February 2024 list by L. Buehler
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Letters from Father Christmas
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Perfect for readers of all ages, this gorgeous, full-color keepsake book is filled with a wealth of letters and illustrations that the author created for his children as Father Christmas, regaling them with tales of life at the North Pole.
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The Lost Heir
by E. G. Foley
The lost heir to the SeaWing throne is going home at last.She can't believe it's finally happening. Tsunami and her fellow dragonets of destiny are journeying under the water to the great SeaWing Kingdom. Stolen as an egg from the royal hatchery, Tsunami is eager to meet her future subjects and reunite with her mother, Queen Coral.But Tsunami's triumphant return doesn't go quite the way she'd imagined. Queen Coral welcomes her with open wings, but a mysterious assassin has been killing off the queen's heirs for years, and Tsunami may be the next target. The dragonets came to the SeaWings for protection, but this ocean hides secrets, betrayal — and perhaps even death.
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We Love our Families
by Vanessa Moody
When Madame Gazelle asks the class to draw pictures of their families, Peppa and her friends discover that every family is different?—?and that every family is special, in this heartwarming storybook based on the viral episode“Families."
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Heroes
by Alan Gratz
Aboard the battleship the USS Utah with their Navy pilot fathers during WWII when the ship is attacked by the Japanese, Frank and Stanley find their friendship?—?and dreams?—?in jeopardy when Stanley is seen as the“enemy” because his mother is Japanese American.
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An American Story
by Kwame Alexander
A picture book in verse that threads together past and present to explore the legacy of slavery during a classroom lesson.
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The World-Famous Nine
by Ben Guterson
Eleven-year-old Zander is determined to save his grandmother's nineteen-story out-of-this-world department store from an evil force.
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Breakers of the Code
by Erin Hunter
Cast out of his coalition, Stride the cheetah embarks on a perilous mission for the Great Parent, accompanied by a honey badger burdened with a dark and mysterious past. Whisper the water buffalo has been searching desperately for her brother Echo, presumed dead after a terrible fall. And the hyena now known as Breathstealer finds herself courted by the Great Spirit at one moment and other times tempted by the Great Devourer...The balance of power in Bravelands rests on a knife's edge, and the Great Devourer waits hungrily in the shadows.
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Mission Manhattan
by James Ponti
To protect a young climate activist scheduled to speak at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, the City Spies arrive in the Big Apple where they have an exciting adventure in, around and even under the greatest city in the world.
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What is a Solar Eclipse?
by Dana Meachen Rau
Published to coincide with the Great American Eclipse taking place on April 8, 2024, this fascinating, up-to-date introduction to solar eclipses takes readers to outer space where they'll learn about what exists beyond our atmosphere.
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