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Space Race: The Story of Space Exploration with FREE App

Ben Hubbard
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate man's historic landing on the Moon! The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing is fast approaching, and this book explores and celebrates the incredible technology and trailblazing scientists that took humans to the stars. This comprehensive and richly illustrated guide...
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Electricity for Young Makers: Fun and Easy Do-It-Yourself Projects

Marc de Vinck - Maker Media, Inc
Format: Paperback

Learning to be a maker has never been more fun. Lavishly illustrated with cartoons and drawings, this book guides the reader through six hands-on projects using electricity. Discover the electrical potential lurking in a stack of pennies - enough to light up an LED or power a calculator!...
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Moving Machines

Anastasia Suen - Rourke Educational Media
Format: Hardcover

Jumping, spinning, twisting, turning, racing--the power is in your hands. Make bots that jump and spin, build a rubber band racer and a bottle boat, power a boat and a car with air. Make machines that move!
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Two Naomis

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

A realistic contemporary story of two girls whose divorced parents begin to date - perfect for fans of Lisa Graff, Sara Pennypacker, and Rita Williams-Garcia. "A smart, endearing story about two girls who are blending families, growing up, and building a friendship." (Kirkus starred...
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The Boreal Forest: A Year in the World's Largest Land Biome

L. E. Carmichael - Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover

The vast boreal forest spans a dozen countries in the northern regions like "a scarf around the neck of the world," making it the planet's largest land biome. Besides providing homes for a diversity of species, this spectacular forest is also vitally important to the planet:...
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City of Islands

KALI WALLACE - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

A dark and riveting middle grade fantasy from the critically acclaimed Kali Wallace about an archipelago of magical islands and one girl's dangerous discovery on the ocean floor. Perfect for fans of Holly Black and Kate Milford. In a foggy archipelago called the City of Islands, twelve-year-old...
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Dragonwatch: A Fablehaven Adventure

Brandon Mull - Shadow Mountain
Format: Hardcover

In the long-awaited sequel to Fablehaven, the dragons who have been kept at the dragon sanctuaries no longer consider them safe havens, but prisons and they want their freedom. The dragons are no longer our allies.... In the hidden dragon sanctuary of Wyrmroost, Celebrant the Just,...
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Survivors: The Gathering Darkness #1: A Pack Divided

Erin Hunter - Harper
Format: Print book

The first book in an epic new series about the Survivors dogs! From Erin Hunter, #1 nationally bestselling author of Warriors, Survivors is full of "wild and wonderful adventure" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) that will thrill fans of Spirit Animals and Wings of Fire.For...
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The One and Only Bob

Katherine Applegate - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Return to the unforgettable world of the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling novel The One and Only Ivan (soon to be a major motion picture!) in this incredible sequel, starring Ivan's friend Bob!Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister...
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Jake the Fake Goes for Laughs

Craig Robinson - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes the second book in the side-splitting series about a class clown faking his way to comedy stardom from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and NAACP History Maker recipient...
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