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Chomp!: Fierce facts about the BITE FORCE, CRUSHING JAWS, and MIGHTY TEETH of Earth's champion chewers

Brady Barr · National Geographic Children's Books
Pages: 96
Format: Library Binding

National Geographic Explorer and snake wrangler Dr. Brady Barr has been bitten by a lot of creatures over the years. So this book is born from first hand - er, tooth - experience of getting close to some of the biggest biters in the animal kingdom. It turns out that there's a lot more...
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Boo Who?

BEN CLANTON · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A shy little ghost who's new to the group has trouble fitting in - until his special talent comes to the fore.Boo is new. And even if the other kids are welcoming, it can be scary being new, especially for a shy ghost who can't play any of their games. ("You tagged me? Oh, sorry....
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This Is the Nest That Robin Built

Denise Fleming · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A robin's animal friends help build her nest in this cumulative collage picture book from Caldecott Honor recipient Denise Fleming.Robin is building a nest, and her friends are ready to help! The squirrel trims the twigs. The dog brings the string. The horse shares his straw. And then...
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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: 2 Fuzzy, 2 Furious

Shannon Hale · Marvel Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Doreen Green, age fourteen, is a little too busy wiping out crime in her suburban New Jersey neighborhood to focus on her overdue homework. That's because she also happens to be Squirrel Girl, a bushy-tailed, squirrel-powered Super Hero! After foiling the nefarious plot of an amateur...
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Heartwood Hotel, Book 1 A True Home

Kallie George · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

When Mona the Mouse stumbles across the wondrous world of the Heartwood Hotel in the middle of a storm, she desperately hopes they'll let her stay. As it turns out, Mona is precisely the maid they need at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest, where animals come from far and wide for safety,...
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Home in the Rain

BOB GRAHAM · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Waiting out a storm by the highway inspires a name for an unborn baby sister in a tender, exquisitely observed tale from the incomparable Bob Graham.The rain is pouring down in buckets, and Francie and her mom are on their way home from Grandma's. As the little red car pulls into a picnic...
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Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess

Shari Green · Pajama Press
Pages: 239
Format: Hardcover

Sixth grade is coming to an end, and so is life as Macy McMillan knows it. Already a "For Sale" sign mars the front lawn of her beloved house. Soon her mother will upend their perfect little family, adding a stepfather and six-year-old twin stepsisters. To add insult to injury,...
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Salam Alaikum: A Message of Peace

Harris J · Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

From "the Muslim Justin Bieber" (NPR) Harris J comes a picture book that celebrates spreading peace, love, and happiness throughout the world, using the lyrics of his international YouTube hit of the same name.Salam Alaikum means "Peace be upon you." It is the greeting...
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Papillon, Book 2 Papillon Goes to the Vet

A N Kang

Papillon, the kitty so fluffy he floats, is back! Only this time, he's grounded. Literally. Weighed down after swallowing a toy and beset with hiccups, Papillon is miserable! Miss Tilly takes him to the vet, but will he ever float again?
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Engineer This!: 10 Amazing Projects for Young Mechanical Engineers

Carol McBride · Prufrock Press
Pages: 150
Format: Paperback

Turn trash into invention and sharpen your engineering eye with these 10 hands-on engineering projects. Using recycled and easy-to-find materials, engineer your own motorcar, catapult, glider, and other completely functional machines. Explore amazing scientific concepts, such as potential,...
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Sebi and the Land of Cha Cha Cha

ROSELYN SANCHEZ · Celebra Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From Devious Maids star Roselyn Sanchez and Witches of East End star Eric Winter comes a story about the joys of dance! It is El Carnaval Latino and Sebi is really excited. She loves the colorful clothes, the lively music but most of all she loves the dance. Her mother says she is a bit too young...
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Confidentially Yours #6: Vanessa's Design Dilemma

JO WHITTEMORE · HarperCollins
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

In the sixth installment of the series that readers of The Cupcake Diaries and The Baby-Sitters Club will love, advice columnist and resident fashionista Vanessa Jacobs must avert a major disaster in order to save the school newspaper and her fashion show. When middle school style gurus...
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