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When a Grandpa Says "I Love You"

Douglas Wood · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Discover all the wonderful ways grandfathers show grandchildren their love in this heartwarming companion to When a Dad Says "I Love You."Everyone knows grandpas are best at spoiling their grandkids, but it's just because they love them so much! Whether by attending a tea party...
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Nate the Great and the Wandering Word

Marjorie Weinman/ Sharmat Andrew/ Wheeler Jody Sharmat (ILT) · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Join the world's greatest detective, Nate the Great, as he solves the mystery of the missing word! 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!WHAT...
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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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Lord Garmadon, Evil Dad

MICHAEL PETRANEK · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

Lord Garmadon may be a lot of things- he's an evil warlord, a four-armed villain, and all-around scary guy. But if there's one thing he's afraid of, it's being a dad! Learn what happens when Garmadon finds out that his biggest enemy, the Green Ninja, is actually his son,...
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Full of Fall

April Pulley Sayre · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Discover the magic - and the science - behind fall leaves with this companion to the celebrated Raindrops Roll and Best in Snow.With gorgeous photo illustrations, award-winning author April Pulley Sayre explores the transformation trees undergo in fall. The book takes readers through the leaves'...
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Lena's Shoes Are Nervous: A First-Day-of-School Dilemma

Keith Calabrese · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of School's First Day of School, debut author Keith Calabrese and Pura Belpré Award winner Juana Medina share a sweet, universal story about a clever little girl whose shoes are nervous about the first day of school.Today is a big day! Today, Lena starts kindergarten....
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The Cat, the Dog, Little Red, the Exploding Eggs, the Wolf, and Grandma

Diane Fox · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A comical twist on "Little Red Riding Hood" told by Cat and Dog!Cat starts reading "Little Red Riding Hood" and explains, "It's a story about a little girl who always wears a red cape with a hood."Dog says, "COOL! I love stories about superheroes....
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Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads

Bob Shea · Roaring Brook Press, 2014.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Drywater Gulch has a toad problem. Not the hop-down-your-britches, croaking-all-night toad kind of problem. The thievin', hootin' and hollerin', steal-your-gold never-say-thank-you outlaw toad kind of problem.Then hope rides into town. Sheriff Ryan might only be seven years...
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La gata Koko / Koko the Cat

CAITIE MCANENEY · PowerKids Press
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover(Bilingual)

Koko the cat loves to play with her best friend Kayla, take naps in the sun, and scratch her post. The fun text and illustrations provide perspective into Koko's life while Kayla is away from home and ties into the foundations of pet care that all kids should know. This lighthearted...
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Red

Jan De Kinder · Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In this poignant story, a girl finds it funny when her classmate starts blushing on the school playground. Her friends laugh along with her, but one student takes the teasing too far. Torn between her sympathy for her classmate and her fear of the bully, the girl must make a difficult choice.This...
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Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! It's Shoe Time!

MO WILLEMS · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

This lyrical beginning-reader by multi award-winning artist Bryan Collier turns the closet on its heel and redefines what it means to be a pair. Beautifully rendered art paired with rich, rhyming dialog creates a powerful reading experience.
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Thomas & Friends Spring 2017 DVD Step into Reading

Random House · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

It's all about mysterious adventures and extraordinary new engines in this Thomas & Friends Step 1 Step into Reading leveled reader. Train-loving girls and boys who are ready to read will take a wondrous journey with Thomas and his friends in a story about the power of imagination,...
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Fly Guy's Big Family

Tedd Arnold · Cartwheel Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In the latest installment of Tedd Arnold's New York Times bestselling Fly Guy series, Fly Guy misses his family. So when Fly Guy's not looking, Buzz plans him a surprise party and invites his whole family-including all his brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, and mother and father....
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The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

Jen Bryant · Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pages: 42
Format: Print book

2015 Caldecott Honor Book2015 Sibert Medal Winner2015 Orbis Pictus Honor BookFor shy young Peter Mark Roget, books were the best companions -- and it wasn't long before Peter began writing his own book. But he didn't write stories; he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and turned...
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An ambush of tigers : a wild gathering of collective nouns

Betsy R Rosenthal · Millbrook Press
Format: Print book

"Have you ever heard of a prickle of porcupines? Or a tower of giraffes? What about a parcel of penguins? This ... romp through the animal kingdom introduces collective nouns for animals through wordplay"--Amazon.com.
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