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"It's the perfect gift! Encourage a lifelong love of reading with this collection of six Beginner Books bound together in one sturdy hardcover book--each story inspired, written, or illustrated by Dr. Seuss! Written in rollicking rhyme and perfect for beginning readers,The Big Violet Book of Beginner Books features the following beloved titles: What Pet Should I Get?, Come Over to My House, If I Ran Your School by the Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss's Book...
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The Mystery Inc. gang must solve the mystery of their haunted elementary school library.
"A haunted school library. A suspicious group of adults. And a gang of kids and their dog ready to solve any mystery. When Shaggy and his pup Scooby-Doo sneak into Crystal Cove Elementary School's library after hours, they discover the reason it has been closed - there is a ghost living in it! At least, that's what the librarian, Miss James, believes. Now the...
186) The Bigfoot queen
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In alternating points of view, Alice, Millie, Jessica, and Jeremy must work together when the secret world of the Bigfoot is threatened by someone with a personal vendetta against them.
188) Roster rebound
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Since Nina's middle school in her new home in tiny Janesville, Illinois, does not have a girls basketball team, she tries out for the boys team and makes the roster--but the hostility of one the players threatens to disrupt the whole team.
190) The new kid
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"There's a new kid in Logan's one-room school house. He's quiet and has thick glasses and the other students are sure he's trouble. When a new book goes missing from the classroom's book shelf, accusations fly. Logan decides he must track down the book--with the help of his new friend--and teaches the class that there is always room for more in their small school house"--
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Ayobami sueña con ir a la escuela, pero para llegar debe tomar un camino peligroso: el de la selva. Una historia sobre la importancia de la educación, la dificultad que tienen muchos niños para acceder a ella y la perserverancia e ilusión de quien desea aprender.
192) Clash of the gnomes!
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"THE TERRIBLES HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED to a game of CREEPOBALL, a sport that is played by all monsters on Creep's Cove Island (just don't ask them how to play it--nobody knows ALL the rules!). Their rivals? A horde of relentless, fierce, low-down GNOMES. Can THE TERRIBLES defeat these Gnomes without anyone DISAPPEARING into an ALTERNATE DIMENSION? Why are you asking me? JUST READ THE BOOK, HUMAN!"--
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Willa has a whale of a problem. Willa the whale's a worrywart. She feels timid about raising her fin in class: What if she takes too long to answer or, worse, gets it wrong? When her teacher calls on her encouragingly, Willa remains silent. Whew! That worked; she's saved. But Willa begins to reflect on the teacher's comment to the class: "It isn't always easy / To share the things we know, / But ideas, thoughts, and questions / Are the way we learn...
194) Jayson goes for it!
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"Eighth grader Jayson Linden has had a stutter his whole life. Though his fellow classmates can sometimes be mean, Jayson tries not to let it get to him; he enjoys playing basketball and spending time with his friends. Then Jayson's best friend, Gloria, is kicked off the debate team because of her stutter and Jayson starts to notice other injustices happening at their school. In order to make their middle school a more inclusive place and to stand...
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It's the spring semester, and Airi Sano is on top of the world! Her grades are up, she has real friends at her side, and she's joined the school play. She's even keeping out of trouble and toning down the pranks! But when the play falls victim to some truly awful pranks, everyone immediately suspects that Airi is behind them. As suspicion mounts, it's up to her to solve the mystery and clear her own name before the imposter strikes again. Sounds like...
196) Princess at heart
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Ellie is a rebellious princess hiding her real identity. Lottie is her Portman, acting as the princess for the public to shield Ellie from scrutiny. Jamie is Ellie's Partizan, a lifelong bodyguard sworn to protect the princess at any cost. Lottie, Ellie and Jamie are back for another year at Rosewood -- but nothing will ever be the same again. They're still reeling from their discovery that someone rather close to home is leader of Leviathan -- the...
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Family, friendship, new school challenges, and a rather large dog problem combine as sisters adjust to their new tiny house life in this charming chapter book series starter from award-winning author Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Perfect for fans of Ivy and Bean and Judy Moody. In a tiny house, 3 shirts + 3 pants = 9 different outfits. Eight- and six-year-old sisters Twig and Turtle are excited and curious about their new small town in Colorado. And...
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"Eva Delgado está llena de preocupaciones. Hasta las situaciones más pequeñas la inundan de temores: ¿Y si hace una tontería? ¿Y si todo sale mal? Después de que su familia decidió hacer un gran cambio y mudarse a una nueva ciudad, sus preguntas se han multiplicado: ¿Y si no le cae bien a los niños de la escuela? En su nuevo hogar, todo parece extraño y se siente sola e invisible. Pero una persona la entiende: su maestra de segundo...
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It's time to find your power. Suddenly orphaned and alone, Rosie Frost is sent to the mysterious Bloodstone Island--home not only to a school for extraordinary teens, but also a sanctuary for endangered species. There, Rosie confronts a menacing deputy headmaster, a group of mean kids intent on destroying her, and shocking family secrets. She also discovers that history can come to life in ways she never could have imagined. When the island itself...