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BE QUIET!
By Ryan T. Higgins
All Rupert the mouse wants is to star in a beautiful, wordless book. He has plenty of ideas about what makes a great book, but his friends just WON’T. STOP. TALKING. Grades K-3.
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Billions of Bricks
By Kurt Cyrus
This clever, rhyming picture book leads readers through a day in the life of a construction crew building with bricks. Preschool.
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Builder Mouse
By Sofia Eldarova
When he clashes with his best friend over the best way to use leftovers, Edgar, who prefers using leftovers to build, parts ways with Toby, who loves to eat leftovers, in search of someone who will appreciate his creations as art instead of lunch. Grades K-3.
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Busy Builders, Busy Week!
By Jean Reidy
A cast of animal characters is building a brand new playground in a local park. Each day of the week contains a different construction plan. Preschool.
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Flying Lessons & Other Stories
By Ellen Oh
Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes or new neighborhoods, this bold anthology – written by the best children’s authors – celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us. Grades 4-6.
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Jack and the Geniuses: At the Bottom of the World
By Bill Nye
Traveling to Antarctica for a prestigious science competition, Jack and his genius foster siblings, Ava and Matt, become caught up in a mystery involving a missing scientist. Grades 4-6.
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Jack Hanna’s Wild But True: Amazing Animal Facts You Won’t Believe!
By Jack Hanna
More than 200 delightful facts and anecdotes about wild animals that seem too wild to be true, but are. Stories include animal friends, endangered animals, hilarious stories, surprising animal species and crazy, unbelievable animal stories that will warm your heart. Grades 4-6.
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Mae and June and the Wonder Wheel
By Charise Mericle Harper
June is happy to get a new neighbor, Mae, and soon the two of them are best friends. The pair goes on adventures each day, determined by the spin of the Wonder Wheel each morning. Grades K-3.
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Marty Pants #1: Do Not Open!
By Mark Parisi
When Marty finds a cryptic message that claims aliens are observing him, he attempts to head off this threat to Earth, find his missing cat and get his homework turned in on time – all with the help of his best friends. Grades K-3.
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NewsPrints
By Ru Xu
Blue is an orphan who disguises herself as a newsboy. There’s a war going on, and girls are expected to help the struggling economy by selling cookies. But Blue loves living and working at The Bugle, the only paper in town that tells the truth. And what’s printed in the newspapers now matters more than ever. Grades 4-6.
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Princess Cora and the Crocodile
By Laura Amy Schlitz
Unhappy queen-in-training Cora receives a pet crocodile from her fairy godmother, who disrupts her mundane daily routine. Grades K-3.
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Push! Dig! Scoop! A Construction Counting Rhyme
By Rhonda Gowler Greene
Mother and father trucks show their youngsters how to build down at the construction site, from “mama bulldozer with her little dozer one” to “mama steamroller with her little rollers ten.” Preschool.
