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Steam Train, Dream Train
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Sherri Duskey Rinker
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Chronicle Books (2013, Apr 16th).
Pages: 40
The team behind the #1 New York Times bestseller Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site returns with another fabulous book for bedtime! The dream train pulls into the station, and one by one the train cars are loaded: polar bears pack the reefer car with ice cream, elephants fill the tanker cars with paints, tortoises stock the auto rack with race cars, bouncy kangaroos stuff the hopper car with balls. Sweet and silly dreams are guaranteed for any budding train enthusiasts! more
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National Geographic Kids Everything Rocks and Minerals: Dazzling gems of photos and info that will rock your world
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Steve Tomecek
Format: Paperback
Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books; Brdbk edition (2011, Oct 11th).
Pages: 64
Targeted to rock-crazy kids, this bold book is more energetic, more visually exciting, and more fun than anything else on the market—and with more information, too! Youngsters become geology experts as they browse eye-popping photos and absorb layers of information made extra fun through a humor-infused presentation. more
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LEGO Ninjago: Rise of the Snakes (Reader #4)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tracey West
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Inc. (2012, May 1st).
Pages: 32
LEGO Ninjago toys are a hit with boys 5 - 9! Scholastic's books are based on the popular Cartoon Network series.Just when it seemed peace was at hand in the land of Ninjago, a new evil has arisen! Lloyd Garmadon, the son of Lord Garmadon, has woken the Serpentine, a race of snake-headed beasts who've been banished for centuries. It's up to Cole, Jay, Kai, and Zane to face this new challenge with their trademark humorous, kick-butt attitude. more
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Ripley's Special Edition 2013 (Ripley's Believe It Or Not Special Edition)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Ripley's Entertainment Inc.
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Inc. (2012, Sep 1st).
Pages: 144
Another year's worth of wild and wacky information from Ripley's Believe It or Not!144 pages of awesomely weird information such as rainbow clouds in the Himalayas, a Chinese building in shape of teapot, a woman who's worn and lived in pink clothes for 25 years, a kidney stone the size of a coconut, bed sheets that cost $150,000, running a marathon underwater, and MORE! more
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LEGO Ninjago: A Ninja's Path (Reader #5)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Tracey West
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Inc. (2012, Oct 1st).
Pages: 32
LEGO Ninjago toys are a hit with boys 5 - 9! Scholastic's books are based on the popular Cartoon Network series.Quiet Zane isn't like the other ninja. His weird humor sometimes gets him in trouble with Cole, Kay, and Kai--especially when he leads the ninja into a mission that ends in the destruction of their home in Sensei Wu's monastery. Now Zane must hope that a new path will rise from the monastery's ashes.... more
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Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, No. 5)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Mary Pope Osborne
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (1995, Mar 21st).
Pages: 80
Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House! Have you ever met a real live ninja?Jack and Annie do when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to ancient Japan, where they find themselves in the cave of a ninja master. Will they learn the secrets of the ninja? Or will the evil samurai warriors get them first? Visit the Magic Tree House website! MagicTreeHouse.com more
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Otis and the Puppy
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Loren Long
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Philomel (2013, Mar 12th).
Pages: 40
The New York Times Bestseller! Otis and his farm friends love to play hide-and-seek. Otis especially loves to be "It," finding his friends as they hide. Yet when the newest addition to the farm—a bounding puppy who can't sit still and has a habit of licking faces—tries to hide, he finds his attention wandering and is soon lost in the forest. Night falls and Otis, knowing his new friend is afraid of the dark, sets out to find him. There's just one problem: Otis is also afraid of the dark. His friend is alone and in need, though, so Otis takes a deep breath, counts to ten, and sets off on a different game of hide-and-seek. From the critically-acclaimed illustrator of The Little Engine that Could, Of Thee I Sing, and Otis, the 2013 Read for the Record selection. more
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Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Chris Raschka
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade (2013, Apr 9th).
Pages: 32
“[Raschka's] marvelous sequences, fluid style, and emotional intelligence capture all of the momentum and exhilaration of this glorious accomplishment,” raves School Library Journal in a starred review.Learning to ride a bike is one of the most important milestones of childhood, and no one captures the emotional ups and downs of the experience better than Chris Raschka, who won the 2012 Caldecott Medal for A Ball for Daisy. In this simple yet emotionally rich "guide," a father takes his daughter through all the steps in the process—from choosing the perfect bicycle to that triumphant first successful ride. Using very few words and lots of expressive pictures, here is a picture book that not only shows kids how to learn to ride, but captures what it feels like to fall . more
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The 39 Clues: The Cahill Files: Spymasters
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Clifford Riley
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Inc. (2013, May 1st).
Pages: 256
Three amazing adventure stories from the Cahill vault! Read at your own risk.In 1814, redcoats burned the White House to the ground. In 1889, Harry Houdini discovered a trick that would save his life. In 1955, the U.S. launched the world's first nuclear submarine. And one family pulled the strings behind the scenes at each of these events: the Cahills--the most powerful family the world has ever known.Now the Cahills have opened their vault and dangerous secrets are pouring out. This volume contains three stories previously-published as ebook adventures, THE REDCOAT CHASE, THE SUBMARINE JOB, and THE HOUDINI ESCAPE, three stories that will change history as we know it forever. Flee alongside a young Cahill as Washington burns, unlock Houdini's magic, and stow away with young Fiske Cahill on a desperate mission that could cost him his life. more
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Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Brian Pinkney
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH (2012, Oct 23rd).
Pages: 256
HAND IN HAND presents the stories of ten men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day. The stories are accessible, fully-drawn narratives offering the subjects’ childhood influences, the time and place in which they lived, their accomplishments and motivations, and the legacies they left for future generations as links in the “freedom chain.” This book will be the definitive family volume on the subject, punctuated with dynamic full color portraits and spot illustrations by two-time Caldecott Honor winner and multiple Coretta Scott King Book Award recipient Brian Pinkney. Backmatter includes a civil rights timeline, sources, and further reading. more
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