Archives: Books
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The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia
Soccer is the definitive guide to the world’s most popular sport. From the sublime skills of Pele to the lifestyle of a professional soccer player, this gloriously illustrated book explores …
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The Kid Coach
The Tigers are in trouble. Baseball season is underway, and Coach Skelly has just quit. When Scott and his teammates can’t find an adult to coach the team, it looks …
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The Jellybeans Love to Dance
This spirited new board book proves there’s nothing sweeter than friendship. Emily loves to dance and can’t wait to meet the other girls in her dance class, who are sure …
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The House Baba Built
In this moving picture book memoir by Caldecott Medalist Ed Young, he remembers his childhood in Shanghai during World War II. Although China was at war, inside the house built by …
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The Herd Boy
“Pweew! Pweew!” Malusi’s shrill whistling drives the sheep out of grandfather’s kraal. By the time they reach the grazing slopes, the earth is hot beneath his bare feet. He keeps …
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The Golden Glove
Without his lucky glove, Jamie doesn’t believe in his ability to lead his baseball team to victory until he learns that faith in oneself is the most important equipment for …
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The Final Cut
Ryan, Zeke, Eli, and Miles are four close friends who share a love of sports, especially basketball. When it’s time for basketball team tryouts, they spend hours practicing together, compete …
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Calpurnia Virginia Tate is eleven years old in 1899 when she wonders why the yellow grasshoppers in her Texas backyard are so much bigger than the green ones.With a little …
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The Emperer’s Cool Clothes
This is a wonderfully funny and clever adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” reimagined with an emperor penguin who loves to shop and whose entire …
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The Difference Between You and Me
Jesse cuts her own hair with a Swiss Army knife. She wears big green fisherman’s boots. She’s the founding (and only) member of NOLAW, the National Organization to Liberate All …
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The Classroom
“Total fun for the end of the summer and the start of school.” –The Washington Post In 2012, a documentary crew descended upon Westside Middle School to detail the life …
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The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale
Skilley, an alley cat with an embarrassing secret, longs to escape his street-cat life. Tired of dodging fishwives’ brooms and carriage wheels, he hopes to trade London’s damp alleyways for …
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The Case of the Diamonds in the Desk
A jewelry store is robbed. A diamond necklace mysteriously shows up in Milo’s desk at school. The connection is crystal clear…isn’t it? Detective duo Milo and Jazz tackle their eighth …
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The Case of the Crooked Campaign
Campaign mania hits Westview when Jazz decides to run for school president. But is someone stealing all her best ideas? And how? Milo and Jazz must solve the mystery—before Election …
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The Candy Smash
Poignant and funny, the fourth book in the best-selling Lemonade War series explores the distinctive power of poetry and love–fourth grade style.
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The Bus Driver
The Bus Driver is a clever counting book chronicling a typical day and route in a bus driver’s life. Kids will love counting along from 1 to 10 as our bus …
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The Black Book of Secrets
A boy arrives at a remote village in the dead of night. His name is Ludlow Fitch—and he is running from a most terrible past. What he is about to …
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The Big Crunch
Wes and Jen do not “meet cute.” They do not swoon with desire. They do not instantly feel like soul mates. This is not that kind of love story. Instead, …
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The Berlin Boxing Club
In 1930s Berlin, a Jewish boy forms an unlikely bond with a boxing champion in the second novel from MY MOTHER THE CHEERLEADER author Rob Sharenow.
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The Berenstain Bears Come Clean for School
The Berenstain Bears learn about hygiene in this storybook—now they’re spreading the word!
