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Who Was Jim Henson?
Joan Holub · Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback
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Jim Henson broke into television with a five-minute puppetry segment when he was only a freshman in college. He created puppets like none ever seen before, with expressive fabric faces and rod-controlled arms. His Muppets became world-renowned celebrities and formed the backbone of a media... |
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Running Out of Night
Sharon Lovejoy · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A Childrens Book Review Seven Middle Grade Books for African American History Month Pick Fans of Elijah of Buxton, Trouble Dont Last, and Stealing Freedom will be drawn to this tale of the incredible journey of an abused twelve-year-old white girl and an escaped slave girl who run away... |
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My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks: The Mane Event
Perdita Finn · Little, Brown
Pages: 216
Format: Print book
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The third exciting adventure in the Equestria Girls series! The girls rock a new story about friendship at Canterlot High. The follow-up to Through the Mirror and Rainbow Rocks. Includes 14 pages of activities! |
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Echo's Lucky Charm
Cathy Hapka · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 92
Format: Print book
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Echo is helping her friends, Pearl, Splash, and Flip study for their first test in Magic class at dolphin school, but when Echo loses her lucky shell necklace she is barely able to do any magic until the friends finally find the shell--and a big surprise. |
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Project Superhero
E. Paul Zehr · ECW Press
Pages: 253
Format: Paperback
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Join 13-year-old Jessie as she keeps a diary of her class's yearlong research project on superheroes, which culminates in the Superhero Slam: a head-to-head debate battle in front of the entire school. It's shy, comics-obsessed Jessie's dream come true . . . and worst nightmare.... |
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The Incredible Magic of Being
Kathryn Erskine · Scholastic Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Some might say Julian is sheltered. But he lives large, and his eternal optimism allows him to see infinite possibilities wherever he looks.Despite his optimism, he is anxious about his stressed family falling apart. Even his ability to "uni-sense" what's happening with his sister... |
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You wouldn't want to live without insects!
Anne Rooney; David Antram · Franklin Watts
Format: Print book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Nasty stinging creatures that destroy crops and spread diseaseif that's your opinion of insects, read this fascinating book to discover the other side of the story. Without insects to pollinate flowers, we would have no fruit. Without bees, we would have no honey. Maggots eating a dead... |
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How Do Plants Defend Themselves?
Ruth Owen · Powerkids Pr
Format: Hardcover
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From School Library Journal Gr 2-4-In specific, methodical language (with rare fumbles: "When the animal then goes to the bathroom some time later, the seeds leave its body...") , Owen offers solidly informative explanations of how plants nourish themselves,... |
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School of Secrets: Freddie's Shadow Cards
Jessica Brody · Disney Press
Pages: 188
Format: Hardcover
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Freddie is the daughter of the infamous witch doctor, Dr. Facilier.She's got voodoo in her blood, a deck of Shadow Cards in her hands, and a song in her villain-kid heart.When Freddie's dreams of joining the acapella group at Auradon Prep fall apart, she uses her Shadow Cards to get her way...But... |
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Why We Live Where We Live
Kira Vermond · Owlkids
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
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Why do you live where you do? The answer is a lot more complicated than it might seem. Why that house? Why this community? Why do cities sprout where they do? And what makes living there even possible? Geography, topography, climate, landscape, food, politics, economics, and more all play... |
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Where Are the Galapagos Islands?
MEGAN STINE · GROSSET & DUNLAP
Pages: 112
Format: Print book
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Armchair adventurers can set sail for the remote Galapagos Islands and learn about the strange and unique animals that live there. The Galapagos Islands are a chain of volcanic islands located on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean. The isolated location of the islands has allowed... |
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Knock About with the Fitzgerald-Trouts
Esta Spalding · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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"Witty, full of heart and genuinely fun to read...a wacky, lighthearted romp."--The New York Times Book Review |
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The Tudors: Kings, Queens, Scribes, and Ferrets!
Marcia Williams · Candlewick Press
Pages: 48
Format: Print book
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The Tudor era springs to life in Marcia Williams's lively account, written and illustrated in her signature comic-book style.Travel back to Tudor times with Arthur Inkblott, Queen Elizabeth I's favorite scribe, and his pet ferret, Smudge, who lives (and offers commentary) in the margins... |
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