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Series: I'm Trying to Love Rocks Hardcover Bethany Barton 9780451480958 $23.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jun 02, 2020

The fourth totally awesome, funny, and incredibly informative book in the “I’m Trying to Love…” book series!Think rocks are boring? Hard to like? Kinda just sit there, doing nothing?Why even write a whole book about them??Bethany Barton will tell you why…because we wouldn’t be here if there were no rocks!From the Grand Canyon to volcanos to diamonds and fossils, geology—the study of rocks—shows us where we’ve been and where we’re going. With tons of humor and scores of fascinating facts, Bethany Barton introduces younger readers to geology and ... + Read More
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Series: Can I Give You a Squish? Hardcover Emily Neilson 9781984814777 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jun 09, 2020

An important lesson on consent for over-exuberant little huggers, nestled inside this lighthearted, summery story about expressions of love and friendship.Kai is a little mer-boy who’s big on hugs—or “squishes,” as he and his mama call them. But not everyone’s a fan of Kai’s spirited embrace, which he discovers soon after squishing a puffer fish, who swells up in fright! Kai feels awful; but with the help of his friends, he figures out another way to show his affection, and then everyone demonstrates their preferred ways of being greeted. Becau... + Read More
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Series: A Family for Louie Hardcover Alexandra Thompson 9781984813213 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jun 09, 2020

A foodie French bulldog finds a forever home in this heartwarming and adorable debut picture book, sure to appeal to fans of Gaston, Ellie, and Little Elliot, Big City.Meet Louie. He’s a dog of very fine taste. He knows every chef in town, and each day he wanders the city, visiting his favorite restaurants. It’s a good life, except…Louie is all on his own. What Louie wants more than anything is a family.But try as he might, Louie can’t seem to find a family that’s right for him. At the beach, he meets a little boy and his mother…but they’re eat... + Read More
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Series: An Epic Series of Failures The Rise of Greg Paperback Chris Rylander 9781524739805 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Jun 16, 2020

Magic and mayhem collide in the final book in the monstrously funny middle-grade trilogy An Epic Series of Failures.The Dawn of Magic has arrived, and thirteen-year-old Greg Belmont and his friends have only a few weeks left to figure out how to keep the modern world from falling into utter chaos. Greg’s former best friend (and current archenemy), Edwin, and his Elven army believe the only way to save the life on earth is to steal the world’s magic supply and keep it only for the Elves. But Greg knows Edwin must be stopped.He and his friends wi... + Read More
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Series: An Epic Series of Failures The Curse of Greg Paperback Chris Rylander 9781524739775 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Jun 16, 2020

Magic and mayhem collide in this monstrously funny middle-grade sequel to Chris Rylander’s The Legend of Greg. Now in paperback.Greg Belmont longs for the days when he thought he was an ordinary thirteen-year-old, before he learned he’s really a fantastical Dwarf in a world where the return of magic has reignited an ancient feud between the Dwarves and the Elves. But now that magic is spreading rapidly, calling forth mythical monsters that are wreaking total havoc on earth, he knows things will never go back to normal.To make matters worse, rum... + Read More
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Series: Runaway Signs Hardcover Joan Holub 9780399172250 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 7 Jun 02, 2020

When the road signs take a vacation, chaos and hilarity ensue—and they quickly learn how important they are.School is ending for the summer, and the stick figures on the school crossing sign are jealous of all the vacation plans they hear the students making. The stick figures work hard—maybe they deserve a vacation, too! So they abandon their signpost and set off on an adventure, inviting along all the other underappreciated road signs they meet on the way. It’s all fun and games for a while, especially when they stumble upon a fantastic amuse... + Read More
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Series: Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal Ranger The Royal Ranger: Duel at Araluen Paperback John Flanagan 9781524741433 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 Jun 09, 2020

International bestselling author John Flanagan returns to world of Ranger’s Apprentice in this new installment of the Royal Ranger series starring Maddie, Will Treaty’s fearless young female apprentice. Perfect for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien, Brian Jacques’s Redwall, and George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones!King Duncan and Princess Cassandra are trapped in the south tower of Castle Araluen and under near-constant attackfrom the Red Fox Clan. Sir Horace and Ranger Commandant Gilan are holed up in an old hill fort, surrounded by the enemy. And Range... + Read More
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Series: All the Greys on Greene Street Paperback Laura Tucker 9780451479556 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Jun 02, 2020

“A dazzling debut novel about resilience, courage, home and family.”—Rebecca Stead, Newbery Award-winning author of When You Reach MeSoHo, 1981. Twelve-year-old Olympia is an artist—and in her neighborhood, that’s normal. Her dad and his business partner Apollo bring antique paintings back to life, while her mother makes intricate sculptures in a corner of their loft, leaving Ollie to roam the streets of New York with her best friends Richard and Alex, drawing everything that catches her eye. Then everything falls apart. Ollie’s dad disappears ... + Read More
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Series: The Little Engine That Could Good Night, Little Engine Hardcover Watty Piper 9780593094570 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Jun 23, 2020

The 90th anniversary celebrations continue with this charming original title featuring everyone’s favorite little train is the perfect book for bedtime.The train yard’s still. There’s not a sound.The setting sun glows all around.After a day of play, Little Engine settles in to sleep…but when she hears a noise outside, she goes on a midnight ride, finding a certain someone who needs her help. Say “Good night” to Little Engine in this beautiful, rhyming picture book perfect for little ones at bedtime.
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Series: Hilda Tie-In Hilda and the Great Parade Hilda Netflix Tie-In 2 Media tie-in Paperback Luke Pearson 9781912497720 $14.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Jun 02, 2020

Book two in the Hilda Netflix TV Tie-in series is now available in paperback!It’s tough moving and changing neighborhoods. In this book, Hilda faces new challenges as she moves from the wilderness to the city of Trolberg! As Hilda starts at her new school, she has to adapt to a whole new way of life and make new friends—humans as well as other creatures. Hilda faces all kinds of surprises as she explores the city and faces hordes of people, and learns to find her own space within the crowds.
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Series: Big Cards for Little Hands Uni the Unicorn: A 3-in-1 Card Deck Card Games Include Go Fish, Concentration, and Snap Game Amy Krouse Rosenthal 9780593137130 $17.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jun 02, 2020

The beloved characters from the bestselling Uni the Unicorn books make playing Crazy Eights, Snap, and Concentration a brand-new adventure for kids and parents alike.This bright deck of 52 oversized, kid-friendly cards features sparkling illustrations of Uni, dreamy stars and rainbows, charming woodland creatures, colorful flowers, and, best of all, friendship. Two extra cards show rules for three classic card games: Crazy Eights, Concentration (a memory game) and Snap (a kid-friendly card game that's similar to Slapjack). Family game night has... + Read More
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Series: Petra Board book Marianna Coppo 9780735267985 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 3 Jun 02, 2020

The humorous adventures of an irresistible little rock who finds herself in constantly changing circumstances, this stylish board book celebrates the power of believing in yourself.Petra is a little rock who believes she is a mighty mountain…until a dog fetches her for its owner, and she is tossed into a bird’s nest. A mountain? No, Petra is now an egg! An egg of the world in a world of possibility. Until she’s flung into a pond, and becomes an amazing island…and, eventually, a little girl’s pet rock. What will she be tomorrow? Who knows? But s... + Read More
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Series: When Emily Was Small Hardcover Lauren Soloy 9780735266063 $21.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jun 23, 2020

A joyful frolic through the garden helps a little girl feel powerful in this beautiful picture book that celebrates nature.Emily feels small. Small when her mother tells her not to get her dress dirty, small when she’s told to sit up straight, small when she has to sit still in school.But when she’s in the garden, she becomes Small: a wild, fearless, curious and passionate soul, communing with nature and feeling one with herself. She knows there are secrets to be unlocked in nature, and she yearns to discover the mysteries before she has to go ... + Read More
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Series: Baba Yaga's Assistant Paperback Marika McCoola 9781536213102 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 14 Jun 02, 2020

Russian folklore icon Baba Yaga mentors a lonely teen in a wry graphic novel that balances gleefully between the modern and the timeless.Most children think twice before braving a haunted wood filled with terrifying beasties to match wits with a witch, but not Masha. Her beloved grandma taught her many things: that stories are useful, that magic is fickle, that nothing is too difficult or too dirty to clean. The fearsome witch of folklore needs an assistant, and Masha needs an adventure. She may be clever enough to enter Baba Yaga’s house-on-ch... + Read More
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Series: Joy Hardcover Yasmeen Ismail 9781536209341 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jun 09, 2020
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Series: Tales from Deckawoo Drive Stella Endicott and the Anything-Is-Possible Poem Tales from Deckawoo Drive, Volume Five Hardcover Kate DiCamillo 9781536201802 $21.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Jun 09, 2020

Metaphor alert! An ode to a certain pig kicks off one wild school day in Kate DiCamillo’s latest stop on Deckawoo Drive.Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door — a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella’s poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a sh... + Read More
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Series: Ocean Speaks How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret Hardcover Jess Keating 9780735265080 $21.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jun 30, 2020

Meet Marie Tharp (1920-2006), the first person to map the Earth’s underwater mountain ridge, in this inspiring picture book biography from the author of Shark Lady.From a young age, Marie Tharp loved watching the world. She loved solving problems. And she loved pushing the limits of what girls and women were expected to do and be. In the mid-twentieth century, women were not welcome in the sciences, but Marie was tenacious. She got a job in a laboratory at Cambridge University, New York. But then she faced another barrior: women were not allowe... + Read More
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Series: WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT We're Going on a Bear Hunt: My First ABC Board book Walker Productions LTD 9781536214659 $11.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) to 3 Jun 09, 2020

Follow the path and get learning with a first alphabet adventure based on the best-loved world of the We’re Going on a Bear Hunt film.Use your finger to trace the shape of each letter, and learn all about letters and words in this first alphabet adventure. This book's easy-to-follow pages features animals and plants from the beloved bear hunt film. Learning all about first letters has never been more fun!
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Series: WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT We're Going on a Bear Hunt: My First 123 Board book Walker Productions LTD 9781536214666 $11.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) to 3 Jun 09, 2020

Follow the path and get counting with a first numbers adventure based on the best-loved world of the We’re Going on a Bear Hunt film.One dog, sniffing the floor . . . turn the page to discover more! Use your finger to trace the shape of each number, and learn all about numbers on this first counting adventure. This book's easy-to-follow pages features animals and plants from the beloved bear hunt film. Learning to count has never been more fun!
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Series: Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed Paperback Laurie Halse Anderson 9781401286453 $22.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Jun 02, 2020

New York Times bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak, Shout) and artist Leila del Duca reimagine Wonder Woman's origins in this timely story about the refugee experience, teenage activism, and finding the love and strength to create change.Princess Diana of Themyscira believes that her 16th birthday will be one of new beginnings--namely, acceptance into the warrior tribe of the Amazons. But her birthday celebrations are cut short when rafts carrying refugees break through the barrier that separates her island home from the outside wor... + Read More
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Series: My Purple World The World Needs More Purple People Hardcover Kristen Bell 9780593121962 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jun 02, 2020

#1 New York Times bestseller! Actress, producer, and parent Kristen Bell (The Good Place, Veronica Mars, Frozen) and creative director and parent Benjamin Hart have a new challenge for you and your kids: become a purple person by embracing what makes YOU special while finding common ground with those around you. What is a purple person? Great question. I mean, really great! Because purple people always ask really great questions. They bring their family, friends, and communities together, and they speak up for what’s right. They are kind and ... + Read More
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Series: It's Not My Fault! Hardcover Jory John 9781984830609 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jun 09, 2020

The New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Seed and The Good Egg takes a lighthearted approach to how to respond to the all-too-common claim “It’s not my fault!”Emotional literacy is embedded in this funny cautionary tale:Why is your homework so messy?It’s not my fault! I blame my pen.Why can’t I read these test answers?I blame my pen.Why is your assignment so late?Um…I blame my pen?A boy steadfastly refuses to take responsibility for any of his mistakes. He just blames everything on his pen, his backpack, his comb, his pillow—whatever ha... + Read More
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Series: Animal Problems Giraffe Problems Board book Jory John 9780593127728 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 3 Jun 09, 2020

The bestselling creators of the hilarious Penguin Problems, Jory John and Lane Smith, turn a giraffe’s problematic long neck into an enviable advantage in this fun board book. Edward the giraffe can’t understand why his neck is as long and bendy and, well, ridiculous as it is. No other animal has a neck this absurd. He’s tried disguising it, dressing it up, strategically hiding behind bushes—honestly, anything you can think of. Just when he has exhausted his neck-hiding options and is about to give up, Cyrus the turtle ambles in (very slowly) ... + Read More
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Series: Step into Reading Uni Goes to School (Uni the Unicorn) Paperback Amy Krouse Rosenthal 9781984850270 $6.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 6 Jun 23, 2020

Uni the Unicorn for early readers! This Step 2 Step into Reading book about Uni and friends going to school is great for back-to-school time, or any day of the year!It's the first day of school! Join Uni on this all-new adventure in the land of unicorns! Unicorns can fix things with their horns, and Uni wants to learn. But learning anything takes time, practice, and belief in yourself. And unicorn magic only works if you're helping others. At first, Uni doesn't have a very magical horn. Will Uni be able to fix a nest and help the birds?Uni the ... + Read More
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Series: Space-Time Once Upon a Space-Time! Hardcover Jeffrey Brown 9780553534351 $18.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Jun 02, 2020

From the author of the New York Times bestselling Jedi Academy books comes the first in a hilarious space-themed graphic novel series. Jide and Petra are just two normal kids until they are selected to leave Earth and join their new alien classmates on an intergalactic research mission to Mars. Too bad Petra has no idea how she ended up in the program, seeing as the closest she wants to get to space is being a sci-fi writer. Jide, on the other hand, is the brains of the mission, but his helicopter parents make it clear he hasn’t left their grav... + Read More
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Series: The 47 People You'll Meet in Middle School Paperback Kristin Mahoney 9781524765163 $12.49 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Jun 23, 2020

Getting ready to start middle school? Well, you'll need to know what to expect. Get to know every person you'll meet and how they can help (and who to stay away from!)."Mahoney authentically captures the universal indignities of middle school, the challenges of self-discovery, and the joy of making true friends." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Dear Lou,You've been asking and asking about what middle school is like, but I just thought they were annoying-younger-sister questions. Even though I am almost done with my first year, I can still r... + Read More
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Series: Wilder Girls Paperback Rory Power 9780525645610 $17.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Jun 02, 2020

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!"The perfect kind of story for our current era."—HypableFeatured in Vulture’s "11 Books to Read If You Already Miss Yellowjackets"!From the author of Burn Our Bodies Down, a feminist Lord of the Flies about three best friends living in quarantine at their island boarding school, and the lengths they go to uncover the truth of their confinement when one disappears. This fresh debut is a mind-bending novel unlike anything you've read before.It's been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put un... + Read More
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Series: Again Again Hardcover E. Lockhart 9780385744799 $24.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Jun 02, 2020

This twisty novel from the New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud asks: What if there were infinite universes and infinite ways to fall in love?If you could live your life again, what would you do differently?After a near-fatal family catastrophe and an unexpected romantic upheaval, Adelaide Buchwald finds herself catapulted into a summer of wild possibility, during which she will fall in and out of love a thousand times—while finally confronting the secrets she keeps, her ideas about love, and the weird grandiosit... + Read More
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Series: Magic Tree House (R) Magic Tree House Amazing Activity Book Two Magic Tree House Puzzle Books in One! Paperback Mary Pope Osborne 9780593373125 $11.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Jun 23, 2020

A fun and educational indoor activity book full of awesome adventure and adorable animals from Magic Tree House—the #1 bestselling chapter book series, trusted by teachers and parents alike!Challenge your brain with more than 400 puzzles, games, and activities—it’s two books in one! Contains Games and Puzzles from the Tree House and Animal Games and Puzzles.Mazes! Crosswords! Secret codes! Jack and Annie need your help solving puzzles, drawing pictures, and playing games based on the places they’ve traveled and animals they’ve met in their adve... + Read More
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Series: Thank You, Helpers Doctors, Nurses, Teachers, Grocery Workers, and More Who Care for Us Paperback Patricia Hegarty 9780593373385 $10.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jun 30, 2020

Help make our new reality a little less scary for kids with this joyful tribute to all the helpers of today. Perfect for parents, caregivers, and teachers looking to model appreciation and thankfulness.With all the talk of germs, social distancing, and the pandemic, it’s easy for kids to be confused or overwhelmed. Help reassure by encouraging them to see all the amazing ways people are keeping each other safe. From healthcare workers to delivery people, grocery workers, teachers, and more, kids can learn about the heroes in our communities tak... + Read More