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Updated July 3, 2023
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Wishtree
Applegate, Katherine
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times-bestelling author of Odder and The One and Only Ivan, Wishtree is the beautiful, nuanced story of an oak tree and a crow who help their neighbors embrace their differences. Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell...
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The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy
Birdsall, Jeanne.
Paper Book
This series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner andnbsp;New York Timesnbsp;bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager. Over one million copies sold, now with a bright new look! This...
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The wild robot
Brown, Peter
Paper Book
Soon to be a DreamWorks movie, coming to theaters 9/27/24! This #1 New York Times bestselling illustrated middle grade novel from a Caldecott Honor winner tells an extraordinary story full of action and thought-provoking questions as a robot learns to...
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Me, Frida, and the secret of the peacock ring
Cervantes, Angela
Paper Book
A new novel from Angela Cervantes that uses the story of Frida Kahlo to help readers discover the true power of heritage, art, and family.A room locked for fifty years.A valuable peacock ring.A mysterious brother-sister duo.Paloma Marquez is traveling to Mexico City, birthplace of her deceased...
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Dragons in a bag
Elliott, Zetta
Paper Book
The dragon's out of the bag in this diverse, young urban fantasy from an award-winning author! When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his mother calls Ma, he finds out she's nothis grandmother--but she isa witch! She needs his help delivering baby...
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The birchbark house
Erdrich, Louise
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A National Book Award FinalistThe family spends its summers in a house made of birchbark, harvest time at ricing camp and winters in a cedar log house before harvesting sugar maple at camp in the spring. Nokomis always urges Omakayas to learn the old ways of her tribe and to listen for the spirits...
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Tuesdays at the castle
George, Jessica Day
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See where it all began with the start to Jessica Day George's bestselling series about a castle that can rebuild itself and the children who defend it. Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celie's favorite days. That's because on Tuesdays the Castle adds a new room, a turret...
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A true home
George, K.
Paper Book
Courage, kindness, and adventure abounds in this charming, illustrated chapter book about a little mouse who finds the perfect home with some help from new friends. When Mona the Mouse stumbles across the wondrous world of the Heartwood Hotel in the middle of a...
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The creature of the pines
Gidwitz, Adam
Paper Book
Elliot Eisner isn't exactly excited about starting at a brand-new school in a brand-new town; he'd much rather stay at home and read a book. But things take an unexpected turn when he finds out his weird new teacher, Professor Fauna, has planned a field trip for Elliot's very first day. Along with a...
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The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
Glaser, Karina Yan
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The first book in the bestselling series that the New York Times Book Review hails as "delightful and heartwarming." The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides...
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Rabbit's bad habits
Gough, Julian
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Avalanches, snowmen, a hungry wolf...and more! Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Middle-Grade Books of 2019 2020 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards GOLD Winner, Young Reader: Fiction (8-12 years) Category When Bear wakes up early from her...
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The princess in black
Hale, Shannon.
Paper Book
Who says princesses don't wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black! Princess Magnolia is having hot chocolate and scones with Duchess Wigtower when . . . Brring! Brring! The...
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The magic misfits
Harris, Neil Patrick
Paper Book
A New York Times and USA Today bestseller! From award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris comes the magical first book in a series with plenty of tricks up its sleeve. When street magician Carter runs away, he never expects to find friends and magic in a...
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Where the mountain meets the moon
Lin, Grace.
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A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection! A Reader's Digest Best Children's Book of All Time! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the...
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Juana & Lucas
Medina, Juana
Paper Book
Winner of the 2017 Pura Belpré Author Award Fans of Judy Moody and Clarice Bean will love Juana, the spunky young Colombian girl who stars in this playful, abundantly illustrated new series. Juana loves many things -- drawing, eating Brussels sprouts, living...
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Adventures with waffles
Parr, Maria
Paper Book
Lena is Trille's best friend, even if she is a girl. And there is never an ordinary day when you've got a best friend like Lena. Hardly a day passes without Trille and Lena inventing some kind of adventure that often ends in trouble. Whether it's coaxing a cow onto a boat or...
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Skunk and Badger
Timberlake, Amy
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The first title in a warm and witty illustrated chapter-book series from Newbery Honor-winner Amy Timberlake and superstar illustrator Jon Klassen, about a pair of unlikely animal friends Analytical and set in his ways, Badger is taken aback when jolly, easygoing Skunk rings the doorbell...
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Ways to make sunshine
Watson, Rene?e
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From Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award winner Renée Watson, the first book in a young middle grade series about Ryan Hart, a girl who is pure spirit, kindness, and sunshine. Ryan Hart can be and do anything. Her name means "king", that she is a leader, and she...
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