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Turtles

Darla Duhaime · Rourke Educational Media
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

Turtles are reptiles. Turtles need heat from the environment to make their bodies warm. Turtles spend most of their time in the water. They make nests on land to lay their eggs. Learn all about these slow-moving reptiles.
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The Little Pioneer

Adam Hancher · Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, this picture book about one little girl's journey westward is engaging and appropriate for younger readers.Children of all ages will be captivated by one brave girl's adventures come to life as she relates the challenges,...
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Choose Your Own Career Adventure in the Military

Diane Lindsey Reeves · Cherry Lake Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

What do people do in the military? Readers pick from eight different scenarios and experience "next best thing to being there yourself" opportunities for interactive career exploration. Sidebars promote additional learning activities and independent reaserch
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What Can Your Grandma Do?

ANNE SAWAN · Clavis
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Next week there's a talent show for grandparents at school. Some grandmas are excellent cooks, one grandpa is a painter, others are very good dancers. But Jeremy's grandma doesn't have any special talent. Or does she?A cheerful story about grandparents, talents and basketball....
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Newts

Leo Statts · Abdo Zoom
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Learn all about rough-skinned newts! They are carnivores. This book captivates young readers through simple and easy-to-read text combined with vibrant, full-color photographs. Plus, quick stats sections and bolded glossary terms invite readers to zoom in and learn more.Aligned to Common...
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Blue Sky White Stars

Sarvinder Naberhaus · Dial Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring and patriotic tribute to the beauty of the American flag, a symbol of America's history, landscape, and people, illustrated by New York Times bestselling and Caldecott-honor winning artist Kadir Nelson Wonderfully spare, deceptively simple verses pair with richly evocative...
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Triangle

Mac Barnett · Candlewick
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen conspire again on a slyly funny tale about some very sneaky shapes.Meet Triangle. He is going to play a sneaky trick on his friend, Square. Or so Triangle thinks. . . . With this first tale in a new trilogy,...
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Brave

Stacy McAnulty · Running Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

An empowering picture book for all kids that demonstrates to children that they can be real-life superheroes and that all kids have what it takes to be brave. Superheroes seek adventure, never give up, and stay calm when others are afraid. Superheroes are brave. But they aren't the only...
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The Monster Truck Race

Rachel Bach · Amicus Readers
Pages: 16
Format: Print book

"A photo-illustrated book for beginning readers that tells the story of a monster truck race. Who will win? Includes a photo diagram"--
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Cy Makes a Friend

Ann Marie Stephens · Boyds Mills Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Cy is a Cyclops who knows how to make just about anything - except a friend. So Cy practices friend-making skills and then sets off. When beaming confidence, making eye contact, and winking don't work, he comes up with another plan. Knowing that it's nice to share, he builds a chariot...
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My Merry Christmas

SALLY LLOYD-JONES · B&H Kids
Pages: 20
Format: Board book

What is Christmas? Is it twinkling lights? Angels? Stars? This rhyming story by Sally Lloyd-Jones (the best-selling author of The Jesus Storybook Bible) helps children relate favorite holiday symbols to the true story of Christmas - the night Jesus was born.
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Dill & Bizzy: Opposite Day

Nora Ericson · Harpercollins
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Bizzy the strange bird has decided: Today is Opposite Day! Time to eat dinner for breakfast, have a loud dance party instead of a quiet rest, and say good morning at bedtime. But Bizzy's best friend, Dill the odd duck, would prefer to have a normal day, with no opposites. So Dill says,...
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The Search for Olinguito: Discovering a New Species

Sandra Markle · Millbrook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

In the dark, Kristofer Helgen and a group of scientists peered up into the treetops of the Ecuadorian cloud forest. Staring back at them was a furry, four-legged creature. Could it be the mysterious, wild olinguito? Helgen had been studying the olingo, a relative of raccoons, for years....
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Goldenlocks and the Three Pirates

April Jones Prince · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A fun and clever picture book retelling of Goldilocks -- with pirates!Once upon a seaworthy sloop lived three pirates: the big, pilfering Papa, the medium-sized, menacing Mama, and the small, bonny Baby, a pirate-in-training. They were excellent pirates, but not very good housekeepers,...
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Ancient Cultures

GARY SPROTT · Rourke Pub Group
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

From the Great Pyramids of Egypt to the Great Wall of China and beyond, the landmarks of the world's ancient cultures still stand as impressive reminders of our past. But traces of these long-ago civilizations can also be found in more unusual places, including a fast-food restaurant!
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