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Halloween Good Night

Doug Cushman · Henry Holt and Company, 2015. ©2010
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

If you were a ghost haunting a castle and moat,Rattling thick chains, making underpants float,When you stopped all your moaning and screeching in fright,How would you tell your phantom papa good night?On Halloween night, creatures around the world tuck their little ones into bed. How do skeletons...
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Santa Claus and the Three Bears

Maria Modugno · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear weren't expecting any company when they went for a walk on Christmas Eve, but that's exactly what they got! Debut author Maria Modugno teams up with award-winning artists Jane and Brooke Dyer to deliver a festive twist on Goldilocks and the Three...
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Andy & Sandy and the First Snow

Tomie dePaola · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Andy and Sandy play in the snow in this third book of a brand-new easy-to-read picture book series about friendship - from Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Tomie dePaola and Emmy Award-winning writer for the Muppets Jim Lewis.When the first big snow of winter hits, Sandy wants to play outside...
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M is for Manger

Crystal Bowman · Tyndale House Publishers
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Travel through the alphabet with this beautiful rhyming storybook that tells the story of Jesus' birth. Begin with the angel who tells Mary that she is God's chosen vessel and follow along until you reach the zillions of stars that paled in comparison to the star that announced...
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Another Sommer-Time Story: Mayor For The Day

Carl Sommer · Advance
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

As a reward for winning the soccer championship, Davy is chosen mayor for a day. The band and the whole town assemble together for this great event. Tired of his parents' rules, Davy's first official announcement as mayor is to eliminate all rules. The parents' groan, but the children...
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The Science Behind Batman's Uniform

Agnieszka Biskup · Capstone Press
Pages: 23
Format: Print book

Batman depends on his Batsuit to protect him. But are the high-tech features in his body armor real? The answer may surprise you. Look inside to explore how the Batsuit's features are rooted in real-world science and engineering.
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The Whisper

Pamela Zagarenski · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Step inside the pages of a little girl's magical book as she discovers the profound and inspiring notion that we each bring something different to the same story. Two-time Caldecott Honor artist Pamela Zagarenski debuts as an author in this tender picture book about the joy of reading.
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Super Hair-o and the Barber of Doom

John Rocco · Disney*Hyperion Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Every super hero gets his powers from somewhere. The young hero of this book, Rocco, thinks his abilities come from his shock of red hair, and the longer it gets, the stronger he becomes. He even has a posse of super friends with wild hair of their own. Our hero is unstoppable--until the day he's...
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Sunny And The Secret Passage

Laura Dower · Turtleback Books
Pages: 122
Format: Book

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Princess Annie's puppy Sunny, who likes to follow the rules, and Prince James's puppy Rex, who loves mischief, look for hidden treasure in McDougal Castle.
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Thea Stilton Special Edition: The Secret of the Snow: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure

Thea Stilton · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover

Join Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters in their third magical special edition adventure!There's a mystery in the land of the lotus flowers!Thea Stilton and Thea Sisters are called to help to an enchanted land! It's a world linked to the legends of Japan, and it is in danger. The realm's...
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Niño Wrestles the World

Yuyi Morales · Roaring Brook Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Señoras y Señores, put your hands together for the fantastic, spectacular, one of a kind . . . Niño!Fwap! Slish! Bloop! Krunch! He takes down his competition in a single move!No opponent is too big a challenge for the cunning skills of Niño--popsicle eater, toy lover,...
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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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Ola

Ingri d'Aulaire · Univ Of Minnesota Press; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

Ola is the enchanting story of a dauntless Norwegian boy who goes skiing one day and has many unusual adventures before returning home. He meets new friends, joins a merry wedding party, encounters a howling dragon, and learns bits of folklore from fishermen in the far north while pulling...
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Antoinette

Kelly DiPucchio · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Antoinette - a very special poodle - learns to follow her heart and be herself in this charming companion to Kelly DiPucchio and Christian Robinson's beloved Gaston.Antoinette's three burly brothers each have a special talent. Rocky is clever. Ricky is fast! And Bruno is STRONG. Mrs. Bulldog...
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Birthdays Around the World

Margriet Ruurs · Kids Can Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Everyone in the world has a birthday. But birthdays are not celebrated in the same way everywhere. Meet Mercedes in Peru, who eats a cake and a purple pudding called mazamorra morada. Ieva in Latvia is raised in the birthday chair, one lift for each year. And rather than celebrating his own birthday,...
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