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Planet Omar volume 1.
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5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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"Imaginative Omar goes through the ups and downs of starting a new school and making new friends with the help of his wonderful (and silly) Muslim family"--
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RECOMMENDED FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 1ST GRADE
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Katie's birthday is tomorrow, but she just cannot wait to find out what her present will be, so she and Pedro follow Katie's parents as they go shopping, but none of the places they stop seem present-worthy--Katie is disappointed, but when she gets home a big surprise is waiting for her.
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4.3 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Discusses the international competition to create the first atomic bomb.
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Pages & Co volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Eleven-year-old Tilly Pages, who has found comfort in her grandparents' bookshop since her mother's disappearance, now learns that she can bookwander into any stories, and decides to seek her mother.
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Henry and Mudge books volume 8.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 1ST GRADE
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Henry's family takes in a stray cat, the ugliest cat they have ever seen, and an amazing relationship blossoms between it and their big dog Mudge.
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Sadiq volume 5.
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RECOMMENDED FOR 1ST THROUGH 3RD GRADE
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A young Somali American and his classmates design a model city to withstand floods, using river walls, floodgates, gutters, and rain gardens.
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Lockwood & Co volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Follows three young operatives of a Psychic Detection Agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London.
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4 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 5TH GRADE AND UP
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Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, Lolly Rachpaul struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.
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Origami Yoda books volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future. Includes instructions for making Origami Yoda.
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 22.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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RECOMMENDED FOR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 1ST GRADE
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Piggie tells Gerald she has a surprise for him, but it is not there yet, so Gerald must be patient.
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RECOMMENDED FOR 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADE
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"By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. Author James Buckley Jr. explains how these brave and intelligent men developed their amazing code,...