Rating: (57 reviews)
Author: Jon Scieszka
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
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Did you ever wake up to one of those days where everything is a problem? You have 10 things to do, but only 30 minutes till the bus leaves. Is there enough time? You have 3 shirts and 2 pairs of [...]
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Publisher: Golden Books
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Author: Jerry Pallotta
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Rating: (21 reviews)
Author: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
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Oh, why won’t Marvin K. Mooney just please go now? In this 1972 classic for “beginning beginners,” Dr. Seuss devotes his rhymes to budging the reluctant young Marvin K.: “The time has come. The time is now. Just go. Go. [...]
Rating: (47 reviews)
Author: Ruth Stiles Gannett
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
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My Father’s Dragon–a favorite of young readers since the 1940s and a Newbery honor book–captures the nonsensical logic of childhood in an amusingly deadpan fashion. The story begins when Elmer Elevator (the narrator’s father as a boy) runs away with [...]
Rating: (25 reviews)
Author: Meg Cabot
Publisher: William Morrow
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Big mouth. Big heart.
Big wedding. Big problems.
It’s the wedding of the century!
Things are looking up at last for Lizzie Nichols. She has a career she loves in the field of her choice (wedding gown restoration), and the [...]
Author: J. K. Rowling
Publisher: Children’s High Level Group
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Collector’s Edition Offered Exclusively by Amazon (Available in Limited Quantities) In December 2007, J.K. Rowling unveiled The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a very special book of five fairy tales illustrated by the bard herself, embellished with silver ornaments and [...]
Author: J. K. Rowling
Publisher: Children’s High Level Group
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition In December 2007, J.K. Rowling unveiled The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a very special book of five fairy tales illustrated by the bard herself, embellished with silver ornaments and mounted moonstones. Amazon was fortunate to come into [...]
Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Laurie E. Bass, Allan Bellman, Sadie Chavis Bragg, Randall I. Charles, David M. Davison, William G. Handlin, Art Johnson, Paul A. Kennedy, Landau, McCracken, Thompson
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Rating: (61 reviews)
Author: Kevin Henkes
Publisher: Greenwillow
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The Caldecott Medal winning book by Kevin Henkes.
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In this beautiful picture book, winner of the 2005 Caldecott Medal, Kevin Henkes, captures the sweet, sometimes slapstick struggle of Kitten, who sees her first full moon and thinks it’s a bowl of milk in the sky.
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Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Tony Dungy
Publisher: Little Simon Inspirations
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Tony Dungy’s little brother, Linden, is a third grader who is having a bad day at school. Linden is the youngest of the Dungy family and the least motivated because he hasn’t found “it.” In a family where everyone seems to have found [...]
Rating: (126 reviews)
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Miramax
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Ten thousand years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle for the magical island of Ireland. When it became clear to the fairy families that they could never win, they decided to move their civilization underground and keep themselves hidden from the humans. All [...]
Rating: (28 reviews)
Author: Louise Erdrich
Publisher: Harper
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Louise Erdrich’s mesmerizing new novel, her first in almost three years, centers on a compelling mystery. The unsolved murder of a farm family haunts the small, white, off-reservation town of Pluto, North Dakota. The vengeance exacted for this crime and the subsequent distortions of [...]
Author: Terry Brooks
Publisher: Del Rey
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Terry Brooks won instant acclaim with his phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Sword of Shannara. Its sequels earned Brooks legendary status. Then his darkly enthralling The Word and the Void trilogy revealed new depths and vistas to his mastery of epic fantasy. Armageddon’s Children and The Elves [...]
Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Richard Scarry
Publisher: Sterling
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Great Big Schoolhouse is lovingly remembered by generations of American children whose first day at school was undoubtedly made easier by Scarry’s warm, friendly, and comforting classroom. Huckle’s life changes forever as he joins his classmates on the school bus; meets Miss Honey, his sympathetic [...]
Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Heidi Murkoff
Publisher: HarperFestival
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Angus the Answer Dog is back! This time the ever-helpful pooch is here to help kids learn all about their new baby siblings. As in the other popular titles in Heidi Murkoff’s What to Expect Kids series, including What to Expect When Mommy’s [...]
Rating: (36 reviews)
Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: Philomel
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Many of Eric Carle’s books begin with a small creature being born just as a great yellow sun rises. This time the hero is a firefly, and the inimitably Carle-ish cut-paper orange-and-yellow sun is setting. The firefly buzzes off in search of companionship, but keeps following [...]
Author: Erin Hunter
Publisher: HarperCollins
Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Bruce Coville
Publisher: Scholastic Press
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This is a tale of two quests: Cara Diana Hunter’s search for an ancient story that may unravel the secret of the long enmity between the unicorns and the delvers, and her father’s journey to free Cara’s mother from the Rainbow Prison. Cara’s journey [...]
Rating: (23 reviews)
Author: Jeff Foxworthy
Publisher: HarperCollins
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In this hilarious collection of poems, comedian Jeff Foxworthy creates a neighborhood filled with fun, family, friends, and more. Here you’ll meet Cousin Lizzy, Uncle Ed and Aunt Foo Foo, cows with horns that don’t go beep, dads in sweaters, also sheep. From the [...]