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Millie and the Big Rescue

Alexander Steffensmeier - Walker Childrens
Format: Hardcover

A game of hide and seek on the farm goes awry when Millie gets stuck in her hiding place at the top of a tree. But when the farmer and all the other animals try to help, they get stuck as well. Who will rescue Millie and her friends?Millie's charming comedy of errors is back in full...
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Digby O'Day in the Fast Lane

Shirley Hughes - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover

Hang on to the wheel for the first of three adventures from a dynamic mother-daughter pair: beloved author Shirley Hughes and talented illustrator Clara Vulliamy.Digby O'Day and Percy are best friends. This daring canine duo can find adventure anywhere - even entering an All-Day Race!...
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Stellaluna

Janell Cannon - Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Format: Book

While out searching for food, fruit bat Stellaluna and her mother are attacked by a vicious owl. Stellaluna is separated from Mother Bat and taken in by a family of birds where she must put aside her bat habits to fit in with her new family. But one fateful flight when she is separated...
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National Geographic Readers: Cats vs. Dogs

Elizabeth Carney - National Geographic Children's Books; English Language edition
Format: Paperback

Chocolate or vanilla? Creamy peanut butter or crunchy? Cats or dogs? On some matters in life, every kid must take a stance. Ever since the first youngster in history had a pet, cats vs. dogs has been a hotly debated issue at recesses and lunch tables worldwide. Which one's better? Smarter?...
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Look and Find® Disney® Frozen

Editors of Publications International - PUBNI
Format: Hardcover

Look for all your favorite characters! Look and Find books feature 8 extra busy scenes, and lists of more challenges at the end of each book. Perfect entertainment on car and plane rides. Fun for kids to share together.
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It Wasn't My Fault (Laugh-Along Lessons)

Helen Lester - HMH Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

“Lester and artist Munsinger . . . team up again for another rib-tickling, off-the-wall tale.” –Booklist Murdley Gurdson is a spectacularly accident-prone boy. He falls into wastebaskets! He drops only the most valuable vases. Worse yet: “Whatever happened, it was usually...
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Some Kids Are Blind

Lola M. Schaefer - Capstone Press; Rev Upd edition
Format: Library Binding

Text and photographs describe children who are blind, their challenges and adaptations, and their similarities with others.
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Xander's Panda Party

Linda Sue Park - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Xander planned a panda party. Yes, a dandy whoop-de-do!But Xander was the only panda. Just one panda at the zoo. The zoo’s paucity of pandas doesn’t impede Xander’s party planning for long. He decides to invite all the bears. But Koala protests. She’s not a bear—she's...
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Calendar Mysteries #10: October Ogre

Ron Roy - Random House
Format: Paperback

In the tenth book of the Calendar Mysteries, an early chapter-book mystery series featuring the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries detectives, there's a haunted house in Green Lawn! It's Halloween, and the Shangri-la Hotel has been transformed into a haunted house, complete...
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