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Celebracion!

Susan Middleton Elya · Lee & Low Books
Pages: 32

It's a sunny day and everyone is headed to the main plaza for the start of the town parade and summer celebration. Follow along the parade route with a family of six as the festivities unfold. There are people riding motorcycles, bicycles, tricycles, and unicycles. Firefighters spray...
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Nobody Likes a Goblin

Ben Hatke · First Second
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Goblin, a cheerful little homebody, lives in a cosy, rat-infested dungeon, with his only friend, Skeleton. Every day, Goblin and Skeleton play with the treasure in their dungeon. But one day, a gang of "heroic" adventurers bursts in. These marauders trash the place, steal all the treasure,...

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You Look Yummy!

Tatsuya Miyanishi · Museyon
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

This sweet tale about the love between father and son is the first in a tremendously popular Tyrannosaurus series in 12 titles to date, with combined sales in excess of 3 million copies in Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan and France.
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Counting

Joanna Brundle · Kidhaven Publishing
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Counting is an important beginning math skill for early learners to master. Through simple, clear text, they are introduced to this basic concept and given the tools they need to practice it. Colorful photographs of things young readers are familiar with help them see how this essential...
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Little Lucy Goes to School

Ilene Cooper · Random House Books for Young Readers

With over 1.6 million Lucy books sold, this beguiling beagle has captured the hearts of both beginning readers and early chapter book fans! Learn to read with Ilene Cooper's adorable beagle puppy, Lucy! What does Bobby do all day at school? Lucy wants to know! So when Bobby's...
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This Is a Serious Book

Jodie Parachini · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

This is a very serious book. Nothing silly is allowed. There are no funny faces, no clowns, and definitely no shenanigans. A serious book is always respectful, and, of course, is always in black and white. But wait! Who's this? Zebra might be black and white, but he is NOT serious. And he and his friends...

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The Secret Life of Squirrels: Back to School!

Nancy Rose · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Get ready for the first day of school in this fourth book in the popular series featuring photographs of wild squirrels!

Mr. Peanuts' teacher friend Rosie needs help preparing for the first day of school! The two squirrels go shopping for school supplies, set up the library and music...
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Orangutanka: A Story in Poems

Margarita Engle · Henry Holt
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

All the orangutans are ready for a nap in the sleepy depths of the afternoon . . . all except one. This little orangutan wants to dance! A hip-hop, cha-cha-cha dance full of somersaults and cartwheels. But who will dance with her? Written in bold poems in the tanka style, an ancient Japanese...
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Picture Perfect

Jacqueline Jules · Picture Window Books; Bilingual edition
Format: Print book

Sofia is sick of looking exactly like her sisters. She wants to stand out! And when school picture day comes around, Sofia thinks of the perfect way to make that happen.
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The Missing Letters: A Dreidel Story

Renee Londner · Kar-Ben Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

It's almost Hanukkah and the dreidel-maker's shop is busy. But all is not well for the four Hebrew letters that will soon go on the wooden tops. The Heys, the Nuns, and the Shins are jealous of everyone's favorite letter, the Gimel. They decide to hide the Gimels so that the dreidel-maker...
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The Ghost in the Attic #2

Dori Hillestad Butler · Grosset & Dunlap; DGS edition

A brand-new young chapter book series from Edgar Award winner Dori Hillestad Butler! After successfully solving the mystery of the ghost in the library, Kaz and Claire land the first case for their detective agency—a haunted attic in a neighbors home! With a little help from Grannie,...
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Sammy the Seal

Syd Hoff · Harpercollins
Pages: 72
Format: Print book

Sammy, the adventurous seal, leaves the zoo for the day and ventures into the big, busy city. Along the way he finds a school full of kids and new things to do - and he even learns to read! This I Can Read is perfect for Level 1 beginning readers.Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff, author of Danny...
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The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial

Susan E Goodman · Bloomsbury
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

In 1847, a young African American girl named Sarah Roberts was attending a school in Boston. Then one day she was told she could never come back. She didn't belong. The Otis School was for white children only.

Sarah deserved an equal education, and the Roberts family fought for change....

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