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A Moving Child Is a Learning Child: How the Body Teaches the Brain to Think

Gill Connell · Free Spirit, 2013.
Pages: 324
Format: Print book

In order to learn, kids' need to move! Grounded in best practices and current research, this hands-on resource connects the dots that link brain activity, movement, and early learning. The expert authors unveil the Kinetic Scale: a visual map of the active learning needs of infants,...
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Apollo and the Battle of the Birds

Joan Holub · Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

When a flock of angry birds threaten Zeus and his fellow Olympians, they need the help of a new friend - assuming the stranger is actually a friend!After a horrible drought, Zeus and his fellow Olympians are determined to help restore the land as they try to figure out their current mission,...
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I am Jane Goodall

Brad Meltzer · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

We can all be heroes. That's the inspiring message of this New York Times bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad Meltzer. Learn all about Jane Goodall, the chimpanzee scientist. Each picture book in this series is a biography of a significant historical...
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PoPo's Lucky Chinese New Year

Virginia Loh-Hagan · Sleeping Bear Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

When her Chinese grandmother comes to visit, a young Chinese-American girl learns of and participates in the customs and beliefs celebrating an authentic Chinese New Year.
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Princesses and Puppies

Jennifer Liberts · Random House Disney
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Cinderella, Belle, Rapunzel, and the rest of the Disney princesses laugh and play with cute, cuddly puppies in this Deluxe Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader! It's perfect for children ages 4 to 6.
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Bulldozers

Aaron Frisch · Creative Education
Format: Hardcover

"A kindergarten-level introduction to bulldozers, covering their size, movement, role in the process of construction, and such defining features as their crawler tracks and blades"--
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How I Learn: : A Kid's Guide to Learning Disability

Brenda S. Miles and Colleen Patterson · Magination Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

When a child struggles in school, it is difficult to find the words to help. Once a child is diagnosed with a learning disability, another journey begins. How do you explain learning problems to a child? What strategies may support academic success? How I Learn provides a simple explanation...
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But It's Not My Fault!

Julia Cook · Boys Town Press
Pages: 31
Format: Paperback

My name is Norman David Edwards ... but everybody calls me Noodle. Sometimes things happen to me that get me into trouble. But it's not my fault! This first book in the new Responsible Me! Series, follows Noodle through a very rough day at school. It just isn't his fault that his brother's...
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Eric, The Boy Who Lost His Gravity

Jenni Desmond · Blue Apple Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

We've all seen kids who kick and scream and lose their cool. But when Eric loses his temper over his annoying little sister Alice, he floats up to the ceiling! And so we have a fresh and funny twist on temper tantrums created by star-on-the-rise Jenni Desmond. Eric, The Boy Who Lost...
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Curious George Goes to a Bookstore

H. A. Rey · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

George's favorite author is signing at the new bookstore in town. Waiting in line is hard when you're as curious as our little monkey, especially when surrounded by so many great books! George has fun browsing but then takes organizing some open boxes of books into his own hands,...
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Pete the Cat and the Bad Banana

James Dean · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Join Pete the Cat in New York Times bestselling author James Dean's I Can Read! beginning reader Pete the Cat and the Bad Banana. In this hilarious new title, Pete the Cat bites into a bad banana and decides that he never, ever wants to eat bananas again. But Pete really likes bananas!...
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Knit-Knotters: A Branches Book

Sam Hay · Scholastic Inc.
Format: Print book

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is 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. Branches...
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The Missing Mouse

Jacqueline Jules · Picture Window Books
Format: Print book

Sofia finally gets a chance to watch the class pet, a mouse named Snowflake. When Snowflake gets out of his box, Sofia and her sisters quickly find out that a little mouse can cause big problems.
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March of the Vanderpants: A Branches Book

Troy Cummings · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 87
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. Branches...
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