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Amelia Bedelia and the Baby

Peggy Parish · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 64
Format: Book

Amelia Bedelia said, "I don't know a thing about babies." And on that happy note, off goes everyone's favorite featherbrain -- to babysit for Missy. Missy loves her dearly, but Missy's parents aren't too sure. A new twist for an old favorite.
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The Deductive Detective

Brian Rock · Sylvan Dell Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Someone stole a cake from the cake contest who could it be? Twelve animal bakers are potential suspects but Detective Duck uses his deductive reasoning skills to quack the case. After all, the thief left hairs behind so the thief wasn t a bird. Follow along as he subtracts each suspect...
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Poop-di-doop!

Stephanie Blake · NorthSouth
Format: Hardcover

Stephanie Blake's hilarious and irreverent little bunny will tickle kids' funny bones! Little bunny dear only says one thing: Poop-di-doop! He says it in the morning, he says it at lunchtime, he says it in the evening. . . . What will he say when he meets a hungry wolf? Blake's...
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Miss Sally Ann and the Panther

Bobbi Miller · Holiday House; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover

Miss Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind was a woman of wonder. She could rope a hurricane, outspin a steam mill, and blow out the moonlight in a single breath. But her finest adventure was wrestling Fireeyes, a mean-as-tarnation panther whose eyes glared fire. Both fall in love with each other's...
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Invasion of the Ufonuts

Laurie Keller · Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Pages: 126
Format: Print book

Arnie finds himself in trouble when his neighbor, Loretta Schmoretta, begins telling news reporters that she was the victim of an alien abduction. And not just any aliens -- alien doughnuts from outer spastry, who will continue the abductions until people stop eating doughnuts! Although...
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Alex Appleby · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Paperback

Thanksgiving is a tradition passed down by people for hundreds of years. This great book explores why a day of thanks in November has become an American tradition. Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving? Why do we play football? Find out all this, and more about this great holiday while developing...
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Why We Have Thanksgiving (Beginning to Read-Easy Stories)

Margaret Hillert · Norwood House Press; Rev Exp edition
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Relates the journey of the Pilgrims to America and describes their struggles during the first year culminated in the celebration of the first Thanksgiving. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Good Manners on the Playground

Katie Marsico · Magic Wagon
Format: Print book

Good manners on the playground do matter! Young readers will learn which behaviors to use and which to avoid to make playing on the playground fun for everyone. Then they see how these simple lessons can be used in fun stories of etiquette in action. Sidebars and back matter offer advice...
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The Glorkian Warrior Eats Adventure Pie

James Kochalka · First Second
Format: Hardcover

Oh, Glorkian Warrior. You were doing so well! You almost had that rampaging space snake under control -- when Buster Glark, your villainous rival in the Glorkian Corps, showed up to make fun of you! He laughed so hard at your misfortune that he gave himself the hiccups. And that was just...
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The Stinky Giant

Ellen Weiss · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

Pepper and Jake love herding sheep in the little valley where they live. But there's a problem— a big problem. Urk, a giant who lives on a nearby mountain, is big and stinky and doesn't care that dumping dirty laundry water in the nearby stream causes a flood down below every...
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Fashion Queen

Marci Peschke · Picture Window Books
Pages: 104
Format: Library Binding

Inspired by the beautiful dresses at the Academy Awards show, Kylie Jean decides to try her hand at fashion--and Lilly recruits her to model the dress she is making for a school fund raising auction.
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Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy Sees the Future

Jane O'Connor · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Nancy Clancy is back in New York Times bestselling team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser's third Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy chapter book - about seeing the future! Nancy thinks she may be able to read the future . . . and all signs point to her being a true clairvoyant (that's...
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