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SUZANNE SELFORS - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Stick Dog and My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish will love Suzanne Selfors's hilarious new illustrated series about the growing pains of blended families and the secret rivalry of pets."A delightfully fun read that will leave you in stitches!" - Caldecott Medalist Dan SantatWhen...
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I Want a Kitten or a Cat

Tristan Pulsifer - Crimson Hill Books
Format: Hardcover

I Want A Kitten or a CatThe beginner's cat pet care book for young readers by pet writing duo Tristan Pulsifer and Jacquelyn Elnor Johnson, co-authors of the popular I Want A Pet series for readers age 8 to 12. A lively, practical and fun how-to for kids about how to give loving, responsible...
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State-by-State Guide

Millie Miller - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

This guide to each state's official state bird, flower, and insect features a unique, personal approach plus information about endangered species. Also included are biographical sketches on the famous Americans from each state, inventions, and much more.
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DK Eyewitness Books: Weather

Brian Cosgrove - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Library Binding

From whirling tornadoes to freezing blizzards, weather is a constantly changing force that affects everything around us. Explore the history and elements that make up the environment around us in DK Eyewitness Books: Weather.Superb color photographs of the sky in all kinds of weather conditions,...
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A Girl Named Rosa: The True Story of Rosa Parks

Denise Lewis Patrick - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, but how did she come to be so brave? A Girl Named Rosa describes the defining moments that made up her childhood...
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Thumbelina: The Graphic Novel (Graphic Spin (Quality Paper))

Martin Powell - Stone Arch Books
Format: Paperback

The world's greatest fairy tales are retold in a graphic-novel format. Fresh, bold illustrations give these timeless tales a modern edge and will attract even the most reluctant readers.
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Tricked

Jen Calonita - Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Format: Hardcover

Things are changing at Fairy Tale Reform School.At least, that's what Gilly's heard through the Enchantasia rumor mill. Word is, notorious trickster Rumpelstiltskin has taken over management from Headmistress Flora, and he's locked down the school tighter than the Pied Piper's pants. Not that...
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Pashmina

NIDHI CHANANI - First Second
Format: Hardcover

Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions -- the topic of India is permanently closed.For...
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The Return of the Indian

Lynne Reid Banks - Yearling
Format: Paperback

It's been over a year since Omri discovered in The Indian in the Cupboard that, with the turn of a key, he could magically bring to life the three-inch-high Indian figure he placed inside his cupboard. Omri and his Indian, Little Bear, create a fantastic world together until one day,...
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The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story

MARY DOWNING HAHN - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn unrolls the suspenseful, spine-chilling yarn of a girl imprisoned for more than a century, the terrifying events that put her there, and a friendship that crosses the boundary between past and present. A family moves into an old, abandoned house. Jules's...
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