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Bubbles and Boo

Ellen Miles · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home.Bubbles is a lonely Poodle puppy. Boo is an adorable bunny rabbit. When both of these pets end up at Lizzie's house for fostering,...
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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Rivalry, Adventure, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

Sam Kean · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A young readers edition of the New York Times bestseller The Disappearing Spoon, chronicling the extraordinary stories behind one of the greatest scientific tools in existence: the periodic table.Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53) ? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's...
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Idaho

Doug Sanders · Benchmark Books; 2 edition

Its My State! is a great source of quick and reliable information that helps young readers identify what is common to and unique about individual states across America.
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Iowa

David C. King
Format: Book

A quick look at the state of Iowa.,
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Hit & Miss

Derek Jeter · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

The second book in the New York Times bestselling Jeter Publishing imprint, Hit & Miss is a middle grade baseball novel inspired by the youth of legendary sports icon and role model Derek Jeter."Just try to make solid contact, stay level and in control. Positive thoughts only,...
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Nick and Tesla's Solar-Powered Showdown: A Mystery with Sun-Powered Gadgets You Can Build Yourself

Bob Pflugfelder · Quirk Books
Pages: 259
Format: Print book

Kid inventors Nick and Tesla Holt have outsmarted crooks, spies, and kidnappers. Now they have to crack their biggest mystery yet: Where the heck are their parents? To outwit the criminal mastermind who's holding their parents hostage, the twins will need all their brainpower, the help...
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Case File #1 First Contact

David Lewman · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 91
Format: Print book

The Rabbids are crazy, silly, and hilarious - and in this start to an illustrated chapter book series, they're under investigation!The Rabbids have landed their yellow submarine-shaped spacecraft on Earth, and they are all set to wreak havoc everywhere they go. That is, unless the SGAII-RD...
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LEGO® Hero Factory: Secret Mission #4: Robot Rampage

Greg Farshtey · Scholastic
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

As soon as Stringer sends a warning message from the planet Tranquis VII, he vanishes. Stormer quickly dispatches Bulk and Furno to the inhabited planet to find out what has happened to their teammate and seek out whatever threat has made the entire planet go radio silent. Once again,...
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Library on Wheels: Mary Lemist Titcomb and America's First Bookmobile

Sharlee Glenn · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

If you can't bring the man to the books, bring the books to the man. Mary Lemist Titcomb (1852-1932) was always looking for ways to improve her library. As librarian at the Washington County Free Library in Maryland, Titcomb was concerned that the library was not reaching all the people...
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Polaris

Michael Northrop · Scholastic Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Alone at sea, with only the stars to guide them...The proud sailing ship Polaris is on a mission to explore new lands, and its crew is eager to bring their discoveries back home. But when half the landing party fails to return from the Amazon jungle, the tensions lead to a bloody mutiny....
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Just Jake: Dog Eat Dog #2

Jake Marcionette · Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover

Sixth grader Jake Ali Mathews is slowly climbing his way back up the ladder of popularity. Increasingly settled in his new school and with a great new best friend, Michael, everything seems to be going okay for Jake. Until Jake's beloved teacher, Mrs. Pilsner, has a baby and the students...
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Costume Designer

Helen Mason · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Format: Book

Presents general information about different types of costume designers and the work they do, as well as details on how to become a designer.
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White-Tailed Deer

Chris Bowman · Bellwether Media
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to white-tailed deer. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims: Time-Travel Adventures with Exceptional Americans

Rush Limbaugh · Threshold Editions; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Americas 1 radio talk-show host and multi-million-copy 1 New York Times bestselling author presents a book for young readers with a history teacher who travels back in time to have adventures with exceptional Americans. MEET RUSH LIMBAUGHS REALLY GOOD PAL, RUSH REVERE! Okay, okay, my names...
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What Was the Gold Rush?

Joan Holub · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!" With black-and white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget...
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