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Canada Lynx

Megan Borgert-Spaniol · Bellwether Media
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

One thing Canada lynx are known for is their insatiable appetite for snowshoe hares. These wildcats would eat the rabbit look-alikes for every meal if they could. On average, a lynx eats one hare every two to three days! In this animal introduction, young readers will see Canada lynx at home...
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Big Nate Blasts Off

Lincoln Peirce · Balzer + Bray, 2016.
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

For fans of the hilarious Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, here comes the eighth novel in the New York Times bestselling series Big Nate.BIG NATE IS BLASTING OFF!Nate has a crush on Ruby. But after his scrap with Randy Betancourt makes headlines in the Weekly Bugle, he's got a problem WAY worse...
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Sick Soil: The Dust Bowl

Kevin Blake · Bearport Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

On April 14, 1935 in Boise City, Oklahoma, the sky turned black as a massive, swirling cloud of dust engulfed the city. "It got so dark that you couldn't see your hand before your face," remembered one farmer. Blinded drivers drove their cars off the side of the road. Terrified...
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Snow White: A Graphic Novel

Matt Phelan · Candlewick Press (MA)
Pages: 216
Format: Print book

Award-winning graphic novelist Matt Phelan delivers a darkly stylized noir Snow White set against the backdrop of Depression-era Manhattan.The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt....
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Skeleton Island

Angie Sage · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Araminta and her best friend Wanda are going on a school trip to Skeleton Island, a place rumored to be the site of a scary ghost shipwreck. And when the pair is stranded overnight, they discover that there might be more truth to the island's name than they would have preferred.Now some...
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Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea

LYNNE RAE PERKINS · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

From Newbery Medalist Lynne Rae Perkins, this effervescent story introduces two sisters - Alix and Jools - and takes readers on an unforgettable journey to the beach. In the style of the author's acclaimed Nuts to You, this joyful celebration of sisters, family, and the ocean contains black-and-white...
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Ghastly Gases

Mike Clark · Powerkids Pr
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Gases are all around us, and they're an important part of living on our planet, but some facts about gases are shocking. This engaging book takes readers on a fun-filled journey of experiments and exploration. Each page offers insight and accessible content that will help reinforce...
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Gris Grimly's Tales from the Brothers Grimm

Jacob Grimm · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 278
Format: Print book

The Brothers Grimm's fairy tales are brought to life for a new generation of readers in their original, uncut form by the modern master of gothic horror, Gris Grimly.Grimm. The name alone is enough to call to mind any number of the timeless fairy tales collected by brothers Jacob and Wilhelm...
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Boo the World's Cutest Dog Volume 1

Kristen Deacon · Dynamite Entertainment
Pages: 104
Format: Print book

The World's Cutest Dog comes to comics! He's Boo, the Pomeranian pup that's become an internet sensation, and he's ready for four-color adventures in his first-ever graphic novel! Join Boo and his canine companions Buddy and Bluebeary Pie as they create kitchen chaos, become...
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Funny Kid for President

MATT STANTON · HarperCollins
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Big Nate meets Timmy Failure in Funny Kid for President, the first book in an uproarious new middle grade series by Matt Stanton, Australia's bestselling children's book author. When Max gets blamed for pooping in the storeroom (which he did NOT do) , tensions hit an all-time high between...
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Wyoming

Bridget Parker · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Welcome to the Equality State! Learn about Wyoming's history, geography, weather, people, and more in this book that's all about our 44th state.
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Pennsylvania

ANN HEINRICHS · Child's World
Pages: 40
Format: Library Binding

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Smithsonian: The New Children's Encyclopedia

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff · DK Children
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

This easy-to-use, richly photographed encyclopedia puts the wider world in context and allows young readers to explore to their hearts' content. Great for visual learners and ESL students, and for any child who loves pictures and words, The New Children's Encyclopedia is sure to become...
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The Jigsaw Jungle

Kristin Levine · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A mysterious treasure hunt helps to heal a broken family in critically acclaimed author Kristin Levine's first contemporary tale - perfect for fans of Wendy Mass and Jennifer L. Holm Claudia Dalton's father has disappeared. What began as a late night at work has spiraled into a missing...
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Meet Cindy Sherman: Artist, Photographer, Chameleon

Jan Greenberg · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

How does someone become a ground-breaking artist? Does it start when you're very little and discover that you like to play dress up? Does it happen when you're ten years old and someone gives you a Polaroid camera for Christmas? Maybe it begins in college, when you're finally on your own to discover...
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