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Socks!

Tania Sohn · Kane Miller,
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A young girl and her cat discover that with a little imagination and the contents of a sock drawer, the possibilities for play are endless. Great as a springboard for math concepts and for fostering global awareness, sock-lovers young and old will rejoice in this celebration.
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Foals

Alex Kuskowski · ABDO Publishing Company,
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

From School Library Journal K-Gr 2-In each title, brief sentences on the recto face a full-page color photo on the verso. The books include introductions to the featured animal, a "Did You Know?" page of further fun facts, a true-or-false quiz with answers at the bottom...
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Pinkalicious and the Snow Globe

Victoria Kann · HarperFestival
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

While waiting for the first snow to fall, Pinkalicious discovers her own winter wonderland with the help of a new friend in town!#1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Kann is back with a sweet winter story that's perfect for parents and kids to read together all year round! This...
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Greetings from the Graveyard

Kate Klise · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Roses are red, Violets are blue. If a ghost can write books, Why not greeting cards, too? The bestselling trio from Spence Mansion is launching a greeting card company called Greetings from the Graveyard. But what kind of card do you send to an ex-girlfriend who threatens to publish the love...
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The Great Big Green

Peggy Gifford · Boyds Mills Press; SEW edition
Format: Hardcover

Just what exactly is the thing? It is greengreat and gorgeous green, dark and dangerous green, real mean green. And its got green thingsbroccoli and praying mantises, watermelons and waves of mountains. Its green, green, green all over . . . except where its blue. The Great Big Green is, of course,...
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World of Reading Star Wars Rescue from Jabba's Palace: Level 2

Disney Book Group · Disney Lucasfilm Pr
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

Luke goes head-to-head with the evil Jabba the Hutt! This fully-illustrated level 2 reader retells the classic scenes from Return of the Jedi where Luke visits Jabba's Palace and fights to rescue his friends.
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Minnesota: The North Star State

Amy Rechner · Bellwether Media
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Minnesota"--
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Billy and Goat at the State Fair

Dan Yaccarino · Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Two best friends visit the state fair in this tale of courage and corn dogs! Billy and Goat are best friends, but they have different styles. Billy likes to smell the roses - Goat likes to eat them! So it's no surprise that they have different ideas of how to enjoy the state fair....
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The Founding Fathers!: Those Horse-Ridin', Fiddle-Playin', Book-Readin', Gun-Totin' Gentlemen Who Started America

Jonah Winter · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

In this eye-opening look at our Founding Fathers that is full of fun facts and lively artwork, it seems that Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and their cohorts sometimes agreed on NOTHING ... except the thing that mattered most: creating the finest constitution in world history, for the brand-new...
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Nate the Great and the Missing Birthday Snake

Andrew Sharmat · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Join the world's greatest detective, Nate the Great, as he solves the mystery of his friend's missing pet snake! Perfect for beginning readers and the Common Core, this long-running chapter book series will encourage children to problem-solve with Nate, using logical thinking to solve mysteries!...
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Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! The Good for Nothing Button

Mo Willems · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Yellow Bird has a button. It does . . . nothing! It is a good for nothing button. Red Bird and Blue Bird are excited to try the button. But when they press it, they discover that the button makes them happy. Happy is something! A flabbergasted Yellow Bird insists the button does nothing....
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Caring for Your Fish (First Facts: Positively Pets)

Kelly · Capstone Press
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Describes caring for a pet fish, including feeding and cleaning suggestions, plus provides information on the health, safety, and aging of a pet fish.
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Because of Thursday

Patricia Polacco · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

From critically acclaimed author Patricia Polacco comes a heartwarming story about a girl named Annie, her lucky Thursdays, and a special cat who comes into her life just in time to make everything right.Thursdays have always been lucky for Annie Fetlock. She was born on a Thursday. She won her first...
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Flip-a-Word: Stop Pop

Yukiko Kido · Blue Apple Books
Format: Hardcover

FLIP a page, find a rhyme!Its learning through funevery time!Even kids who cant read a sentence can read one word, or a two-word phrase. By putting their hands on the pages, kids are pulled into the learning dynamic. They make the page turn, and they gain a new word that rhymes with one they...
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A Day With Firefighters

Jodie Shephard · Children's Press
Format: Book

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a police officer or a firefighter? Turn to the Rookie Read-About Community series to find out! Simple, engaging text and vivid photographs show you what various workers in our communities do—and the contributions they make to our daily...
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