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The Founding Fathers Were Spies!: Revolutionary War

Patricia Lakin · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 47
Format: Hardcover

Describes some of the creative and subversive tactics the United States used to win the Revolutionary War, including sending secret messages, using invisible ink, and devloping ciphers.
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Sam the Man and the rutabaga plan

Frances O'Roark Dowell · Atheneum

"Sam the Man is not a vegetable man. But when a school project has him paired up with the worst of all the vegetables -- the rutabaga-- he soon will learn that it's not half bad. And as he grows fond of his new little friend, Sam the Man will have to come up with plan on how to keep...
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Sam, the Most Scaredy-cat Kid in the Whole World: A Leonardo, the Terrible Monster Companion

MO WILLEMS · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

A TERRIFICALLY TERRIFYING TALE!Sam is afraid of anything and everything-except for his friend Leonardo, the terrible monster.Kerry is afraid of everything and anything-except for her friend Frankenthaler, the other monster.One day, the two scaredy-cat kids make a particularly scary discovery:...
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Natumi Takes the Lead: The True Story of an Orphan Elephant Who Finds Family

Gerry Ellis · Natl Geographic
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

After losing her mother, shy Natumi is rescued by a team from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, an orphanage for baby elephants. At the shelter, Natumi hides behind keepers' legs to watch the other elephants at the shelter. But soon, she meets several other orphans, and the eight of them...
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Super Saurus Saves Kindergarten

DEBORAH UNDERWOOD · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Arnold has a plan. The evil genius Zorgo-disguised as Mr. Zachary-will never stop him. That's because Arnold is . . . SUPER SAURUS! No kindergarten in the universe can hold him.Or can it?
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A Perfectly Messed-Up Story

Patrick McDonnell · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In this interactive and engaging read-aloud, bestselling author and award-winning artist Patrick McDonnell creates a funny, engaging, and almost perfect story about embracing life's messes.
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Something's Fishy: TOON Level 1

Kevin McCloskey · TOON Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Some fish breathe air and some fish fly, but the most wonderful fish of all turns out to be the one you've got at home. In another offering of the beloved Giggle and Learn series, Kevin McCloskey blends science, art, and comedy to reveal the true story behind the common goldfish.
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Circus Surprise #7

Sue Bentley · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 116
Format: Paperback

Jessie Starkling is worried when no one turns up to her family's circus by the sea. But when lovable spotted pony Comet comes ashore, Jessie's seaside summer looks like it might turn out to be a real splash!
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Becoming Bach

Thomas Leonard · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

For Johann Sebastian there was always music. His family had been musicians, or bachs as they were called in Germany, for 200 years. He always wanted to be a bach. As he grew, he saw patterns in everything. Patterns he would turn into melodies and song, eventually growing into one of the most...
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Ada Lace Sees Red

Emily Calandrelli · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

From Emily Calandrelli - host of Xploration Outer Space, correspondent on Bill Nye Saves the World, and graduate of MIT - comes the second novel in a brand-new chapter book series about an eight-year-old girl with a knack for science, math, and solving mysteries with technology.Ada Lace...
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Super Turbo vs. Wonder Pig

Lee Kirby · Little Simon
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Super Turbo begins to suspect that Wonder Pig may not be so wonderful in the sixth Super Turbo book!You know Turbo as the hamster sidekick from the Captain Awesome books. But ever wonder what actually goes on when the last school bell rings and Turbo is left to his own devices? He's...
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Singing Superstar

Jacqueline Jules · Picture Window Books, A Capstone imprint
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Sofia FINALLY gets her beloved singing machine, and she cant wait to sing her heart out. However, nobody in her family wants to listen to her sing. Sofia is determined to find a place to perform, even if she has to leave her house to do it!
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Squishy Taylor in Zero Gravity

Ailsa Wild · Picture Window Books
Pages: 128
Format: Library Binding

How long would it take to ride your bike to a space station? What are those sparks coming from the apartment building across the street? How come you can't hug over the internet? Why is there a renegade astronaut on the roof? With her bravery and enthusiasm, these mysteries should be no problem...
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Police in Our School

Becky Coyle · Flowerpot Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A School Resource Officer has a diverse role in the school community with many duties and responsibilities. Police In Our School teaches kids about the important role their School Resource Officers play to protect them and their school. Working as an elementary school SRO, Deputy Becky...
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Read the Book, Lemmings!

Ame Dyckman · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

The team behind the New York Times bestselling Wolfie the Bunny and Horrible Bear! is back with with new Arctic characters in this hilarious learning-to-read adventure!Aboard the S.S. Cliff, First Mate Foxy reads an interesting fact: "Lemmings don't jump off cliffs." But Foxy...
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