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The Notebook of Doom #3: Attack of the Shadow Smashers

Troy Cummings · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Monsters, monsters, everywhere!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence...
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Surf's Up

Kwame Alexander · NorthSouth Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Surf's up! Not yet, Dude! Books are boring! Not this one! Bro and Dude have very different ideas about how to spend the day at the beach. But as Bro continues to gasp and cheer as he reads his book (Moby Dick) , Dude can't help but get curious. Before you can shout 'Surf's up!' both frogs...
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Pete the Cat: Old MacDonald Had a Farm

James Dean · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Join Pete, from New York Times bestselling author James Dean's Pete the Cat picture-book series, as he visits a farm in this groovy version of the classic children's song "Old MacDonald Had a Farm." Children will love singing along - e-i-e-i-o! - with Pete the Cat.
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Some Things I've Lost

Cybèle Young · Groundwood Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A wallet, a set of keys, a pair of glasses - these are some of the household objects that disappear and are fantastically reconstituted in Cybèle Young's inventive new picture book. Minimal text conveys the magic of a world where even inanimate objects are constantly undergoing a process...
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The Joker's Big Break

Michael Petranek · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

An 8x8 storybook based on the animated film, starring the Joker(TM) ! Find out what happens when the Clown Prince of Crime takes on Batman. Featuring full?-color images from the film. Plus, includes one page of stickers!
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Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. The Uranium Unicorns From Uranus

Dav Pilkey · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

From Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants, and acclaimed artist Dan Santat, a thrilling friendship adventure with all-new full-color illustrations and mini-comics throughout! Ricky Ricotta loves his Mighty Robot. They do everything together, but it's sometimes hard for a small...
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Guinness World Records 2016

Guinness World Records Limited · Guinness World Records Limited
Pages: 255
Format: Print book

The world's best-selling annual is back and bursting with thousands of amazing new records, never-before-seen images and mind-boggling trivia. And as always, we have a few more surprises in store for you...As well as all your favorite records for talented pets, superhuman achievements,...
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Princess Ellie's Snowy Adventure

Diana Kimpton · Usborne
Pages: 94

Ellie and her best friend Kate are excited about visiting Prince John and they can't wait to meet his ponies, Toffee and Fudge. Ellie is enchanted by the snowy mountains, but when they go for a ride they soon discover that snow isn't always fun - it can be scary too. Will Ellie...
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Otter Loves Easter!

Sam Garton · Balzer Bray
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Otter - the irrepressible picture book character, sure to be adored by fans of Llama Llama - celebrates Easter with a little too much chocolate and a lot of creativity in this paper-over-board book. This year the Easter Bunny brought Otter lots of chocolate eggs - her favorite! Otter Keeper...
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Hands Up!

Breanna J. McDaniel · Dial Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This triumphant picture book recasts a charged phrase as part of a black girl's everyday life--hands up for a hug, hands up in class, hands up for a high five--before culminating in a moment of resistance at a protest march.A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun,...
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Our Moon: Brightest Object in the Night Sky

J. Clark Sawyer · Bearport Publishing
Format: Hardcover

What shines brighter than any other object in the night sky? The Moon! It reflects the Sun?s light as it orbits Earth. The gray, rocky Moon is close enough for people to travel there in spaceships. Several astronauts have even brought back Moon rocks. Early readers will be taken on a journey...
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Llama Llama, Be My Valentine

Anna Dewdney · Penguin Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A Penguin Young Reader based on an episode of Llama Llama's animated Netflix television series, perfect for celebrating Valentine's Day!Look out, world--Llama Llama is a TV star! The beloved character, made famous by Anna Dewdney's best-selling picture books, is the star of his own original...
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Captain Awesome Meets Super Dude!: Super Special

Stan Kirby · Little Simon
Pages: 148
Format: Print book

Captain Awesome gets to meet his idol in this super special seventeenth adventure of the Sunnyview Superhero Squad In this super special, Captain Awesome encounters his biggest villain yet But just when all might be lost, someone lends a hand. And not just a regular hand. A "super"...
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King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats

Dori Hillestad Butler · Peachtree Publishers
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

A loveable dog helps his human girl solve a mystery. Kayla made peanut butter treats for Jillian's new puppy Thor. But now the treats are missing. What does Kayla know? There are three treats missing. King was in the kitchen. King s breath doesn t smell like peanut butter. What does...
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Jupiter: The Biggest Planet

Chaya Glaser · Bearport Publishing
Format: Print book

"In this book, readers are introduced to the planet Jupiter"--
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