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"You've played the game. Now read the legend of how it all began ... Long ago, in an ancient and distant realm called the Kingdom of Backyard, there lived a warrior named ROCK. Meanwhile in the Empire of Mom's Home Office, a second great warrior sought the glory of battle. And his name was PAPER. At the same time, in the Kitchen Realm, in the tiny village of Junk Drawer, lived a third warrior. They called her SCISSORS. These three were the strongest,...
22) Freckle juice
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Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.
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First, find a tree - a black tupelo or dawn redwood will do - and plant yourself. (It's okay if you prefer a stoop, like Langston Hughes.) With these words, an adventure begins - an adventure into the world of reading. Kwame Alexander's evocative poetry and Melissa Sweet's lush artwork come together to take you on a sensory journey between the pages of a book. Now, sleep. Dream. Hope. (You never reach the end) --
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Alexander (Judith Viorst) volume 1
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Children's Authors and Illustrators Week
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
OBD Reading is Groovy - YOUTH
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National Picture Book Month - November 2022
OBD Reading is Groovy - YOUTH
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On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.
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"Farmer Brown has been invited to be a guest at the elementary school's Farm Day! The animals excitedly practice their best classroom behavior: standing quietly in line, using their inside voices, and learning how to share. But then they find out that farm animals aren't actually allowed in school (who knew they were considered a health code violation?!). Rules are rules, so Farmer Brown goes to school solo - or so he thinks. . . for while our favorite...
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K&T - National STEM/STEAM Day
OBD Women's History Month (March) - YOUTH
K&T - National STEM/STEAM Day
OBD Women's History Month (March) - YOUTH
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Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.
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"This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement."--Amazon.com.
30) The polar bear
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Learn about polar bear bodies, habits, and habitats.
Polar bears are enormous, wild, beautiful creatures. Inhabitants of the Arctic, they live in an alien world of freezing temperatures, snow, and ice. Yet they have the same body temperature as our own. They are able to keep warm because of their enormous size and their abundant fat and fur, which insulate and protect them. A gorgeously illustrated nonfiction book about polar bears, this is both...
31) The dot
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Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind.
32) Diary of a worm
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A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world.
33) Mouse soup
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"Weasel is ready for his dinner, and poor Mouse is it. Can Mouse stop Weasel from serving up mouse soup for supper? The clever mouse tells the weasel four stories to make the soup tasty and then manages to trick the weasel and get home safely. This Level Two I Can Read is geared toward kids who read on their own but still need a little help."--
37) Bearnard's book
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"When Bearnard gets an invitation to be in a book, it's a dream come true! But as he reads up on what starring in a book might actually entail, he wonders if he's not quite the right bear for the part. With the help of his friend Gertie, Bearnard discovers that to shine in his story, he just needs to be himself."--Publisher's description.
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The eighth story. Nineteen years after the Battle of Hogwarts... It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father...
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Nate the Great volume 2
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Nate the Great takes on his first night case and tries to solve the mystery of the garbage snatcher.