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  My Garden

  by Kevin Henkes

  The girl in this book grows chocolate rabbits, tomatoes as big as beach balls, flowers that change color, and seashells in her garden. How does your garden grow?
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  We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes

  by Patrick Jennings

  I am a snake. No, not a rattlesnake. I just look like one. I'm a gopher snake. One day an oily, filthy, fleshy human child crossed my path. As luck would have it, he knew the difference between a gopher snake and a rattlesnake. He has imprisoned me in a terrarium. His name is Gunnar. He calls me Crusher. He thinks I'm male. I'm not. He dropped in a dead mouse and hoped I'd eat it. I buried it. He then... (more)
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  Love, Aubrey

  by Suzanne LaFleur

  "I had everything I needed to run a household: a house, food, and a new family. From now on it would just be me and Sammy–the two of us, and no one else." A tragic accident has turned eleven-year-old Aubrey’s world upside down. Starting a new life all alone, Aubrey has everything she thinks she needs: SpaghettiOs and Sammy, her new pet fish. She cannot talk about what happened to her. Writing letters is the... (more)
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  Orange Peel's pocket

  by Rose A. Lewis

  One day in class, Orange Peel—who got her nickname by eating orange peels when she was little—and her classmates learn about China. Everyone starts to ask Orange Peel questions about the country because they know that’s where she was born. But she doesn’t have all the answers. So Orange Peel joins her mother on her neighborhood errands to find out. Many of the shops they visit are owned by people who also were... (more)
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  Operation Redwood

  by S. Terrell French

  Clandestine e-mail exchanges, secret trips, fake press releases, and a tree-house standoff are among the clever stunts and pranks the kid heroes pull in this exciting ecological adventure.  “Sibley Carter is a moron and a world-class jerk,” reads Julian Carter-Li in an angry e-mail message meant for his greedy, high-powered uncle. The fateful message sets him on the course to stop an environmental crime! His... (more)
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  Growing Patterns

  by Sarah C. Campbell

  This title deals with the biggest mathematical mystery in nature - Fibonacci numbers! Named after a famous mathematician, the number pattern is simple: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...Each number in the sequence comes from adding the two numbers before it. What's the mystery? The pattern crops up in the most unexpected places. You'll find it in the disk of a sunflower, the skin of a pineapple, and the spiral of a nautilus... (more)
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  Dinosaur mountain : digging into the Jurassic Age

  by Deborah Kogan Ray

  Earl Douglass was a teenager when he first heard about the Bone Wars—the frenzied race between paleontologists to unearth and classify dinosaur fossils—and he remained fascinated with these prehistoric giants for the rest of his life. As a geologist and botanist working at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Douglass had a hunch that the vast untouched rock strata in northeastern Utah just may have... (more)
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  The Three Little Dassies

  by Jan Brett

  The Three Little Pigs with a twist! In the tradition of her bestseller The Three Snow Bears , Jan Brett finds inspiration for her version of a familiar story in Namibia, where red rock mountains and vivid blue skies are home to appealing little dassies and hungry eagles. Mimbi, Pimbi and Timbi hope to find Òa place cooler, a place less crowded, a place safe from eagles!Ó to build their new homes. The handsomely... (more)
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  In Front of My House

  by Marianne Dubuc

  In Front of My House is a whimsical celebration of a child's imagination and all the places it can travel. This circular story begins and ends in a tidy front yard, but in between takes the reader to mountains and mysterious caves, up to outer space, down into the ocean and beyond. It's a journey as boundless and surprising as young imaginations. Filled with inventive and delightful twists, this charming story... (more)
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  Bossypants

  by Tina Fey

  Tina Fey, one of the most influential and beloved women in entertainment, brings sharp wit and uncanny observational skill to everything she does, from television to major motion pictures. She's managed to be known as both the thinking man's sex symbol and every woman's alter-ego/imaginary best friend. Now, for the first time, Fey takes her writing talent off-screen and into the pages of a book. From her lifetime... (more)
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  Muddy as a duck puddle and other American similes

  by Laurie Lawlor

  This collection of similes from A to Z is as zany as a chigger chased around a stump. It includes rib-tickling folk expressions from Americans of all walks of life and all parts of the country in a bodacious tribute to both our country's diversity and pioneer heritage. There is a funny simile and uproarious illustration for each letter of the alphabet. Readers who are as curious as cats will enjoy the fascinating... (more)
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  Stars

  by Mary Lyn Ray

  You can draw a star on shiny paper and cut around it. Then you can put it in your pocket. Mary Lyn Ray celebrates all the different aspects of stars, from stars that sparkle in the night sky to the ones that shine within each and every one of us. And Marla Frazee brings the joy of stars to life with her signature breathtaking art. The Star Book is sure to be a treasured read by stars of all ages.
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  Bridget's Beret

  by Tom Lichtenheld

  Bridget loves to draw, and she likes to wear a beret for inspiration. So when her beloved hat blows away, Bridget searches for it high and low. She files a Missing Beret Report. She even considers other hats, but none of them feel quite right. It’s no use; without her beret, Bridget can’t seem to draw. How will she overcome her artist’s block?   Make sure to check out Bridget’s notebook scribbles at the end of... (more)
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  Bones

  Skeletons and How They Work

  by Steve Jenkins

  Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins presents a fascinating look at the bones of the human body as compared to the bones of animals, and shows them off!This book is far from skinny -- it's the definitive nonfiction title about human and animal bones, delivered with in-your-face accuracy and intrigue. In this visually driven volume, kids come face-to-face with some head-to-toe boney comparisons, many of... (more)
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  LMNO Peas

  by Keith Baker

  Meet the peas - the alphabet peas! And get ready to roll through the ABCs.
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  100 Bullets: Book 4

  A Foregone Tomorrow

  by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso

  Collects 100 Bullets (1999) #20-30. Written by Brian Azzarello. Art by Eduardo Risso, Frank Miller, Jim Lee, Dave Gibbons, J.G. Jones, Paul Pope, Tim Bradstreet, Lee Bermejo, Joe Jusko, Jordi Bernet, and Mark Chiarello. Painted cover by Dave Johnson. The story of Agent Graves, Mr. Shepherd, and the mysterious Minutemen continues in this volume. More light is shed on the history of the Minutemen and the... (more)
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  100 Bullets: Book 6

  Six Feet Under the Gun

  by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso

  Imagine being dreadfully injured, yet uncertain of what happened or how to proceed. Imagine then being approached by Agent Graves, a craggy-faced old man with the eyes of a patient predator, who offers selected victims a gun, 100 untraceable bullets and a convincing dossier about whomever betrayed them. Early issues of this monthly comic concentrated on individuals' reactions to Graves's invitation to commit... (more)
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  100 Bullets: Book 5

  The Counterfifth Detective

  by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso

  Set in a brutal world of tough guys and glamorous dames, the noir comic-book 100 Bullets revolves around a pulpy but potent premise: enigmatic Agent Graves offers wronged persons briefcases; each contains an untraceable gun and 100 rounds of ammunition, giving the recipient the means to avenge themselves and elude punishment. While depicting the fates of Graves' beneficiaries, the series has slowly parceled out... (more)
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  100 Bullets: Book 3

  Hang Up on the Hang Low

  by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso

  Collects 100 Bullets (1999) #15-19. Written by Brian Azzarello. Art by Eduardo Risso. The shadowy and dangerous world of 100 Bullets pulls another life into its web of intrigue in this third trade paperback collection of this modern noir classic. This TP brings us back to the gritty streets of the inner city, where the mysterious Agent Graves hands a young man called Loop one of his 'special' briefcases, and... (more)
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  100 Bullets: Book 2

  Split Second Chance

  by Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso

  Suppose that you're given incontrovertible proof that you've been wronged by someone--seriously, grievously wronged. And then suppose that you're also given a handgun, a hundred bullets, and complete assurance that however you choose to use this information--and this gun--you won't be held accountable, won't go to jail, won't pay any price for exacting revenge.Throw in a secret society, some low-life gamblers, a... (more)