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All around us
by Xelena Gonzalez
Finding circles everywhere, a grandfather and his granddaughter meditate on the cycles of life and nature
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Big cat, little cat
by Elisha Cooper
"A moving tale about friendship, new beginnings, and cats"
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Big Choo
by Stephen Shaskan
Wanting to be a big puffing, chugging train just like his dad, Little Choo rides the rails with determination and a "try it again" attitude that helps him tap the power of his bravery, speed, strength and smarts so that he can qualify for travel on the main line. By the creator of The Three Triceratops Tuff.
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Baby Monkey, private eye
by Brian Selznick
The Caldecott Medal-winning creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret blends the styles of a picture book, beginning reader and graphic novel in a story for younger audiences that conveys the imaginative adventures of Baby Monkey, Private Eye, who searches for lost jewels, sniffs out a missing pizza and tracks down a stolen spaceship.
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Batman will save the day!
by A. E. Dingee
A Ready-to-Go! first reader for young Batman fans who have learned the alphabet and are ready to start reading presents a fun-filled Caped Crusader adventure using no more than 100 words, including sight words, word families, rhymes and skill-reinforcing repetition. Simultaneous and eBook.
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Cows can moo! Can you? : All About Farms
by Bonnie Worth
Developing readers are invited to join the Cat in the Hat on a day at the farm with the Greenbean family, who introduce children to such daily activities as milking cows, feeding chickens, shearing sheep and tending growing fields.
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Dance, dance, dance!
by Ethan Long
"Horse and Buggy are best friends, but Horse likes to dance and Buggy doesn't--until Horse shows him how to get down!"
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Daniel will pack a snack
by Tina Gallo
A first leveled reader for young Daniel Tiger fans follows the story of the irrepressible character from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood as he prepares for the day by anticipating his need for nutrition, in a story complemented by skill-reinforcing sight words, rhymes and repetitive text. Simultaneous and eBook. TV tie-in.
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King & Kayla and the case of the missing dog treats
by Dori Hillestad Butler
When the peanut butter treats Kayla has made for Jillian's new puppy go missing, the elimination of her own dog, King, as a suspect reveals the presence of a possible intruder in the house. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Buddy Files: Case of the Lost Boy.
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LEGO Ninjago: Ninja in action!
by Beth Davies
Featuring comprehensive, skill-reinforcing text for new readers, an engaging leveled reader for young LEGO NINJAGO fans combines a high-action storyline with vibrant DK artwork. Simultaneous. Media tie-in.
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Lego Women of Nasa : Space Heroes
by Hannah Dolan
Complemented by engaging LEGO brick figures and models, a skill-building reader celebrates the lives and achievements of the brave women of the NASA space program. Simultaneous.
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Marigold Fairy Makes a Friend
by Elizabeth Dennis
Wanting to keep pests out of the garden in the Land of Flower Wings, Marigold Fairy and her friend Butterfly wonder if pests could actually become friends, in a skill-building reader that shares fun gardening facts. Simultaneous and eBook.
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Max's half birthday
by Rosemary Wells
After going to two friends' birthday parties, Max wants a party, too, so Grandma suggests a half birthday party, with all the half-trimmings
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Moby Shinobi: Ninja at the pet shop
by Luke Flowers
Told in rhyme, Moby Shinobi tries to put his ninja skills to work helping out at the pet shop, but as usual his efforts result in complete chaos--until he redeems himself by finding the missing python
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Mouse loves spring
by Lauren Thompson
Heading outside to play with Momma on a warm and windy day, Mouse observes a feathery bird, a wiggly worm and a hopping frog before discovering a beautiful flower and realizing that the spring season has arrived. By the author of the Little Quack series. Simultaneous and eBook.
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Pig and Cat are pals
by Douglas Florian
A pair of friends who enjoy sharing activities find their bond tested when one of them makes a new friend, leaving the other to endure loneliness until all three begin playing together, in a relatable story complemented by stylized crayon and color-pencil artwork designed to look like a child's drawings. Simultaneous.
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PJ Masks: Owlette and the giving owl
by Daphne Pendergrass
A leveled reader based on the hit Disney Junior preschool series finds Owlette learning the importance of being both heroic and generous. Simultaneous and eBook. TV tie-in.
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PJ Masks: Super cat speed!
by Cala Spinner
A leveled reader based on the hit Disney Junior preschool series finds Catboy using his courage and Super Cat Speed to save a school concert when all of the musical instruments mysteriously go missing. Simultaneous and eBook. TV tie-in.
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Star Wars: Lightsaber battles
by Lauren Nesworthy
A leveled reader tie-in for newly independent readers and young Star Wars enthusiasts combines high-action, series-inspired artwork with skill reinforcing text. Simultaneous. Movie tie-in.
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Star Wars: what is a droid?
by Lisa Stock
Profiles the droids present in the Star Wars universe, describing the characteristics and functions of such characters as C-3PO, battle droids, GH-7, and mouse droids
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Tack and the beanstalk
by Lana Jacobs
Kate and her imaginary friend Mim-Mim relive the events of the fable "Jack & the Beanstalk."
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There was an old mermaid who swallowed a shark!
by Lucille Colandro
In this adaptation of the traditional nursery rhyme, a mermaid swims through the ocean swallowing various marine animals, starting with a shark, while two children ask questions and comment on the different creatures
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The Ambrose deception
by Emily Ecton
Chosen to compete for a lucrative scholarship, an overlooked girl, an underachiever and a show-off begin traveling throughout Chicago to solve clues before discovering that the competition is a sham, a finding that compels the trio to secretly join forces. By the award-winning author of Project Jackalope. 35,000 first printing.
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Amina's voice
by Hena Khan
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school in the wake of a community tragedy. By the award-winning author of Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns.
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Checked
by Cynthia Kadohata
Setting aside his participation in sports while a beloved pet undergoes medical treatment, hockey enthusiast Conor discovers uncomfortable truths about his stepmother's decision to leave, his father's depression, a friend's difficult family life and his own character qualities. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Kira-Kira. Simultaneous eBook.
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George
by Alex Gino
Knowing herself to be a girl despite her outwardly male appearance, George is denied a female role in the class play before teaming up with a friend to reveal her true self
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Hurricane Child
by Kheryn Callender
Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane, which is considered bad luck, twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl--and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother
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Ivy Aberdeen's letter to the world
by Ashley Herring Blake
"Twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed in a tornado, and in the aftermath of the storm, she begins to develop feelings for another girl at school"
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Just like Jackie
by Lindsey Stoddard
Teased by a school bully because she does not resemble the dark-skinned grandfather who is raising her, young Robbie wonders about her other family members and worries when her grandfather's memory begins to fail. A first novel. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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One true way
by Shannon Hitchcock
Follows the experiences of two girls in a 1970s middle school who discover that their friendship is something more, a situation that is challenged by the culture of silence and intolerance endured by anyone who is different in their community.
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Running through sprinklers
by Michelle Kim
Sara and Nadine have been like two halves of the same person, but when Nadine skips a grade and begins high school first, Sara must discover who she is without Nadine
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Saint Philomeme's Infirmary for Magical Creatures
by W. Stone Cotter
Siblings Chance and Pauline Jeopard find themselves in the underground hospital for magical creatures where they must foil a plot to destroy the hospital and the millions of resident patients
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The science of breakable things
by Tae Keller
Given a challenging assignment in school to answer an important question using the scientific method, young Natalie endeavors to help her botanist mother fight depression, an effort that leads to a new understanding that parents are people too. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Sky at Our Feet
by Nadia Hashimi
Discovering that his Afghan mother has been living illegally in the United States since his father was killed in Afghanistan, American-born Jason fears that she has been deported and runs away to New York City in the hope of connecting with a family member who might be able to help. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Team players
by Mike Lupica
"A girl with Asperger's joins Cassie's softball team but not everyone on the team welcomes her, creating a rift between Cassie and her teammates"
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To be a slave
by Julius Lester
A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves tells about their experiences, from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century. A Newbery Honor Book. Reissue.
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The Adventurers Guild
by Zack Loran Clark
In one of the last cities still standing after the world fell to monsters, best friends Zed and Brock aspire to become members of the Mages and Merchants guilds only to find themselves members of the perilous Adventurers guild working as defenders against otherworldly beasts, a situation that is complicated by their discovery of a plot against their new allies. A first novel.
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I survived the Children's Blizzard, 1888
by Lauren Tarshis
A high-action tale inspired by the Children's Blizzard of 1888 features an 11-year-old child who fights for survival in the face of impossible odds, in a story that also explains what made the storm so deadly, how it particularly endangered students in the one-room schoolhouses of the time and what the real survivors experienced. Simultaneous.
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The creature of the pines
by Adam Gidwitz
After encountering a Jersey Devil while on a field trip to the Pine Barrens, Elliot and his new friend Uchenna help their weird teacher Professor Fauna rescue the mythological creature from a pair of greedy billionaire brothers
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Granted
by John David Anderson
A fairy-in-training who is among the select few who grant the wishes of unsuspecting people struggles to protect the fairy world in the face of waning magic levels, an effort that exposes her to the dangers of the human world. By the award-winning author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day. 60,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Hazy Bloom and the pet project
by Jennifer Hamburg
Determined to prove her readiness to care for a pet, Hazy throws herself into a leadership project at school and organizes a Pet Day fundraiser that is continually disrupted by her glimpses into the future, which continually throw her plans into disarray. By the author of A Moose that Says Moo. Simultaneous eBook.
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The heart and mind of Frances Pauley
by April Stevens
A young nature lover who longs to follow in the footsteps of her idol, the anthropologist Margaret Mead, struggles to remain true to herself while making connections with others, including a sister who is changing in ways she does not understand. By the author of Edwin Speaks Up. Simultaneous eBook.
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The island at the end of everything
by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
When the Phillipine government takes over Culion, an island for people with leprosy, Ami is put in an orphanage on another island, where she finds a friend willing to help her return before her mother dies
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Jasmine Toguchi, drummer girl
by Debbi Michiko Florence
Jasmine worries that she will be the only one with no talent to share in the school talent show until her mother brings out her taiko drum
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The last grand adventure
by Rebecca Behrens
In 1967, unhappy with her newly-blended family, twelve-year-old Bea agrees to accompany Pidge, her grandmother, to Atchison, Kansas, where Pidge believes her long-lost sister, Amelia Earhart, will meet them. Includes historical notes, a brief biography, quotations from the Earharts, and resources for educators
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Macy McMillan and the rainbow goddess
by Shari Green
Dealing with her mother remarrying a man with twin daughters and her family moving, deaf sixth-grader Macy is told that she must help her elderly neighbor Iris Gillan, who is getting ready to move to a nursing home
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More all-of-a-kind family
by Sydney Taylor
The adventures, joys, and sorrows of a Jewish family in New York during World War I continue, with Ella finding a boyfriend, Henny disagreeing with her loving Papa over curfew, and toddler Charlie having an encounter with a wagon
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The notations of Cooper Cameron
by Jane H O'Reilly
At the family cabin by the lake where his grandfather died two years ago, eleven-year-old Cooper Cameron spends the summer trying to rid himself of the rituals that allow him to cope with his grief and fear
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Out of the wild night : a ghost story
by Blue Balliett
Mary W. Chase died on Nantucket Island just over one hundred years ago, but she is still there, in the house she once lived in, and she wants to keep it that way--but first she must somehow contact a group of children who are interested in preserving historic homes on the island
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The Parker inheritance
by Varian Johnson
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out to find the inheritance, exonerate her grandmother, and expose an injustice once committed against an African American family in Lambert
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A Pup Called Trouble
by Bobbie Pyron
Inspired by true stories, a heartwarming tale from the acclaimed author of A Dog's Way Home follows the story of a coyote pup lost in the wilds of New York City and the family of friends he discovers far from home. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The quest of the cubs
by Kathryn Lasky
A debut entry in a new series set in the world of Ga'Hoole finds polar bear cubs First and Second testing their fledgling survival skills to save the noble polar bears of the Northern Kingdoms from the power-hungry rivals who have kidnapped their mother.
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Snail & Worm : three stories about two friends
by Tina Kügler
Three episodic short features combine simple art with clever wordplay that explore themes ranging from adventuring to having pets and features friends who engage in silly antics. Simultaneous eBook. 15,000 first printing.
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Stella Diaz has something to say
by Angels Dominguez
When her class is assigned a project where each student must speak on their favorite subject, Stella Diaz, who sometimes lapses into Spanish and pronounces words wrong, must overcome her fear of public speaking
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Supergifted
by Gordon Korman
A sequel to Ungifted follows the experiences of a boy whose incredibly high IQ and struggles with high expectations prompt his transfer into Donovan Curtis' school, where clashes with a competitive cheerleader and an alpha jock lead to unexpected popularity. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Ultimate showdown
by James Patterson
Opinionated siblings Rafe and Georgia Khatchadorian debate a variety of topics relating to the ups and downs of middle school life and encourage readers to add their own contributions through write-in games and activities. 500,000 first printing.
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The unicorn quest
by Kamilla Benko
Worrying about the older sister who battled a mysterious illness the previous year, Claire moves with her family into Windermere Manor, where a ladder in the fireplace leads them to a magical land filled with turmoil and brutal wraiths that have chased away the realm's beloved unicorns.
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Wedgie & Gizmo
by Suzanne Selfors
An exuberant little dog and a disdainful guinea pig who become housemates in a newly blended family are challenged to overcome respective differences in a first entry of a new series told from alternating perspectives. Simultaneous eBook. 75,000 first printing.
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Wizardmatch
by Lauren Magaziner
Twelve-year-old Lennie Mercado's grandfather, the current Prime Wizard of Pomporromp, is retiring and decides to host a tournament for Lennie and her cousins to compete to win his title, land, position, castle, and unlimited magical powers, but when Poppop introduces new rules to eliminate sibling rivalry, Lennie decides the games are unfair and makes plans to sabotage the event
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Yours sincerely, Giraffe
by Megumi Iwasa
When Giraffe decides to write a letter and send it to the other side of the horizon, he finds a penguin pen pal and the two curious animals begin to exchange letters to try to learn more about each other
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The lightning thief : the graphic novel
by Robert Venditti
A graphic adaptation of the first entry in the best-selling series finds 12-year-old Percy Jackson angering the mythological beings who spring from his textbooks and struggling to recover Zeus' stolen master lightning bolt before war breaks out on Mount Olympus. Simultaneous. 35,000 first printing.
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Noodleheads see the future
by Tedd Arnold
A modern folktale starring Noodlehead brothers Mac and Mac finds the duo searching for firewood in the hopes of encouraging Mom to bake a cake only to run into Meatball, who uses imaginary clairvoyant powers to trick them out of their hard-earned kindling.
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