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Nostromo the Dwarf

A young father gets lost in the mountains and meets a mysterious stranger and his dog. Nostromo the Dwarf is a rough man with good manners, a bad temper, and the ability to talk to animals. He tells...

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Duck and Company Christmas

Duck and Rat’s bookstore is busy when a massive snowstorm occurs on Christmas Eve. Duck and Rat’s friends, stranded on their journeys home, make their way to the bookshop for the night where a very...

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My Weird School Christmas 3-Book Box Set

This new box set of three adventures from the bestselling My Weird School series is here just in time for the holidays!

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14 Cows for America

A mere nine months have passed since the September 11 attacks, and in a far-flung village in western Kenya, an American diplomat is here to accept a gift of fourteen cows from the Maasai people for the...

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Lola Levine: Drama Queen

Lola Levine…drama queen? Lola’s class is learning about the fine art of acting, and will put on a play in front of parents and the entire school. But after Lola gets stage fright at her audition, she’s...

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Noodlehead Nightmares

Written in a comic-book style, this book will have young readers rolling on the floor, and educators rethinking their approaches to folklore. Mac and Mac, who love pie and hate making their beds, are...

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You’re Pulling My Leg! 400 Human-Body Sayings from Head to Toe

Hip, hip hooray! Street and Brace have put their heads together and come up with a book about idioms that hits the topic right on the nose for elementary school students and English language learners....

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The Sound of All Things

A Brooklyn family takes an outing to Coney Island, where they enjoy the rides, the food, and the sights. The father longs to know how everything sounds. Though his son does his best to interpret the...

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Marching with Aunt Susan

All Bessie wants is to go hiking with her father and brothers. But it’s 1896 and girls don’t get to hike. They can’t vote either, which Bessie discovers when Susan B. Anthony comes to town to help lead...

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Lola Levine is Not Mean!

Meet Lola Levine–a biracial bicultural second grader, who isn’t afraid to be herself, in this first book in a new chapter book series. Lola loves writing in her diario, and playing soccer with her...

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The 52-Story Treehouse

Andy and Terry live in a 52-Story treehouse. (It used to be a 39-story treehouse, but they keep expanding.) It has a chainsaw-juggling level, a make-your-own-pizza parlor, a rocket-powered...

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Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis Armstrong

Just a Lucky So and So is a joyful tribute to the virtuoso musician.Louis Armstrong has been called the most important jazz improviser in the history of jazz. Although his New Orleans neighborhood was...

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Disney Graphic Novels #3: Minnie and Daisy Best Friends Forever #1

Featuring multiple stories of best friends forever, Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck. Minnie and Daisy do everything together, well at least when Mickey and Donald aren’t around. Their adventures can be...

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Lola Levine and the Ballet Scheme

When new girl Bella, a ballet dancer, walks into Lola’s class at Northland Elementary, all she can see is pink everywhere–pink ribbons, pink sweatshirt, and pink tennis shoes! Pink is Lola’s least...

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Lola Levine and the Ballet Scheme

When new girl Bella, a ballet dancer, walks into Lola’s class at Northland Elementary, all she can see is pink everywhere–pink ribbons, pink sweatshirt, and pink tennis shoes! Pink is Lola’s least...

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Seven and a Half Tons of Steel

There is a navy ship called the USS New York. It is big like other navy ships, and it sails like other navy ships, but there is something special about the USS New York. This powerful story reveals how...

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Ladies of Liberty

In a stunning follow up to the New York Times bestselling picture book Founding Mothers, comes a new nonfiction picture book about the inspiring women explorers, educators, writers, and political and...

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Ada’s Ideas

Ada was the world’s first computer programmer—who knew? Ada’s Ideas demonstrates what happens when someone is both creative and persistent. Ada perseveres and achieves her dreams. The illustrations and...

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The Inventor’s Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry Ford

Using persistence and curiosity to find answers to questions as well as solutions to mistakes, both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford designed their inventions and continued to redesign them until things...

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Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees

Strong and fearless, Wangari Maathai engineered both peace and environmental responsibility through problem solving, persistence, leadership, and a passionate understanding that trees are more than...

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