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Ebola

Ann O Squire · Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2016.
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Readers will learn about some of the most common health problems affecting people today, from the first symptoms to the final diagnosis. They will find out how these illnesses change people's lives, what research doctors are doing to improve treatments, and much more. Statistics...
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Hotel Transylvania 3 The Deluxe Movie Novelization

Stacia Deutsch · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

This deluxe novelization of the hilarious monster comedy includes an eight-page insert of full-color images from the film! Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania 3 - starring Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez - hits theaters July 13, 2018!Everyone's favorite monsters are back...
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Survivors: The Gathering Darkness #4: Red Moon Rising

ERIN HUNTER · HarperCollins
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

No dog can be trusted - and no dog is safe in this gripping fourth book in the second Survivors series.From Erin Hunter, #1 nationally bestselling author of Warriors, Survivors is full of "wild and wonderful adventure" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) that will thrill fans...
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World Cup 2018: The Teams, the Stars, the Stories

ILLUGI JKULSSON · Abbeville Kids
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Learn all about the 2018 World Cup! Discover the tournament's brightest stars, including unstoppable scorers Messi, Neymar, and Ronaldo, promising newcomers like France's Mbappé, and the world's best goalkeeper, Neuer. Get the inside scoop on the teams heading to the showdown...
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Aleuts

Steve Goldsworthy · Av2 by Weigl
Format: Book

"Facts about the Aleut indigenous peoples of northern Alaska and Russia. Includes information about their traditions, myths, social activities, the development of their culture, methods of hunting and gathering, rituals, and their daily lives. Intended for fifth to eighth grade students"--Provided...
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Olympians vs. Titans: An Interactive Mythological Adventure

Jessica Gunderson · Capstone Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

What happens when the mighty god Zeus and the Titan ruler Cronus battle to reign over the world? War rages, as seas boil and mountains crumble. The sky roars with the wrath of gods. Whose side will you be on? Do you have what it takes to be victorious? Full-page illustrations, interactive...
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The Wizards of Once

Cressida Cowell · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 373
Format: Hardcover

The instant New York Times and International Bestseller! In the first book of a new series by the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon, the warring worlds of Wizards and Warriors collide in a thrilling and enchanting adventure. Once there were Wizards, who were Magic, and Warriors,...
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Neon Aliens Ate My Homework: And Other Poems

Nick Cannon · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 142
Format: Hardcover

Just in time for National Poetry Month, Nick Cannon, entertainer extraordinaire, debuts his poetry book for children. Nick Cannon -- the unstoppable entertainer, comedian, actor, and musician -- was inspired to write Neon Aliens Ate My Homework and Other Poems as a way to combine the worlds...
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The Disappearance

GILLIAN CHAN · Annick Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

This novel centers on the unlikely friendship between two boys, Jacob Mueller and Mike McCallum. Jacob seems to be from a different world. After mystifying experts and doctors, who finally decide that he is an elective mute, Jacob ends up in a juvenile group home, isolated and withdrawn,...
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Amazing Makerspace Diy Basic Machines

Kristina Holzweiss · Children's Press
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Building your own robot at home might seem difficult or even impossible at first. But to a maker, it is no problem at all! Readers will find out how to build robots using household objects such as scrub brushes and cardboard boxes. As they work, theyll learn how the earliest robots were...
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Women in Computer Science

Tammy Gagne · Core Library
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Computer scientists code the programs that we use every day on our computers, tablets, and smartphones. They help us work, communicate, and play games. Women in Computer Science looks at individuals who are making a major difference in this field. Compelling text, full-color photos, and helpful...
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Fabulous Fashion Inventions

Laura Hamilton Waxman · Lerner Publications
Pages: 32
Format: Book

Did you realize that swimming suits used to weigh 22 pounds (about 10 kilograms)? Or that the first people to wear high heels were French royalty (even the king!) in the 1500s? Get ready to learn the amazing stories behind inventions you use every day. From the society woman who invented...
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The Extincts

Veronica Cossanteli · Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

George is looking for a job in order to raise money for a new bike, so when he sees a help wanted ad for Wormestall Farm, he goes for it. Before long, he's embroiled in a madcap adventure involving creatures both (supposedly) extinct and (previously thought to be) mythological, a new friend...
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Sparky

Kate Klimo · Random House
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

In this Dog Diaries-meets-Horse Diaries Special Crossover Edition, a no-nonsense fire dog meets her match in the biggest, hottest flames Chicago has ever seen - and a rescue horse with an attitude! In the 1800s, firefighters used horses to pull fire trucks. But horses spook easily and run away...
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I'm Big Now!

Anthea Simmons · Andersen Press USA
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When you are big, you're not the baby anymore, but sometimes you want to do the baby things you used to do before! In this funny journey of discovery, one little girl decides to try out being a baby again, but discovers it is more fun being the big sister of the family.
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