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Fun St. Patrick's Day Crafts

Carol Gnojewski · Enslow Elementary

Fun St. Patricks Day Crafts,
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The Curious Cat Spy Club

Linda Joy Singleton · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

No one at school knows that Kelsey, Becca, and Leo are secretly friends. They have nothing in common--until they rescue three kittens and form a club to help animals through volunteering, spying, and solving mysteries. In the first book of this series, Kelsey helps catch a runaway zorse...
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Seekers: Return to the Wild #3: River of Lost Bears

Erin Hunter · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

A new season approaches. . . .Now that Kallik and Yakone have decided to join Toklo and Lusa on the rest of their journey home, the four bears head toward warmer territories. Spring is coming, and Toklo and Lusa are overjoyed to be away from the ice, surrounded by green forests and flowing...
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Body Bizarre

Mason Crest Publishers. · Mason Crest
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover

Provides information on bizarre phenomenon involving the human body, including a man with blue skin, a man who eats live frogs to cure his coughs, and a man who can charge lightbulbs with his ears.Title: Body BizarreAuthor: Ripley's Believe It or Not! (COR) Publisher: Mason CrestPublication...
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The Trouble with Abracadabra

Michael Dahl · Stone Arch Books

A mysterious magician at the Abracadabra Hotel needs help from Charlie and Tyler.
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Sugar Gliders

Kristin Petrie · Abdo Publishing Company

Describes the physical features, habitat, defense mechanisms, and behavior of sugar gliders and what needs to be done to care for them as pets.Title Sugar GlidersAuthor Petrie, KristinPublisher Abdo GroupPublication Date 20120801Number of Pages 24Binding Type LIBRARYLibrary of Congress...
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What Was the Underground Railroad?

Yona Zeldis McDonough · Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pages: 108
Format: Paperback

No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with...
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The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle

· Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover

In this unique nonfiction picture book, the main character is a bicycle that starts its life like so many bicycles in North America, being owned and ridden by a young boy. The boy, Leo, treasures his bicycle so much he gives it a name -- Big Red. But eventually Leo outgrows Big Red, and this...
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The Honest Truth

Dan Gemeinhart · Scholastic Press
Pages: 229
Format: Print book

The debut of a phenomenal new middle-grade talent.In all the ways that matter, Mark is a normal kid. He's got a dog named Beau and a best friend, Jessie. He likes to take photos and write haiku poems in his notebook. He dreams of climbing a mountain one day.But in one important way, Mark...
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A Plague of Unicorns

Jane Yolen · Zonderkidz
Format: Hardcover

Young James, an earls son, is a bit bothersome and always asking the oddest questions. In despair—the last of James tutors having quit—his mother sends him off to be educated at Cranford Abbey. She feels the strict regimen will do him a world of good. But Cranford Abbey has its own problems....
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