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Series:
Questioneers volume 5.
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
When Miss Greer asks each child in the class to write a story, second-grader Aaron, who loves to draw but struggles with reading, creates a story using pictures.
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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"At home, Maggie is the odd one out. Her parents are preoccupied with the new baby they're expecting, and her younger brothers are twins and always in their own world. Maggie thinks a new puppy is the answer, but when she goes to select one on her birthday, she breaks out in hives and rashes. She's severely allergic to anything with fur!"--Provided by publisher.
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Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
"A sturdy hardcover bind-up of the twelve mini Bob Books that started it all! This iconic phonics-based collection of learn-to-read books has sold millions of copies, allowing children around the world to say with pride, "I read the whole book!""--
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Series:
The Borrowers volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.
Book cover for "A boy called Bat"
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Series:
Boy called BAT volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat's mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a stray baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he's got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific...
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Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Carmela, finally old enough to run errands with her brother, tries to think of the perfect wish, while his wish seems to be that she stayed home.
Book cover for "The dragon in the library"
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Series:
Kit the wizard volume 1.
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
"In a fast-paced and funny adventure, Kit must use the magic of books to save the library--and its resident dragon--from a power-hungry tycoon."--Provided by publisher. from jacket.
Book cover for "EllRay Jakes is not a chicken"
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Eight-year-old EllRay's father has promised a family trip to Disneyland if EllRay can stay out of trouble for a week, but not defending himself against Jared, the class bully, proves to be a real challenge.
Book cover for "Flora & Ulysses"
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived.
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3.8 stars
Description:
Presents a collection of humorous stories from over two dozen contemporary female writers, as well as autobiographical essays, comics, poems, and comic strips.
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4.4 stars
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Bear has never been so tired but his next-door neighbor, a wide-awake duck, keeps disturbing his sleep.
Book cover for "Gooney Bird and the room mother"
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Series:
Gooney Bird volume 2.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Gooney Bird Greene, an entertaining second grader who introduces challenging vocabulary words and tells "absolutely true" stories, finds a surprise room mother to bring cupcakes for the Thanksgiving pageant.
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Gooney Bird volume 3.
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Gooney Bird Greene takes charge of a class project as she and her fellow students in Mrs. Pidgeon's second grade class learn about fables by each making up their own based on an animal that begins with the same letter as their first name.
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Notes:
Character age 12, but maybe when EJ is 8!
Description:
"Caspia's summer is transformed when she discovers a bundle of letters containing ten plant-based riddles in this enchanting adventure..."--Provided by publisher.
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Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
Hoot owl flies through the night and assumes numerous disguises in order to catch a meal.
Book cover for "The hundred dresses"
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Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson. Includes a note from the author's daughter, Helena Estes.
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Told in two voices, this sweet rhyming friendship story follows two children as they try to discover what they have in common.
Book cover for "Insignificant events in the life of a cactus"
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Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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New friends and a mystery help Aden, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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"It's John's big day at school today--a performance for Sharing Gifts time. His bag is carefully packed and prepared, his classmates are ready, and the curtain is waiting to open. John is nervous, looking out at all the other children staring back at him. But he takes a big breath and begins. Mac Barnett's compassionate text and Kate Berube's understated and expressive art tell the story of a kid who finds the courage to show others his talent for...
Book cover for "The many colors of Harpreet Singh"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Harpreet Singh has a different color for every mood and occasion, from happy sunny yellow to courageous red. He especially takes care with his patka --his turban--making sure it always matches his outfit. But when Harpreet's mom finds a new job in a snowy city and they have to move, everything just feels gray. Can he find a way to make life bright again?