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• Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters

  Beaty, Andrea

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  Rosie wants to engineer a device to help her injured friend June, but she only has two days! She’ll need a little help from her friends Ada Twist, a scientist, and Iggy Peck, an architect.

• Detective Beans. [1], Detective Beans & the Case of the Missing Hat

  Chen, Li, 1986-

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  Detective Beans is a young cat sleuth dedicated to doing whatever it takes to solve the case. After a night of mystery movies, Beans wakes up to find his detective hat is missing. The only thing to do is hit the streets of Cat Town and find that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dragons and Marshmallows

  Citro, Asia

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  Zoey discovers a glowing photo and learns an amazing secret: injured magical animals come to their backyard barn for help! When a sick baby dragon appears, it’s up to Zoey and her cat Sassafras to figure out what’s wrong.

• Dragons in a Bag

  Elliott, Zetta

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  In Brooklyn, 9-year-old Jax joins Ma, a curmudgeonly witch who lives in his building, on a quest to deliver three baby dragons to a magical world, and along the way discovers his true calling.

• InvestiGators. 1

  Green, John Patrick, 1975-

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  With their exciting spy technology and their tried-and-true, toilet-based travel techniques, the InvestiGators are undercover and on the case! Can Mango and Brash uncover the clues, crack their cases and corral the crooks, or will the criminals…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• 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!

• Pawcasso

  Lai, Remy

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  Every Saturday, Pawcasso trots into town with a basket, a shopping list and cash to buy groceries for his family. One day, he passes Jo, peering out the window of her house, and astonished by the sight of an adorable basket-toting dog on his own, Jo…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Henry's Freedom Box

  Levine, Ellen

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  A stirring, dramatic story of how, in 1849, an enslaved Virginian, Henry “Box” Brown, escaped to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.

• Boundless

  Lowe, Chaunté, 1984-

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  World champion high jumper Chaunté Lowe penned this captivating story of her journey from an impoverished childhood full of big dreams and devastating hurdles, to becoming a bronze medal-winning U.S. Olympian.

• Skin Like Mine

  Perry, LaTashia M.,

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  This book is an entertaining and creative way to address and celebrate diversity among young children. It’s fun and easy to read for beginners as well as advanced readers. Guaranteed to make you smile!

• A Computer Called Katherine

  How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon

  Slade, Suzanne

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  The inspiring true story of mathematician Katherine Johnson who counted and computed her way to NASA and helped put a man on the moon!

• Jumanji

  Van Allsburg, Chris

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  The game was ordinary. It looked like the others Peter and Judy had at home. But they were bored, and thought they’d give Jumanji a try. Little did they know that they were about to be plunged into the most exciting and bizarre adventure of their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall

  Warga, Jasmine,

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  When Rami sees a floating girl in the museum, he knows he has seen her somewhere before. She looks just like the girl in the painting that has gone missing. Will Rami and his classmate, Veda, be able to solve the mystery? The clues are all around…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hilo. Book 1, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth

  Winick, Judd

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  When a mysterious boy falls from the sky, friends D.J. and Gina must discover the secrets of his identity and help him save the world.

• A Bear Called Paddington

  Bond, Michael

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  From the day Paddington was discovered on a railway platform in London, he was seldom far from imminent disaster, but it always seemed to turn into hilarious fun.

• Aven Green, Sleuthing Machine

  Bowling, Dusti

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  Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month, cracking such cases as The Mystery of the Cranky Mom. But can this perceptive detective solve two cases at the same time? First her teacher's lunch bag disappears. Then Aven's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Catwings

  Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018,

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  Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands.

• The New Kid on the Block

  Poems

  Prelutsky, Jack

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  Humorous poems about such strange creatures and people as Baloney Belly Billy and the Gloopy Gloopers.

• Stuart Little

  White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985

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  Debonair mouse Stuart Little sets out into the world, trying to find his dearest friend, a little bird he met in his family’s garden.

• The Used-to-be Best Friend

  Quigley, Dawn

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  Hello/Boozhoo—meet Jo Jo Makoons Azure! She’s a spirited seven-year-old who moves through the world a little differently than anyone else on her Ojibwe reservation.