Missing monkey!
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Mary Amato
Tired of being pressured to help commit crimes and yearning for a more normal life, twins Jillian and Billy band together to do good deeds while their parents kidnap a monkey from the zoo, hoping to teach it to steal. Includes activities. Simultaneous.
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Ivy + Bean
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Annie Barrows
When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister Nancy, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected. Reprint.
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Adventure according to Humphrey
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Betty G. Birney
While the students of Room 26 learn about boats by building their own models for a race on Potter's Pond, Humphrey the hamster dreams about being a pirate and mistakenly ends up at sea on the day of the race. Reprint.
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Dog diaries : secret writings of the WOOF Society
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Betsy Cromer Byars
At the first annual meeting of the WOOF Society, dogs of different backgrounds and breeds, including Tidbit, the star of the Grand Ole Opry, and Mimi, a Parisian pooch, come together to share their thoughts about their lives, their two-legged owners, and their very diverse adventures. 30,000 first printing.
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The year of the book
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Andrea Cheng
A fully illustrated chapter book follows Anna, a young Asian-American girl, as she navigates relationships with family, friends and fourth grade while learning what it takes to make friends and what it means to be one. 25,000 first printing.
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Henry Huggins
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Beverly Cleary
When Henry adopts Ribsy, a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow
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Eva's treetop festival
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Rebecca Elliott
Volunteering to organize a school festival, Eva Wingddale is rapidly overwhelmed by the event's many details and considers asking a less-than-trustworthy frenemy, Sue, for help. Simultaneous.
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Joss
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Erin Falligant
Excited to enter a surfing video contest, Joss Kendrick asks her brother to help, but he has a price, Joss must try out for the cheer team
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Truman the dog
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Debbi Michiko Florence
Truman the black lab might be an older rescue dog, but he has plenty enough mischief beneath his collar to keep eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her animal-fostering family on their toes from morning until night
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Sophie Simon solves them all
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Lisa Graff
Third-grader Sophie Simon is smart about many things except when it comes to friendship, until she uses her high IQ to help some of her classmates with their parental problems. By the author of Umbrella Summer.
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Make way for Dyamonde Daniel
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Nikki Grimes
Spunky third-grader Dyamonde Daniel misses her old neighborhood, but when she befriends a boy named Free, another new student at school, she finally starts to feel at home
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The 13-story treehouse
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Andy Griffiths
A first entry in a new series by the best-selling author of The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow follows the efforts of Andy and Terry to meet a latest book deadline despite numerous distractions in their sophisticated tree house home, including flying cats, giant bananas and sea monsters pretending to be mermaids.
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Charlie Bumpers vs. the really Nice Gnome
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Bill Harley
Meet Charlie Bumpers, a fourth-grader who is always coming up against embarrassing worst-case scenarios. He keeps trying to make the best of bad situations, but things don't always work out the way he'd planned! In Charlie Bumpers vs. the Squeaking Skull, Charlie is looking forward to the big sleepover at Alex's house on Halloween until he finds out the entertainment will be watching the scariest horror movies ever!
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Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny
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John Himmelman
Although she can throw farther, kick higher, and hit harder than anyone else at school, Isabel, aka Bunjitsu Bunny, never hurts another creature, unless she has to
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Zeus and the thunderbolt of doom
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Joan Holub
Frustrated by the number of times he has been hit by lightning, 10-year-old Zeus impetuously grabs an actual thunderbolt from a stone to defend himself against the dangerous, giant Titans who kidnapped him and thus learns of his destiny as the king of the gods before embarking on a quest to save his fellow Olympians from the evil Cronus. By the author of My Dog Never Says Please.
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Alvin Ho : allergic to girls, school, and other scary things
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Lenore Look
Frightened by everything out in the world and so completely quiet at school, Asian-American second-grader Alvin Ho becomes a force to be reckoned with at home when he transforms himself into the loud, talented, and fearless Firecracker Man!
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The mystery of the missing lion : a Precious Ramotswe mystery for young readers
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Alexander McCall Smith
The author's third exciting adventure for young Precious Ramotswe, years before she founded the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, includes illustrations by an award-winning artist and tells the story of how Precious and her resourceful friend Khumo used their detective skills to track down an escaped lion. Simultaneous and eBook.
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The new kid at school
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Kate McMullan
Wiglaf is off to Dragon Slayers' Academy and in for a first day of school he will never forget
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Hachiko waits
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Lesléa Newman
Professor Ueno's loyal Akita, Hachiko, waits for him at the train station every afternoon, and even after the professor has a fatal heart attack while at work, Hachiko faithfully continues to await his return until the day the dog dies
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Clementine and the spring trip
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Sara Pennypacker
Looking forward to the annual events of spring, including an upcoming trip to Plimoth Plantation, Clementine feels overwhelmed by the trip's many challenges and learns about the importance of rules--and rule-breaking--while listening to a presentation about the Pilgrims.
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Calvin Coconut : Rocket ride
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Graham Salisbury
New fears for fourth-grader Calvin include a school bully named Tito and the return of his estranged father, rock star Little Johnny Coconut.
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Marisol
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Gary Soto
When her parents move away from their close-knit central Chicago neighborhood and thus her dance classes, Marisol--a lively ten-year-old who loves to dance--realizes that she can keep her passion for dancing no matter where she lives.
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My life in pictures
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Deborah Zemke
Drawing endlessly in order to capture her experiences of the world, young Spanish-American artist Bea Garcia is devastated when her best and only friend moves far away and a loud, rambunctious boy moves into her friend's former house. Simultaneous eBook.
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