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Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot!
Cece Bell · Candlewick
Pages: 72 Format: Hardcover
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From Newbery Honor winner Cece Bell comes an offbeat, pitch-perfect storybook for beginning readers that will have them in fits of giggles."Maybe your foot smells good. Maybe your foot smells great. But I will not smell your foot until you say PLEASE."Meet Chick and Brain. And their... |
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Emmi in the City: A Great Chicago Fire Survival Story
Salima Alikhan · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 112 Format: Library Binding
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Although Emmi has lived in Chicago for two years, she finds it hard to love her adopted city. As a German immigrant n the early 1870s, she's often teased by her America-born peers. But when the Great Fire breaks out on October 8, 1871, Emmi and her enemies find themselves braving the smoke... |
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Knights vs. Dinosaurs
Matt Phelan · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 160 Format: Hardcover
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Renowned for their courage, their chivalry, and their ability to fight mythical creatures, the Knights of the Round Table must face their most dangerous opponents yet - DINOSAURS! This heavily illustrated middle grade novel from award-winning author and artist Matt Phelan is a hilarious,... |
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Stargazing
Jen Wang · First Second
Pages: 224 Format: Paperback
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Stargazing is a heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel in the spirit of Real Friends and El Deafo, from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Jen Wang. Moon is everything Christine isn't. She's confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though... |
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Apocalypse Taco
Nathan Hale · Amulet Books
Pages: 128 Format: Hardcover
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Sid, Axl, and Ivan volunteer to make a late-night fast-food run for the high school theater crew, and when they return, they find themselves. Not in a deep, metaphoric sense: They find copies of themselves onstage. As they look closer, they begin to realize that the world around them isn't... |
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The Simple Art of Flying
Cory Leonardo · Aladdin
Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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Quirky characters, plucky humor, and a heartwarming message come together in this big-hearted debut novel about friendship and the true meaning of family.
Sometimes flying means keeping your feet on the ground ... Born in a dismal room in a pet store, Alastair the African... |
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Redwood and Ponytail
K. A. Holt · Chronicle Books
Pages: 424 Format: Hardcover
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Kate and Tam meet, and both of their worlds tip sideways. At first, Tam figures Kate is your stereotypical cheerleader; Kate sees Tam as another tall jock. And the more they keep running into each other, the more they surprise each other. Beneath Kate's sleek ponytail and perfect façade,... |
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