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• Benita and the Night Creatures

  Llanos, Mariana,

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  Benita loves to read in bed but keeps getting interrupted by a whistling Tunche, a scary Supay and other spooky creatures from Peruvian lore. To the creatures' disbelief, Benita is so absorbed by her book that she's not the least bit scared of them.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Benita y las criaturas nocturnas

  Llanos, Mariana,

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  Espeluznantes criaturas del folclore peruano quieren asustar a Benita. ¿Podrá leer su libro en paz?

• Butt or Face?

  Revenge of the Butts

  Lavelle, Kari,

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  Can you tell the difference between a butt and a face? This fun, fact-filled book will have you guessing what exactly you're looking at while you learn all about amazing animals and insects from around the world. Discover fascinating facts about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dusk Explorers

  Leslie, Lindsay,

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  It's that special time of evening, when the hours and the possibilities seem endless as sunlight is fading to dusk. A buzz of excitement and wonder takes over the neighborhood...what outdoor adventures await? Join a diverse group of suburban kids as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Eyes & the Impossible

  Eggers, Dave,

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  Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans, a new building, a boatload of goats, and a shocking revelation that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gamerville

  Christmas, Johnnie,

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  Max Lightning is howling at the moon--he's finally qualified for Gamerville, a championship where players compete to be top dog in the multiplayer video game Lone Wolf of Calamity Bay. But his dreams of domination are doomed when his parents send…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl in the Lake

  Brown, India Hill, 1991-

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  Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not. And Celeste's cousins start accusing her of pranking them when she's been nowhere near…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Lakes

  Our Freshwater Treasure

  Rosenstock, Barb,

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  A picture book about the five largest lakes in North America--how they formed, the importance of these waters, and how they've become a national treasure.

• The Iguanodon's Horn

  How Artists & Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again & Again ... & Again

  Rubin, Sean, 1986-

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  Ever since mysterious bones were found in 1822, scientists and artists have tried to figure out what the creature they came from looked like. But it seems that every time they've made up their minds, someone makes a new discovery, and they have to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just a Girl

  a True Story of World War II

  Levi, Lia, 1931-

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  1938, Italy. Six-year-old Lia loves to build sandcastles at the beach and her biggest problem is her shyness and quiet, birdlike voice--until prime minister Mussolini joins forces with Hitler in World War II, and everything changes. Now there are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Library

  Stead, Rebecca,

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  When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miss Quinces

  Fajardo, Kat, 1991-

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  Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. The trip takes a turn for the worse when Sue's mother…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Srta. Quinces

  Fajardo, Kat, 1991-

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  Sue quiere pasar el verano leyendo y haciendo cómics en un campamento de verano con sus amigos, pero en lugar de eso se embarca con sus padres y sus dos hermanas en un viaje a Hondruas a visitar a la familia, que vive en medio del campo; ¡así que no…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rise of the Green Flame

  Mensah, Bernard (Children's author),

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  Eight-year-old Kwame is eager to start Nkonyaa School and learn calabash magic, yet none of the teachers can figure out what kind of magic is in his calabash--but when one of Kwame's new friends is possessed by an evil magic his power is revealed.

• Safe Crossing

  Percival, Kari,

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  Every spring, frogs and salamanders must travel from wooded uplands to vernal pools where they were born, now to mate. Unfortunately, roads constructed through their habitats have made the journey dangerous for these slow-moving animals. Many never…Read moreRead more of this annotation