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The House With Chicken Legs

SOPHIE ANDERSON · Scholastic Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sure, the house can play games like tag and hide-and-seek, but Marinka longs for a human companion. Someone she can talk to and share secrets with. But that's tough when your grandmother...
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Rock What Ya Got

Samantha Berger · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A child reminds everyone to embrace their own special something in this joyful expression of self-love.When a drawing of a little girl comes to life, she boldly declares that she doesn't want to be erased, or put into a picture that doesn't feel like her true self. Instead, she decides...
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The Storm Runner

Jennifer Cervantes · Rick Riordan Presents
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

A contemporary adventure based on Mayan mythology from Rick Riordan Presents! Zane Obispo spends every day exploring the sleeping volcano in his backyard. "The Beast," as he calls it, is the one place where he can escape other kids, who make fun of him because he has a limp and walks...
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Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice

Veronica Chambers · HarperCollins
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A perfect tool for young readers as they grow into the leaders of tomorrow, Veronica Chambers's inspiring collection of profiles - along with Senator Cory Booker's stirring foreword - will inspire readers of all ages to stand up for what's right.You may only be one person, but you have...
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You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

ALEX GINO · Scholastic Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister Emma is born Deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. A big fantasy reader, Jilly connects with another fan, Derek, who is a Deaf Black ASL user. She goes to Derek for advice but doesn't always know the best...
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Surprise!

Caroline Hadilaksono · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Bear, Squirrel, and Raccoon have been friends a long time. A loooooooong time. So when a family of city folks comes to the neighborhood, the friends think that a surprise welcome party is just the kind of fun they've been looking for. Well, the party turns out to be quite the surprise...
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Days of the Dead

KERSTEN HAMILTON · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Glorieta Davis y Espinosa doesn't hate that Papi is getting remarried, or the fact that he's happy again after years of mourning Mamá. She does hate her new, white stepsister. And she hates la Migra, the immigration police, who threaten her friends and neighbors with deportation....
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A Parade of Elephants

Kevin Henkes · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Hooray!The elephants are here.Get ready!They march and they march and they march . . .
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SQUIRM

CARL HIAASEN · ALFRED A KNOPF
Format: Print book

Newbery Honor-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author Carl Hiaasen--beloved for his modern classics like Hoot and Chomp--delivers a wildly entertaining novel involving snakes, grizzlies, a missing dad, a menacing drone, and more!Some facts about Billy Dickens: * He once saw a biker...
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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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Winnie's Great War

Lindsay Mattick · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times} From the creative team behind the bestselling, Caldecott Medal--winning Finding Winnie comes an extraordinary wartime adventure seen through the eyes of the world's most beloved bear.Here is a heartwarming imagining of the real...
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Science Comics: Solar System: Our Place in Space

Rosemary Mosco · First Second
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

With Science Comics, you can explore the depths of the ocean, the farthest reaches of space, and everything in between! These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. In this voume, get up close and personal with Earth's nearest neighbors...
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Do You Believe in Unicorns?

BETHANIE DEENEY MURGUIA · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Is believing in magic the key to seeing a unicorn? If you keep your eyes open to wonder, the possibilities are endless.Is that a horse wearing a hat? It's definitely not a unicorn in disguise - that would be ridiculous, right? It's probably just a horse that's having a bad hair...
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Power to the Princess

VITA WEINSTEIN MURROW · Lincoln Children's Books
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

"Brilliant." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review What if princesses didn't always marry Prince Charming and live happily every after? This stunning anthology features 15 favorite fairytales retold for the #metoo generation. From Sleeping Beauty who becomes a world-famous sleep...
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No Fixed Address

Susin Nielsen-Fernlund · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Wendelin van Draanen and Cynthia Lord, a touching and funny middle-grade story about family, friendship, and growing up when you're one step away from homelessness.Twelve-and-three-quarter-year-old Felix Knutsson has a knack for trivia. His favorite game show is Who What...
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Hiking Day

ANNE ROCKWELL · Aladdin
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Beloved author Anne Rockwell celebrates nature and the outdoors with a gorgeous new picture book about a child's first mountain hike!A young girl and her family go hiking up a nearby mountain for the very first time. As they climb up and up the path, they see everything from a friendly...
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So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom

GARY D SCHMIDT · ROARING BROOK
Format: Hardcover

From celebrated author Gary D. Schmidt comes a picture book biography of a giant in the struggle for civil rights, perfectly pitched for readers today. Sojourner Truth was born into slavery but possessed a mind and a vision that knew no bounds. So Tall Within traces her life from her painful...
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Crash, Splash, or Moo!

Bob Shea · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Calling all daredevils! It's time to play CRASH, SPLASH, OR MOO! in this boisterous picture book with all the excitement of a game show.Mr. McMonkey is your host, and your contestants are America's favorite stunt clam, Action Clam...and a cow! These unlikely daredevils face off in a zany...
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The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid

DYLAN THURAS · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

The team behind the #1 bestselling Atlas Obscura presents a kid's illustrated guide to 100 of the world's most mesmerizing and mysterious wonders, both natural and manmade, in 47 countries and on every continent on earth. Travel the world through common points of interest, from...
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Property of the Rebel Librarian

Allison Varnes · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate the freedom to read with this timely, empowering middle-grade debut in the spirit of The View from Saturday or Frindle.When twelve-year-old June Harper's parents discover what they deem an inappropriate library book, they take strict parenting to a whole new level. And everything...
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Stick Cat: Two Cats and a Baby

TOM WATSON · HarperCollins
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Big Nate, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and the Stick Dog books, Tom Watson's hilarious series continues with Stick Cat: Two Cats and a Baby - an adventure involving a new baby, an old grandma, and two daring cats!Now that their owners are married, Stick Cat and his best...
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