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Horrible Bear!

Ame Dyckman - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times-bestselling duo behind Wolfie the Bunny presents a hilarious read-aloud about accidents, outbursts, manners...and the power of saying "Im sorry."Bear didnt mean to break a little girls kite, but shes upset anyway--upset enough to shout "HORRIBLE BEAR!"...
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Walking toward Peace: The True Story of a Brave Woman Called Peace Pilgrim

Kathleen Krull
Format: Hardcover


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A Thousand No's

DJ Corchin - Sourcebooks Explore
Format: Hardcover

This empowering picture book teaches readers that even great ideas sometimes get a NO -- but that NO can actually help great ideas become the best ideas!There was a little girl who had a great idea. She had the most amazing, superb, best idea ever!NO? Wait, what do you mean NO? NO again?What...
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Kalpana Chawla (My Early Library: My Itty-Bitty Bio)

Virginia Loh-Hagan - Cherry Lake Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. The series celebrates diversity, covering women and men from a range of backgrounds and professions including immigrants and individuals with disabilities. This book examines the life of Indian American astronaut Kalpana...
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Something Extraordinary

Ben Clanton - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Amazing things are happening all around you. You just need to know where to look - and this whimsical picture book is the perfect place to start.Have you ever wished for something extraordinary? Like the ability to fly? Or to breathe underwater? What if you could talk to animals?It's...
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The Book of Whys

Gianni Rodari - Enchanted Lion Books
Format: Hardcover

Factual as well as whimsical, and humorously illustrated, this is the first English-language publication of the answers given by one of Italy's greatest and most beloved children's authors to children's questions about animals, nature, technology, and culture.Gianni Rodari is widely...
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Where's Walrus? and Penguin?

Stephen Savage - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

When Walrus escapes the zoo with his new friend Penguin, their adventures are twice the fun!In this sequel to the acclaimed WHERE'S WALRUS?, author Stephen Savage doubles the fun when Walrus escapes the zoo with his mischievous pal, Penguin. Will the zookeeper find them? Or will these...
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Kitten Ninja

Colleen AF Venable - Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Fans of comics, and heartwarming stories - not to mention cats! - will love Kitten Ninja, the origin story of the incredible Cat Ninja!. Before Cat Ninja grew up and became Metro City's greatest defender, he was tiny, adorable Kitten Ninja and he battled...much tinier foes. (Hey, everybody...
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Karen's Grandmothers: A Graphic Novel (Baby-sitters Little Sister #9) (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix)

Ann M. Martin - Graphix
Format: Hardcover

Another graphic novel in this fun series spin-off from The Baby-sitters Club, adapted by newcomer DK Yingst! When Karen adopts a grandmother from Stoneybrook Manor, she has more grandmas than anyone she knows -- five! Karen thinks that is very special. But Karen's new grandmother is so different!...
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Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero

Saadia Faruqi - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover

At a time when we are all asking questions about identity, grief, and how to stand up for what is right, this book by the author of A Thousand Questions will hit home with young readers who love Hena Khan and Varian Johnson - or anyone struggling to understand recent U.S. history and how it still...
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