This Is the World: A Global Treasury

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  Sidewalk Flowers

  In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both gi…

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  The Heart of Winter

  The extraordinary new novel by Jonathan Evison, about a married couple in their golden years, from when they met across big ups, deep downs, and survive-it-all, opposites-attract love
  
  Abe Winter and Ru…

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  How to Baby: A No-Advice-Given Guide to Motherhood, with Drawings

  A wryly personal and deeply relatable graphic memoir skewering the “traditional” parenting book to chronicle the absurdities, frustrations, and soaring joys of new parenthood--from the acclaimed New Y…

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  Angels in America

  Angels in A Gay Fantasia on National Themes.

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  And Then It's Spring

  Un chico planta varias semillas para hacer un huerto y mira hacia el cielo esperando que caiga la lluvia. Lo acompañan su perro, una tortuga, un conejo y algunas aves. El cambio de las estaciones y, c…

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  The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

  From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film . . . and the humble comic books that inspired it. F…

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  The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

  The New York Times bestselling memoir of the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village is now perfect for young readers
  
  When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's t…

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  Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure (Sir Cumference, #1)

  Key Features Description Assisted by his knight, Sir Cumference, and using ideas offered by his wife and son, King Arthur finds the perfect shape for his table. Assisted by his knight, Sir Cumference,…

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  Miss Brooks Loves Books! (And I Don't)

  With the help of Miss Brooks, Missy's classmates all find books they love in the library--books about fairies and dogs and trains and cowboys. But Missy dismisses them all--"Too flowery, too furry, to…

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  Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! (Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Books)

  When Mrs. Comfort's guests rearrange all of her carefully placed tables and chairs, dinnertime at the family reunion becomes a complete mess, in a playful introduction to the concepts of area and peri…

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  Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

  Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really good.
  
  They participated in some of NASA's greatest successes, like providing the calculations for Ameri…

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  Over in the Meadow

  Welcome to a lush meadow bustling with activity, where one turtle digs, two fish swim, three bluebirds sing, and so on to ten fireflies that shine in the night. Keats's collage-style illustrations per…

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  Where the Forest Meets the Sea

  When a young boy visits a tropical rain forest, he pretends it is a long time ago and that extinct and rare animals live in the forest, and aboriginal children play there. But how much longer will the…

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  A Library

  In this lyrical picture book, world-renowned poet, New York Times bestselling author, and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Nikki Giovanni and fine artist Erin Robinson craft an ode to the magic of a li…

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  Squire & Knight (Squire & Knight, #1)

  A young squire tackles mysteries, monsters and magic, but the inept knight he serves takes the credit. Every time.
  
  Squire is brainy, bookish, and terribly under-appreciated by the brawny, inept knight …

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  Homer Price

  Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; where houses are built in a day; and where a boy named Homer Price can foil four slick bandits using no…

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  L'arte di essere fragili: Come Leopardi può salvarti la vita

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  Into the Uncut Grass

  A story for all ages from the author of the #1 bestselling Born a Crime
  
  “But sooner or later your mother will find us,” Walter said, looking back at the house. “She always does.”
  
  The boy’s eyes lit up …

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  Our Own Little Paradise

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  Best Nerds Forever

  When a lifelong friendship just isn't long enough, two friends connect from beyond the grave in this heartwarming ghost story from a New York Times bestselling author.
  
  One minute, Finn was biking home …

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