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The storybook knight

Helen Docherty; Thomas Docherty · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Even dragons love a good story...Leo was a gentle knight in thought and word and deed. While other knights liked fighting, Leo liked to sit and read...When Leo's mom and dad pack him off to fight a dragon, he takes a shield, a sword -- and a pile of his favorite books.But can a story be as mighty...
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Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage to Be Who You Are

Maria Dismondy · Making Spirits Bright
Pages: 1
Format: Hardcover

How can Ralph be so mean? Lucy is one of a kind and Ralph loves to point that out. Lucys defining moment comes when Ralph truly needs help. Because she knows what she stands for, Lucy has the courage to make a good choice. This charming story empowers children to always do the right thing...
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Sharing the Bread: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Story

Pat Zietlow Miller · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 30
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate food and family with this heartwarming Thanksgiving picture book. We will share the risen bread. / Our made-with-love Thanksgiving spread. / Grateful to be warm and fed. / We will share the bread. In this spirited ode to the holiday, set at the turn of the twentieth century, a large...
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The Dragonsitter's Party

Josh Lacey · Little
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

It's Eddie's birthday and he's looking forward to a birthday party filled with fun, games and... dragons? Ziggy and Arthur are the unexpected guests, but their idea of a good time involves eating everything in sight and ruining the party magician's tricks. Is Eddie in for the wrong...
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Hamster Holmes, On the Right Track

Albin Sadar · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Hamster Holmes and his firefly sidekick, Dr. Watt, find a trail of clues in an inventor's workshop in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read story perfect for beginning readers!Hamster Holmes and Dr. Watt are called upon to investigate at the home of their friend, an inventor who thinks someone is trying...
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A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat

Emily Jenkins · Schwartz & Wade
Format: Book

In this fascinating picture book, four families, in four different cities, over four centuries, make the same delicious dessert: blackberry fool. This richly detailed book ingeniously shows how food, technology, and even families have changed throughout American history. In 1710, a girl...
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Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy, Star of Stage and Screen

Jane O'Connor · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Nancy Clancy is ready for her close-up in the fifth chapter book in the Nancy Clancy chapter book series by the New York Times bestselling team of Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser.It's Nancy's time to shine as she takes center stage in the school play! There's no way Nancy...
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Dory Dory Black Sheep

Abigail Hanlon · Dial
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Dory the rascal turns learning to read into a hilarious adventure through the power of imagination Ever since Dory met Rosabelle, a real true friend whose imagination and high spirits match her own, school has been pretty good. But now the class is learning to read, and it's proving...
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Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book #8: Amelia Bedelia Dances Off

Herman Parish · Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

In the eighth chapter book in the New York Times-bestselling series, Amelia Bedelia puts on her dancing shoes and dances up a storm! The Amelia Bedelia chapter books have sold more than one million copies and feature funny family and friendship stories with lots of wordplay just right for fans...
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How to Raise a Mom

Jean Reagan · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

From the creators of the New York Times bestselling HOW TO . . . picture books comes a hilarious and heartwarming new story about raising a happy, healthy mom! This humorous new addition to the beloved and bestselling HOW TO . . . books takes readers through a playful and productive day with...
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Oh Say Can You Seed?: All About Flowering Plants

Seuss Dr. · Random House.
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

With the able assistance of Thing 1 and Thing 2 -- and a fleet of Rube Goldbergian vehicles -- the Cat in the Hat examines the various parts of plants, seeds, and flowers; basic photosynthesis and pollination; and seed dispersal.
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Duck on a Tractor

David Shannon · The Blue Sky Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

David Shannon's wildly popular, award-winning Duck on a Bike left children begging him to tell them another story about Duck after seeing him pictured alongside a shiny red tractor. Now Duck is back and turning the farm upside down! Flushed with the success of his trailblazing bike ride...
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Paws McDraw

Connah Brecon · Tiger Tales
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Paws McDraw is the fastest doodler in the west! He uses his trusty pencils to draw his way out of any danger. When the bridge on the train track was out, Paws drew more tracks so the train could pass. When Timmy the bunny was stuck in a well, Paws sketched a bucket and pulled him to safety....
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Iggy Peck, Architect

Andrea Beaty · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious, irreverent book about doing your own thing Meet Iggy Peck - creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon's No, David and Rosemary Wells's Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent, inspired fun. Iggy has one passion:...
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Giant squid.

Candace Fleming · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

The giant squid is one of the most elusive creatures in the world. As large as whales, they hide beyond reach deep within the sea, forcing scientists to piece together their story from those clues they leave behind.An injured whale's ring-shaped scars indicate an encounter with a giant...
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