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My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: Fins of Fury

Mo O'Hara · Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

When Tom zapped Frankie the goldfish back to life with a battery, he certainly didn't expect him to become a BIG FAT ZOMBIE GOLDFISH with incredible hypnotic powers. But it turns out that a zombie goldfish is a great pet to have on your side when your big brother is an evil scientist...
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A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin

Jen Bryant · Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A Robert F. Sibert Honor BookWinner of the Schneider Family Book AwardAn ALA-ALSC Notable Children's BookWinner of the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for ChildrenAs a child in the late 1800s, Horace Pippin loved to draw: He loved the feel of the charcoal as it slid across...
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Wake Up, Rupert!

Mike Twohy (Author, Illustrator) · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover

A rooster who just wants to sleep in gets a little help from a friend in this laugh-out-loud picture book from New Yorker artist Mike Twohy.Rupert the rooster knows that every morning when the sun comes up he must cock-a-doodle-do—no matter what. But Rupert is terrible at waking up! And even...
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The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure

Kevin Cornell · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

They're darling. They're daring. They know their shapes! They're chicks on a mission - and on this, their first (mis)adventure, the Chicken Squad launches a galactic backyard expedition.Meet the Chicken Squad: Dirt, Sugar, Poppy, and Sweetie. These chicks are not your typical...
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The Highest Number in the World

Roy MacGregor , · Tundra Books
Format: Hardcover

9-year-old Gabe (Gabriella) Murray lives and breathes hockey. She's the youngest player on her new team, she has a nifty move that her teammates call "the Gabe," and she shares a lucky number with her hero, Hayley Wickenheiser: number 22. But when her coach hands out the team...
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Fun Things to Do with Milk Jugs

Marne Ventura · Capstone Press

What can you do with an empty milk jug? Simple, step by step instructions transform ordinary household items into fun DIY crafts and games.
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Big Bug

Henry Cole · Little Simon
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Size is relative, but everything is worth seeing in this concept book from the illustrator of And Tango Makes Three.Beginning with a beautiful close-up of a "big" ladybug, this book artfully depicts the concept of scale. The book zooms out from the bug, to a flower, to a cow,...
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The Riddler's Ransom

Blake Hoena · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 105
Format: Library Binding

At a Gotham City charity event, The Riddler kidnaps a wealthy businessman and demands a huge ransom. Can Batman decipher the villains riddles, or will he be stumped? Does the Dark Knight call for backup or take the case alone? Will he find the businessman or be lost himself? In this interactive...
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A Little Book of Sloth

Lucy Cooke · Simon & Schuster Children's
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Cozy up with adorable baby sloths in this irresistible photographic picture book.Hang around just like a sloth and get to know the delightful residents of the Avarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, the world's largest sloth orphanage. You'll fall in love with bad-boy Mateo, ooh and ahh over...
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Guppy Up!

Jonathan Fenske · Penguin Young Readers

This guppy is not your average fish. This guppy shops, mops, drives, and plays the drums...just to name a few! With playful, rhyming text and bright, bold, guppy graphics, this Level 1 reader is an exceptionally fun choice for both children and educators.,
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