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Adventures with Waffles

Maria Parr · Candlewick
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Lena is Trille's best friend, even if she is a girl. And there is never an ordinary day when you've got a best friend like Lena.Hardly a day passes without Trille and Lena inventing some kind of adventure that often ends in trouble. Whether it's coaxing a cow onto a boat or sledding...
 
 
The Constellation Taurus: The Story of the Bull

Arnold Ringstad · Child's World
Format: Hardcover

Retells the story of Taurus as a guise of Zeus, discusses the astronomical features of the constellation Taurus, and describes the history of the constellation and its myths in world culture.
 
 
Geeky Fab Five vol. 1 "It's Not Rocket Science"

LIZ LAREAU · Papercutz
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Lucy Monroe's first day at Earhart Elementary is one for the yearbook: By recess she has launched herself off the rusty monkey bars and ended up face down onto the blacktop. The principal closes the rickety playground, and now the whole school is mad! What's a new girl to do? Create a band...
 
 
Sidney Crosby: NHL MVP and Champion

Maxwell Hammer · Child's World
Format: Hardcover

Tells the true story of Sidney Crosby, a Canadian hockey captain who has accomplished great achievements at a young age.
 
 
When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead · Yearling
Pages: 199
Format: Paperback

This remarkable novel holds a fantastic puzzle at its heart. By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, and they know who to avoid. Like the crazy guy on the corner.But things start to unravel....
 
 
Harry Potter: A Journey Through a History of Magic

SCHOLASTIC. · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

As the British Library unveils a very special new exhibition in the UK, Harry Potter: A History of Magic, readers everywhere are invited on an enchanting journey through the Hogwarts curriculum, from Care of Magical Creatures and Herbology to Defense Against the Dark Arts, Astronomy, and more...
 
 
Ice and Flame

Jane B. Mason · DC Super Heroes
Format: Print book

Super-villains HEATWAVE and CAPTAIN COLD don't like the FLASH, but they don't like each other either! They face off in a climate-changing smackdown that could spell disaster for Earth's ecosystems. The FLASH tries to take the foes one-on one, but ends up encased in arctic ice....
 
 
The Secret in the Old Attic (Nancy Drew, Book 21)

Carolyn Keene · Grosset & Dunlap; Revised edition
Pages: 177
Format: Hardcover

Nancy Drew races against time to unravel the clues in a dead man's letters. If she succeeds, Philip March and his little granddaughter can be saved from financial ruin. Following obscure clues, Nancy undertakes a search for some unpublished musical manuscripts which she believes are hidden...
 
 
Acrostic poems

Lisa M B Simons; Kathleen Petelinsek · The Child's World
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : English

Presents an overview of acrostic poems, including the form's history, elements, and traits and how poets use acrostic poems to express ideas. This item is Non-Returnable.
 
 
Spider-man Attack of the Heroes

Rich Thomas · Spotlight - (Chapter Books)
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

This item is Non-Returnable.
 
 
Wonder Woman vs. Circe

Scott Sonneborn · Stone Arch Books
Format: Book

Circe the super-sorceress has managed to get her hands on an enchanted statue imprisoning an ancient, magical monster. When Circe unleashes the mystical beast, it overpowers her mind—and steals her powers! Only Wonder Woman can stand up to their combined strength and save her mortal...
 
 
What's It Like to Live Here?: Farm

Katie Marsico · Cherry Lake Publishing
Format: Print book

Young readers will be introduced to the types of housing, the landscape, and the experiences and opportunities representative of living on a farm.
 
 
The Midwest

Rebecca Felix · The Childs World, 2013. ©2014
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From School Library Journal Gr 3-5-These broad overviews are each organized into four chapters that hint at their content, e.g., in Midwest, the chapter on geography, plants, animals, and weather is called "Plains, Bison, and Blizzards." In Southwest, the one on government...
 
 
Natural Disasters Through Infographics

Nadia Higgins · Lerner Publications
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

"The facts about natural disasters are so big and devastating they could make your head explode! You hear about huge costs (like the $360,000,000,000 in damage caused by the 2011 tsunami in Japan), huge speeds (the fastest-moving tsunami waves have been recorded at 500 miles per hour),...