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5 more sleeps 'til Christmas
by Jimmy Fallon
"Everyone who grew up celebrating Christmas remembers the excitement that built up to the most magical day of the year. But why not make the last week until Christmas more fun by counting how many sleeps until the arrival of Santa and his reindeer?"
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Pocket piggies Christmas!
by Richard Austin
Young teacup pigs celebrate Christmas by playing in the snow, putting up decorations, and snuggling up to one another
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The story of Thanksgiving
by Nancy J. Skarmeas
Recounts the story of the first Thanksgiving, including the journey of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower and the assistance offered to them by Squanto and the other Indians
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There was a young rabbi : a Hanukkah tale
by Suzanne Wolfe
"Hanukkah is a very busy time! Join the rabbi as she makes festive preparations-spinning the dreidel, cooking a tasty meal, lighting the menorah and more-in this cumulative, rhyming story to remember the miracle from a long time ago!"
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There's an elf in your book
by Tom Fletcher
The YouTube star and best-selling author of There’s a Monster in Your Book depicts a mischievous elf who shares offbeat recommendations for making it onto Santa’s “nice” list, outlining tongue-in-cheek suggestions for caroling, clapping and burping. Illustrations.
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All because you matter
by Tami Charles
A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to Black and Brown children everywhere reminds them how much they matter, that they have always mattered and they always will. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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The blue table
by Christopher Raschka
A two-time Caldecott Medalist celebrates family, community, generosity and giving thanks in this stunning and innovative picture book set entirely around a blue table. Illustrations.
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The chicken who couldn't
by Jan Thomas
A laugh-out-loud story about overcoming obstacles and believing in yourself finds Chicken falling out of Farmer’s truck on the way home from a disappointing fair before his long walk home is complicated by the antics of a hungry fox. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Construction site mission : demolition
by Sherri Duskey Rinker
In rhyming text, the vehicles of the construction crew set to work demolishing an old rickety building--the necessary first step to building something new
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The couch potato
by Jory John
A latest entry in the best-selling series that includes The Cool Bean depicts a Couch Potato who is forced by a power outage to peel himself away from the comforts of his living room to discover fresh air, sunshine and actual happiness outdoors. 250,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Dr. Seuss's every voice counts : make youself heard!
by Dr. Seuss
Illustrated throughout with classic artwork from various Dr. Seuss classics, including The Lorax, Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton Hears a Who! and many others, the unrhymed text gently reminds readers of all ages that every voice counts and that many voices combined together have the power to create change. Illustrations.
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Ellie makes a friend
by Mike Wu
When a panda fellow artist travels all the way from China to join her zoo, Ellie the creative elephant begins to question her own talents in the face of the newcomer’s distinctive style. By the creator of Henri’s Hats. 35,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Froggy builds a snowman
by Jonathan London
Froggy is very excited about his first Winter Carnival, and even though Mr. Mugwort has the day carefully planned the time for building a special snowman finally arrives
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Holiday!
by Natalie Nelson
When a strange visitor named Holiday arrives early one morning and informs her that he will be taking over for a little while, Monday joins her fellow days of the week in trying to figure out a schedule solution that will work for everyone. By the illustrator of A Storytelling of Ravens. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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How do dinosaurs show good manners?
by Jane Yolen
In rhyming text, naughty dinosaurs learn the importance of having good manners, saying "please" and "thank you," and never, ever making a mess
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If you come to Earth
by Sophie Blackall
In this picture book, a boy writes a letter to an imagined alien, explaining all the things he will need to know about Earth and the people who live here--and adding a postscript asking what the alien might look like
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In a jar
by Deborah Marcero
A charming, beautifully illustrated picture book about the power of memory and the magic of friendship finds little rabbit Llewellyn, who loves to collect things in jars, and best friend Evelyn trying to find a way to continue their very special friendship when Evelyn’s family moves away. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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In my garden
by Charlotte Zolotow
An intergenerational tribute to the experiences of nature across the seasons through the eyes of children and adults depicts two friends who watch the birds, fly a kite, plant flowers and play in the snow, in an updated rendering of Zolotow’s 1960 picture book. Illustrations.
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In the city
by Christopher Raschka
The Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator of The Hello, Goodbye Window celebrates unexpected friendship and city life from the perspective of two pigeons who fly around buildings and through parks in search of a friend before discovering the almost magical connections of a bustling urban community. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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My best friend
by Julie Fogliano
A celebration of childhood friendship by the best-selling author of When Green Becomes Tomatoes and the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of This One Summer introduces best friends who share laughter and understand each other. 100,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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On account of the gum
by Adam Rex
In a timeless tale of wordplay and humor, a family resorts to increasingly wacky measures to get a wad of gum unstuck from a kid’s hair, causing everything from butter and scissors to the vacuum and a pet cat to become impossibly, hilariously entangled. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Small Walt spots Dot
by Elizabeth Verdick
A companion to Small Walt finds Walt the snowplow and his driver, Gus, plowing a parking lot on a busy snowy day before encountering a stray puppy that needs their help. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Sun flower lion
by Kevin Henkes
Combines deceptively simple shapes and a minimalist palette with simile-rich text designed to support emerging readers in the imagination-inspiring story of a lion under a bright sun who dreams he is in a field of delicious cookie flowers. By the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of Kitten’s First Full Moon. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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A vote is a powerful thing
by Catherine Stier
When her class organizes an election to decide where they will go for a field trip, young Callie learns about elections processes, why people have fought for voting rights throughout history and the difference that can be made with even a single vote. Illustrations.
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While We Can't Hug
by Eoin Mclaughlin
Hedgehog and Tortoise were the best of friends. So the two friends wave to each other, blow kisses, sing songs, dance around and write letters. And even though they can't hug and they can't touch, they both know that they are loved. A gorgeous, uplifting, inspiring picture book that makes social distancing fun!
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Will you be my friend?
by Sam McBratney
From the legendary author and illustrator creators of the heartwarming picture book classic Guess How Much I Love You comes a delightful sequel that finds Little Nutbrown Hare out exploring on his own, and when he reaches Cloudy Mountain, something extraordinary happens: He discovers a new friend! Illustrations.
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You are ready! : the world is waiting
by Eric Carle
The best-selling creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar combines sparse text with Eric Carle’s signature cut-paper artwork in an inspirational gift book that invites readers to spread their wings and pursue the next big step. 100,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Frog meets dog
by Janee Trasler
A laugh-out-loud early reader friendship collection blends fluency-bolstering text with expressively silly artwork in three stories that introduce two unlikely friends and the differences they overcome to navigate unexpected challenges. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
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I want to sleep under the stars!
by Mo Willems
The Squirrel pals get a bit overenthusiastic in their efforts to help Zoom Squirrel fulfill his dream of sleeping under the night stars
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If I had your vote
by Cat in the Hat
An uproarious Election Day reader finds the Cat in the Hat outlining laugh-out-loud campaign promises if he is elected president, including giving the Oval Office a more pronounced shape, replanting the Rose Garden with Seussian shrubbery and painting smiles on the somber portraits of historical leaders. Illustrations.
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A pig, a fox, and a fox
by Jonathan Fenske
Using his look-a-like doll, Fox tries to prank his friend Pig, with unexpected results
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Atty at law
by Tim Lockette
Atticus "Atty" Peale fights for the rights of animals, copes with having a racially-mixed family in small-town Alabama, navigates the social scene of middle school, and determines to help her father prove Jethro Gersham innocent of murder
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the deep end
by Jeff Kinney
On their a cross-country camping trip, Greg Heffley and his family find themselves stranded at an RV park that's not exactly a summertime paradise and when the skies open up and the water starts to rise, the Heffleys wonder if they can save their vacation--or if they're already in too deep
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Don't Turn Out the Lights : A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Jonathan Maberry
A life-size baby doll who stalks its prey. A flesh-hungry ogre who jingle jangles when he walks. A haunted house just dying for a visitor. What do all these things have in common? In collaboration with the Horror Writers Association, master of horror Jonathan Maberry has compiled a gruesome collection of terrifying stories--in tribute to Alvin Schwartz's classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series--that will absolutely chill readers to the bone. So turn off your lamps, click on your flashlights, and prepare--if you dare--to be utterly spooked!
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Double dog dare : Dog Diaries / Happy Howlidays
by James Patterson
When the evil Mrs. Stricker threatens to send Junior, Rafe Khatchadorian's dog, back to the pound, Junior and Rafe go to obedience school to learn how to follow the rules, and when mischievous mutt Junior causes a Turkey Day disaster, getting out of the doghouse will take a Christmas miracle!
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Ghost squad
by Claribel Ortega
Casting a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits that wreak havoc throughout St. Augustine, Lucely and Syd team up with the latter’s grandmother and tabby cat to break the curse and save Lucely’s firefly spirits. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Kondo & Kezumi visit Giant Island
by David Goodner
Living on a fantastical island of berry trees, flitter-birds and fluffle-bunnies, big Kondo and little Kezumi discover a map in a bottle that has washed ashore before building a boat that takes them on remarkable adventures. 50,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Last mirror on the left
by L. R. Giles
Otto and Sheed, The Legendary Alston Boys of Logan County, are ordered by Missus Nedraw to bring a fugitive to justice in a world that mirrors their own but has its own rules
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Lights, camera, danger!
by Henry Winkler
Landing a role on a popular Hollywood sitcom, Buddy Burger catapults into stardom before his secret identity is further complicated by the arrival of a shape-shifting Squadron member from his home planet who arrives with a mission to bring him back by any means necessary. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Lucy Lopez : Coding Star
by Claudia Mills
Feeling left out when the older sister with whom she created a fun club begins spending most of her free time coding, third grader Lucy joins her sister’s after-school coding camp, where her remarkable talents lead to an unanticipated sibling rivalry. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
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Narwhal on a sunny night
by Mary Pope Osborne
Transported by the Magic Tree House some 1,000 years back in time, Jack and Annie arrive in Greenland, where they meet young hunter Lief Erikson and ask him for help saving a narwhal. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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The Popper penguin rescue
by Eliot Schrefer
The two-time National Book Award finalist and best-selling author of the Spirit Animals series presents an original adventure inspired by the Newbery Honor-winning Mr. Popper’s Penguins that finds two Popper family descendants racing to return a pair of newly hatched penguin chicks to their home. 100,000 first printing. Movie tie-in. Simultaneous eBook.
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Secret of White Stone Gate
by Julia Nobel
Before returning to Wellsworth, twelve-year-old Emmy receives a letter from her father telling her to trust no one, but the Order is up to no good and she will need help to stop them
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When you trap a tiger
by Tae Keller
Moving with her parents into the home of her sick grandmother, young Lily forges a complicated pact with a magical tiger, in a story inspired by Korean folktales. By the author of The Science of Unbreakable Things. Simultaneous eBook.
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Cleo Porter and the body electric
by Jake Burt
"Like everyone else, twelve-year-old Cleo and her parents are sealed in an apartment without windows or doors. They never leave. They never get visitors. Their food is dropped off by drones. So they're safe. Safe from the disease that nearly wiped humansfrom the earth. The trade-off? They're alone. Thus, when they receive a package clearly meant for someone else--a package containing a substance critical for a stranger's survival--Cleo is stuck"
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King and the dragonflies
by Kacen Callender
A 12-year-old boy spends days in the mystical Louisiana bayou to come to terms with a sibling’s sudden death, his grief-stricken family and the disappearance of his former best friend amid whispers about the latter’s sexual orientation. By the award-winning author of Hurricane Child. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Show me a sign
by Ann Clare LeZotte
The Deaf librarian and author of T4 draws on the true history of a thriving 19th-century Deaf community on Martha’s Vineyard in the story of a girl whose proud lineage is threatened by land disputes with the Wampanoag and a ruthlessly ambitious scientist. Simultaneous eBook.
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Something to say
by Lisa Moore Ramée
A friendless girl who has developed a knack for keeping her head down at school resists a red-headed newcomer who wants to make friends, before the two are paired for a class assignment that she hopes will secure her position on the debate team. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Three keys : a Front desk novel
by Kelly Yang
A laugh-out-loud sequel to the award-winning Front Desk finds Mia Tang embarking on a sixth grade year that is complicated by a hard-to-please teacher, financial setbacks at her parents’ motel and a looming immigration law that threatens to derail her entire life. Simultaneous eBook.
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Cat Kid comic club
by Dav Pilkey
"Li'l Petey, Flippy, and Molly introduce twenty-one rambunctious, funny, and talented baby frogs to the art of comic making. As the story unwinds with mishaps and hilarity, readers get to see the progress, mistakes, and improvements that come with practice and persistence"
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Catwad : four me?
by Jim Benton
Collects the adventures of Catwad, a grouchy blue cat, and his best friend, a happy-go-lucky cat named Blurmp who can see the bright side of anything, as they play golf, bake a cake, and go camping
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Glork patrol on the bad planet : Glork Patrol on the Bad Planet
by James Kochalka
"Exploding from the beloved Glorkian Warrior video game and graphic novels: a hilarious new outer-space adventure, from the creator of the Eisner-Award-winning series JOHNNY BOO and DRAGON PUNCHER! Who keeps the galaxy silly? The Glork Patrol! Join the Glorkian Warrior and Baby Gonk as they explore a new planet and make some new friends. But they'll have to watch out for the most dangerous creature in the universe: a Baby Quackaboodle! Join author James Kochalka for a new beginning to the wild and wacky universe of Glork!"
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InvestiGators. Take the plunge
by John Green
"S.U.I.T. headquarters is under attack, and Mango and Brash are going undercover and underground disguised as city sewer workers to unclog a sticky situation. But when their search for the criminal Crackerdile backfires, the toilets they travel through back up--and the InvestiGators take the blame for it! Can Mango and Brash restore their good name and put the real culprit behind bars before the whole city is in deep water?"
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Measuring up
by Lily Lamotte
Having just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, twelve-year-old Cici enters a cooking competition to win the chance to see her grandmother again, but she only knows how to cook Taiwanese food
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Noodleheads lucky day
by Tedd Arnold
"Brothers Mac and Mac are SO lucky that everything goes well - even when their frenemy Meatball plays tricks on them"
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PopularMMOs presents Zombies' day off
by Pat + Jen
When Jen follows a mysterious voice that beckons her to the underworld to uncover a secret about her past, Pat almost doesn’t notice that a sinister plot is afoot, and to defeat the new villain in town, Pat and Jen might just have to do the unthinkable—team up with Evil Jen to put a stop to their nemesis before it’s too late. Media tie-in.
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Splatoon. Vol. 9
by Sankichi Hinodeya
A mysterious player joins Team Blue to fill in for a missing teammate so they can compete in the Square King Ranked Battle Cup
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Twins
by Varian Johnson
Featuring graphic art by the illustrator of Edwidge Danticat’s My Mommy Medicine, a series debut by the Coretta Scott King Honor-winning author of The Parker Inheritance finds twins Maureen and Francine distinguishing themselves for the first time by pursing separate interests at the beginning of the sixth grade. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
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All about Helen Keller
by Chris Edwards
An introduction to the life and achievements of Helen Keller describes how with the help of teacher Anne Sullivan, she became the first blind and deaf person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree before dedicating her life to advocacy. Original.
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Beethoven for kids : his life and music with 21 activities
by Helen Bauer
Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the most influential composers of all time, is brought vividly to life and made relevant to today's young musicians through 21 activities as well as a timeline, glossary, reading lists and more. Original.
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Joey : the story of Joe Biden
by Jill. Biden
The wife of former Vice President and presidential candidate Joe Biden recounts his childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, his perseverance and leadership from his earliest years, his struggles to overcome stuttering, his relationships with his family, andhis political career
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Kamala Harris : rooted in justice
by Nikki Grimes
A sumptuously illustrated, lyrical portrait of the activist senator and presidential candidate touches on her mixed-heritage childhood as the daughter of immigrants and the long-fostered beliefs that inspired her work on behalf of equality, freedom and justice. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
by Laurie Calkhoven
"Biography of American Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg"
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Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
by Patricia Demuth
A latest capsule biography profiles the iconic Supreme Court Justice, tracing her advocacy for gender equality as a young lawyer, the important cases she argued before the Supreme Court and her history-shaping achievements after her 1993 confirmation. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
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Who was Galileo?
by Patricia Demuth
Illustrated biographies featuring a range of fascinating figures from history (and current figures, too!) provide great information and entertainment through short chapters and illustrations that will appeal to reluctant readers as well as middle readers in general. Simultaneous eBook.
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