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The Penderwicks volume 4
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As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store for each Penderwick, from neighbour Nick Geiger's expected return from the war to Batty's new dog-walking business, but her plans to use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go astray.
Includes excerpt from author's final book in the same series, "The Penderwicks at last" at the end of the book.
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"Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it." —Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press
In H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin face near-death and tumultuous romance in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Tasked with ferrying a British ambassador to the Sultan of Kampong, they find themselves on a prolonged
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Shhhhh! Can you keep a secret? New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton is back with another story about Splat the Cat, and this time, your favorite frazzled cat has a secret of his own. When Splat overhears his parents planning a trip to Cat Kingdom for his sister's birthday, he's overjoyed. There's just one problem-it's a secret! Can Splat contain his excitement, or will he blow the big secret?
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"A monster with a one-track mind meets his match in an elderly lady called Mrs. Mo. With Mrs. Mo's help, the monster is surprised to discover that he can do more than he ever thought, but that's not the only surprise Mrs. Mo has in store"--Publisher information.
10) Surprise!
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A group of children at a birthday party attempt to guess what is squeaking inside a wrapped package.
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Marcel the Shell volume 2
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One morning, Marcel the shell is walking on the blanket when he is suddenly launched high into the air and gets a bird's-eye view of the baby, Nana Connie's house, and more before falling back down.
14) Surprise party
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Miss Cuttle's class organizes a surprise birthday party for her, and Rusty comes up with another surprise when he helps plan the music.
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When a little boy complains to his mother that he is bored, she promises him a very special surprise. The surprise which turns out to be a new baby sister, is not exactly what he had in mind. He becomes close to her when he finds a very special way to stop her tears.
17) What a surprise!
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Disney's storytime treasures library volume 5
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English
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The dwarfs want to do something nice for Snow White in return for all her kindness to them, so they decide to surprise her by doing all the chores while she's asleep. Things don't turn out the way they planned, but Snow White is surprised all the same.
18) Quae sorpresa!
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Invites young readers to turn wheels to discover surprising changes, including a caterpillar turning into a butterfly and an egg hatching.
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Charmed life volume 3
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When she's not hanging out at her family's sweets shop, Libby loves walking her dog around London. She always meets the most interesting people like Ethan, who's her age and also has a dog. They become fast friends, until Libby finds out his family are the new owners of a competing store! Libby tries to keep her parents' business a secret, because she really likes Ethan and wants to be his friend. But the secrets start adding up. Libby needs the charm...
20) Knock! Knock!
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Each door is a different color and each door hides a surprise.