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Series: Eight Days Gone Board book Linda McReynolds 9781570910241 $10.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) to 3 May 07, 2019

Snappy verse and retro art brings readers along for Apollo 11’s historic, eight-day mission to the moon in 1969. Young readers will learn the basics about the gear, equipment, and spaceship used by the astronauts, as well as the history of NASA’s moon mission. O’ Rourke’s vibrant and retro illustrations paired with McReynolds’ short verse creates a perfect read aloud for preschool and kindergarteners eager to learn about Buzz Aldrin’s trip to the moon. Back matter includes a bibliography and author’s note with additional information about the m... + Read More
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Series: SumoKitty Hardcover David Biedrzycki 9781580896825 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Aug 13, 2019

Watch out, mice! This cat is a sumo champion!A stray kitty gets a job in a sumo stable, chasing mice in exchange for food. But when eating like a sumo wrestler slows our feline hero down, he realizes he must train like a wrestler, too. Through hard work and perseverance—and with a little help from a big buddy—SumoKitty is born! A funny and heartwarming story inspired by the Japanese saying “Fall down seven times, stand up eight.”Story Locale: Japan
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Series: Read, Learn & Create--The Nature Craft Book Hardcover Clare Beaton 9781580898430 $21.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 May 07, 2019

With topics sure to stimulate creative thinking and artistic prowess, these fun nature crafts will motivate little ones to venture outside for inspiration. Perfect for your young explorers and your elementary artists. Make a craft inspired by nature—and learn something, too!What can you create with some backyard objects and tissue paper? Your very own flower crown! Use easy-to-follow directions to make fifteen crafts (and two recipes!) with each one focused on nature. Crafts include fun facts and additional resources, giving covert learning opp... + Read More
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Series: Read, Learn & Create--The Ocean Craft Book Hardcover Clare Beaton 9781580899413 $21.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 May 07, 2019

With topics sure to stimulate creative thinking and artistic prowess, these fun ocean crafts will motivate little ones to venture outside for inspiration. Perfect for your preK explorers and your elementary artists. Make a craft inspired by ocean—and learn something, too!What can you create with just a cardboard box and some construction paper? Your very own coral reef! Use easy-to-follow directions to make thirteen crafts (and one recipe), each one focused on the ocean. Crafts include fun facts and additional resources, giving covert learning ... + Read More
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Series: LOLA READS Lola Goes to School Hardcover Anna McQuinn 9781580899383 $18.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Jun 11, 2019

Spunky Lola embarks on a new adventure—the first day of school!Lola and her family prepare for the first day of school the night before, then get up early, take pictures, and head to class. Lola puts her things in her cubby, chooses her activities, reads, plays, and has a snack. Before she knows it, it’s time to sing the good-bye song and rush into Mommy’s arms for a warm reunion. A comforting, cheerful read that demystifies the school day for preschoolers and kindergarteners.Story Locale: schoolSeries Overview: Book-loving Lola and her playful... + Read More
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Series: Alfred's Book of Monsters Hardcover Sam Streed 9781580898331 $18.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Aug 06, 2019

With nods to Tim Burton, Edward Gorey, and Neil Gaiman, this humorous picture book about a Victorian boy obsessed with monsters presents a dark and appealing world, created by debut author/illustrator Sam Streed.In the graveyard, between stone monuments for forgotten souls, lurks the Black Shuck…. Its one blood-red eye burns with an undying rage.After reading about the slimy Nixie, the angry Black Shuck, and the creepy Lantern Man in his beloved Book of Monsters, Alfred decides to invite the monsters to teatime with his crusty old aunty, who th... + Read More
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Series: Clothesline Clues to the First Day of School Hardcover Kathryn Heling 9781580898249 $17.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jun 11, 2019

Catchy rhymes and visual cues introduce young readers to the people they’ll encounter as they embark on their first day of school.Spot A+ clues on the clothesline to identify all the people who make starting school so much fun! A follow-up to Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do and Clothesline Clues to Sports People Play, the clues in each lively verse can be spotted hanging from the clotheslines. From teacher to custodian, from crossing guard to new friends, who wears what?
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Series: Clothesline Clues to the First Day of School Paperback Kathryn Heling 9781580895798 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jun 11, 2019

Catchy rhymes and visual cues introduce young readers to the people they’ll encounter as they embark on their first day of school.Spot A+ clues on the clothesline to identify all the people who make starting school so much fun! A follow-up to Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do and Clothesline Clues to Sports People Play, the clues in each lively verse can be spotted hanging from the clotheslines. From teacher to custodian, from crossing guard to new friends, who wears what?
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Series: Back to School A Global Journey Hardcover Maya Ajmera 9781580898379 $21.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jun 04, 2019

BACK TO SCHOOL invites young minds to sit in the front row and share the exciting experience of learning with kids just like themselves all over the world. Whether they take a school bus, a boat, or a rickshaw to get there, kids around the globe are going to school and growing smarter and more curious every day.Beautiful, joy-filled, color photographs of children studying, learning, exploring, and having fun from nation to nation, will inspire readers of all ages with the excitement of discovery and sharing new ideas.
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Series: Back to School A Global Journey Paperback Maya Ajmera 9781580898409 $9.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jun 04, 2019

BACK TO SCHOOL invites young minds to sit in the front row and share the exciting experience of learning with kids just like themselves all over the world. Whether they take a school bus, a boat, or a rickshaw to get there, kids around the globe are going to school and growing smarter and more curious every day.Beautiful, joy-filled, color photographs of children studying, learning, exploring, and having fun from nation to nation, will inspire readers of all ages with the excitement of discovery and sharing new ideas.
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Series: Did You Burp? How to Ask Questions (or Not!) Hardcover April Pulley Sayre 9781580897372 $21.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Aug 06, 2019

Asking questions may seem like it comes naturally, but it’s actually a learned social skill. How do questions and answers work? What makes a good question—and what makes a rude one? Who cares about questions?This helpful how-to guide teaches kids what a question is, when to ask one, and how to form one. Friendly tips and pointers (“Keep it short!” “Show interest!”) help kids keep their questions appropriate and on point. Above all, the book encourages readers to keep on asking questions—the beginning of learning about the world.
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Series: Did You Burp? How to Ask Questions (or Not!) Paperback April Pulley Sayre 9781580898423 $10.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Aug 06, 2019

Asking questions may seem like it comes naturally, but it’s actually a learned social skill. How do questions and answers work? What makes a good question—and what makes a rude one? Who cares about questions?This helpful how-to guide teaches kids what a question is, when to ask one, and how to form one. Friendly tips and pointers (“Keep it short!” “Show interest!”) help kids keep their questions appropriate and on point. Above all, the book encourages readers to keep on asking questions—the beginning of learning about the world.
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Series: Hey, Dog Hardcover Tony Johnston 9781580898775 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jun 18, 2019

A boy wins over an abused, stray dog with persistence and love in this heartwarming story.Thoughtful care goes into a child’s efforts to help an abused dog learn to trust humans again. Stooping near the bush where the dog is hiding, offering scraps of food, and leaving an umbrella in a rainstorm all convince the dog that the child’s offering of friendship is real. When Mom insists on putting up “lost dog” signs, the boy is worried. But in the end, the dog and child find a new friend in each other.
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Series: I Am Someone Else Poems About Pretending Hardcover Lee Bennett Hopkins 9781580898324 $19.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jul 02, 2019

Celebrated poet Lee Bennett Hopkins shares a diverse collection of poems that ask (with the help of Newbery medalist Lois Lowry, former US Children’s Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis, and others), “Who do you want to be?”Kids can imagine pretending and dressing up in this playful poetry collection, flexing their creative muscles and bucking stereotypes. (Who says that girls can’t be knights and boys can’t be mermaids?) Fifteen poets write about who they might like to be, musing what life would be like as a wizard, a firefighter, a video-game inv... + Read More
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Series: Girls with Guts! The Road to Breaking Barriers and Bashing Records Hardcover Debbie Gonzales 9781580897471 $19.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 May 14, 2019

No chasing! No stretching or straining! And never, ever sweat. These were the rules girls were forced to play by until Title IX passed in 1972. And it was a game-changer. A celebration of the strength, endurance, and athleticism of women and girls throughout the ages, Girls With Guts! keeps score with examples of women athletes from the late 1800s up through the 1970s, sharing how women refused to take no for an answer, and how finally, they pushed for a law to protect their right to play, compete, and be athletes. “I find that this book tells... + Read More
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Series: Sonny's Bridge Jazz Legend Sonny Rollins Finds His Groove Hardcover Barry Wittenstein 9781580898812 $21.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 May 21, 2019

This groovy, bebopping picture book biography chronicles the legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins’s search for inspiration on the Williamsburg Bridge after quitting the jazz scene in 1959.Rollins is one of the most prolific sax players in the history of jazz, but, in 1959, at the height of his career, he vanished from the jazz scene. His return to music was an interesting journey—with a long detour on the Williamsburg Bridge. Too loud to practice in his apartment, Rollins played on the New York City landmark for two years among the cacophon... + Read More
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Series: Alphabet Trains Paperback Samantha R. Vamos 9781580895934 $9.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jun 04, 2019

All aboard for a train ride through the alphabet! Whether chug-chug-chugging up a mountainside in an Incline train or zipping at super speed in a Bullet train, trains will get you where you need to be—A to Z!There is a train—some familiar and some unusual—for every letter of the alphabet. Trains are used all over the world for carrying people and cargo from place to place. With a bouncy rhyming text, and clever illustrations full of visual cues, young readers will love learning all about trains. A companion to the Children’s Book Award nominate... + Read More
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Series: Bambino and Mr. Twain Paperback P.I. Maltbie 9781580892735 $9.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 May 07, 2019

LOSTMark Twain’s CatAfter the death of his beloved wife, Samuel Clemens—known to his fans as Mark Twain—holed himself up in his house, too sad to face the outside world. His constant companion in his grief was Bambino, his daughter Clara’s cat. Despite the pleas of his daughter Jean and the well wishes of his friends and admirers, Sam could not find joy in life. His only peace was in the moments he spent with the curious cat.Then one day Bambino got out of the house to chase a squirrel and didn’t come back. Distraught, Sam placed an ad in the n... + Read More
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Series: Malala: Activist for Girls' Education Paperback Raphaële Frier 9781580895170 $10.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Jan 02, 2080

Malala Yousafzai stood up to the Taliban and fought for the right for all girls to receive an education. When she was just fifteen-years old, the Taliban attempted to kill Malala, but even this did not stop her activism. At age eighteen Malala became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work to ensure the education of all children around the world. Malala’s courage and conviction will inspire young readers in this beautifully illustrated biography.Batchelder Award Honor Book“A realistic and inspiring look at Malala Yo... + Read More
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Series: ¡FUSHHH! El chorro de inventos súper húmedos de Lonnie Johnson Paperback Chris Barton 9781580895231 $9.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 May 07, 2019

Ahora en español, la verdadera historia del juguete favorito de todos los niños en el verano, la Súper Pistola de Agua, y cómo fue inventado por accidente.Mientras trataba de crear un sistema de enfriamiento para refrigeradores, Lonnie Johnson inventó sin quererlo el mecanismo de este emblemático juguete. Cuando era niño le encantaban los cohetes, los robots, todo tipo de inventos y, sobre todo, la creatividad. Gracias a su pasión y persistencia por resolver problemas, llegó a ser ingeniero y a trabajar para la NASA. Pero dio el gran salto a la... + Read More
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Series: Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions Paperback Chris Barton 9781580892988 $9.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 May 07, 2019

A cool idea with a big splash You know the Super Soaker. It’s one of top twenty toys of all time. And it was invented entirely by accident. Trying to create a new cooling system for refrigerators and air conditioners, impressive inventor Lonnie Johnson instead created the mechanics for the iconic toy. A love for rockets, robots, inventions, and a mind for creativity began early in Lonnie Johnson’s life. Growing up in a house full of brothers and sisters, persistence and a passion for problem solving became the cornerstone for a career as an... + Read More
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Series: Prisoner 88 Paperback Leah Pileggi 9781580895613 $9.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 Jun 04, 2019

What if you were ten years old and thrown into prison with hardened criminals? That’s just what happens to Jake Oliver Evans. Inspired by a true account of a prisoner in the Idaho Territorial Penitentiary in 1885, Jake’s story is as affecting as it is shocking.Convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years, Jake is taken under the wing of a young guard and the kindly warden, as well as a few fellow prisoners. He is taught to read and given a job tending hogs at a nearby farm. In prison, Jake finds a home he has never had in a place most ... + Read More
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Series: DARK MATTER TRILOGY, THE Contagion Hardcover Teri Terry 9781580899895 $22.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Jul 09, 2019

The first book in the spine-tingling Dark Matter trilogy about the frightening effects of a biological experiment gone wrong.An epidemic is sweeping the country. It spreads fast, mercilessly. Everyone will be infected…. It is only a matter of time. You are now under quarantine.Young teen Callie might have been one of the first to survive the disease, but unfortunately she didn’t survive the so-called treatment. She was kidnapped and experimented upon at a secret lab, one that works with antimatter. When she breaks free of her prison, she unleas... + Read More
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Series: Cursed Hardcover Karol Ruth Silverstein 9781580899406 $21.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Jun 25, 2019

A debut novel for fans of The Fault in Our Stars that thoughtfully and humorously depicts teen Ricky Bloom’s struggles with a recent chronic illness diagnosis.As if her parents’ divorce and sister’s departure for college weren’t bad enough, fourteen-year-old Ricky Bloom has just been diagnosed with a life-changing chronic illness. Her days consist of cursing everyone out, skipping school—which has become a nightmare—daydreaming about her crush, Julio, and trying to keep her parents from realizing just how bad things are. But she can’t keep her ... + Read More
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Series: Twice Dead Paperback Caitlin Seal 9781623541057 $15.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Jul 02, 2019

In this imaginative debut perfect for fans of character-driven fantasies like Graceling and Daughter of Smoke and Bone, seventeen-year-old Naya Garth becomes one of the undead and an unlikely spy for her country.Naya, the daughter of a sea merchant captain, nervously undertakes her first solo trading mission in the necromancer-friendly country bordering her homeland of Talmir. Unfortunately, she never even makes it to the meeting. She’s struck down in the streets of Ceramor. Murdered.But death is not the end for Naya. She awakens to realize she... + Read More