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Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet

Curtis Manley · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

A Junior Library Guild SelectionDo you wonder if humansare the only beings who wonderif they are alone in the universe?Our sun is a star.In the night sky are all kinds of stars,and orbiting those starsare planets like the ones in our own solar system.Could those planets have lifelike we do on Earth?Planet...
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Carter Reads the Newspaper

Deborah Hopkinson · Peachtree Publishers
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover

"Carter G. Woodson didn't just read history. He changed it." As the father of Black History Month, he spent his life introducing others to the history of his people.Carter G. Woodson was born to two formerly enslaved people ten years after the end of the Civil War. Though...
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A to Z Mysteries Super Edition #11: Grand Canyon Grab

Ron Roy · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose get to the bottom of the Grand Canyon--and a mystery--in the eleventh A to Z Mysteries Super Edition!Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting the Grand Canyon when they spot Parker Stone--a famous TV star. They can't wait to get his autograph, but before they...
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Good Night Wind

Linda Elovitz Marshall · Holiday House
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When the exhausted winter wind throws a snowy tantrum, it finds comfort in the friendship of two young children in this lyrical retelling of a Yiddish folktale illustrated with stunning collage.In this retelling of a Yiddish folktale, "Winter Wind worked hard all season long / blowing...
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Fast-Forward to the Future: A Branches Book

Wendy Mass · Branches
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina....
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Sam the Man & the Secret Detective Club Plan

Frances O'Roark Dowell · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Sam Graham is a mystery man. But when there are no mysteries to solve, Sam comes up with a plan to find one in this hilarious fourth chapter book in the Sam the Man series from Frances O'Roark Dowell.Sam Graham loves solving mysteries. After successfully solving the mystery of Annabelle's...
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Wings

Cheryl B. Klein · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Debut picture book author Cheryl B. Klein and Caldecott Honor winner Tomie dePaola sweetly capture a baby bird's journey to first flight.Wings! Clings. Flings ... With a cleverly simple rhyme and playful, vibrant artwork, Cheryl B. Klein and Tomie dePaola lovingly paint the picture...
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Circle

Mac Barnett · Candlewick
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen deliver the final wry and resonant tale about Triangle, Square, and Circle.This book is about Circle. This book is also about Circle's friends, Triangle and Square. Also it is about a rule that Circle makes,...
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Inky's Amazing Escape: How a Very Smart Octopus Found His Way Home

Sy Montgomery · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Learn all about Inky the Octopus, an international sensation known for escaping from the New Zealand aquarium in April 2016, in this adorable picture book from National Book Award nominee and octopus lover Sy Montgomery.Inky had been at the New Zealand aquarium since 2014 after being taken...
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How to Survive a Flood

Kenny Abdo · Abdo Zoom
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

This title focuses on floods and gives information on what they are, how to prepare for them, and how to survive. The title is complete with beautiful, colorful photographs and simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards, Bolt! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom,...
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