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Bird & Squirrel All Tangled Up

James Burks · Graphix
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

When Red has to go spend the night helping Grandmole, Bird and Squirrel are put in charge of taking care of Squirrel's daughter, Birdie. But Birdie wants to go with her mom because staying home is so BORING! So Bird convinces Squirrel (despite his better judgment) to have some fun while...
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CatStronauts: Space Station Situation

Drew Brockington · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback

In the third book in the CatStronauts graphic novel series, your favorite elite team of cat astronauts is a member short--one of the team has quit! When chief science officer Pom Pom rejoins the CatStronauts on the International Space Station, she has to get to work right away--the Hubba...
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The Treasure Seekers

Thea Stilton · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The Thea Sisters are on a new adventure. It all begins when they a diary belonging to an old explorer. It tells the legend of seven mysterious treasures. The girls find themselves on a search for the first treasure: the mythical Ivory Garden.
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Tiny Hero of Ferny Creek Library, The

Linda Bailey · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Eddie, a passionate reader and a shiny green bug, saves the school library in this funny, heartwarming tale that fans of Flora & Ulysses and Charlotte's Web will love. Includes black-and-white illustrations throughout from Newbery Honor Medalist and New York Times-bestselling author-artist...
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CatStronauts: Mission Moon

Drew Brockington · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

CatStronauts, you are needed! When the world is thrust into darkness due to a global energy shortage, the Worlds Best Scientist comes up with a bold plan to set up a solar power plant on the moon. But someone has to go up there to set it up, and that adventure falls to the CatStronauts,...
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Tyrannosaurus Ralph

Nate Evans · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback

Dinosaurs plus bullies plus aliens plus hijinks equal a wacky new graphic novel kids will love!Ralph is just trying to get home from school without getting picked on by the local bully. He's not trying to run smack into that bully. He's also not trying to wake up hours later in the body...
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Hazy Bloom and the Mystery Next Door

Jennifer Hamburg · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Summer has just begun, and Hazel "Hazy" Bloom is not a happy camper. In fact, she's not even an unhappy camper, because she's stuck at home while all of her friends spend their summers camping (okay, Elizabeth's is only day camp, but still) . But then her tomorrow...
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Stand on the Sky

Erin Bow · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

An exquisitely written, uplifting middle grade debut by acclaimed author, Erin Bow, about a young girl who defies her family's expectations in order to save her brother and become an eagle hunter, perfect for fans of PAX. It goes against all tradition for Aisulu to train an eagle, for among...
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Straw into Gold: Fairy Tales Re-spun

Hilary McKay · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author Hilary McKay reimagines your favorite fairy tales with humorous and heartfelt twists in this beautifully illustrated collection of short stories.Imagine Hansel and Gretel's story from their teacher's point of view, when Gretel submits her report of, "What...
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Astrid the Unstoppable

Maria Parr · Candlewick
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Pippi Longstocking meets Heidi meets Anne Shirley in this tale of an irrepressible girl in a mountain village who navigates unexpected changes with warmth and humor.Speed and self-confidence, that's Astrid's motto. Nicknamed "the little thunderbolt," she loves to spend...
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