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the country house where they are staying, they have no way
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tries to cope with her feelings of loss through the love of
a stuffed dog he gave her.
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bottle and open its stopper their wishes start to come true,
and they wonder if the new man in town might just be a
genie.
F Osb
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back to the Wild West, where they experience excitement and
danger and try to solve a riddle.
F Dad
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scooper--and she's a bit bizarre. Could she be a ghoul sent
to spy on the people of Bailey city?.
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gimmicks and cards.
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at the Bailey School, has a gray complexion, an evil laugh,
and makes the lights flicker on and off.
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Woog, Adam, 1953-. Godzilla. San Diego, Calif. : KidHaven
Press, c2004. Describes the various versions of the movie
monster Godzilla, from early Japanese imported movies to
more recent Hollywood versions.
F Osb
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gorillas and learn to communicate with them.
F Low
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2002. A most unusual new student who loves to be the center
of attention entertains her teacher and fellow second
graders by telling absolutely true stories about herself,
including how she got her name.
E Kel
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York : Henry Holt, 2005. Grandpa Gazillion and Hildegarde
show many different uses for the numbers one through twenty
at their number yard.
E DiC
DiCamillo, Kate. Great joy. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. :
Candlewick Press, 2007. Just before Christmas, when Frances
sees a sad-eyed organ grinder and his monkey performing near
her apartment, she cannot stop thinking about them,
wondering where they go at night, and wishing she could do
something to help.
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the New York Giants, moves to California, Sam and Pop switch
their loyalties to the other New York Giants and attend
their championship game with the Baltimore Colts. Includes
historical note.
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children and pre-teens on the events at a gymnastics
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Gruber, Beth. Gymnastics for fun! Minneapolis, MN : Compass
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presents information on the basic equipment, practice,
coaching, and competition.
796.44 Kal
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summer camp, Camp Dragononka is born, but there is something
not quite right about the activities and the setting.
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Smallwood, John. Hardwood heroes. New York : Scholastic, c2006.
Profiles of nine of the biggest names in basketball today.
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and Annie are again transported to King Arthur's realm,
where invisible beings, giant ravens, and mistaken magic
spells have a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night.
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Osborne, Mary Pope. High tide in Hawaii. 1st ed. New York :
Random House, 2003. Jack and Annie travel in their Magic
Tree House back to a Hawaiian island of long ago where they
make friends, learn how to surf, and encounter a tsunami.
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Just when Amy feels that things are back to normal at
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F Osb
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back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they
witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find
what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
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grade, but his little brother is starting Kindergarten in
the same school.
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mischief, Mother Holly's cat tries to tidy up all the mess
he has made while she is away.
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ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2007, c2006. Hiccup
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a rare potato to reverse the curse.
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nabbed by cats who really like stories about magic spoons,
wolves with snout-warts, big hairy chimney trolls-- and
cookies too. 1st ed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books,
2007. When he is captured by two of the queen's cats, Bob
the rat prolongs his life by sharing fresh-baked cookies and
stories of his ancestors, whose escapades are remarkably
similar to those of well-known fairy tale heroes.
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The debut of the Madame X gossip column has turned Joyce
Kilmer Middle School upside-down and Jenny has to figure out
who the columnist is before it is too late.
791.43 Bee
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2007. Text and photographs from the movies describe the
Jedi characters in the Star Wars films.
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cats have shared the forest. When their warrior code is
threatened by mysterious deaths, a house cat named Rusty may
turn out to be the bravest warrior of all.
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and pictures. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing
clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931,
meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his
undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
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Tom's job as an assistant to Captain John Ericsson, the
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spies.
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and Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2004. After Mallory
is kidnapped at her fencing meet, Jared and Simon search for
her near an old quarry and find themselves amidst dwarves
and goblins.
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Candlewick Press, c2004. Ramon loses confidence in his
ability to draw, but his sister gives him a new perspective
on things.
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struggles to understand that sometimes people are unable to
live together.
E Par
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Little, Brown, c2001. Illustrations and brief text describe
all kinds of differences that are "okay," such as "It's Okay
to be a different color," "It's Okay to need some help,"
"It's Okay to be adopted," and "It's Okay to have a
Different nose.".
F Bab
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Michael di Capua Books/Scholastic, 2007. Let go from his
pirating job and ostensibly looking for work, Jack instead
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egg.
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De Groat, Diane. Jingle bells, homework smells. New York :
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homework over the weekend because he is busy playing in the
snow and getting ready for Christmas, but then he comes up
with a solution at the last minute.
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George Lucas' Star Wars films.
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1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2006. Judy
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her old friends and the school project they are working on
together.
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scare off the real witches and ghosts that she believes will
be out on the holiday.
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is determined to win the grand prize at wealthy classmate
Lucille's Easter egg hunt--a playdate in Lucille's heated
swimming pool.
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Barber, Tiki, 1975-. Kickoff! 1st ed. New York : Simon &
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seniority rules over skills, and they must decide whether to
stay with the team even if it means being bench warmers.
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