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10 Things You Can Do to Protect Animals

Elizabeth Weitzman - Children's Press
Format: Print book

It doesnt take a lot to help the animals around us. Taking action can be as simple as picking up trash or hanging birdfeeders around the neighborhood. Kids learn this and more about what they can do to help in 10 Things I Can Do to Protect Animals.
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The Christmasaurus

Tom Fletcher - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Why settle for a pony or a puppy for Christmas when you could have a dinosaur? A rollicking adventure from singer-songwriter and YouTuber Tom Fletcher.Once upon a time--long, long ago, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth--an egg rolled away from its mother and landed in the ocean, where it froze...
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All the Answers

Kate Messner - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

What if your pencil had all the answers? Would you ace every test? Would you know what your teachers were thinking? When Ava Anderson finds a scratched up pencil she doodles like she would with any other pencil. But when she writes a question in the margin of her math quiz, she hears a clear...
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The Mummys Curse (The Code Busters Club)

Penny Warner - Darby Creek ™
Format: Paperback

Egyptian secrets take center stage in this interactive mystery where boys and girls can solve codes and puzzles right along with the multicultural cast of characters. Cody, Quinn, Luke, and M.E. love playing around with codes. In fact, they love codes so much they have their own club, with...
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What Does a Point Guard Do?

Paul C Challen - Powerkids Press
Format: Print book

Point guards are often the best ball handler on their basketball team. In order for a player to grow into the best point guard they can be, they have to understand the position. Readers explore every facet of a point guards game, including shooting, passing, and dribbling. The informative...
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Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean

Sarah Stewart Taylor - Hyperion Book CH
Format: Hardcover

Amelia Earhart developed a love of flying at a very young age. As she followed her dream and built a name in the field of aviation - breaking numerous records along the way - she inspired other women to soar to new heights.With an introduction by astronaut pioneer Eileen Collins, Amelia...
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Secret on the Thirteenth Floor

Gertrude Chandler Warner - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Black cats? Broken mirrors? The number thirteen? The owner of the art deco apartment building in nearby Silver City believes in all kinds of superstitions. The Aldens aren't so sure about most of them, but there's one thing they do know: something strange is going on on the thirteenth...
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Mallory Mcdonald, Super Sitter

Laurie B. Friedman - Darby Creek Publishing
Format: Print book

Mallory's new neighbors, the Goldmans, have twin fiveyearold boys who need babysitters. Mrs. Goldman hires Mallory and her friend Chloe Jennifer to watch the boys while she works from home. Mallory is thrilled. The boys are adorable, so this job will be tons of fun... right? Turns out the boys...
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As It Lies!

JAN FIELDS - Calico Chapter Books
Format: Library Binding

Dandy's father-son miniature golf tournament is postponed due to technical difficulties. But Malcolm knows they're ghost related. With Grandma Eunice in tow, the boys sneak into the golf course. Shortly after arriving, Grandma Eunice goes missing. Can the boys find her, and will...
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Life As a Soldier in the Civil War

Kate Shoup - Cavendish Square
Format: Print book

Black and White Photographs, Full-color photographs, For Further Information Section, Glossary, Illustrations, Sidebars
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