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EllRay Jakes the Recess King!

Sally Warner - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Eight-year-old EllRay is down to one-and-a-half best friends, which leads his little sister to point out the obvious: he needs new friends. A spare, at least. For emergencies. So EllRay decides to audition other boys for the role of Spare Best Friend.EllRay's class is brimming with...
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Lost Dog: An I Like to Read Book

Michael Garland - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

In this story of an accidental journey turned epic adventure, early readers will delight in all of Pete's stops on the way to visit Grandma. When Pete sets off for Grandma's house, he runs into bad traffic. He tries a different route, and soon finds himself lost on a woodsy road....
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Fiona's Little Accident

ROSEMARY WELLS - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

When excitement over show-and-tell causes Fiona to miss a bathroom break, Felix reassures his embarrassed friend.Fiona has no time today - not even to go to the bathroom. She is in a big hurry to show off the volcano she and Felix made for show-and-tell. Just as the volcano erupts . . . oops!...
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Stop Feedin' da Boids!

James Sage - Kids Can Press
Format: Print book

When Swanda first moves to Brooklyn from the country, she misses the wildlife she left behind. But not for long. "Oh, look! What dear little birds!" Swanda says to her dog when she notices all the pigeons outside her apartment. "Come, Waldo, we'll get them a bird feeder...
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Yitzi and the Giant Menorah

Richard Ungar - Tundra Books
Format: Hardcover

On the eve of Hanukkah, the People of Chelm have received a special gift from the Mayor of Lublin. A giant menorah in which they place in the square for all the admire. Every night, the villagers meet to watch the lighting of a candle on the menorah. And every night, the villagers ponder...
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Grandpa Stops a War: A Paul Robeson story

Susan Robeson - Triangle Square
Format: Hardcover

A true story of peace, the power of art, and the great singer and activist Paul Robeson told by his granddaughter"Daddy always said it takes a man of peace to stop a war." Based on the true story of Paul Robeson's visit to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, comes this recollection...
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At the Stroke of Goodnight

Clay Rice - Familius
Format: Hardcover

Reminiscent of Susan Marie Swanson's The House in the Night, world-renowned paper-cut artist Clay Rice weaves a poetic scene of what happens around a small farmhouse as night falls.A dreaming dog. A purring cat. A bird on a limb. A mouse on a mat. The evening glows in the twilight....
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Everyone

Christopher Silas Neal - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Everyone cries, everyone laughs, everyone sings - everyone. A celebrated illustrator explores the universality of feelings in his authorial debut.Christopher Silas Neal, praised by the New York Times for his "stunning retro-style illustrations," invites young readers to explore...
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Pignic

Matt Phelan - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

Its a perfect day for a pignic! A blue sky. A shady tree. A bright kite. And a full picnic basket. Four little pigs and their parents head outside to enjoy a beautiful day. With a little help from some new (and unexpected) friends, they climb trees, fly kites, and enjoy a delicious picnic....
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The Sleepwalking Snowman

Andres Miedoso - Little Simon
Format: Paperback

It's Desmond and Andres versus a sneaky snowman in the seventh book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!There's snow in the air and a sneaky snowman on the loose! When one of the local kids builds the perfect snowman, it comes to life ... and not in a Frosty, sing-song kind...
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