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Animal Communication

Abbie Dunne - Capstone Press
Format: Print book

Simple text and bright photographs explain the concept of animal communication for beginning readers. The book concludes with a simple, kid-friendly activity.
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Biofuels (Energy Choices)

Julie Richards - Benchmark Books; 1 edition
Format: Library Binding

Grade 2-4–This simple, easy-to-follow resource points to types of fuels available and how they are best utilized. Richards defines each source, categorizes it as renewable or sustainable, and explains how it is harnessed and managed. Bright photographs dominate the simple texts,...
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Fly on the Wall

Remy Lai - HENRY HOLT

Henry Khoo's family treats him like a baby. Hes not allowed to go anywhere without his sister/chaperone/bodyguard. And he definitely CANT take a journey halfway around the world all by himself!
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Otto: A Palindrama

Jon Agee - Dial Books
Format: Paperback

Otto is having a very palindramatic day. His pet, Pip, has gone missing, and his search for the dog leads him deeper and deeper into a strange and perplexing world--full of talking owls, stacks of cats, storms and mazes, boats and trains and automobiles . . . oh my! Everything seems to be the same...
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The Best Log in the Bog

Marv Alinas - Childs World Inc
Format: Library Binding

A frog requires the help of a dog to find a favorite log in a dense fog. This simple story for beginning readers teaches the 'og' sound through rhyming text and bright, original illustrations. Additional features to aid in comprehension include a word list for review, a note to parents...
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Little Libraries, Big Heroes

Miranda Paul - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

From an award-winning author and illustrator, the inspiring story of how the Little Free Library organization brings communities together through books, from founder Todd Bol's first installation to the creation of more than 75,000 mini-libraries around the world.Todd and his friends love...
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Cecile's Gift

Denise Lewis/ Kornacki Christine/ Salans Rosenheim Cindy Patrick - Amer Girl Pub
Format: Paperback

Cecile and her friend Marie-Grace volunteer at an Orphanage every week, and Cecile becomes especially close to one little girl named Perrine. But there are so many children who have lost their families to yellow fever, and Cecile wishes she could do more to help them. When she hears that...
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We're Different, We're the Same

Bobbi Kates - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Board book

Elmo and his Sesame Street friends help teach toddlers and the adults in their lives that everyone is the same on the inside, and it's our differences that make this wonderful world, which is home to us all, an interesting - and special - place. This enduring, colorful, and charmingly...
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Karma Moon--Ghost Hunter

Melissa Savage
Format: Hardcover

Karma Moon is a firm believer in everything "woo-woo," as her dad calls it. So when she asked her trusty Magic Eight Ball if the call asking her dad to create a ghost-hunting docuseries was her dad's big break, it delivered: "No doubt about it." Because the universe...
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Black Sand Beach 4: Where Do Monsters Come From?

Richard Fairgray - Pixel Ink
Format: Hardcover

As the kids struggle to rescue Andy from the Darkness, more secrets from Black Sand Beach past - and present - are revealed in the fourth installment of the dark and creepy Black Sand Beach graphic novel series. Perfect for fans of Gravity Falls, Rickety Stitch, and Fake Blood.. Andy's...
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