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Let's Go for a Drive! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Mo Willems
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH (2012, Oct 9th).
Pages: 64
Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.Gerald and Piggie are best friends.In Let's Go for a Drive! Gerald and Piggie want to hit the road! But the best-laid plans of pigs and elephants often go awry. more
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Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Rachel Renee Russell
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Aladdin (2012, Oct 2nd).
Pages: 288
Nikki Maxwell authors an advice column for the school newspaper in this fifth book of the New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series.Nikki Maxwell develops a sudden interest in student journalism that may or may not (okay, definitely does) have to do with the fact that mean girl Mackenzie has started writing a gossip column. And there just might be some juicy info involving Nikki’s crush, Brandon, that Nikki doesn’t want Mackenzie reporting to the world. So Nikki joins the school newspaper staff—and ends up as an advice columnist! It’s fun at first, answering other kids’ letters. But when Miss Know-It-All’s inbox is suddenly overflowing with pleas for guidance, Nikki feels in need of some help herself. more
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Each Kindness
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: E. B. Lewis
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books (2012, Oct 2nd).
Pages: 32
WINNER OF A CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR! Each kindness makes the world a little better This unforgettable book is written and illustrated by the award-winning team that created The Other Side and the Caldecott Honor winner Coming On Home Soon. With its powerful anti-bullying message and striking art, it will resonate with readers long after they've put it down. Chloe and her friends won't play with the new girl, Maya. Every time Maya tries to join Chloe and her friends, they reject her. Eventually Maya stops coming to school. When Chloe's teacher gives a lesson about how even small acts of kindness can change the world, Chloe is stung by the lost opportunity for friendship, and thinks about how much better it could have been if she'd shown a little kindness toward Maya. more
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The Kane Chronicles, Book One: The Red Pyramid: The Graphic Novel
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Rick Riordan
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH (2012, Oct 2nd).
Pages: 192
Siblings Sadie and Carter Kane discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them--Set--has his sights on them. to Stop him, the duo embarks on a dangerous journey across the globe, one that brings Carter and Sadie ever closer to the truth about their family and its connection to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.The heart-stopping action and magic explode off the page in The Red Pyramid, The Graphic Novel, based on the worldwise best-selling novel by Rick Riordan. more
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Pete the Cat Saves Christmas
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: James Dean
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins (2012, Sep 25th).
Pages: 40
'Twas the day before Christmas and Santa was ill.In the cold winter wind he had caught a bad chill.Will Christmas be canceled? Will it come to that?"Never!" cried Santa. "Let's call Pete the Cat!"In this rockin' new spin on the traditional tale The Night Before Christmas, Pete the Cat proves that giving your all in the spirit of Christmas is the totally groovy thing to do. more
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There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Fish
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Jennifer Ward
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Amazon Children's Publishing (2012, Sep 18th).
Pages: 32
There was an old pirate . . . who swallowed a fish, a bird, a map, some gold, and even a whole pirate ship! Will the Old Pirate sink to the bottom of the deep, dark sea? Yo ho ho! Watch his belly grow! Jennifer Ward’s take on the “Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” song is perfectly matched with Steve Gray’s zany digital illustrations. more
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Thea Stilton Special Edition: The Journey to Atlantis: A Geronimo Stilton Adventure
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Thea Stilton
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (2012, Oct 1st).
Pages: 320
An all-new hardcover adventure featuring Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters!At the beach by Mouseford Academy, one of the Thea Sisters discovers a mysterious boy with blue skin washed up on the shore. He speaks an unfamiliar language, so the Thea Sisters call Thea Stilton to help figure out how to communicate with him. She sets the mouselings on an exciting journey across the world to hunt for clues about the boy's origins. Could he be prince of the underwater world of Atlantis? It's up to the Thea Sisters to get him home! more
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How to Help the Earth-by the Lorax (Step into Reading)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Jan Gerardi
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (2012, Jan 10th).
Pages: 48
The star of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss makes his Step into Reading debut in this rhymed reader that offers kids easy suggestions for going green! After explaining how the trash in a wastbasket ultimately ends up in a landfill or incinerator, the Lorax suggests realistic ways children can reduce waste, such as by carrying a lunch box, donating old clothes and toys, sharing magazines with friends, recycling cans and bottles, and using rechargeable batteries. He also explains how they can save energy around the home by turning off lights, taking shorter showers, donning sweaters to stay warm, and much, much more. All in all, this is a great introduction to helping the Earth and helping kids step into reading! more
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The Enormouse Pearl Heist (Geronimo Stilton, No.51)
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Geronimo Stilton
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (2012, Oct 1st).
Pages: 128
Each Geronimo book is fast-paced, with lively full-color art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.One day, my friends and I, Geronimo Stilton, made an amazing discovery. We found a huge oyster -- with an enormouse pearl inside! I was so excited about this extremely rare, precious pearl that I wrote a special feature about it in The Rodent's Gazette. That article attracted lots of attention -- both good and bad! The enormouse pearl was in danger of being stolen. Would my friends and I be able to protect it? more
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The Spindlers
Author/Actors/Director/etc.: Lauren Oliver
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins (2012, Oct 2nd).
Pages: 256
One night when Liza went to bed, Patrick was her chubby, stubby, candy-grubbing and pancake-loving younger brother, who irritated and amused her both, and the next morning, when she woke up, he was not. In fact, he was quite, quite different.When Liza's brother, Patrick, changes overnight, Liza knows exactly what has happened: The spindlers have gotten to him and stolen his soul.She knows, too, that she is the only one who can save him.To rescue Patrick, Liza must go Below, armed with little more than her wits and a broom. There, she uncovers a vast world populated with talking rats, music-loving moles, greedy troglods, and overexcitable nids . . . as well as terrible dangers. But she will face her greatest challenge at the spindlers' nests, where she encounters the evil queen and must pass a series of deadly tests—or else her soul, too, will remain Below forever. more
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