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I Spy Under the Sea
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Edward Gibbs
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Templar (2012, Mar 27th).
Pages: 32
Look through each eye-catching spy hole to count a new underwater creature!There are many colorful creatures to find under the sea. Look through the spy hole and use the clues to guess the creature, then turn the page to count the animals. Watch as toddlers quickly become engaged in the game and learn to recognize and count sea creatures. more
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The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Joanne Rocklin
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Amulet Books (2012, Apr 1st).
Pages: 240
In this warmhearted middle-grade novel, Oona and her brother, Fred, love their cat Zook (short for Zucchini), but Zook is sick. As they conspire to break him out of the vet's office, convinced he can only get better at home with them, Oona tells Fred the story of Zook's previous lives, ranging in style from fairy tale to grand epic to slice of life. Each of Zook's lives has echoes in Oona's own family life, which is going through a transition she's not yet ready to face. Her father died two years ago, and her mother has started a relationship with a man named Dylan--whom Oona secretly calls "the villain." The truth about Dylan, and about Zook's medical condition, drives the drama in this loving family story.Praise for The Five Lives of Our Cat ZookWinner of the 2013 Golden Kite Award for Fiction given by the Society of Children's Book Writers and IllustratorsA Parents' Choice Gold MedalistSTARRED REVIEW"Rocklin's characters are fully developed: readers will be invested. more
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Nate the Great and the Hungry Book Club
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (2009, Nov 10th).
Pages: 64
Who’s ruining Rosamond’s books?Rosamond has started a book club called Rosamond’s Ready Readers. But she claims there’s an evil page monster on the loose. This monster has ripped and ruined a page of the cookbook Rosamond uses to make treats for the club. Nate the Great and his dog, Sludge, go to the next meeting of the book club . . . as undercover detectives. All the members are there. They are reading a book when one of Rosamond’s Ready Readers discovers that a page is missing. Has the evil page monster struck again?Nate and Sludge know they have a real case. Their search for evidence takes them to Rosamond’s kitchen and to a school book sale where a librarian gives them important clues. Can the pancake-eating detective and his bonemunching partner solve their hungriest case yet? . more
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Ghost Buddy #1: Zero to Hero
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Lin Oliver
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (2012, Jan 1st).
Pages: 176
A hilarious new series from Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver, authors of the bestselling HANK ZIPZER books!Billy Broccoli is new to the neighborhood, and wants cool friends and a spot on the baseball team more than anything. But the one thing he never wanted is his own personal ghost. So imagine his surprise when he ends up sharing a room with Hoover Porterhouse, a funny ghost with a whole lot of attitude.When an obnoxious school bully sets out to demolish Billy, the Hoove comes up with a plan for revenge. It’s all in the Hoove’s Rule Number Forty-Two: Stay cool. And like it or not, Billy and the Hoove have to stick together if Billy ever wants to get in style, get even, and conquer the school. more
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The Artemis Fowl #7: Atlantis Complex
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Eoin Colfer
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH (2012, May 8th).
Pages: 368
When Artemis commits his entire fortune to a project he believes will save the planet and its inhabitants, both human and fairy, it seems that goodness has taken hold of the world's greatest teenage criminal mastermind. But the truth is much worse: Artemis is suffering from Atlantis Complex, a psychosis common among guilt-ridden fairies and most likely triggered in Artemis by his dabbling with fairy magic. Symptoms include obsessive-compulsive behavior, paranoia, multiple personality disorder and, in extreme cases, embarrassing professions of love to a certain feisty LEPrecon fairy.Unfortunately, Atlantis Complex has struck at the worst possible time. A deadly foe is intent on destroying the actual city of Atlantis. Can Artemis escape the confines of his mind—and the grips of a giant squid—in time to save the underwater metropolis and its fairy inhabitants?New York Times best-selling author Eoin Colfer delivers another knockout, fast-paced, and hilarious adventure in Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex, the seventh book in the beloved blockbuster series. more
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Goofballs #1: The Crazy Case of Missing Thunder
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tony Abbott
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: EgmontUSA (2012, Feb 28th).
Pages: 112
“Everyone wants to be a Goofball in this little town, and readers will want to follow their cases in the future. That #1 on the spine ensures that there will be many more adventures from these goofy friends.” —Kirkus Reviews “Targeting readers who like a lot of humor with their mysteries, Abbott includes a great deal of wordplay and slapstick, and stretches the goofball joke to its limit (Jeff’s dog even barks, “Goof! Goof!”). Madden’s cartoons add to the fun, and Abbott’s clipped, dialogue-driven text is accessible for beginning readers and creates just the hint of a noir atmosphere.” —Publishers Weekly “The plot moves along quickly from clue to clue, enabling readers to test their own powers of deduction. more
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Goofballs #2: The Startling Story of the Stolen Statue
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tony Abbott
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: EgmontUSA (2012, Feb 28th).
Pages: 112
The Goofballs Jeff, Brian, Mara and Kelly, haven't had a mystery to solve in a while, so they help decorate for the 100th Anniversary of Badger Point school celebration. The new statue of the first principal is being unveiled at the party but the statue has disappeared. With clues like a skateboard in a piano, a broken pencil, a scrap of paper that smells like chlorine, and a climbing rope hung differently than the others, the Goofballs solve their goofiest mystery yet. Also available in e-book edition, ISBN: 978-1-60684-299-7, Digest ISBN: 978-1-60684-341-3, and RLB ISBN: 978-1-60684-343-7 more
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Dragon Keepers #5: The Dragon in the Sea
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Kate Klimo
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (2012, May 22nd).
Pages: 224
This excellent series is solidly middle grade, accessible, and adventure-filled. In The Dragon in the Sea, Dragon Keepers Jesse and Daisy, help their dragon, Emmy, as she tries to protect an egg which holds her baby brother. Their adventures take them into the Watery Realms, a world filled with mer-people, selkies, and water zombies. Magic, mayhem, and an unusual cast of charaters make the reading fun, and the wonderful relationship between the dragon keeper cousins and their dragon add both depth and dimension. more
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Treason
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Berlie Doherty
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Andersen Press (2011, Mar 7th).
Pages: 264
Adventure, friendship, treason, and betrayal—a rich and exciting historical novel of the Tudor period Will Montague is a page to Prince Edward, the son of King Henry VIII. As the King's favorite, Will gains many enemies in Court. When his enemies convince the King that Will's father has committed treason and he is thrown into Newgate Prison, Will flees Hampton Court and goes into hiding in the back streets of London. Lost and in mortal danger, he is rescued by a poor boy, Nick Drew. Together they must brave imprisonment and death as they embark on a great adventure to set Will's father free. Show more Show less #outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } Adventure, friendship, treason, and betrayal—a rich and exciting historical novel of the Tudor period Will Montague is a page to Prince Edward, the son of King Henry VIII. more
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Egg to Chicken (QEB Life Cycles)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Camilla de La Bedoyere
Format: Library Binding
Publisher: QEB Publishing (1999, Nov 30th).
Pages: 24
Learn what happens from an egg to a chicken in this book that is packed with fantastic facts about their life cycle. Amazing photographs show children the processes that chickens go through on their way to being fully grown. more
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