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Violet Mackerel's Remarkable Recovery

Anna Branford · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 114
Format: Hardcover

In this irresistibly charming chapter book, the charismatic Violet Mackerel knows how to stay upbeat - even when her throat feels as if there's a cactus in it!Seven-year-old Violet Mackerel has a new theory: If someone has a problem and you give them something small, like a feather,...
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Good Queen Bess : The Story of Elizabeth I of England

Diane Stanley · HarperCollins
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

She was a queen whose strong will, shrewd diplomacy, religious tolerance and great love for her subjects won the hearts of her people and the admiration of her enemies.Elizabeth was born into an age of religious strife, in which plots and factions were everywhere and private beliefs could...
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Tap the Magic Tree

Christie Matheson · HarperCollins
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Every book needs you to turn the pages. But not every book needs you to tap it, shake it, jiggle it, or even blow it a kiss. Innovative and timeless, Tap the Magic Tree asks you to help one lonely tree change with the seasons. Now that's interactive - and magical!It begins with a bare brown...
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Let's Meet a Veterinarian

Gina Bellisario · Millbrook Pr Trade
Format: Book

What does a veterinarian do? Let's find out! Dr. Kate is a veterinarian. She visits a school to give Henry, the class guinea pig, a checkup. She shows the class the tools she uses. She tells them about the many things vets do. And the students learn how to take good care of Henry. Hooray...
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Kwanzaa

Rebecca Pettiford · Jump!
Format: Hardcover

In Kwanzaa, early readers will learn about the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa and the ways people celebrate it. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they explore this unique holiday.
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Do Not Open This Book

Michaela Muntean · Scholastic Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of the bestselling classics DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS! and THE MONSTER AT THE END OF THIS BOOK comes a riotously funny, interactive picture book from a hot new team."Excuse me, but who do you think you are, opening this book when the cover clearly says, DO NOT OPEN...
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The Wolf Spider (Library of Spiders)

Alice B. McGinty · PowerKids Press
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Grade 3-5-Series titles aimed at arachnophiles and researchers looking for a particular species. The data is accurate, if occasionally simplistic in its presentation. It is never mentioned, for example, that wolf spiders have toothed margins on their strong jaws, which account for their...
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I'm Not a Pig in Underpants

Elwood Smith · Creative Editions
Pages: 36
Format: Book

Do you enjoy a good mystery? How about one written in irresistible rhyme? Follow a series of delightful, poetic clues as they lead you past strutting storks in top hats, a drumming spittlebug, and a bike-riding pig in underpants! In this laugh-out-loud story written and illustrated by Elwood...
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The Lady and the Lion: A Brothers Grimm Tale

Laurel Long · Dial
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Love and honor can overcome even the fiercest obstacles, as we see in this spellbinding fairy tale, with shades of "Beauty and the Beast." To save her father, a young woman must go to the castle of a menacing lion. She fears for her life, but finds kindness rather than danger...
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