Archives: Books
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Smooch Your Pooch
Get out your fiddle and play a sweet song. Musical pups will love howling along. There are so many wonderful things you can do for the four-legged friend who’s so …
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Small as an Elephant
Ever since Jack can remember, his mom has been unpredictable, sometimes loving and fun, other times caught in a whirlwind of energy and “spinning” wildly until it’s over. But Jack …
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Sliding Into Home
It’s not fair! Thirteen-year-old Joelle Cunningham is passionate about baseball. She loves to watch it, read about it, and, most of all, play it. But when her family moves from …
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Sizzle
Teen chef Linda must learn to accept other ideas about cooking and assimilate into her new, large, multiethnic family.
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Samsara Dog
A beautiful and sensitive story “of a dog’s journey from violence and anger to companionship and love” (New York Times Book Review) takes place over the course of his several …
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Sammy Skunk’s Super Sniffer
Sammy Skunk’s super sniffer can be super helpful. But when he tries to help the new cook at school, he accidentally stirs up some soupy trouble! (Alphabet Letter Sounds / …
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Rumors From The Boys Room
Rose Cooper is a children’s writer and illustrator, and a self-taught artist. Her artwork can be seen in local galleries, art fairs, and festivals. She lives in Sacramento, California, with …
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Rufus and Friends: School Days
Rufus and his friends spend a day in school reading, writing, counting, singing–and making mischief in the library.
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Rosie Raccoon’s Rock and Roll Raft (Animal Antics A to Z)
It’s the Rocky River Raft Race, and Rosie Raccoon is rarin’ to go! Will her Rock and Roll Raft and some clever thinking get her through the Roller Coaster Rapids …
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Rosa’s Room
Rosa and her mother have moved to a new house. Rosa knows what she needs to feel at home in her new room: on Monday, clothes in the closet; on …
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Rivals
Josh, Jaden, and Benji, from the New York Times bestseller Baseball Great, are back for a new tween thriller set during event-filled national Baseball Hall of Fame tournament in Cooperstown.
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Riding In My Car
Click clack, open up the door, girls; Click clack, open up the door, boys; Front door, back door, clickety clack, Take you riding in my car. Inspired by his love of Woody Guthrie’s Riding In My …
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Razzle-Dazzle Ruby
A regular day becomes a magical adventure in this stunning novelty picture book. Ruby can make the ordinary extraordinary! Come skate on a shimmering pond, roll a giant snowball, sled …
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Quentin Quokka’s Quick Questions
Quentin Quokka has lots of questions! Quick questions, quiet questions—always more questions! On a string of field trips, Quentin discovers that sometimes it’s good to be quiet . . . …
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Quarterback Season
Another exciting, fast-paced sports story from Fred Bowen featuring lots of play-by-play action. Eighth-grader Matt Monroe knows he’s a shoo-in for starting quarterback for the Parkside Middle School football team …
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Profiles in Sports Courage
Veteran author and journalist Ken Rappoport showcases a dozen of the twentieth century’s greatest and most courageous athletes—from Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in the Major Leagues, to …
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Pregnancy Project
Growing up, Gaby Rodriguez was often told she would end up a teen mom. After all, her mother and her older sisters had gotten pregnant as teenagers…from an outsider’s perspective, …
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Popville
Explore this ingenious pop-up and watch a city grow. First a house, then a village, then a town–then a city with railroads, factories, power plants, and offices. The unique paper …
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Poet Slave of Cuba
Born into the household of a wealthy slaveowner in Cuba in 1797, Juan Francisco Manzano spent his early years by the side of a woman who made him call her …
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Playoff Dreams
Brendan is one of the best players in the league, but no matter how hard he tries, he can’t make his team win. An unexpected event and the story of …
