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Multiplying and Dividing at the Bake Sale

Tony Hyland · Real World Math
Format: Print book

We use math every day, sometimes without even realizing it! Kid-friendly, real-life situations show readers how they can put math to work in their day-to-day activities. A variety of problem-solving activities and graphic organizers make these books ideal for young learners.
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Fun and Festive Spring Crafts: Flower Puppets, Bunny Masks, and Mother's Day Pop-up Cards

Randel McGee · Enslow Elementary
Format: Print book

In spring, winter ice melts away, flowers bloom, and animals have babies. In FUN AND FESTIVE SPRING CRAFTS FLOWER PUPPETS, BUNNY MASKS, AND MOTHERS DAY POP-UP CARDS, follow easy step-by-step instructions to create unique crafts as you learn about spring. Discover the ancient Greek myth...
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Origami for Fun! (For Fun!)

Thiranut Deborah Berry · Compass Point Books
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Learn how to play your favorite sport or participate in your favorite activity in this exciting series from Compass Point Books. Each book in the For Fun series features bold, full-color photos, informative text, and all sorts of fun facts about your favorite pastime. A quick reference...
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Jingle

Gordon Korman · Scholastic Press
Pages: 199
Format: Print book

JINGLE: a light clinking or tingling sounds, often heralding the approach of Santa, reindeer, or the mysterious thief of a priceless possession . . . Griffin Bing and his friends are NOT happy. Instead of going away for winter break, they've been signed up to volunteer at a local Christmas...
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Cool Women, Hot Jobs: And How You Can Go for It, Too!

Tina Schwager · Free Spirit Publishing
Pages: 278
Format: Paperback

Esther Obert is a fighter pilot. Maria Fernandez is a special agent for the F.B.I. Kathy Mangum is an Imagineer with the Walt Disney Company. Rebecca Taylor is a fashion designer. Nancy Parker trains dolphins. Women's career option used to be limited, but not anymore. In COOL WOMEN,...
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Grace Makes It Great: 3

Mary Casanova · American Girl
Pages: 186
Format: Print book

When Grace learns that her grandparents' bakery might be closing after 30 years, she's crushed. She can't imagine her life (or her hometown) without the bakery. And how can her own business survive if the one that inspired her cannot? Grace wonders if she and her friends can find a way to help...
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Trade Wind Danger (Nancy Drew: All New Girl Detective #13)

Carolyn Keene · Aladdin; Original edition
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

San Francisco has tons to offer tourists like Bess, George, and me. Fresh crabs, cable cars, hikes -- and stalkers! Well, maybe stalkers! is a little harsh, but this older couple, Ed and Harriet, keeps popping up everywhere. Coincidental or not, Ed and Harriet's appearances are smelling...
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Ramona's World

Beverly Cleary · HarperCollins; Ill edition
Format: Paperback

Ramona Quimby can't wait to start fourth grade. With a new baby sister to brag about, new calluses to show off, and a new best friend to get to know, everything's going to be great!Or is it? When Ramona's spelling is atrocious, her teacher, Mrs. Meacham, is firm about her needing...
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The Someday Birds

Sally J Pla · Harpercollins
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The Someday Birds is a debut middle grade novel perfect for fans of Counting by 7s and Fish in a Tree, filled with humor, heart, and chicken nuggets.Charlie's perfectly ordinary life has been unraveling ever since his war journalist father was injured in Afghanistan. When his father heads...
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Edge Chronicles 7: Freeglader

Paul Stewart · David Fickling Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Fleeing from the ruins of New Undertown Rook Barkwater and his colleagues the librarian knights Felix Lodd and his banderbear friends must lead the escaping population to a new life in the Free Glades But perils aplenty are ahead for the crowd not to mention some goblins with plans of their...
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