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A Kid's Book of Experiments With Color

Robert Gardner · Enslow Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

With easy-to-find materials and simple steps to follow, these color experiments will educate and entertain young scientists. They will gain a deeper understanding of color theory by mixing colors and subtracting colors using filters and pigments.
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Snowman: The True Story of a Champion

Catherine Hapka · Aladdin
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

A twist of fate brings a man and horse together in this remarkable true story now available in a new version adapted by the author of the Marguerite Henry's Ponies of Chincoteague series.Snowman, an Amish plow horse, was bound for the meat market when Harry de Leyer, a Long Island riding...
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Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure

Ann M Martin · Square Fish
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

New York Times-bestselling author Ann M. Martin brings her signature warmth and comic genius to a new character. And artist Ben Hatke brings it all to life!Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has gone away unexpectedly and left her niece, Missy Piggle-Wiggle, in charge of the Upside-Down House and the beloved...
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The Terrible Two Go Wild

Mac Barnett · Amulet Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Everyone's favorite pranksters are at it again! School's out, and Miles and Niles are running wild in the woods outside town: climbing trees, exploring caves, and, yes, pranking. But these leafy, lazy days of mischief darken when bully Josh Barkin and his cadets from a nearby kids' boot...
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Hello Stars

Alena Pitts · Zonderkidz
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Lena Daniels never thought she'd get the chance star in a movie. Headstrong and determined, she has her life planned out to the minute. But when her best friends, Savannah and Emma, tell her about an audition, she knows there's nothing else in the world she'd rather do. And now that...
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What Was the Titanic?

Stephanie Sabol · Penguin Workshop
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later.At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer...
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School of Secrets: Lonnie's Warrior Sword

JESSICA BRODY · Disney Press
Pages: 186
Format: Hardcover

Lonnie is the daughter of Mulan. She's strong. She's fearless. And she's willing to fight for what she wants .like the very special sword that once belonged to her mother. When Lonnie brings her friends Jay and Jordan on an forbidden trip to Imperial City to get it, she must prove she's...
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Warriors: Omen of the Stars #1: The Fourth Apprentice

Erin Hunter · HarperCollins
Format: Print book

Erin Hunters 1 nationally bestselling Warriors series continues in Warriors Omen of the Stars—now featuring fierce new art. The first book in this fourth series, Warriors Omen of the Stars 1 The Fourth Apprentice, brings more adventure, intrigue, and thrilling battles to the epic world...
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D-Day: Battle on the Beach

Kate Messner · Scholastic Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

In this adventure, Ranger heads to Normandy on the morning of the D-Day invasion and finds himself in the middle of one of the fiercest battles of World War II. Ranger meets Leo, a Jewish boy who is hiding with a local farmer, and Walt, a young African-American soldier fighting to free...
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Adventure Time Original Graphic Novel Vol. 11: Princess & Princess

Jeremy Sorese · KaBOOM!
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Finn temporarily becomes Princess of the Rock Kingdom as a favor for Rock Princess, inadvertently starting a war.When Finn is asked to kingdom-sit for a neighboring Rock Princess, he's excited to take a break from his responsibilities back home, until the Underground Kingdom turns to him with...
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Cody and the Heart of a Champion

TRICIA SPRINGSTUBB · Candlewick
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Winter is finally melting into spring - but with everything in flux, from Cody's friendships down to her shoe size, will she be able to stay true to herself?In Cody's life, some people keep her on her toes - just like Mother Nature, who is warm one day and snowy the next. Or like...
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Magic Tree House #52: Soccer on Sunday

Mary Pope Osborne · Random House, 2016.
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Next stop for the New York Times bestselling Magic Tree House series? The World Cup in Mexico City! Goal! Jack and Annie have tickets to one of the most exciting soccer games ever - the 1970 World Cup! They are sure the famous soccer player Pelé will tell them a "secret of greatness."...
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The Prince Warriors and the Unseen Invasion

Priscilla Shirer · B&H Publishing Group
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

In this second book in The Prince Warriors trilogy, the Prince Warriors face new challenges on earth and in the unseen realm of Ahoratos. The enemy, angry about his last defeat, is targeting them with weapons and tactics they had never imagined, including the flaming Olethron. The kids...
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Fairy Mom and Me

SOPHIE KINSELLA · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Sophie Kinsella's sparkling humor will love her first ever illustrated series for young readers about the charming adventures of a mother-daughter fairy duo!Ella Brook can't wait to grow up, because one day she will become a fairy and have her own sparkly wings and a teacher on Fairy...
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Shadows of Sherwood

Kekla Magoon · Bloomsbury Usa
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

The night her parents disappear, twelve-year-old Robyn Loxley must learn to fend for herself. Her home, Nott City, has been taken over by a harsh governor, Ignomus Crown. After fleeing for her life, Robyn has no choice but to join a band of strangers--misfit kids, each with their own special...
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