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Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly

Grace Lin · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Ling & Ting are twins. They like to be silly. They like to tell jokes. Most of all, they like to laugh together. Laugh with Ling & Ting!
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The Happiest Book Ever

Bob Shea · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

What could be happier than a book with a dancing cake, a candy parade, and a hug monster? A book with all those things (and more) plus YOU! Your happy, happy thoughts will make this book super happy happy! But something seems off. Could it be that frowny frog? Perhaps we could shake...
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Hermelin the Detective Mouse

Mini Grey · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Ratatouille meets Sherlock Holmes in this heartwarming story of mystery and adventure, acceptance and friendship, by the acclaimed creator of Traction Man and Toys in Space. Hermelin is a special little mouse. He was born in a box of cheese and lives in an attic at 33 Offley Street. He can read...
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Noisy Night

Mac Barnett · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

It's a noisy night in this city building! The residents of each floor can hear their neighbors above them, and are wondering what's going on above their heads. Climb floor by floor and page by page to find out whose singing, dancing, cheering, and cooing are keeping a grumpy old man awake.With...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Ann Heinrichs · Child's World
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Following the well-known and much-loved Rookie Books format, these fun and informative books introduce early elementary-school children to the basic facts about major holidays. Each book explains the development of the holiday and how it is celebrated today, and includes holiday games,...
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When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop

Laban Carrick Hill · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A John Steptoe New Talent Award WinnerBefore there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school party at a park in the South Bronx. Her brother, Clive Campbell, spun the records. He had a new way of playing the music...
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A Day With No Crayons

Elizabeth Rusch · Cooper Square Publishing Llc
Format: Hardcover

When Lizas mother takes away her beloved crayons, her world suddenly goes gray. How does the budding artist repond? She squirts her toothpaste angrily and stomps through mud puddles. Through these acts, Liza inadvertently creates art-and eventually discovers color in the world around her.Liza...
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Martha Speaks: Football Fumble

Karen Barss · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 21
Format: Paperback

Rah rah grrr! We're the fighting fur! The Wagstaff Dogs have lost every game this season. Until Martha finds them the perfect coach . . . Carolina! She knows all the plays and can handle a football like a pro. But football just doesn't go with her girly-girl image. Can Martha...
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Rhino in the House: The Story of Saving Samia

Daniel Kirk · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

From the award-winning author of the bestselling Library Mouse series comes a biographical picture book about the true story of rhino champion Anna Merz and the black rhinoceros Samia. With a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Lewa Downs Conservancy, this engaging story is perfect...
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Splat the Cat: I Scream for Ice Cream

Rob Scotton · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Splat and his class go on a field trip to an ice cream factory in this delectable I Can Read book from New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton. Splat can barely sit still during the bus ride. He's imagining the mountain of ice cream he thinks he'll get to eat! But when...
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February

Mari Kesselring · Magic Wagon
Format: Book

Do you know the 12 months of the year? This illustrated nonfiction book tells young readers what makes February special, including when it is and what holidays it has. Charming illustrations and rhyming text make learning the months of the year a snap! ,
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The 13-Story Treehouse

Andy Griffiths · Feiwel and Friends
Pages: 239
Format: Print book

Andy and Terry live in a treehouse. But it's not just any old treehouse, it's the most amazing treehouse in the world!This treehouse has thirteen stories, a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a secret underground laboratory, and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically...
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A Bully-Free Bus

Pamela Hall · Magic Wagon; Unabridged edition
Format: Print book

Bullying behaviors are learned at an early age, so it is more than important than ever to reach the youngest audience and educate them on what bullying behavior is and how it is stopped. A Bully-Free Bus follows a group of young characters from Niceville Elementary School who bully each...
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Linus the Vegetarian T. rex

Robert Neubecker · Beach Lane Books
Format: Hardcover

Meet Linus—a Tyrannosaurus rex who is very brave, very tough, and veryvegetarian? Ruth Ann Mackenzie knows everything about dinosaurs. She knows their names. She knows when they lived. And she certainly knows what they ate. So when she meets Linus, a towering, toothy T. rex who prefers...
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Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping

Melanie Watt · Kids Can Press, Ltd.
Format: Hardcover

Scaredy Squirrel takes a trip through the campground and finds out the wilderness is meant to be enjoyed up close.
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