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Super Peppa!
Holowaty, Lauren
Paper Book
Peppa is always super but in this glitter-y storybook she learns to be a superhero! Based on the hit show on Nick Jr.! Peppa loves her favorite superhero, Super Potato! But can she be super, just like him? Mummy Pig thinks so! Little ones will love this original Peppa Pig storybook with a...
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The Bad Guys
Blabey, Aaron
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog ManThis New York Times bestselling illustrated series is perfect for fans of Dog Man and Captain Underpants.They sound like bad guys, they look like bad...
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Time to be a hero
Pendergrass, Daphne
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Join your favorite heroes as they work together to save the day in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read based on PJ Masks, the hit preschool series airing on Disney Junior! Owlette can't wait to try the new train ride at the amusement park! But when Romeo steals the train for...
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Little libraries, big heroes
Paul, Miranda
Paper Book
From an award-winning author and illustrator, the inspiring story of how the Little Free Library organization brings communities together through books, from founder Todd Bol's first installation to the creation of more than 75,000 mini-libraries around the world. ...
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Hooray for helpers! : first responders and more heroes in action
Austin, Mike
Paper Book
Celebrate first responders in this timely, action-packed picture book featuring firefighters, doctors, EMTs, and other brave helpers in action! First responders are on the way! Every day, brave helpers are on full alert, ready to rescue people and animal friends in need....
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Firefighter Flo!
Zimmerman, Andrea Griffing
Paper Book
Ring! Clang! Firefighter Flo and her team race to stop a fire in this picture book filled with bold art and fun onomatopoeia. Last night at the Fire Station... With a jingly-jang, the telephone rang. RING-RING! RING-RING! ...
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DC Super Friends 5-minute stories
Paper Book
Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this hardcover collection of tales featuring BATMAN(tm), SUPERMAN(tm), WONDER WOMAN(tm), and all of the DC SUPER FRIENDS(tm). Each story can be read in five minutes or less, so it's perfect for bedtime--or anytime!
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Masked hero : how Wu Lien-teh invented the mask that ended an epidemic
Liu, Shan Woo
Paper Book
Meet Dr. Wu Lien-teh, defeater of the Manchurian plague--in a story authored by his great-granddaughter, an emergency physician who relied on his life-saving invention during a pandemic a century later. More than a hundred years before Covid, a deadly pneumonic plague threatened...
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Teachers rock!
Parr, Todd
Paper Book
A celebration of the countless ways teachers change the world! Teachers are amazing! They teach you new things, make you laugh, and help you meet new friends. They always encourage you to do your best. They make the classroom a great place to be! ...
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Saving the day : Garrett Morgan's life-changing invention of the traffic signal
Parsons, Karyn
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Before Garrett Morgan became a successful inventor and saved countless lives with his creations, he was a little boy with a head full of ideas on how to make life better for everyone. At a tumultuous time filled with racism and discrimination, Garrett became a prominent business man...
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Dog Man
Pilkey, Dav
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In DOG MAN: BIG JIM BEGINS, discover the origin of our beloved characters from the Dog Man series as they join forces to stop the Space Cuties from destroying the city. Will the past predict the future for Dog Man and his friends? Will goodness and bravery prevail? Can anything happen if you...
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Even superheroes have bad days
Becker, Shelly
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"Full of action and vibrancy. . . .A good way to soothe bad days away." --School Library Journal When Superheroes don't get their way, when they're sad, when they're mad, when they've had a bad day . . . . . . they...
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I am a kindness hero
Adams, Jennifer
Paper Book
Children will learn the importance of treating others with love, kindness, and respect. Follow the adventures of a young boy as he practices kindness throughout his day, from rescuing a puppy to standing up to bullies to helping his young sister tie her shoe. I Am a Kindness Hero<...
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Tiger vs. nightmare
Tetri, Emily
Paper Book
A 2019 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor book A 2018 Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Graphic Novel of 2018 Tiger is a very lucky kid: she has a monster living under her bed. Every night, Tiger and Monster play games until...
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We are heroes!
Webster, Christy
Paper Book
A new Step 1 Step into Reading leveled reader that's the perfect introduction to the DC Super Heroes for kids 4 to 6! Bonus: Over 30 shiny stickers! When a crime spree breaks out in Gotham City, Batman(TM) and Batgirl(TM) reach out to Supergirl(TM), The Flash(TM), and the...
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What's my superpower?
Johnston, Aviaq.
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Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours), and friends who are better than her at a million other things. Nalvana thinks she must...
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Stuntboy, in the meantime
Reynolds, Jason
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A Schneider Family Award Honor Book for Middle Grade From Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you've never heard of, filled with...
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Awesome Dawson
Gall, Chris.
Paper Book
EVERYTHING CAN BE USED AGAIN! That's Dawson's motto. He collects junk that people throw away and turns it into something STUPENDOUS. But when Dawson uses his skills to create a machine to do his chores for him, he discovers he might have invented something a little too... AWESOME. Can he...
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The boy who harnessed the wind
Kamkwamba, William
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Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his...
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jazynka, Kitson.
Paper Book
The most effective method used to influence children to read is to incorporate the information that interests them the most. National Geographic Readers are educational, high-interest, and comprehensive for children. In this title, readers will learn about the fascinating life and legacy...
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Shuri : a Black Panther novel
Stone, Nic
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes an all-new upper middle grade series based on one of the Marvel Universe's break-out characters--Shuri, from Black Panther!An original, upper-middle-grade series starring the break-out character from the Black Panther comics and films: T...
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The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
Lewis, C. S.
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A beautiful hardcover edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. The full-color jacket features art by three-time Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator David Wiesner. The interior includes ...
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Inkheart
Funke, Cornelia Caroline.
Paper Book
From internationally acclaimed storyteller Cornelia Funke, this bestselling, magical epic is now being reissued with a brand new cover in anticipation of the long-awaited fourth book in the series. One cruel night, Meggie's father reads aloud from a book called INKHEART-- and an evil ruler escapes...
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The princess in black
Hale, Shannon
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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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Rosa Parks
Jazynka, Kitson.
Paper Book
Find out about the life of Rosa Parks and how her actions in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 helped end racial segregation in America. This book follows the same standards as other National Geographic Readers with the same careful text, brilliant photographs, and fun approach that kids...
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The race to erase
Doyle, Bill
Paper Book
CHOOSE YOUR PATH. CHANGE THE STORY. SAVE THE EARTH. From the creator of the interactive Escape This Book! series comes another adventure series about climate superheroes in which YOU get to help save the planet by choosing which story line you think is the right one! The Calamity...
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Turn the tide
Dimopoulos, Elaine
Paper Book
Twelve-year-old Mimi Laskaris is inspired by the Wijsen sisters of Bali to turn her focus from classical piano to a new obsession: forming a grassroots, kid-led movement to ban plastic bags in her new island home in Florida. Written in accessible verse, this timely story of environmental activism...
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The last beekeeper
Cartaya, Pablo
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Facing a world dually altered by climate change and those who profit from it, Yolanda Cicerón will have to fight to save the last known beehive from extinction in this stirring new adventure by award-winning author Pablo Cartaya. In a future shaken by climate disasters,...
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Facing the mountain : a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II
Brown, Daniel James
Paper Book
Adapted for young readers from the New York Times bestseller by Daniel James Brown, Facing the Mountain is the remarkable true story of three brave Japanese American soldiers who fought for the United States during World War II while facing discrimination at home. Perfect for...
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Never give up : Dr. Kati Karikó and the race for the future of vaccines
Dadey, Debbie
Paper Book
The first-ever picture book biography about Dr. Katalin Karikó, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Growing up in a small Hungarian town, Kati Karikó was curious about everything.That included her family's farm animals--and the cells inside of them. As an adult, she...
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Who was Harriet Tubman?
McDonough, Yona Zeldis.
Paper Book
Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she travelled by herself north to Philadelphia....
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Who was E.B. White?
Herman, Gail
Paper Book
An entertaining biography of the man behind Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web, two of the best loved children's books of all time. Learn about E.B. White's exciting life in this new addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series! Today, most people...
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Who is Taylor Swift?
Anderson, Kirsten
Paper Book
Learn how a young girl who lived on a Christmas tree farm grew up to become one of the most celebrated musical artists of the twenty-first century in this addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Taylor Swift always knew she wanted to be a country music artist...
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Breaking the mold : changing the face of climate science
Levy, Dana Alison
Paper Book
Sixteen scientists. Protecting our planet. Making science more equitable. An Orbis Pictus Recommended Book A Green Earth Book Award Honor A Blueberry Award Honor Scientists who collect microbes from surfers' skin, who use radar sensors to gather data...
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The lightning thief
Riordan, Rick.
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times Bestseller | Now a series on Disney+ 12-year-old Percy Jackson discovers he is the son of Poseidon in the opener to the hilarious, fast-paced adventure fantasy series for young readers ages 10 and up The paperback edition of the...
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