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K-Gr 2Nate the Great and his dog Sludge have solved countless mysteries. They need a break from their detective work. With five seemingly uninteresting mysteries to solve, they decide to head off into the woods for some solitude. Their friends set out to solve a mystery of their own: Where have Nate the Great and Sludg...
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Tyra Banks on ModellandFrom the moment the idea for Modelland came to me while driving down the FDR to the second my editor said, "Pencils down, Tyra," five long years passed, but Modelland finally made its way into the world. Once the novel hit the shelves, I began smizing from ear to ear and then embarked on a five-c...
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Gr 47The Terupt gang is back in the third installment of Buyea's memorable classroom drama series. On the eve of their entry into junior high, the students from Snow Hill School are gearing up for a new year without their beloved teacher. After brainstorming a way to work on a collaborative project in Mr. Terupt's curr...
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Praise for the Nightmares!  Series:Texas Bluebonnet Nominee"Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and...readers will want to accompany him again."—The New York Times Book Review"A touching comical saga...about facing things that go bump in the night."—US...
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Praise for the Dispossessed Trilogy:A deliciously satisfying mix of historical fiction, mystery, and supernatural romance.The BulletinMorgan combines fantasy with gothic romance in this well-crafted standout.Booklist Forbidden romance and hot kissing abound.Kirkus ReviewsMorgan keeps the plot moving with constant actio...
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"If youre into swoony romances with a little bit of history thrown in, youll love Meant to Be. I love this book because its funny, it has a super-relatable heroine, and it features a ton of romantic tension...Lauren Morrill rules and this book is awesome." --HelloGiggles.com"The author has a good ear for comic dialogue...
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Gr 4-7-Sofia Becker's parents are forcing (well, asking) her to go to Camp Krakatow for four dreaded weeks. Lacking technology to continue her Blogtastic blog, she makes sure to write down every juicy detail in her super-secret Pre-Blogging Notebook. As she says, if her parents knew they were sending her to a camp wher...
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PreSchool-Grade 2--A sweet story about the death of a beloved pet, this is bibliotherapy at its best. Daisy, a dog, and Arthur, a boy, are inseparable until the day the canine lies down in her basket never to rise again. Although she arrives in a lovely doggy nirvana, Daisy can't fully enjoy her newfound paradise becau...
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Praise for the Nightmares! Series: Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and . . . readers will want to accompany him again. The New York Times Book Review A touching comical saga . . . about facing things that go bump in the night. US Weekly Coraline meets Monsters, Inc...
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Praise for the Reckoners series: #1 New York Times Bestselling Series Another win for Sanderson . . . hes simply a brilliant writer. Period. Patrick Rothfuss, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Name of the Wind Action-packed. EW.com Compelling. . . . Sanderson uses plot twists that he teases enou...
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Gr 9 UpLeilani's epilepsy gave her the ability to communicate with the entity protecting the Earth in The Islands at the End of the World (Random, 2014); now she must face the consequences of her decision to keep it here. Humanity may be safe from its own folly, but it continues to struggle without its conveniences, es...
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Kirkus starred review, May 15, 2014:“A suspenseful and engaging series opener made all the more distinctive through its careful realization of setting.”School Library Journal starred review, June 2014:“Aslan’s debut is a riveting tale of belonging, family, overcoming perceived limitations, and f...
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Praise for the Nightmares! Series: Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and . . . readers will want to accompany him again. The New York Times Book Review A touching comical saga . . . about facing things that go bump in the night. US Weekly Coraline meets Monsters, Inc...
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Grade 4-7 - This fast-paced story talks of far-fetched ideas in seemingly ordinary terms, giving somewhat rational explanations for using laptops to travel through time. Dorso, 12, finds himself the brunt of time-travel-related practical jokes - he discovers dead bodies in his school locker, has a strange encounter wit...
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"A heart-wrenching account . . . Provides a human face, both beautiful and scarred, for the undocumented--a must read."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred"This powerfully written survival story personalizes the complicated, pervasive, and heart-wrenching debates about immigration and immigrants' rights and will certainly spark d...
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Gr 8 Up-When you live in a town that was founded as a refuge for misunderstood redheads, well, you better be a ginger. Felicity St. John, popular junior at Scarletville High School and nominee for this year's Miss Scarlet pageant, lives in fear that her deepest secret will be revealed. Her copper locks are really a dye...
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Enough with the kissing, already! Momo the monkey cannot fathom why everyone, everyone insists on doing so much kissing. Lions, wild boars, snakes, flamingos, even Momo's own family has to kiss hello, kiss goodbye, kiss to make it better... "I wish no one had invented kissing," poor Momo laments. He's positively dreadi...
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Gr 5-8Thirteen-year-old Siena moves from New York City to a Maine coastal town before the start of eighth grade. Unlike most teens, she doesn't mind the change. Her strange visions make it difficult to establish close friendships, and she's hoping a new school will allow her to shed her reputation as a weirdo. Like her...
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Conservative social critic and former Bush "drug czar" William J. Bennett collects here over 30 secular fables, prayers, Bible stories, and poems, all devoted to a central theme: "reinforcing the vital lessons all parents must teach" about home and family life.Some of the entries address intersibling relations (like "T...
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In John Irving's ninth novel A Widow for One Year, a creepy children's book author named Ted Cole writes a bedtime story about things that go bump in the night. That odd, gently comical tale is brought to life here with Tatjana Hauptmann's shadowy, moonlit pencil illustrations. Young Tom wakes up in the middle of the n...
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This summer Max is going to Camp Snake Lakewhere he will have to swim in a lake filled with poisonous snakes . . . where a Headless Ghost roams the fields . . . where he and his mostly ghostly friends Nicky and Tara will continue the dangerous search for Nicky and Taras parents. But first Max will have to face the evil...
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Starred Review. Grade 5-8Inspired by Lewis Hines haunting photograph of a French Canadian girl in Vermont in 1910, Winthrops compelling story vividly captures the mill experience. Grace Forcier and her friend Arthur, both 12 and the best readers in the mill school, are forced to suspend their educations to doff bobbins...
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Praise for the Nightmares! series: Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and . . . readers will want to accompany him again. The New York Times Book Review A touching comical saga . . . about facing things that go bump in the night. US Weekly Coraline meets Monsters, Inc...
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Gr 46Twelve-year-old cousins, sent away by their parents to the Jersey Shore during the summer of 1929, find themselves alone in their grandfather's huge, seemingly boring mansion. Though the novel's scenery, dress, and vocabulary are all historically accurate, the plot takes an adventurous and mysterious turn into the...
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Praise for the Reckoners Series:"The suspense is relentless and the climax explosive."James Dashner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Maze Runner series Another win for Sanderson . . . hes simply a brilliant writer. Period. Patrick Rothfuss, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Name of t...
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Nicky and Tara still live in Maxs bedroom, and while theyve found some clues, they still dont know what happened to their parents. Meanwhile, Phears is still desperate to get his hands on Nicky and Tara, and to pressure Max into turning them over, Phears brings a Berserker Ghoul to inhabit Maxs bodyand make Max go bers...
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Gr 710Miranda and Lander Allerdon have a deeply rooted sibling rivalry. Miranda, the youngest, is a dreamer who sleeps in late and choose new hobbies on a whim. Lander, on the other hand, is overachieving, on her way to medical school and, as a result, has a slight superiority complex. They are spending the summer with...
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GARY PAULSEN is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people. His most recent books are Flat Broke, Liar, Liar, Lawn Boy Returns, Woods Runner, Notes from the Dog, Mudshark, Lawn Boy, Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day, The Time Hackers, and The Amazing Life of Birds (The Twenty Day Pub...
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Patricia Reilly Giff is the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books, the Friends and Amigos books, and the Polka Dot Private Eye books. Several of her novels for older readers have been chosen as ALA-ALSC Notable Childrens Books and ALA-YALSA Best Books for Young Ad...
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Grade 4–7—In this witty sequel to the much-beloved Lawn Boy (Random, 2007), six weeks have passed. In that time, the 12-year-old's business has expanded, his employees have quadrupled, his prizefighter has been asked by a gangster to throw a match, and his parents have gone on vacation. Lawn Boy is again co...
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Grade 5-7This sequel to Varjak Paw (Random, 2003) continues the story of a cat with ninjalike powers taught to him by an ancestor while he dreams. Varjak is now living in the city with his feline friends, Holly and Tam, and canine friend, Cludge. Evil Sally Bones is starting to invade the neutral places in the city wit...
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A Whitney Award Nominee Anappealing ghost storywithout being creepy, this title would be a great read for any reader looking for a mix ofadventureandhumor.School Library JournalA fun, suspenseful read. . . . Cole's fast-paced fantasy can be enjoyed by the entire family.Deseret News"The adventure of a lifetime--or after...
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Grade 5-8When Beniamino, a nine-year-old Jewish boy from Napoli, is smuggled aboard a cargo ship heading to America in 1892, he assumes his mother is onboard, too. Soon realizing that Mamma isn't with him, he makes the best of his plight, but his goal is to return home as soon as possible. Landing at Ellis Island, he e...
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Grade 36His reflexes honed chasing triplet toddler sisters, Lyle Williams, 12, earned the nickname Mudshark during an especially fierce game of Death Ball. He relishes reading and observing the world as much as he enjoys sports, and his memory for finding lost articles wins him the prestige of unofficial school detecti...
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Grade 5-8In Fox's futuristic world, starvation and homelessness don't exist but the boundary between the haves and have-nots is vast. The best jobs and latest technological inventions go only to the economically elite technocrats and government leaders. Curfews are enforced because marauders often attack these wealthie...
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Praise for The Voice on the Radio:*"Cooney's outstanding command of emotional tension has taken this novel to extraordinary heights."--School Library Journal, starred review*"Readers of Cooney's addictive The Face on the Milk Carton and Whatever Happened to Janie? can start licking their chops."--Publishers Weekly, sta...
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Gr 58When Anna moves to a new town, she hopes that the mansion her mom inherited from an uncle will make life in her snooty new school a bit easier. The hardest part, being phoneless, seems to be solved when she finds a phone on her way to school. Soon life gets a bit crazy with cliques causing trouble at school, a cre...
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Grade 3–5—In this third entry in the series, Harvi and Sarvi Runter-Tun-Tun, reindeer herders and cheese makers par excellence, discover a baby on the doorstep of their cabin in the Frozen North. When the child, Hugo Pepper, is 10, he discovers a sled, a gentleman's boot, and a lady's glove-all that remain ...
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R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children’s author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and...
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Grade 5-8 - A fine addition to a series that will find a home with fans of British fantasy. The first three volumes recount the escapades of young Twig in the Edge in a flat world with floating sky ships and a vast array of often deadly creatures. This fourth book goes back in time to tell the story of Twig's parents, ...
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R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling childrens author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented bestselling Goosebumps series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a wor...
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In this fourth Barnaby Grimes book, the starring character is a tick-tock lad who delivers messages illegally through rooftop runs that give him a unique perspective on a fantastical version of Victorian London. Barnaby is also something of a sleuth, and to absolve a client of her brothers mysterious murder, he must na...
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Grade 47Learning the workings of the free-market economy has never been more fun than in this tall tale of entrepreneurship set in Eden Prairie, MN. When the narrator's grandmother gives him an old rider mower for his 12th birthday, his life changes; he senses "some kind of force behind it." Almost as soon as he figure...
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Grade 2-4-In this upbeat sequel to The Quigleys (Knopf, 2002), Dad, Will, Mum, and Lucy are each featured in a separate chapter. Dad's elaborate trap to catch the family's pet budgie entangles him instead of the bird. Will gets locked inside the school when he goes back on the weekend to find his lost coat. Mum resists...
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Charlie Small is a keen amateur explorer. His interests include climbing trees, collecting things, playing computer games, and soccer. He also enjoys conversing in the secret language of the gorillas. His present whereabouts are unknown, but we understand that he’s hoping to be home in time for tea.; Title: Charl...
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Starred Review, School Library Journal, March 2011:"Contemporary Tagalong and British vernacular enhance the brother/sister narration and enliven the depiction of cultures. In her first young adult novel, Gourlay offers an appealing blend of diverse characters, emotional conflicts, well-paced action, and an upbeat fina...
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*Starred Review* Gr. 4-6. The second volume in the Edge Chronicles series, Stormchaser is a rousing adventure tale with a story that's more complex and satisfying than its predecessor, Beyond the Deepwoods [BKL Jl 2004]. Sanctophrax, a city of academics that floats in the air above Undertown, threatens to break from it...
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Gr 7-10Three young teens, trash-picker living in the city dump of an unnamed third-world country, discover a mysterious bag one morning, triggering a chain of events that will change their lives forever. Raphael, Gordo, and Rat take turns nar-rating the story of how they uncover a network of political corruption and ab...
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Wells third Pocket Cats offering finds ceramic cat Ollie coming to life to help Maddy solve a new problem. Assisted by feline magic, Maddy casts a spell enabling best friend Rachel to shine during ballet auditions; as a result, Rachel is given the role of Clara in The Nutcracker. But pride in her powers soon turns to j...
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Grade 7-10A prequel to The Various (Random, 2004). Celandine is the odd student at her new boarding school, the one who doesn't fit in. World War I has just begun and her brother has enlisted, leaving her feeling even more alone. She hatches a plan to escape the institution's cruelty and ridiculous rules and regulation...
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Patricia Reilly Giff is the author of many beloved books for children, including the Kids of the Polk Street School books. Several of her novels for middle-grade readers have been chosen as ALA-ALSC Notable Books and ALA-YALSA Best Books for Young Adults. They include The Gift of the Pirate Queen; All the Way Home; Wat...
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Lyn Gardner was born in London. A theater critic for The Guardian, she goes to the theater five or six nights a week, which should leave no time for writing books at all. She and her two daughters have one venerable goldfish (there were two, but one came to a tragic end) and a horsewho is the most demanding, temperamen...
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Dragged into a haunted house by his friend Aaron, Max finds some objects that he thinks might help his ghost friends Nicky and Tara. But when he takes them home for further research, he upsets a whole colony of evil ghostsand sends a crazy human-melting Heat Ghost after the girl of his dreams! When Max realizes what he...
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PRAISE FOR THE EDGE CHRONICLES:"Sure to please the Potter fans." Detroit Free Press "The narrative will cast a spell over readers from the beginning with its utterly odd, off-kilter sense of logic and a vocabulary that is equal parts Dr. Seuss and Lewis Carroll." Publishers Weekly "Good fun." Kirkus ReviewsStunningly o...
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Grade 4-7-When danger, in the form of a strange man and his two deadly feline companions, intrudes upon the sheltered existence of a family of Mesopotamian Blue cats, Varjak must venture Outside for the first time to seek help. He meets a feral cat named Holly, who takes him to the city and helps him survive on the mea...
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Grade 4-7The Edge is filled with icky monsters, profoundly rotten villains, and shiny striving heroes, all with silly names such as muglumps, Orbix Xaxis, and Rook Barkwater. There are dangers behind every tree, mysterious fogs, stones that fly, and trolls and talking bears. In this fifth volume of the "Chronicles," Ro...
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School Library Journal review, October 2014:"Dougs childlike enthusiasm for helping while attempting and accomplishing new tasks is delightful. Yaccarino makes an excellent point: learning by doing as well as by studying makes for a well-rounded robot." Kirkus review, May 2014:"A fine farm story that doubles nicely as ...
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Ted Dewan is an award-winning creator of children’s books, whose first book won the Mother Goose Award (UK) in 1992. He was shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler Award (UK) in 1997 for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and the Kate Greenaway Award in 2001 for Crispin, the Pig Who Had It All. He lives in Oxford, England...
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Alicia Potter is the author of several picture books, including Mrs. Harkness and the Panda, which was a Cybils Award winner and was named an NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People. She lives in Boston, where she is a freelance writer and childrens book reviewer. As a former animal shelter foster m...
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Charlie Small is a keen amateur explorer. His interests include swinging through jungles, cooking for pirates, and puppet skills. He is also rather handy with a cutlass, and can swim underwater without oxygen. Charlies current whereabouts are a matter of some speculation; however, his mother assures us that he will be ...
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Gr 46Henry Shipley and his family are going home to meet his father, a ship captain returning from his latest journey at sea. While aboard the train, Henry meets Ellie Strasbourg, who disappears shortly thereafter. With the help of Clarence Nockwood, the head train conductor, and Lantern Sam, a talking cat touted as th...
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The idea of a race of little people (fairies) living secretly among us has had a powerful hold on the imaginations of writers from Shakespeare to Terry Pratchett and Eoin Colfer. In The Various, Steve Augarde has used this fascination brilliantly to craft the first novel of a trilogy full of breathless action and wonde...
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PreS-Children are taken on an entertaining, duck-led tour in springtime and given insight into the first day in the lives of eight diverse animals. The babies highlighted have distinct differences right from the start. Some are "only children," while others have many siblings. Some can walk immediately, others cannot. ...
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Kirkus review, August 2014:"A cliffhanger of a football novel bristling with social, personal, familial and ethical issues to complement the gridiron action.... All the goods for the sports enthusiastand more." Publishers Weekly review, August 2014:"[With] lots of play-by-play action, sensational plot developments, and...
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Grade 2-4-Each member of the Quigley family is highlighted in one of four short chapters, with a fifth story about a neighbor's cat. Dad's Big Toe chronicles a nail polish fiasco; Lucy's Big Day shows how even the worst birthday party can be memorable. In Will's Big Effort, Mum invites a sick friend's unpleasant son to...
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Gr 35Rosie has had a very difficult year. That's what her fifth grade teacher writes in the comment section of her report card, and it's true. Until now, Rosie has lived a charmed existence with her doughnut shopowning, book-loving father and her very bad (but very lovable) dog, Augustus. But then one terrible day, her...
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LEO LIONNI wrote and illustrated more than 40 picture books, including four Caldecott Honor booksInch by Inch, Swimmy, Frederick, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. He died in 1999 at the age of 89.; Title: What?
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Gr 25The crime-fighting Lunch Lady has been canned by the dastardly new superintendent, and a slew of thugs have united to take over the school in her absence. The Breakfast Bunch, Lunch Lady, and her cohort Betty must team up in this final volume to save Thompson Brook School for good. The only downside to this book i...
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LEO LIONNI wrote and illustrated more than 40 picture books, including four Caldecott Honor books—Inch by Inch, Swimmy, Frederick, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. He died in 1999 at the age of 89.; Title: Where?
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K-Gr 2A wee white mouse has reading and typing skills that allow him to locate and return a series of missing objects on Offley Street. Hermelin (named for the cheese box in which he arrived), secretly leaves notes for the human residents, divulging locations of their misplaced treasures. When his message saves Baby Mc...
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In this stirring conclusion to The Various (2004) and Celandine (2006),Midge and her family are movingto Mill Farm, where Midge cherishes a photograph of her great-aunt Celandine and wisps of memory of the Various, little winged folk, engaged in fierce disagreement over an ancient pair of artifacts, the Orbis and Touch...
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Gr 24A horse chestnut tree in the courtyard next to Anne Frank's secret annex serves as the focal point in this beautifully subtle picture book. Beginning with a quote from Anne's famous diary describing "the bare chestnut tree glistening with dew," the spare text and delicate illustrations create a moving and powerful...
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"Nichols infuses the story with a smattering of science fiction and science fact, while making a welcome departure from the stereotype of the book-smart outcast trying to fit in. These geeks own their intelligence like a badge of honor, using science to help a friend and explore strange new worlds. Riveting in its own ...
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LEO LIONNI wrote and illustrated more than 40 picture books, including four Caldecott Honor booksInch by Inch, Swimmy, Frederick, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. He died in 1999 at the age of 89.; Title: When?
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REBECCA KAI DOTLICH is a poet and picture book author whose work has been featured in numerous magazines, anthologies, and textbooks. Her books have received a number of awards including the Golden Kite Honor and a Bank Street Children's Book of the Year. She has two grown children and four grandchildren and lives in I...
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Grade 5-9The young sky-pirate Captain Twig has been sent on a quest by his father Cloud Wolf. To save his world, he must sever the Anchor Chain of the floating city Sanctaphraxhome to academics and alchemistsbefore the Mother Storm arrives to reseed Riverrise with her rain. Unfortunately, Twig's memory of his father's ...
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MARK HADDON is an author, illustrator, and screenwriter who has written 15 books for children and won two BAFTAs. His bestselling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time was published simultaneously by Jonathan Cape and David Fickling in 2003 in the U.K. It won 17 literary prizes, including the Whitbre...
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In this sequel to Curse of the Night Wolf (2008), Barnaby the tick-tock lad (messenger) resumes his adventures as a highstacker (traveler by rooftops rather than roads) in an unnamed city resembling Victorian London. His new friend, Mei Ling, teaches him a seemingly magical martial art, which comes in handy when he cha...
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Matthew Cody is the author of several popular books, including the Supers of Nobles Green trilogy: Powerless, Super, and Villainous. He is also the author of Will in Scarlet and The Dead Gentleman. Originally from the Midwest, he now lives with his wife and son in Manhattan. You can visit him on the Web at matthewcody....
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PreS-Gr 2Meet the Frog family: Mommy, Daddy, and Little Frog. It is just the three of them until Little Frog learns that he is about to become a big brother to nine tadpoles. When his siblings arrive, they can't jump, play the drums, or do much of anything except take up mom and dad's time and attention. His parents ar...
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Reviewed with Dewan's Bing: Get Dressed.PreS. It's hard to know what's more fun here, the computer-collage art or the satisfying way Dewan captures a child's world. The child is bunny-boy Bing. In Get Dressed, he and stuffed animal Flop awake, and Flop starts facilitating the dressing with comments every parent will re...
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Toddler-PreSIn this book, Penfold humorously presents the demanding schedule of an infant. As the title suggests, this mostly consists of eating, sleeping, and pooping, although sometimes sleep is "cut back," leading to a few illustrations of a cranky baby. The book concludes by repeating the refrain, "Eat, Sleep, Poop...
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PreSTwo toddlers play at the beach while their mothers lounge nearby reading. After unloading the car and setting up their chairs and umbrella, the moms allow the sun suit-clad girl and boy to take their pail and shovels to the shore. The first "Uh-oh!" happens when the girl's oversized spectacles slip off her face and...
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Starred Review, School Library Journal, February 1, 2012:The book will raise readers awareness of backyard food chains and encourage some students to try gardening themselves.Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, November 15, 2011:"Zoehfelds latest is a wonderfully informative and enjoyable journey through one familys backya...
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PreS-Gr 2-Not everyone is lucky enough to be born with superpowers or get bitten by a radioactive spider and develop abilities overnight. Fear not! Just use the Superhero Instruction Manual and you can be a superhero in seven easy steps. While the first six steps (pick a name, pick a sidekick, craft a super disguise, s...
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LEO LIONNI wrote and illustrated more than 40 picture books, including four Caldecott Honor booksInch by Inch, Swimmy, Frederick, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. He died in 1999 at the age of 89.; Title: Who?
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K-Gr 2Duncan the dragon loves reading. At least, he thinks he does. He can never quite get to the end of the book because his imagination sets them on fireliterally. Filled with longing to reach "The End," Duncan asks numerous woodland critters to read to him, but no one will take up his offer. Finally, a mouse who lov...
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LEO LIONNI wrote and illustrated more than 40 picture books, including four Caldecott Honor booksInch by Inch, Swimmy, Frederick, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. He died in 1999 at the age of 89.; Title: Swimmy 50th Anniversary Edition
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K-Gr 2Little Bunny has 10 rules about how to be a super awesome ninja with the most important one being that a super awesome ninja must work alone. But when a bear comes rumbling in and challenges Little Bunny, he learns a valuable lesson that all super awesome ninjas need to knowthe value of having super awesome frien...
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Gr 8 UpA sequel to Now That You're Here (Knopf, 2014) that reflects what happens in the parallel universe from which the original Danny dropped in. Danny is living his miserable life in the Phoenix desert when the unthinkable happens: he is dropped into a parallel universe where his parents are alive, he has friends, a...
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Praise for The Peddlers Road: The Peddlers Road begins as a creepy fairy talemystery and then explodes into a wild fantasy adventure. . . . Cody has begun what promises to be an epic trilogy. Adam Gidwitz, New York Times bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm and The Inquisitors Tale Prepare to be enchanted. Like ...
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PreS-Gr 2When a family of ducks welcomes a bear into their home, they don't consider the size of his body. "Things were always a little crowded," especially at bedtime (he sleeps on the roof) and mealtimes (his feet hang out the front window when he eats). But both the large and the small animals in this story have big...
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Grade 58Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad-an all-purpose messenger whose "highstacking" route carries him rapidly over the city's rooftops. He is suspicious when retired coachman Old Benjamin tells him about a miraculous cure offered free by Doctor Cadwallader. Then Benjamin vanishes mysteriously, and that same full-mo...
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Maxwell Eaton III grew up in Vermont, where he spent his childhood climbing trees, damming streams, and spying on unsuspecting cows. He now creates childrens books in Tucson, Arizona, where the trees cant be climbed and the streams run dry, but the cows are still relatively unsuspecting. He is the author and illustrato...
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Praise for Ninja Bunny: Sweetly humorous fun. Publishers Weekly Gorgeous illustrations add a level of humor and whimsy. . . . Ninja Bunny is sure to delight young warriors of all stripes. New York Journal of Books Marvelous simplicity. Examiner.com Funny and full of motion. Kirkus ReviewsJennifer Gray Olson is the crea...
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PreS-Gr 2In a companion to Reagan's How to Babysit a Grandpa (Knopf, 2012), a young girl heads over to her grandma's house for a sleepover babysitting session-with the child providing clear and humorous instructions to readers on how to care for a grandma. The to-do list contains many choices for Grandma to select from...
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Gr 13This series excels at giving advancing readers challenges while building on the vocabulary learned earlier, and this title about a young orphan from war-torn Sierra Leone who follows her dream of becoming a ballerina is no exception. Michaela dePrince describes how she was sent to an orphanage after her parents di...
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Gr 47As this lively, fast-paced novel attests, the streets of late 19th-century New York City were especially cruel to young immigrants trying to improve their chances of upward mobility. Eleven-year-old Rocco, newly arrived in New York after a misunderstanding caused by an obstinate donkey, is sold to a cruel and mise...
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Starred review,Publishers Weekly, August 11, 2014:"A compelling narrative . . . The books strong thread is Michaelas lifelong passion for ballet and her candid depiction of the physical and emotional struggles of becoming a black classical ballerina. There is plenty of ballet detail for dance lovers to revel in, and th...
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"A delicate fantasy about friendship, illustrated with bold, sumptuous collages." The New York Times"Eye-catching, boldly colored collages illustrate this classic 'grass is always greener' story in which a live mouse is envious of his mechanical counterpart." BooklistLEO LIONNI wrote and illustrated more than 40 pictur...
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