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Penguins Are Awesome
Jaclyn Jaycox - Pebble
Format: Library Binding
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Penguins waddle slowly across the ice. But in the frigid waters they zoom after prey. Learn how these birds stay warm in their polar habitat, how they raise their young, and how they find food while avoiding predators. |
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Ground Zero
Alan Gratz
Format: Hardcover
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Brandon is visiting his dad at work, on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center. Out of nowhere, an airplane slams into the tower, creating a fiery nightmare of terror and confusion. And Brandon is in the middle of it all. Can he survive -- and escape? Reshmina has grown up in the shadow... |
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Finding Wild
Megan Wagner Lloyd - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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"Lloyd's sparkling debut celebrates nature through a whimsical meditation on the idea of wildness. Halpin's lush and delicately detailed mixed-media pictures...dominated by muted greens and blues pull readers into the diverse landscapes the children traverse. A spirit of adventure... |
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Save Your Friends!
Hyewon Kyung - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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Shark is big.Shark is hungry.Shark is a bully.Shark eats everyoneand everything in the sea.Shark eats:1 little clownfish1 puffy pufferfish1 brave bitey fish1 baby seal1 clever crab4 inky octopusesAnd who knows what else!Dear reader, it is up to you to save them! |
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Oil
Jonah Winter - Beach Lane Books
Format: Hardcover
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Mother-son team Jonah Winter and Jeanette Winter tell the story of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its devastating and lingering effects in this poetic and timely picture book.Oil is drawn up from deep in the earth by machines, transported through pipelines, and pumped onto a ship that sails... |
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Zeus (Greek Mythology)
Heather C Hudak - Kids Core
Format: Library Binding
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Zeus was the king of the gods. He ruled over the sky and controlled the weather. Zeus explores the well-known god's backstory and why the ancient Greeks worshipped him. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include... |
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The Very Busy Spider
Eric Carle - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Library Binding
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A spider, blown by the wind to a fence post near a farm yard, begins to build her web and cannot be distracted from the task at hand--not by the horse, cow, sheep, goat, or dog. But when the rooster asks if she wants to catch a pesky fly, the busy spider is able to catch it in her web immediately!... |
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A Kite for Moon
Jane Yolen - Zonderkidz
Format: Hardcover
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A Kite for Moon, written by New York Times bestselling author of How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? Jane Yolen and her daughter, Heidi E. Y. Stemple, tells a heartfelt story about a young boy's fascination and unlikely friendship with the moon. With whimsical illustrations by award-winning... |
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Me, Toma and the Concrete Garden
Andrew Larsen - Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover
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Vincent is staying with his aunt Mimi for the summer while his mom recuperates from surgery. Mimi's drab city neighborhood, complete with an empty dirt lot across the street, doesn't seem too promising. But then Vincent meets Toma, a boy who lives nearby, and things start looking... |
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