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Edgy Equations

Lisa Arias · Rourke Pub Group
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From School Library Journal Gr 4-8-Jocular titles and rhyming text aside, these slim volumes each provide short, straightforward definitions, explanations, and plentiful demonstration problems set in large print numerals. Photographs and small pictorial elements are used...
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Minecraft: Redstone Handbook: An Official Mojang Book

Scholastic · Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Power up with this OFFICIAL Redstone handbook--it's electrifying!It's time to wire up and get connected to one of the most complex areas of Minecraft--Redstone. Redstone experts guide you through all aspects of working with Redstone including mining, smelting, using repeaters, circuit...
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Game Over, Pete Watson

Joe Schreiber · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

When videogame obsessed Pete Watson discovers his dad is not only a super-spy but has been kidnapped and is now trapped inside a video game, he has to use his super gaming skills and enter the game to rescue him. Will he be able to save his friends and family and the entire world from...
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Roller Girl

Victoria Jamieson · Dial Books
Pages: 239
Format: Paperback

The Newbery Honor Award Winner and New York Times bestseller Roller Girl is a heartwarming graphic novel about friendship and surviving junior high through the power of roller derby - perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Smile! For most of her twelve years, Astrid has done everything...
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To the Rescue!

Kate Riggs · Creative Editions
Pages: 14
Format: Print book

From propellers that whir to lights that flash, rescue vehicles attract everyone's attention! To the Rescue! offers up a fun, foundational introduction to six helpful vehicles that are sure to fascinate every preschool learner. Simple, rhythmical text introduces each automobile or aircraft...
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Civilian Drones

Daniel R Faust · PowerKids Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) , may seem like something out of a science-fiction novel. But in fact, civilian drones are a kind of technology that is becoming increasingly present in our everyday lives. This title uncovers the science and technology behind civilian drones....
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The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects

Paul B. Janeczko · Candlewick Press
Pages: 77
Format: Print book

A celebrated duo reunites for a look at poems through history inspired by objects - earthly and celestial - reflecting the time in which each poet lived.A book-eating moth in the early Middle Ages. A peach blossom during the Renaissance. A haunted palace in the Victorian era. A lament for the hat in contemporary...
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Wings of Fire Book One: The Dragonet Prophecy

Tui T. Sutherland · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

The beginning of a thrilling new dragon saga-- now in paperback!Clay and his friends have grown up under a mountain, secretly raised by the Talons of Peace to fulfill a mysterious prophecy. The five young dragons are destined to end the war that's been raging between the tribes of Pyrrhia...
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Sports Illustrated Kids Top Dogs: Babe Ruff and the Legendary Canines of Sports

Sports Illustrated Kids · Sports Illustrated for Kids; Ill edition
Format: Book

From the imagination of Sports Illustrated Kids' editors comes one of the most playful - and visually funny - sports titles ever produced. Top Dogs - Babe Ruff and the Legendary Canines of Sports promises to showcase some of the greatest stars and most memorable moments from sports...
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DK Adventures: Horse Club

Patricia J. Murphy · DK Children
Format: Hardcover

Saddle up for an adventure with two sisters as they revitalize their schools horseback riding club while also helping out at their familys bakery in DK Adventures Horse Club. Emma adores horses as much as she idolizes her older sister, Amanda. She dreams about riding a cinnamon-colored...
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Lockwood & Co. The Screaming Staircase

Jonathan Stroud · Disney-Hyperion; Reprint edition
Format: Book

A sinister Problem has occurred in London all nature of ghosts, haunts, spirits, and specters are appearing throughout the city, and they arent exactly friendly. Only young people have the psychic abilities required to see-and eradicate-these supernatural foes. Many different Psychic Detection...
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Time For Kids All Access: Your Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Coolest People, Places and Things!

Editors of TIME For Kids Magazine · Time For Kids
Format: Hardcover

TIME For Kids All Access provides readers with a thrilling behind-the-scenes look at some of the most fascinating people, places, and things in history and our world.-What does the Presidents private study in the White House look like? -What would it be like to tour the International...
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Here Comes the Shaggedy

R.L. Stine · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

The most notorious, creepiest, ghouliest Goosebumps characters are on the loose and out to get you! No place is safe. You can't hide, you can't escape. You may not want them but the Most Wanted Goosebumps villains want YOU!
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Cool Sugar-Free Recipes: Delicious & Fun Foods Without Refined Sugar

Nancy Tuminelly · Checkerboard Books
Format: Book

Presents kid-friendly recipes for sugar-free dishes such as paradise smoothies and fierce chocolate fudge, and covers basic baking techniques, tools, and ingredients.Title: Cool Sugar-Free RecipesAuthor: Tuminelly, NancyPublisher: Abdo GroupPublication Date: 2013/01/01Number of Pages: 32Binding...
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Understanding Coding Using Conditionals

Patricia Harris · PowerKids Press
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Why is having a choice important when it comes to both life and coding? How can coders include choices for the user? This book explains the concept of conditionals and introduces readers to the If/Then/Else concepta way to allow choices in computer programming. The book also explores several...
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