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Eye Wonder: Reptiles (Eye Wonder)

DK Publishing · DK CHILDREN; 1st edition
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Open your eyes to a world of discovery. Explore a kingdom where the real dragons roam. Visit the many wonders of the reptile world, including flying snakes, underwater lizards, and rare dinosaur relatives. A wealth of facts, combined with dramatic photography, ensures that Eye Wonders are the perfect...
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Someone New

Anne Sibley O'Brien · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In this companion story to I'm New Here, three elementary schoolers--who aren't new--begin to understand and embrace three immigrant students.Are you new here? Do you know someone new? In I'm New Here and Someone New, young readers explore the immigrant experience through both...
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The Storyteller

Evan Turk · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

From Ezra Jack Keats 2015 New Illustrator Honor recipient Evan Turk comes his debut work as author-illustrator: an original folktale that celebrates the power of stories and storytelling.Long, long ago, like a pearl around a grain of sand, the Kingdom of Morocco formed at the edge of the great,...
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Answer!: Analyze Your Data

Emma Carlson Berne · Powerkids Pr
Format: Hardcover

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The Human Body

Jon Richards · Owlkids Books
Format: Print book

Discover what goes into every drop of your blood, compare the size of your lungs to the surface area of a tennis court, find out how many pencils the carbon in your body would fill, and more! From bone structure and muscles to the senses, our central nervous systems, and reproduction, this...
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Pinkalicious: Tutu-rrific

Victoria Kann · HarperCollins
Format: Book

When a mix-up causes her to be placed in the big kids' ballet class rather than her best friend Alison's, Pinkalicious tries to hold her own.
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Toilet: How It Works

David Macaulay · Henry Holt & Co
Pages: 28
Format: Hardcover

Celebrated author-illustrator and master explainer David Macaulay brings his unique voice and style to high-interest nonfiction books for newly independent readers. Everyone knows what a toilet is for, right? But what exactly happens after you flush? Where does our waste go, and how is it made...
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Malala's Magic Pencil

Malala Yousafzai · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Malala's first picture book will inspire young readers everywhere to find the magic all around them.As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning....
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Henry Ford

Lynn Davis · Abdo Publishing,
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

24 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 20 x 25 cm.
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Captain America: The Tomorrow Army: A Marvel Chapter Book

Michael Siglain · Marvel Press
Format: Book

Steve Rogers woke up in the 21st century and to a world full of modern technology and changes. He's still not comfortable about his new life except when he is Captain America. When S.H.I.E.L.D. learns HYDRA agents are on the rise and threatening the world's safety, Nick Fury calls...
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Herman and Rosie

Gus Gordon · Roaring Brook
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Once upon a time in a very busy city, on a very busy street, in two very small apartments, lived...Herman and Rosie.Herman liked playing the oboe, the smell of hot dogs in the winter, and watching films about the ocean.Rosie liked pancakes, listening to old jazz records, and watching films...
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Florence Nightingale

Demi. · Holt & Company
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Florence Nightingale revolutionized the world of medicine by emphasizing cleanliness, food that was hot and nutritious, and organization in hospitals. What began as an attempt to make army hospitals safer and more effective became a lifelong mission, and remains relevant today. This new picture...
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Teachers

Cari Meister · Jump
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

In Teachers, early readers will discover how teachers help students learn and what they do before and after school. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they discover what teachers do on the job.
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Animal Migration

Jeanie Mebane · Capstone Press
Format: Paperback

Why do wildebeests travel 1,800 miles each year? How do salmon find their way back to the stream where they hatched? Migrating animals move in some unique ways. Discover the amazing ways migrating animals get around.,
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!: Caring for our Planet

Vita Jimenez · Cantata Learning
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Every day we throw things away, but is everything we throw really garbage? Or can it be reused or made into something different? In this catchy song paired with colorful illustrations, children learn to reduce, reuse, and recycle. This hardcover book comes with CD and online music access.
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