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Matilda : the original story
“The Trunchbull” is no match for Matilda! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman…
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- 978024137848
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- 231 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- D
Geronimo Stilton spacemice alien escape
Meet Geronimo Stiltonix: He is a spacemouse -- the Geronimo Stilton of a parallel universe! He is captain of the spaceship MouseStar 1. While flying through the cosmos he visits distant planets and meets crazy aliens. His adventures are out of this world! ALIEN ESCAPE Geroimo Stiltonix's spaceship is in danger of exploding! The only solution is to replace the engine's batteries by tracking down…
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- 9780545646505
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- 112 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- Geronimo Stilton
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Nim's friends
Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. Young Nim lives alone on an undiscovered tropical island with her scientist dad. Her only friends are imaginary literary figures (Alice in Wonder land, Huck Finn) as well as animals from the island (a sea lion, an iguana, a sea turtle). Nim's life mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Ro…
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- 9780545065757
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- Nim's Island
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A story for Bear
Open your heart and imagination to this magical fantasy about friendship and reading... One sunlit afternoon, ab ear discovers a mysterious fragment of paper that leads him to a cabin and to an unlikely friend. Although he can't understand her words, he returns day after day all summer to hear the woman read to him. Each night he carries the sound of her stories--of sailors and goddesses and…
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- 0152002391
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- HA
Stephen Biesty's incredible cross-sections
This children's book explores the innermost workings of some extraordinary buildings and machines. From helicopters to submarines, skyscrapers to coal mines, open up a fascinating world packed with unique and detailed cutaway drawings. Whether it's a Spanish galleon or a medieval castle, each cross-section slice or exploded view reveals what's going on inside. See the people swarming inside …
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- 9781465483898
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
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- 620 BIE
Sam, Bangs, and moonshine
Samantha (known as Sam) is a fisherman's daughter who dreams rich and lovely dreams--moonshine, her father says. But when her tall stories bring disaster to her friend Thomas and her cat Bangs, Sam learns to distinguish between moonshine and reality. Sam, Bangs & Moonshine is the winner of the 1967 Caldecott Medal.
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- 9780805003154
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Ruby the copycat
It's the first day of school, and Ruby is new. When her classmate Angela wears a red bow in her hair, Ruby comes back from lunch wearing a red bow, too. When Angela wears a flowered dress, suddenly Ruby's wearing one, too. Fortunately, Ruby's teacher knows a better way to help Ruby fit in--by showing how much fun it is to be herself!
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- 0590474235
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Hey, Al
Al, a janitor, and his faithful dog, Eddie, live in a single room on the West Side. They eat together, they work together, they do everything together. So what's the problem? Their room is crowded and cramped; their life is an endless struggle. Al and Eddie are practically at each others throats when a large and mysterious bird offers them a new life in paradise. After some debate, they deci…
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- 9780374429850
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Rescue & Jessica : a life-changing friendship
Rescue thought he'd grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog -- it's the family business, after all. When he gets the news that he's better suited to being a service dog, he's worried that he's not up to the task. Then he meets Jessica, a girl whose life is turning out differently than the way she'd imagined it, too. Now Jessica needs Rescue by her side to help her accomplish everyday tasks. And it turns…
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- 9780763696047
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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- 636.7 KEN
Hachiko waits
What a good dog you are. What a fine dog you are. Hachi, you are the best dog in all of Japan." Professor Ueno speaks these words to his faithful dog before boarding the train to work every morning. And every afternoon just before three o'clock, Hachi is at the train station to greet his beloved master. One day, the train arrives at the station without the professor. Hachi waits. For ten year…
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- 9780545071826
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- 96 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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