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This fun storybook will resonate with all children who know the excitement, energy, and bittersweet emotions that the final days of a school year bring. AUTHOR
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In her chapter book debut, Nancy Clancy must find the culprit after a prized possession at school goes missing. Illustrations. AUTHOR
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It was said of Diva: "…if anything ever happened, no matter how big or small, Diva would yelp and run away. Diva was very good at her job." And of Flea: "A great flaneur (someone who roams the streets to see what there is to see) has seen everything, but still looks for more, because there is always more to discover. Flea was a really great flaneur." So, when the two crossed paths, there was ... AUTHOR
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Mama wishes for a milking cow, so Papa finds his pocket knife and heads toward town with his son Samuel. When the pocket knife becomes two lanterns, then a gilded book of stories, a sheep, and more, Samuel begins to understand his father's resourcefulness and respect for the needs and cares of others. A charming story where a young boy grows in wisdom, patience, and maturity and is joyfully reward ... AUTHOR
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A nice story that portrays positive sibling dynamics even in the midst of some frustration. When a thoughtful gesture turns into a confusing dilemma for Azaleah, she determines to figure out a solution using her reasoning and deduction skills. A pleasant read. AUTHOR
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Cork is a muskrat. Fuzz is a possum. Cork eats only veggie stuff. Fuzz eats beetles and worms. Cork likes to play hide-and-seek. Fuzz likes to play find-and-eat. Cork and Fuzz have nothing in common. Or do they? AUTHOR
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Ten-year-old Sarah Ida--hostile and uncooperative at home, and heading for trouble--becomes less self-centered and more self-reliant after a summer job at her aunt's. Illustrations. AUTHOR
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Sarah and her father leave their family to build a home in the wilderness of colonial America. When they finish, he goes away to bring the rest of the family, telling her that "to be afraid and to be brave is the best courage of all." "This story is one to be long remembered for its beautiful simplicity and dignity."--"New York Times Book Review." AUTHOR
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How different life is for seven-year-old Emma and her older brother, Zach, when their Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Elliot care for them while their parents are away. They don't know how to fix breakfast and have too many rules, but Emma is willing to teach them how to be parents. AUTHOR
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Amanda Freebold doesn't know what to do. Her father left three years ago for the new colony of Jamestown, in America, thousands of miles away. All Amanda has to remember him by is a little brass lion's head he gave his family to guard them while he is gone. Now her mother has just died, leaving Amanda to take care of her younger brother and sister.As head of the family, Amanda finally decides to t ... AUTHOR
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Eleven-year-old Gilbert, self-styled private eye, takes on his toughest case when he finds a duck in the elevator of his housing project. In this easy-to-read mystery, "the solution is credible, the plot is fresh, the style casual and natural".--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books. AUTHOR
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A new neighborhood. A new school. An unhappy birthday. Things aren't looking great for Gregory. But when he discovers an abandoned chalk factory behind his house, something magical happens: a beautiful garden and a quiet friendship spring up within its walls. AUTHOR
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Deep in the Alaskan wilds, 9-year-old Rachel dreams of owning and racing a sled dog one day. When her father, who breeds and races huskies, gives her the runt of the litter, Rachel names the puppy Silver and sets out to prove he's a champion. ILLUSTRATOR
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Nate the Great has just recieved a strange musical note. The note tells Nate's friend Pip what his mother wants him to do at four o'clock. Their friend Rosamond, Pip's piano teacher, has turned the note into a riddle. Nate the Great is on the case. He checks Rosamond's garage but doesn't find any clues. Later, Nate and his trusty dog Sludge don't see or hear anything strange at the band concert. T ... AUTHOR
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Over 200,000 copies sold! Now with a newly refreshed design, this classic mathematical folktale tells the story of a clever farmer who outwits the Emperor of China and becomes the wealthiest man in the world--all starting with one grain of rice. When a humble farmer named Pong Lo asks for the hand of the Emperor's beautiful daughter, the Emperor is enraged. Whoever heard of a peasant marrying a pr ... AUTHOR
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Illus. in black-and-white. Marvin Redpost has finally figured out why he doesn't look like anyone in his family. He's not really Marvin Redpost--he's Robert, the lost prince of Shampoon! AUTHOR
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Since its first publication in 1991, Hannah has been hailed by critics, including the Nat'l Federation of the Blind, as one of the few fine children's books dealing with blindness. It's 1887, and nine-year-old Hannah in confined to her house--until a new teacher comes to town. IRA Teachers' Choice. AUTHOR
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For María Isabel Salazar López, the hardest thing about being the new girl in school is that the teacher doesn't call her by her real name. We already have two Marías in this class, says her teacher. Why don't we call you Mary instead? But María Isabel has been named for her Papá's mother and for Chabela, her beloved Puerto Rican grandmother. Can she find a way to make her teacher see that if ... © 2009-2024 Clerestory Learning/Make Way for Books, llc