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A Kids' Guide to America's First Ladies

Kathleen Krull · HarperCollins
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award-winner Kathleen Krull is an expert at bringing history to life in her engaging titles and series, including Women Who Broke the Rules, Lives of . . . , Giants of Science, and A Kid's Guide to America's Bill of Rights. This time, she introduces...
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Mr. Bambuckle: Class 12B Fights Back

Tim Harris · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

The students of class 12B are up to something...Principal Sternblast wasn't a fan of Mr. Bambuckle's wacky teaching methods, even though class 12B never had that much fun learning before! Their new teacher, the strict Miss Frost who says discipline is what's important, definitely...
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Fortnite Battle Royale Hacks: The Unofficial Guide to Tips and Tricks That Other Guides Won't Teach You

Jason Rich · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Fortnite Battle Royale for the Playstation 4, Xbox One, Windows PC, and Mac transports gamers to an island that's in the direct path of a strange and deadly storm. This free edition of the game is a quest for survival -- as one hundred players get trapped on the island, but only...
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The Pepper Party Family Feud Face-Off

Jay Cooper · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Meet the Peppers.
Funny runs in the family.

Maria Pepper wants to win her school's mascot competition. But her tryout goes terribly! Her always-embarrassing family manages to humiliate her for the millionth time. So Maria decides enough is enough. The Pepper Party is about to get one person...
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The Kindness Club: Chloe on the Bright Side

COURTNEY SHEINMEL · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Chloe Silver has always been good at looking on the bright side. Even though her parents got divorced and she's moved to a new town, she knows that she will make great friends at her new school. So when she is assigned a science project with offbeat Lucy Tanaka and nerdy Theo Barnes,...
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Your Guide to Knights and the Age of Chivalry

Cynthia O'Brien · Crabtree Pub Co
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

Meet the knights of the Age of Chivalry. This exciting title explores the work of a knight, from jousting tournaments and codes of honor to battlefields and life on campaign. Also examined are the legends surrounding Robin Hood and the Knights of the Round Table, as well as the very real...
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Paws vs. Claws: A Queenie and Arthur Mystery

Spencer Quinn · Scholastic Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller Spencer Quinn comes book 2 in the laugh-out-loud series about the most epic rivalry of our time . . . Arthur the dog vs. Queenie the cat.

Queenie the cat has a BIG problem. And for once, it's not the slobbery, overly-excited creature who also lives...
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Clayton Byrd Goes Underground

RITA WILLIAMS-GARCIA · Amistad
Pages: 166
Format: Hardcover

5 Starred Reviews!

"This slim novel strikes a strong chord" - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"This complex tale of family and forgiveness has heart." - School Library Journal (starred review)

"Strong characterizations and vivid musical...

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Maker Lab: Outdoors: 25 Super Cool Projects

Jack Challoner · DK Children
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Twenty-five science projects and experiments to be done outside will spark kids' creativity and help them develop science skills through hands-on learning.

Projects focus on Earth and the environment, plants and animals, weather, water, and physics, bringing science learning home...
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THE CHOCOLATE CHASE

Geronimo Stilton · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

It was spring in New Mouse City! I love to celebrate the season with my fellow mice by exchanging chocolate eggs and competing in a confectionary challenge. This year, there was also a special exhibition of priceless jeweled Mousebergé eggs in town. Then one of the Mousebergé eggs was stolen......
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How to Build Aircraft

Rita Storey · Crabtree Publishing Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Take to the skies with How to Build Aircraft. Featuring simple step-by-step instructions, handy templates, vibrant photographs, and easily accessible materials, this title shows readers how to build their very own aircraft that can really fly! Projects include a hot-air balloon, roto-copter,...
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The Lady's Slipper: A Melody Mystery

EMMA CARLSON BERNE · AMER GIRL
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Melody is impressed by her sophisticated new friend, Leah Roth, but she wishes her cousin Val would stop being so standoffish to Leah! Melody meets Leah's grandfather, Dr. Roth, a botanist who escaped the Nazis and brought a rare and valuable Lady's Slipper orchid with him to America....
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Robotics in Medicine

ROBYN HARDYMAN · Lucent Books
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback

Robot doctors may seem to be something out of a science fiction film, but it's not that unlikely a concept anymore. In fact, robots are being used in hospitals around the world for important tasks, especially surgeries. Readers discover the rich history of robots in medicine through...
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Lucky Enough

Fred Bowen · Peachtree Publishers
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Trey is overjoyed when his lucky charm helps him make the travel team, but will his luck hold out?
When Trey's treasured lucky charm -- a piece of blue sea glass he found near his grandmother's beach house -- "helps" him make it onto the Ravens travel team with his friend...
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