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Nerdy Birdy Tweets

Aaron Reynolds · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Nerdy Birdy and his best friend, Vulture, are very different. Nerdy Birdy loves video games, but Vulture finds them BORING. Vulture loves snacking on dead things, but Nerdy Birdy finds that GROSS. Luckily, you don't have to agree on everything to still be friends.One day, Nerdy Birdy joins...
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Unicorns and Germs

Asia Citro · The Innovation Press
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

In the sixth book, an earthquake shakes Zoey's house. Or maybe it's a unicorn-quake? An enormous new friend arrives in a lot of pain, and it's getting worse every day. Zoey must work with her mom and Sassafras to find a cure -- and quickly! Each story in the Zoey and Sassafras...
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Read the Book, Lemmings!

Ame Dyckman · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

The team behind the New York Times bestselling Wolfie the Bunny and Horrible Bear! is back with with new Arctic characters in this hilarious learning-to-read adventure!Aboard the S.S. Cliff, First Mate Foxy reads an interesting fact: "Lemmings don't jump off cliffs." But Foxy...
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Dear Mr. Washington

Lynn Cullen · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Based on the true story behind Gilbert Stuart's famous portraits of Washington, this funny historical read will leave rascals, ruffians, and troublemakers of all ages laughing.Charlotte, James, and baby John have promised to be on their very best behavior for when George Washington...
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Most People

Michael Leannah · Tilbury House Publishers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The world can be a scary place. Anxious adults want children to be aware of dangers, but shouldn't kids be aware of kindness too?Michael Leannah wrote Most People as an antidote to the scary words and images kids hear and see every day. Jennifer Morris's emotive, diverting characters provide...
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Bruce's Big Move

Ryan T. Higgins · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

After the events of Hotel Bruce, our favorite curmudgeonly bear shares his home with not only his four geese, but three rowdy mice besides! Fed up with their shenanigans, Bruce sets off to find a rodent-free household. But as usual, nothing goes quite according to plan. . .
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Sneeze of the Octo-Schnozz: A Branches Book

Troy Cummings · Branches
Pages: 89
Format: Paperback

Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, 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 and stamina. Branches...
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A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars

Seth Fishman · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

"This picture book is one in a gazillion." - Jane O'Connor, the New York Times-bestselling author of the Fancy Nancy seriesDid you know that the earth is covered in three trillion trees? And that seven billion people weigh about the same as ten quadrillion ants? Our world...
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We're All Wonders

R. J. Palacio · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The unforgettable bestseller Wonder, soon to be a major motion picture, has inspired a nationwide movement to Choose Kind. Now parents and educators can introduce the importance of choosing kind to younger readers with this gorgeous picture book, featuring Auggie and Daisy on an original...
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Magic For Sale

CARRIE CLICKARD · Holiday House
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A deliciously spooky, spectacularly illustrated story of a boy's adventure in a magic shop that's perfect for Halloween . . . and beyond!On the corner of Hemlock and Blight, the magic shop of Miss Pustula Night is open for business. Enchantments fill the shelves, but it's the rumor...
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The Field

Baptiste Paul · NorthSouth Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A soccer story - for boy and girls alike - just in time for the World Cup!"Vini! Come! The field calls!" cries a girl as she and her younger brother rouse their community - family, friends, and the local fruit vendor - for a pickup soccer (futbol) game. Boys and girls, young...
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Giraffe Problems

Jory John · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Penguins aren't the only animals with problems. . . . A second hilarious collaboration from picture-book superstars Lane Smith and Jory John!Can you guess what's making this giraffe self-conscious? Could it be . . . HIS ENORMOUS NECK?? Yes, it's exactly that--how on earth did you figure...
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The Grudge Keeper

Mara Rockliff · Peachtree Publishers
Pages: 1
Format: Print book

No one in the town of Bonnyripple ever kept a grudge.No one, that is, except old Cornelius, the Grudge Keeper.Ruffled feathers, petty snits, minor tiffs and major huffs, insults, umbrage, squabbles, dust-ups, and imbroglios-the Grudge Keeper received them all, large and small, tucking each...
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7 Ate 9

Tara Lazar · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

6 has a problem. Everyone knows that 7 is always after him. Word on the street is that 7 ate 9. If that's true, 6's days are numbered. Lucky for him, Private I is on the case. But the facts just don't add up. It's odd.Will Private I put two and two together and solve the problem . . . or is 6 next...
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Memoirs of a Parrot

Devin Scillian · Sleeping Bear Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Join a brilliant, but stubborn, parrot as he endures the banality of the pet store before being purchased by an equally insufferable young man. But while things between parrot and owner get off to a rocky start, the delights of having a pet (or human) bring them both around in the end....
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