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"A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa. May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't speak much English, and May can't understand Chinese. She's hungry, and bored with Gong Gong's errands. Plus, it seems like Gong Gong's friends are making fun of her! But just when May can't take any more, Gong Gong surprises her with a gift that reveals...
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"Monster-truck fans won't want to miss this Halloween showdown."--Kirkus "Full-throttle Halloween fun." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Readers will delight in this lively read-aloud story with a clever and surprising twist at the end-perfect for Halloween and year-round! This board book edition is perfect for the youngest monster and truck fans. Ready, set, go! The monster truck race is on in this frightfully delightful picture book. On a spooky...
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My weird school volume 2
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A skateboarding principal offers unusual incentives to his students to motivate them to learn more. Principal Klutz was hanging upside down from the school flagpole! He kissed a pig on the lips! He painted his bald head orange! And now he wants to bungee-jump off the roof of the school, dressed like Santa Claus! In fact, all the grown-ups at A.J.'s school seem to have something wrong with them. What's going on here? What are A.J. and the kids in his...
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Life in the wild volume 3
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Afraid that he is missing out on something in his life, moose's outlook changes after he set sail in a sailboat, is shipwrecked on an island where he meets a friendly tortoise, and ends up having fun on a two-week Caribbean cruise.
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Stink Moody volume 1
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The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school. Every morning, Judy Moody measures Stink and it's always the same: three feet, eight inches tall. Stink feels like even the class newt is growing faster than he is. Then, one day, the ruler reads-can it be?-three feet, seven and three quarters inches! Is...
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Nate the Great volume 22
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Nate, the great detective, and his dog, Sludge, go to San Francisco to solve a mystery with Nate's cousin, Olivia Sharp, who is also a detective.
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Junie B. Jones series volume 15
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When Junie B. learns that her kindergarten class is going on a field trip to a farm, she worries about being attacked by a rooster.
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Annick Press
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"An empowerment-focused keepsake edition of one of the world's best-loved picture books 40 years. 7 million copies. 1 kick-ass princess who has inspired four generations of readers to stand up for themselves. How do you celebrate an occasion as special as 40 years in print for a book as beloved as The Paper Bag Princess? You track down some of the most poignant commentary about the story; you share behind-the-scenes insights from the author and his...
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"Spread the Christmas cheer with this whimsical retelling of Clement C. Moore's cherished poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas." This new edition of the classic features the text of Moore's original poem, illustrated with beautifully detailed LEGO brick scenes and characters. See the colorful stockings hung by the chimney in the fanciful brick house, and look on at the visions of dancing brick sugarplums. Turn the pages to reveal Saint Nicholas with his...
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"When you live at the edge of the no-go desert, you need to make your own fun. That's when you and your brothers get inventive and build a bike from scratch, using everyday items like an old milk pot (maybe Mum is using it, maybe not), a bent bucket seat, and bashed tin-can handles. The end result is a spectacular bike, perfect for going bumpetty bump over the sand hills, past your fed-up mum, and right through your mud-for-walls home."--Back cover....
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Sterling Children's Books
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2015.
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When Ally roars off to her first day at school, she hopes she'll meet lots of other dinosaur-mad kids in class. Instead, she's the only one chomping her food with fierce dino teeth and drawing dinosaurs on her nameplate. Even worse, a group of would-be "princesses" snubs her! Will Ally ever make new friends? With its humorous art, appealing heroine, and surprise ending, this fun picture book celebrates children's boundless imagination --
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Hardy Boys clue book volume 1
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Aladdin
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2016.
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Bayport Elementary is throwing a fundraiser so they can go on an end-of-the-year trip. Ellie Freeman's parents have volunteered their house for the event, and neighbors have donated all sorts of prizes to be raffled off including movie tickets and gift certificates to Fun World. But the best prize of all is a brand-new ZCross50000, a video game system that every kid has been drooling over. But sometime during the event, the ZCross goes missing. Can...
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Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
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[2014]
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If you give in to temptation and give a bored little mouse your iPhone, even for ten minutes, he's probably going to beam to some faraway place beyond time, space, and the sound of your pleading voice. And if he's that far gone, he won't have any idea what's going on around him, and he might end up missing out on all the real fun. From the New York Times-bestselling author of Goodnight iPad comes a delightful new commentary on the perils of our tech-obsessed...
19) The Babe & I
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While helping his family make ends meet during the Depression by selling newspapers, a boy meets Babe Ruth.
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Greenwillow Books
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2009.
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Miranda and Mama spend a fun day at the beach. They catch a crab and Miranda decides to build a sand castle for him to live in. But the crab scuttles back into the sea, and the waves take back the castle. Miranda learns that that just like the crab belongs in the sea and the castle belongs to the sand, she and her mother will always belong to each other.
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