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Monster Knows Table Manners

Connie Colwell Miller · Nonfiction Picture Books; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Monster sits down for a meal. He has an empty tummy. Monster thinks about his manners. Thanks, Dad, this looks yummy!,
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Peter, the Knight with Asthma

Janna Matthies · Av2 by Weigl
Format: Book

Brave Peter, a young knight, stands on the lookout, protecting the castle. A ferocious dragon creeps out of the woods! Brave Peter charges after him - until wheeze, wheeze, sputter, sputter - it's time for My Lady, his mother, to bring the rescue inhaler. Soon a trip to the doctor...
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Once There Was a Story: Tales from Around the World, Perfect for Sharing

JANE YOLEN · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

From beloved author Jane Yolen and acclaimed illustrator Jane Dyer a collection of thirty stories from around the world, perfect for sharing.This collection of well-known and not-so-well known stories, fairy tales, folk tales, and fables from Russia to Africa to Korea and beyond includes...
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Friendship Is Like a Seesaw

Shona Innes · Barron's Educational Series
Format: Hardcover

Barrons A Big Hug series offers a gentle and direct approach to the emotional issues that children face. Written by a clinical child psychologist, these books encourage youngsters to share and discuss tough topics with family and friends. Friendship is Like A Seesaw compares friendship...
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Earthrise: Apollo 8 and the Photo That Changed the World

James Gladstone · Owlkids
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

1968 was a year of unrest: many nations were at war. People marched for peace, fairness, and freedom. At the same time, the Apollo 8 crew was about to go farther into space than anyone had gone before -- to the moon.As they surveyed the moon's surface, astronauts aboard Apollo 8 looked...
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Fly With Me: A Celebration of Birds through Pictures, Poems, and Stories

JANE YOLEN · National Geographic Children's Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Enchanting stories, lyrical poems, stunning photography, and fascinating science fill the pages of this treasury celebrating the amazing world of birds.This thoughtful and beautifully curated collection of our flying, feathery friends highlights the role birds play in human life from centuries...
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Mountain Food Chains

Angela Royston · Heinemann
Format: Print book

This book explores the food chains and webs that exist in a mountain habitat. It equips readers with crucial vocabulary, using examples from that habitat to explain the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers, and illustrates how living things depend upon each other. Readers learn...
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My First Coding Book

Dorling Kindersley, Inc. · DK Children
Pages: 24
Format: Board book

Teach kids as young as 5 years old the basic programming skills necessary to code, including sequencing and loops, without a computer.It's never too early to learn computer coding. With interactive paper engineering, My First Coding Book is a playful, hands-on introduction to offline...
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Scooby-Doo! An Even or Odd Mystery: The Case of the Oddzilla

Mark Weakland · Capstone Press
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Scooby Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang are on the Case of The Oddzilla. This monster is eating things in Crystal Cover to make even numbers odd. Will Scooby and the gang solve this odd puzzle and uncover the true villain? Or will the Oddzilla continue to chomp his way through Crystal Cove?
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My Weird School Special: Oh, Valentine, We've Lost Our Minds!

Dan Gutman · HarperCollins
Pages: 106
Format: Paperback

With more than 10 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!A.J. and the gang from My Weird School star in this series of after-school, holiday-themed chapter books featuring all-new hilarious stories and thirty-two pages of games, puzzles, and more.It's the week...
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Completely Clementine

Sara Pennypacker · Disney Hyperion, 2015.
Pages: 178
Format: Print book

Summer is coming, and Clementine is not ready. She is not ready to start speaking to her father again, because she's still mad at him for eating meat. Instead, she has to express her sadness by giving him drawings of animals she knows would not want to be somebody's dinner. Then...
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A Cat Is Chasing Me Through This Book!

Benjamin Bird · Picture Window Books; Mti edition
Format: Book

Young readers will gasp with delight at the amazing race in this Tom and Jerry interactive picture book. With each turn of the page, Tom gets closer to catching little Jerry. The mouse is fast, but Tom has some tricks up his paws. Enjoy Tom and Jerry antics each time you open the cover...
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Ocean Food Chains

Angela Royston · Heinemann
Format: Book

This book explores the food chains and webs that exist in an ocean habitat. It equips readers with crucial vocabulary, using examples from that habitat to explain the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers, and illustrates how living things depend upon each other. Readers learn how fragile...
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Yo Soy el Chimpance

Aaron Carr · Av2 by Weigl
Format: Book

Did you know that chimpanzees sleep in trees? They also find most of their food in trees. Learn these and other interesting facts in I Am a Chimpanzee.
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The Ghost Backstage #3

Dori Hillestad Butler · Grosset & Dunlap; Dgs edition
Format: Book

Kaz and Claire's new detective agency is a success! Their latest case, though, is proving to be the hardest yet. When Claire's classmate says he saw a ghost backstage while rehearsing the school play, Kaz goes to school with Claire to investigate. From the description the boy gave,...
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