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Marie Curie

Fernando Gordon · Super Sandcastle
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Scientists can change the world! Marie Curie discovered two new elements. This title introduces budding scientists and engineers to Marie Curie whose discoveries changed the course of science.
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Thunder Underground

Jane Yolen · WordSong
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In this collection of poems, noted children's poet Jane Yolen takes readers on an expedition underground, exploring everything from animal burrows and human creations, like subways, near the surface - to ancient cities and fossils, lower down - to caves, magma, and Earth's tectonic plates,...
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Otis's Busy Day

Loren Long · Penguin Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Featuring the New York Times bestselling character Otis!Otis is a very busy tractor. He loves working on the farm and playing with his friends. But at the end of a long day, Otis is happy to go home and rest! This is the perfect complement to the Otis picture books and a great book with...
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Nora the Arctic Fox Fairy: A Rainbow Magic Book

Daisy Meadows · Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Print book

Just when you thought the fairies couldn't get any cuter. . . here come the baby animals!Rachel and Kirsty to the rescue!The girls are spending a week of their summer vacation at the Wild Woods Nature Reserve. They're going to volunteer as junior rangers-- which means lots of quality...
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National Geographic Readers: Titanic

Melissa Stewart · National Geographic Children's Books
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Get kids reading with cool information about the subjects that interest them the most. National Geographic Readers are high-interest, exciting, and easy to read. The latest in the series, Titanic is no exception. Just in time for the 100th anniversary of the Olympic-class passenger liner's...
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Tea Party in Wonderland

Random House · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

Dora the Explorer goes down the rabbit hole and discovers an exciting magical world in Nickelodeon's all-new media event, Dora's Adventures in Wonderland. This Step 2 leveled reader is perfect for girls ages 4 to 6.
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Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox

Grace Maccarone · Cartwheel
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

With inspiring and educational stories, Scholastic's Hello Reader series caters to the spectrum of reading abilities among beginning readers. My First Hello Readers use basic words to reinforce phonics and sight vocabulary. The books at this level offer punch-out flash cards plus six additional...
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Tasting

Martha E. H. Rustad · Bullfrog Books
Format: Hardcover

In Tasting, early readers will learn about our sense of taste, and the different types of tastes we discover in our food. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they explore one of the five senses.,
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Babar's Yoga for Elephants

Laurent de Brunhoff · Abrams Books for Young Readers; First edition, first printing
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Jean de Brunhoff's Babar the Elephant stories and yoga practitioners will find a happy confluence in Babar's Yoga for Elephants." —Publishers Weekly "Babar makes it work. He stars in one of the nicest gift books." —The New York Times  Perfect...
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Wake Up, Rupert!

Mike Twohy · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover

A rooster who just wants to sleep in gets a little help from a friend in this laugh-out-loud picture book from New Yorker artist Mike Twohy.Rupert the rooster knows that every morning when the sun comes up he must cock-a-doodle-do—no matter what. But Rupert is terrible at waking up! And even...
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The Adventures of Robin Hood (Classic Starts)

John Burrows · Sterling
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children)...
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Beast Quest: 87: Styro the Snapping Brute

Adam Blade · Orchard Books
Pages: 130
Format: Print book

Tom and Elenna journey to the kingdom of Gwildor - but when they arrive they discover that an old enemy has a deadly plan to seize power over the land and its people. Can our heroes defeat a monstrous clawed lobster Beast?Collect all the books in the thrilling new series of BEAST QUEST...
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Magic School Bus Presents: Planet Earth: A Nonfiction Companion to the Original Magic School Bus Series

Tom Jackson · Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS PRESENTS PLANET EARTH is a photographic nonfiction companion book to the original bestselling title, THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS INSIDE THE EARTH.INSIDE THE EARTH taught thousands of kids about Earths crust, mantle, and core. MAGIC SCHOOL BUS PRESENTS PLANET EARTH will expand...
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Ready, Freddy! #26: The Giant Swing

Abby Klein · Scholastic
Pages: 94
Format: Paperback

Freddy is back in a brand-new story about a visit to the county fair!What could be more fun than the county fair? Freddy and his friends can't wait to go -- but Max is sure that Freddy will be too scared to go on any of the rides. Freddy is determined to prove Max wrong... but is he brave...
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