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Gone Crazy in Alabama

Rita Williams-Garcia · Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 293
Format: Print book

Coretta Scott King Award WinnerNewbery Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters, who are about to learn what it's like to be fish out of water as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for the summer...
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Grimmtastic Girls #3: Snow White Lucks Out

Joan Holub · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 182
Format: Paperback

Once upon a time, in faraway Grimmlandia. . .No matter how many lucky charms she wears, Snow White can't catch a break. She's especially worried that her stepmom, Ms. Wicked, is a member of the E.V.I.L. Society. Snow and her friends Red, Cinda, and Rapunzel are trying to stop E.V.I.L.'s...
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The Big Book of Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids: A 3-in-1 Collection

Rob Elliott · Revell; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

All of Rob Elliott's popular joke books for kids in one hilarious volume sure to have kids of all ages laughing out loud.
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay

J K Rowling · Arthur A Levine
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone... Inspired by the original Hogwarts textbook by Newt Scamander,...
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Spirit Animals: Book 5: Against the Tide

Tui T. Sutherland · Scholastic
Pages: 180
Format: Hardcover

The adventure continues in this fifth book in the New York Times bestselling series.The sun is shining in the Hundred Isles, and yet the path forward seems crowded with shadows. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have traveled across the world, seeking a set of powerful talismans in order...
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Warriors: A Vision of Shadows #3: Shattered Sky

Erin Hunter · HarperCollins
Pages: 285
Format: Hardcover

Erin Hunter's #1 bestselling Warriors series continues in A Vision of Shadows #3: Shattered Sky. This edition includes a double-sided jacket with a bonus poster!ShadowClan has fallen. A group of rogues now rules the pine forest, and their cruel leader, Darktail, will not stop until he has conquered...
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Kitchen Math

Katie Marsico · Lerner Publications
Format: Book

Math is everywhere in the kitchen! See whats cooking inside this book—and how we need math to finish the job! Youll need your math smarts to help measure ingredients, calculate cooking times, add and subtract fractions, double and halve recipes, convert cups to ounces and back again,...
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Spirit Animals Book 6: Rise and Fall

Eliot Schrefer · Scholastic Inc.; Gift edition
Format: Hardcover

Deep in the desert there sits a beautiful oasis, ruled by a monarch unlike any other in Erdas. His name is Cabaro, the Great Lion, and he reigns over a kingdom of animals, jealously guarding his golden talisman. No human has ever set foot in the Great Beast's territory. The journey...
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Cool Best-Ever Brunches: Beyond the Basics for Kids Who Cook

Lisa Wagner · Checkerboard Library
Format: Book

Get cooking with an up-and-coming chef today! Check out the recipes of Cool Best-Ever Brunches. It gives young readers fun new recipes and ideas to explore. This book has kid-tested recipes and includes lots of tips and tricks that make it easy to become an experienced kid cook. With photos...
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America's Oddest Buildings

KATIE KAWA · GARETH STEVENS PUB
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Architecture is a very special kind of art, and sometimes it veers into the oddest places of our imaginations. Buildings both inspired by the past and looking ahead to the future are common sights, but America is full of goofy buildings in weird places, from a building shaped like a picnic...
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Into the Wild: Yet Another Misadventure

Doreen Cronin · Atheneum Children'S Books
Pages: 112
Format: Audiobook

The Chicken Squad is back for their third (mis) adventure, and this time they're facing off with whatever's hiding in a mystery box in the backyard. A hilarious chapter book from the bestselling author of Click, Clack, Moo and Diary of a Worm.Our fluffy, fearless young detectives are back...
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Take Shelter: At Home Around the World

Nikki Tate · Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

A roof, a door, some windows, a floor. All houses have them, but not all houses are alike. Some have wings (airplane homes) , some have wheels (Romany vardoes) , some float; some are made of straw, some of snow and ice. Some are enormous, some are tiny; some are permanent and some are temporary....
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Beautiful Blue World

Suzanne M LaFleur · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Beautiful Blue World is a thrilling and moving story of children who become the key to winning a war. Sofarende is at war. For twelve-year-old Mathilde, it means food shortages, feuding neighbors, and bombings. Even so, as long as she and her best friend, Megs, are together, they'll...
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