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Basil in the Wild West (Great Mouse Detective Series)

Eve Titus · Aladdin
Pages: 90
Format: Print book

Named one of "13 Detective Book Series You Obsessed Over as a Kid" by Buzzfeed.com and the inspiration for a hit Disney film, the masterful Great Mouse Detective is back and tackling America's most ruthless outlaws in the Wild West!In this case of the smiling smugglers, Basil...
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Yasmin the Fashionista

Saadia Faruqi · Picture Window Books
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Yasmin is bored! But a glimpse of the pretty clothes in Mama's closet turns a boring evening into a glamorous fashion show, until -- OOPS! Mama's shalwar kameez is ruined! Can Yasmin's nani save the day before Mama gets home?
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I Can Explore

Betsy E Snyder · Chronicle Books
Pages: 14
Format: Board book

Adventure awaits! Young readers help characters explore the world - from embarking on a jungle safari through touch-and-feel fabric leaves to riding a tandem bike through Paris - just by wiggling their fingers! Then, with two sets of hands, children assist these explorers as they head off on their...
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Harvest Mouse

Ruth Owen · Bearport Publishing -
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

"In this title, join a tiny harvest mouse as she munches on blackberries, crunches on grasshoppers, weaves a nest from grass in a wheat field, and raises her family. The book combines repetitive text with high-frequency and familiar sight words. Unfamiliar vocabulary is supported by detailed...
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Places to Be

MAC BARNETT · BALZER BRAY
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

From the award-winning, bestselling Mac Barnett and Renata Liwska comes a classic and luminous book perfect for fans of The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood and Waiting by Kevin Henkes.With an elegant simplicity, this picture book celebrates all our wide-ranging emotions - and the adventures...
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Dude!

AARON REYNOLDS · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Aaron Reynolds, the author of Nerdy Berdy and Creepy Carrots! teams up with Dan Santat, the Caldecott-winning illustrator behind The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend to create the hilarious, gnarly summer adventure picture book, Dude!Dude! You have to read this book.It's totally...
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The Field

Baptiste Paul · NorthSouth Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A soccer story - for boy and girls alike - just in time for the World Cup!"Vini! Come! The field calls!" cries a girl as she and her younger brother rouse their community - family, friends, and the local fruit vendor - for a pickup soccer (futbol) game. Boys and girls, young...
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Thank You, Crow

Michael Minkovitz · Penny Candy Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In Thank You, Crow by Michael Minkovitz with illustrations by Jose Medina, Crow brings strange treasures to Sebastian, who helped when Crow had a broken wing. With each new gift, Sebastian says, "Thank you," even though he's unsure about the gifts...until he sees where Crow's...
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Robots Can't Dance!: and other fun facts

HANNAH ELIOT · Little Simon
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This hilarious book is full of fun facts about robots, computers, x-rays, and other cool technology and inventions!Did you know that the first mobile phone weighed nearly two pounds? That's like carrying a pineapple around with you! How about that the only living things capable of powered...
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Finding Tinker Bell #2: The Dark Forest

Kiki Thorpe · RH/Disney
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

The Disney Never Girls embark on a quest to find a special friend in the new Finding Tinker Bell adventure series that continues the New York Times bestselling series!When Tinker Bell sets out on a trip beyond Never Land and disappears, it's up to the Never Girls - , Mia, Lainey, and Gabby...
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Stay-at-Home Sammy and the Runaway Spot

Maria Nilsson Thore · Holiday House
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover

Sammy is a leopard with 500 perfect spots. But one morning a spot is missing. It's a runaway spot! Sammy tries to catch it and stick it back on with tape, but the spot hops out the window and escapes. The spot is free! Quirky, dynamic art and a funny story will have young readers chuckling...
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Here Come the Harlem Globetrotters

LARRY DOBROW · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Get to know the legendary Harlem Globetrotters in this slam-dunk Level 3 Ready-to-Read that will have everyone cheering!Did you know that the Harlem Globetrotters have played on every continent in the world (except Antarctica) ? Or that they hold more than a dozen basketball world records?...
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Fresh-Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmers' Market

Michelle Schaub · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

This collection of poems takes young readers to a day at an urban farmers' market. Who to see, what to eat, and how produce is grown - it's all so exciting, fresh, and delicious. Readers are invited to peruse the stands and inspect vendors' wares with poems like "Farmer Greg's Free-Range...
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Teen Titans Go!

Magnolia Belle · Little
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Learn about the Teen Titans' mascot and everybody's favorite worm, Silkie! Passport to Reading Level 2 TM & DC Comics. (s17)
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Pinocchio Rex and Other Tyrannosaurs

MELISSA STEWART · HarperCollins
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Everyone knows that Tyrannosaurus rex is the huge dinosaur with sharp claws and tiny arms. But in this Level Two LRFO from acclaimed science writer Melissa Stewart, you'll learn that T. rex is not the only tyrannosaur that existed in prehistoric times.In the last fifteen years, scientists...
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