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Fire Crew!
Fire Crew!

Frank Berrios · RH/Disney
Format: Book

From the world of Cars soars Planes: Fire & Rescue, a comedy-adventure featuring a quirky crew of elite firefighting aircraft devoted to protecting historic Piston Peak National Park from raging wildfires. Boys ages 4 to 6 will love this Step 2 Step into Reading reader that also features...
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Sheep Go to Sleep
Sheep Go to Sleep

Nancy E. Shaw · Harcourt Brace and Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

It's time for bed but the sheep just can't settle down. Never fear, a trusty sheepdog is here to help. What will it take to get these restless sheep to bed? A hug? A blanket? A drink of water? Will this dedicated collie ever get these bleating sheep to sleep?
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Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious
Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious

Jacqueline Briggs Martin · Readers to Eaters
Format: Hardcover

Chef Alice Waters has always been friends with food.The search for good food led Alice Waters to France, and then back home to Berkeley, California, where she started Chez Panisse restaurant and the Edible Schoolyard. For Alice, a delicious meal does not start in the kitchen, but in the fields...
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Gideon
Gideon

Olivier Dunrea · HMH Books for Young Readers; Har/Psc edition
Format: Hardcover

"With diminuitive heroes who assert a budding independence, these tales demonstrate once again how well their creator knows his audience." - Publishers Weekly, starred review Gideon likes to splash with the ducklings, hop with the frogs, play chase-the-piglets, and scamper all over...
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Transformers: Roll Out and Read Adventures
Transformers: Roll Out and Read Adventures

Hasbro · LB Kids
Format: Print book

Did you love Transformers movies? Then get ready for this bind-up of illustrated, movie-based storybooks of the first three films! This collection is sure to thrill every young fan--Autobot or Decepticon!
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The Smurfs and the Magic Egg
The Smurfs and the Magic Egg

Peyo · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A magic egg brings a lot of fun - and a little mayhem - to Smurf Village in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read story.Two Smurfs stumble upon a magic egg in the forest that makes all of their wishes come true. Soon they're wishing for crazy things: to be different colors, to be bigger, and even...
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Long Live the Dragon Warrior
Long Live the Dragon Warrior

Tracey West · Simon Spotlight
Format: Print book

"In 'Challenge Day,' it's Dragon Warrior Challenge Day. Anyone who bests Po by sundown will be named the new Dragon Warrior. Po isn't worried, not until a certain disgruntled rhino shows up - on who would be more than happy to take Po's place. In 'Kung-Fu Kid.'...
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Never Girls #10: On the Trail
Never Girls #10: On the Trail

Kiki Thorpe · Random House
Pages: 107
Format: Print book

Four best friends - Kate, Mia, Lainey, and Gabby - travel to Never Land, where they find adventure, friendship, and . . . mystery! When the girls realize that animal talent fairy Fawn is missing, the search is on. Tinker Bell and the Disney Fairies star in a magical early chapter book series...
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Stanley's Diner
Stanley's Diner

William Bee · Peachtree Publishers, 2014. ©2014
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Eggs and pancakes, coming right up! Stanley is cooking for all the hungry customers who come into his diner, while Hattie takes their orders. Then Stanley serves up a special cake-but whose birthday are they celebrating?
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Farm Alarm!
Farm Alarm!

Random House · Random House Books for Young Readers; Nov edition
Format: Book

The zoo animals are hiding in the local school, and it's up to Nickelodeon's Team Umizoomi to find them! Boys and girls ages 4 to 6 will love this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader featuring two pages of stickers.
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Tip's Tips on Friendship
Tip's Tips on Friendship

Sheila Sweeny Higginson · Simon Spotlight
Format: Hardcover

Learn more about the friendship between your favorite characters, Tip and Oh, in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read based on the movie, Home. DreamWorks' newest hit movie, Home, comes home to theaters on March 27, 2015!Both Tip and Oh learn a lot about what it means to be a good friend in Home....
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It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families
It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families

Robie H. Harris · Candlewick; 15 Anv New edition
Format: Hardcover

"An outstanding book. . . . Meets the needs of those in-between or curious kids who are not ready, developmentally or emotionally, for It's Perfectly Normal." - BOOKLIST (starred review) How does a baby begin? What makes a baby male or female? How is a baby born? Children...
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Second Banana
Second Banana

Keith Graves · Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

Think of us as bananas. Obviously, I am Top Banana. The Big Banana. Numero Uno Banana. You are Second Banana, says the Amazing Bubbles, the star of the circus.And what does Oop, the Second Banana, do? A Second Banana helps fill the pool so Top Bananas can dive. They hold the music so Top Bananas...
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The Case of the Weird Blue Chicken: The Next Misadventure
The Case of the Weird Blue Chicken: The Next Misadventure

Kevin Cornell · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The Chicken Squad is back for their second (mis) adventure, and this time they're solving the mystery of a kidnapped ... HOUSE? A hilarious chapter book from the bestselling author of Click, Clack, Moo and The Trouble with Chickens.Dirt, Sugar, Sweetie, and Poppy are the four members...
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Heart to Heart
Heart to Heart

Lois Ehlert · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 72
Format: Print book

From beloved Caldecott Honor artist Lois Ehlert comes a clever and funny valentine celebrating love and friendship.Readers of all ages will go bananas for this pun-filled and sweet story filled with rebuses and love. Alphabet letters and bold, graphic images of fruits and vegetables come...
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