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How Things Work: Then and Now

Tamara J Resler - National Geographic Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

Travel back in time and into the not-so-distant future to dissect, explore, and discover how all kinds of things do what they do! Along the way, you'll learn why cotton candy is so fluffy, how scientists built a space suit for Mars, and what goes into animating your favorite cartoons.Look...
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Demeter

Virginia Loh-Hagan - 45th Parallel Pr
Format: Print book

Demeter in the Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient World series explores the fascinating drama, love stories, and destruction in the myths surrounding the goddess of the harvest. Book includes history, myths, and a family tree. Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature...
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Darkmouth #1: The Legends Begin

Shane Hegarty - Harper
Format: Print book

Darkmouth: The Legends Begin is the first book in a spirited tween fantasy series that Kirkus Reviews called "Ghostbusters meets Percy Jackson as written by Terry Pratchett."For generations, Finn's family has protected Darkmouth from the fierce magical creatures known as Legends....
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Operation: Secret Recipe

GERONIMO STILTON - SCHOLASTIC (US)
Format: Print book

My family and I traveled to Milan, Italy, for a special event: the unveiling of the precious ancient parchment containing the secret, original recipe for panettone, a traditional sweet holiday bread. But right before the big moment, the recipe was stolen! And the thief was masquerading...
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Awesome Algorithms and Creative Coding

Clive Gifford - Crabtree Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

Awesome Algorithms and Creative Coding explores how computers work and explains how to think in a logical way. Readers are given clear explanations of binary code, simple algorithms, and computer language. With real-life examples, students learn about the development of coding using simple...
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The Girl Who Could Not Dream

Sarah Beth Durst - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

"A perfect combination of adventure, humor, and pure imagination!" - Jessica Day George, New York Times best-selling author of Tuesdays at the Castle "Funny, scary, and endlessly inventive." - Bruce Coville, author of Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher...
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Hamster

Jill &. Gillespie Foran - Av2 by Weigl
Format: Book

This fascinating series showcases the pets that enrich childrens lives. Each colorful volume includes information on the development, life cycle, grooming needs, behaviors, and nutritional requirements of each pet. A brief history of each animal and its domestication is discussed, and interesting...
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The Boy Who Grew Dragons

Andy Shepherd - Yellow Jacket
Format: Hardcover

"Never has so much toilet humor been so charming."-Kirkus Reviews This hilarious middle-grade novel with illustrations throughout sees Tomas discover that he can grow dragons in his own garden!When Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandfather's garden,...
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Island of Shipwrecks

Lisa McMann - Aladdin Paperbacks
Format: Hardcover

Alex and his friends from Artime' are stranded on a newly-discovered island, and they are not alone. While in Quill, his twin Aaron's power base grows as he joins with an unlikely ally in a risky plan to finally conquer Artime'.
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Confusion Is Nothing New

Paul Acampora - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Ellie Magari is figuring out what it means to be a girl in the world today, especially when the one role model she could have had (her mother) was never around and she was raised by her hardworking single father who didn't exactly keep the lines of communication open. Exactly who was Ellie's...
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