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Mr. Wuffles

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In a near wordless masterpiece that could only have been devised by David Wiesner, a cat named Mr. Wuffles doesn't care about toy mice or toy goldfish. He’s much more interested in playing with a little spaceship full of actual aliens—but the ship wasn't designed for this kind of rough treatment. Between motion sickness and damaged equipment, the aliens are in deep trouble.

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Mr. Wuffles

The Girl from the Tar Paper School

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Before the Little Rock Nine, before Rosa Parks, before Martin Luther King Jr. and his March on Washington, there was Barbara Rose Johns, a teenager who used nonviolent civil disobedience to draw attention to her cause. In 1951, witnessing the unfair conditions in her racially segregated high school, Barbara Johns led a walkout—the first public protest of its kind demanding racial equality in the U.S.—jumpstarting the American civil rights movement.

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1100L
The Girl from the Tar Paper School

The Quiet Place

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When Isabel and her family move to the United States, Isabel misses all the things she left behind in Mexico, especially her aunt Lupita and hearing people speak Spanish. But she also experiences some wonderful new things--her first snow storm and a teacher who does not speak Spanish but has a big smile. Even better, Papa and her brother Chavo help her turn a big box into her own quiet place, where she keeps her books and toys and writes letters to Aunt Lupita.

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AD620L
The Quiet Place

The Very Inappropriate Word

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Michael loves interesting words (hard words like ELASTIC, little words like VAST, and big words like SMITHEREENS) and is always on the lookout for words to collect. Then one day, he picks up a new word. A bad word. An inappropriate word. At least, that’s what his friend says. But Michael kind of likes the word. He thinks he might try it out.

At school.

Bad idea.

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AD490L
The Very Inappropriate Word

Drawing from Memory

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Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan’s premier cartoonist

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HL560L
Drawing from Memory

Papa's Mechanical Fish

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Clink! Clankety-bang! Thump-whirr! That's the sound of Papa at work. Although he is an inventor, he has never made anything that works perfectly, and that's because he hasn't yet found a truly fantastic idea. But when he takes his family fishing on Lake Michigan, his daughter Virena asks, "Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a fish?"—and Papa is off to his workshop. With a lot of persistence and a little bit of help, Papa—who is based on the real-life inventor Lodner Phillips—creates a submarine that can take his family for a trip to the bottom of Lake Michigan.

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480L
Papa's Mechanical Fish

Bink and Gollie: Best Friends Forever

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Our favorite heroines are back to ask some big questions. Does royal blood flow through Gollie's veins? Can Bink grow tall enough to reach the peanut butter? Can the two of them, together, astonish their friends and neighbors by breaking a world record?

Clever shenanigans abound in this third book starring the marvelous companions introduced in the New York Times best-selling and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning Bink & Gollie.

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420L
Bink and Gollie: Best Friends Forever

Bink and Gollie: Two For One

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Your favorite marvelous companions are back!

Meet them at the fair in this delightfully droll sequel to the New York Times bestseller and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Bink and Gollie.

The state fair is in town, and now Bink and Gollie -- utter opposites and best friends extraordinaire -- must use teamwork and their gray matter to navigate its many wonders. Will Bink win the world's largest donuet in the Whack-a-Duck game? Will Gollie wow the crowd in the talent show?

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270L
Bink and Gollie: Two For One

The Hobbit

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Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo--alone and unaided--who had to confront the great dragon Smaug, the terror of an entire countryside!

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1000L
The Hobbit

Redwall

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Welcome to Mossflower Wood, where the gentle mice have gathered to celebrate a year of peace and abundance. All is well...until a sinister shadow falls across the ancient stone abbey of Redwall. It is rumored that Cluny is coming--Cluny, the terrible one-eyed rat and his savage horde--Cluny, who has vowed to conquer Redwall Abbey! The only hope for the besieged mice lies in the lost sword of the legendary Martin the Warrior. And so begins the epic quest of a bumbling young apprentice--a courageous mouse who would rise up, fight back...and become a legend himself.

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800L
Redwall

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