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The Tweedles Go Electric

Monica Kulling · Groundwood Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Meet the Tweedles: Papa, Mama, daughter Frances and her brother, Francis. It's the dawn of a new century - the twentieth century! - and the Tweedles have decided to buy a car. But no gas-guzzler for this modern family. Only an electric car will do for them. Frances is the only member...
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Chronologica: The Incredible Years That Defined History

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · Bloomsbury
Pages: 294
Format: Print book

Compiled by the team behind Whitaker's Almanack, Chronologica is a fascinating journey through time, from the foundation of Rome to the creation of the internet. Along the way are tales of kings and queens, hot air balloons, comets... and monkeys in space.Travel through 100 of the most...
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Warthogs (Blastoff! Readers: Animal Safari)

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

Warthogs are named for the thick knobs of skin between their eyes and snouts. These unsightly protrusions provide a cushion that comes in handy not in the face of predators, but against the tusks of other warthogs. See what gets these peevish porkers going in this title for young readers.
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Dolphins Eat and Grow: Level 2

Rochelle Baltzer · Magic Readers, an imprint of Magic Wagon, 2014.
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Introduces dolphins, describing what they look like, what they eat, and how they are cared for by their mother.
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Egg

Kevin Henkes · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

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Blown Away

Rob Biddulph · HarperCollins
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Come on an unexpected journey with a fearless blue penguin in Rob Biddulph's debut picture book, Blown Away. In this brilliantly captivating and gloriously illustrated story, a brave young penguin takes a kite flight to a tropical paradise. But in the end, he realizes that home is where...
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The Sweetest Witch Around

Alison McGhee · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

A young witch’s sweet tooth leads to Halloween mischief in this companion to the New York Times bestselling A Very Brave Witch, which School Library Journal called “a humorous, not-scary-at-all read-aloud.”It’s Halloween night, and one very brave witch has decided...
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Little Elliot, Big Family

Mike Curato · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

When Mouse heads off to a family reunion, Little Elliot decides go for a walk. As he explores each busy street, he sees families in all shapes and sizes. In a city of millions, Little Elliot feels very much alone-until he finds he has a family of his own!
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Circle, Square, Moose

Kelly Bingham · Greenwillow Books
Format: Print book

In this companion to the acclaimed Z Is for Moose, Moose infiltrates a book about shapes (because he loves shapes, naturally) and it is up to his best friend, Zebra, to restore order and save the day. Another triumph from the award-winning team of Kelly Bingham and Paul O. Zelinsky.This...
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Two Problems for Sophia

Jim Averbeck · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Sophia quickly learns her new pet comes with two giraffe-sized problems in this enterprising sequel to One Word from Sophia, which was named one of the best picture books of 2015 by Kirkus Reviews.Sophia and Noodle, her One True Desire, are together at last. But Noodle comes with two gigantic...
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After the Fall

DAN SANTAT · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling creator of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend comes the inspiring epilogue to the beloved classic nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty.Everyone knows that when Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. But what happened after?...
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My Dog, Bob

Richard Torrey · Holiday House
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Like all dogs, Bob likes breakfast, riding in the family car, and digging for bones. But unlike other dogs, Bob cooks breakfast for himself and his family, drives the family car and digs for dinosaur bones with a paleontologist. When the girl next door challenges Bob's owner to a contest...
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Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-Bop!

Michael Ian Black · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

A rooster tries to change his tune in this jazzy picture book that's perfect for scatting aloud from the author of Naked! and I'm Bored, comedian Michael Ian Black.Mel the rooster's boring old cock-a-doodle-doo is making him cock-a-doodle-blue - until one day he decides to jazz it up with...
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Zola's Elephant

Randall De Se?ve · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Illustrated by two-time Caldecott-honor winning artist Pamela Zagarenski, this tender, witty friendship story of imagination gone wild, by New York Times bestselling author Randall de Sève, shows how assumptions often cause us to misjudge - and miss out. But with a little courage, new opportunities...
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The Big Umbrella

Amy June Bates · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Alison McGhee's Someday, beloved illustrator Amy June Bates makes her authorial debut alongside her eleven-year-old daughter with this timely and timeless picture book about acceptance.By the door there is an umbrella. It is big. It is so big that when it starts...
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