this must-have survival guide!Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom releases in theaters on June 22, 2018, bringing...
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Breakout

Kate Messner · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek--two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. But when two inmates break out of the town's maximum security prison, everything changes. Doors are locked, helicopters...
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Gabby the Bubblegum Fairy

DAISY MEADOWS · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 80
Format: Paperback

Join Rachel and Kirsty on their sweetest-ever fairy adventure!Gabby's special magic means sweets and treats everywhere taste delicious. But when Jack Frost steals her magical item, her bubble is well and truly burst! Can Rachel and Kirsty defeat him and return the sweetness to Fairyland?
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Grump: The

Liesl Shurtliff · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Rump, comes the true story behind another unlikely hero: a grumpy dwarf who gets tangled up in Snow White's feud with the wicked queen.Ever since he was a dwarfling, Borlen (nicknamed "Grump") has dreamed of visiting The Surface,...
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Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School: Book 1

JULIE FALATKO · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Sassy and Waldo are good dogs. They spend the day keeping their house safe. Has a squirrel ever gotten inside? No! But every day their boy, Stewart, comes home from this terrible place called school smelling like anxiety and looseleaf paper. Sassy and Waldo decide to save Stewart. But they...
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Goosebumps: Monsters At Midnight

JEREMY LAMBERT · IDW Publishing
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover

The kid-friendly horror series that defined a decade returns to comics, for the first time with all-new stories! Reader beware, you're in for a scare!So you say you want Goosebumps comics? Well, Be Careful What You Wish For, or you'll end up in Deep Trouble. Sure, you say, "You...
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Plantopedia

ADRIENNE BARMAN · Wide Eyed Editions
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to this collection of amazing plants from all over the world, chosen for their unique traits and characteristics, with fun illustrations by Adrienne Barman. Meet the 'evergreens', the 'edibles' and the 'elderly' plants that have outlived the dinosaurs in this...
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Heartseeker

Melinda Beatty · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A vibrant fantasy-adventure debut about a girl who can see lies.You're a Fallow of the Orchard. You're as tough as a green apple in summer . . . Only Fallow was just six harvests old when she realized that not everyone sees lies. For Only, seeing lies is as beautiful as looking...
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Bat Citizens

Rob Laidlaw · Pajama Press
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

An informational book about bats' biology, history, habitats, and the environmental challenges they face. "Bat Citizen" profiles highlight the work of young conservationists. Includes full-color photographs throughout, along with a table of contents, index, glossary, sidebars,...
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Women Athletes Who Rule!: The 101 Stars Every Fan Needs to Know

The Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids · Sports Illustrated
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Inspirational and aspirational. Fearless and phenomenal. The 101 women athletes every fan needs to know! The fifth book in the Big Book of Who series from Sports Illustrated Kids profiles extraordinary athletes who shaped the narratives of their sports. The best women athletes - past and present...
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