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Read a Book by a Georgia Author
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Rita and Ralph's Rotten Day
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Carmen Agra Deedy
Meeting regularly to play games under the apple tree until the day a new game culminates in tears, best friends Rita and Ralph discover simple, time-tested ways to preserve their friendship.
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Frankie Stein
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Lola M. Schaefer
Mr. and Mrs. Frank N. Stein love their son very much, but despite their best efforts and his, it seems he will never look or act as scary as a Stein should.
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Bus-a-saurus Bop
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Diane ZuHone Shore
At each bus stop, a new kid bounds into the belly of a reptilian-looking bus, and they bounce to the bus-a-saurus beat all the way to school, joining Ms. Hopper, the wacky driver, Norman, and the Tardee twins.
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In the Time of the Drums
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Kim L Siegelson
Mentu, an American-born slave boy, watches his beloved grandmother, Twi, lead the insurrection at Teakettle Creek of Ibo people arriving from Africa on a slave ship.
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The Nuts : Bedtime at the Nut House
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Eric Litwin
A new series by the creator of the best-selling Pete the Cat books introduces the riotous Nut family and the nutty antics that ensue when little Wally and Hazel Nut refuse to go to sleep and begin singing and howling at the moon instead.
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The Singing Rock & Other Brand-new Fairy Tales
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Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
Sumptuously rendered graphic-novel adaptations of four original fairy tales include the story of a genie who tries to grant a wish for his accidental rescuer, a completely disinterested frog.
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Jimmy's Stars
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Mary Ann Rodman
In 1943, eleven-year-old Ellie is her brother Jimmy's "best girl," and when he leaves Pittsburgh just before Thanksgiving to fight in World War II, he promises he will return, asks her to leave the Christmas tree up until he does, and reminds her to "let the joy out".
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Each Little Bird that Sings
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Deborah Wiles
Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart-wrenching events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation with the sudden death of her beloved great-uncle Edisto.
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Anubis Speaks! : A Guide to the Afterlife by the Egyptian God of the Dead
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Vicky Alvear Schecter
The god Anubis invites young readers on a tour of the Land of the Dead while describing how the sun god, Ra, and he fight the forces of chaos and destruction every night until sunrise, in an introduction to ancient Egypt that includes coverage of mummies, major deities and famous pharaohs.
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The Truth About Unicorns
by Tracy Sue Walker
Unicorns are sparkly, beautiful, magical, and altogether amazing in every way...or are they? The Kids for Truth about Magical Creatures are tired of Magicals hogging the spotlight, and they have evidence that unicorns are the vainest, most self-centered Magicals out there. Just ask Toby the pony, whose owner has ditched him for a new unicorn named Sugar. Will the KTMC be able to prove that unicorns are just rainbow-colored frauds? Or will their efforts lead them to befriend the very unicorn they plan to expose?
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