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Raffie Lipton lives a rat’s dream life. In his family’s subway station home, he has all the food he can forage from the treasure chests humans call trash cans, He also has the perfect shoebox bed for telling his brother his famous adventure stories. But when one of those stories goes awry and his little brother is taken from their Brooklyn subway station, Raffie must set out on an adventure across the city to find him. Along the way, he meets other urban animals, including a street-wise pigeon, a pampered show dog, a genteel cockroach, and sewer rat kings. Ultimately, Raffie must search for the inner hero that he isn't sure he has.
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Crafty Science by Jane BullScience is all around you and in everything you make and do! Discover a variety of arts, crafts and cooking activities, from building a toy raft and discovering what makes it float, to creating an ice sculpture and learning about the changing states of solds and liquids.
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Every Missing Piece by Melanie Conklin Maddy Gaines sees danger everywhere she looks: at the bus stop, around the roller rink, in the woods, and (especially) by the ocean. When Maddy meets a mysterious boy setting booby traps in the North Carolina woods, she suspects he is Billy Holcomb--the boy who went missing in the fall. As Maddy tries to uncover the truth about Billy Holcomb, ghosts from her own past surface, her best friend starts to slip away. Maddy's world tilts once again. Can she put the pieces of her life back together, even if some of them are lost forever?
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Canada Goose Poop or Duck Poop? by Colin MatthewsIt might not be too hard to tell the difference between a Canada goose and a duck, but distinguishing between their feces is a little trickier. Budding animal trackers can use this fun guide to figure out which is which! Good news! For further grossness, check out the entire Scoop on Poop series.
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Animal Antics by Paul VirrThere's no shortage of opportunities for hilarity when it comes to animals. Readers of this captivating volume won't be able to stop laughing at the entertaining jokes about bunnies, snakes, dogs, cats, and numerous other animals. Jokes are short and easy to remember, so be prepared to hear them more than once!
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Jess's imagination has always been her best friend. She's trained it to feel as real as it possibly can, especially in the stories she writes for Davie, the young boy in a coma who is her only friend. But nothing is as real as the world she'll find.
One night, tired of peeking at the other children beyond her curtained house, she sneaks out to explore the empty playground she's longed to visit. Beyond, she discovers a garden made entirely of ice, a Narnia with flying elephant mice, ice apples with shining golf liquid inside.
But Jess soon discovers that she's not alone. And her presence there could be destroying its very existence.
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Rocks by Meg GaertnerEasy-to-read text, simple infographics, and fun facts create a basic explanation of rocks and how they form. Young readers will begin to learn about the different kinds of rock, and why some sparkle while others are rough. Other features include a table of contents, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.
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Albie has never been the smartest kid in his class. He has never been the tallest. Or the best at gym. Or the greatest artist. Or the most musical. In fact, Albie has a long list of the things he's not very good at. But then Albie gets a new babysitter, Calista, who helps him figure out all of the things he is good at and how he can take pride in himself.
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Sadie and Gardener Marv set out to clear weeds from a garden plot. While working, they go on a magical adventure to learn all about seeds. From hitching a ride with a cocklebur to flying through the sky with a milkweed seed, join Sadie as she figures out how seeds disperse.
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All orphan Bolt Wattle has ever wanted was to find his true family. When a mysterious baron in far-off Brugaria sends for Bolt, he wonders if he's getting closer to finding his long-lost parents. But Baron Chordata appears to be a boy who wears tuxedos all the time, shouts at everyone, and forbids Bolt from asking questions. Things couldn't get any worse, until midnight, when the Baron bites Bolt and turns him into a half boy, half penguin.
Things really couldn't get worse-- nope, wait, they get a lot worse. With the help and hindrance of a plucky girl who just might be the world's greatest bandit, a whale cult led by a man whose weapon is a stale loaf of French bread, Bolt's on a quest to reverse the curse, return to human form, and stop the Baron from taking over the country of Brugaria with his army of mind-controlled penguins.
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