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Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall invites readers to peek through windows that shine like real glass on this lavish book’s cover, and explore the dollhouse-like world of a beloved farmhouse where twelve children were born and raised.Over a hill, at the end of a road, by a glittering stream that twists and turns stands a farmhouse...Categorized as:
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The Time Hunters and the Lost City by Carl Ashmore
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings‘The Time Hunters and the Lost City’ is the fifth book in the bestselling Time Hunters Saga. On a school trip to London, Becky Mellor witnesses the sheer ambition and brutality of Emerson Drake first hand when she is involved in the greatest terror attack in world history...Categorized as:
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Walls of Babylon by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1471 A.D. - Ten years after the Battle of Towton, Sir Kenton le Bec (THE LION OF THE NORTH) serves Warwick, "The Kingmaker", as the man's attack dog. There is no fiercer knight in Warwick's arsenal than Kenton le Bec, a powerful and cunning fighter. Kenton has been tasked with securing Babylon Castle, a fortress that secures a road between Lancashire and Yorkshire...Categorized as:
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Because by Mo Willems
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMo Willems, a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, composes a powerful symphony of chance, discovery, persistence, and magic in this moving tale of a young girl's journey to center stage. Illustrator Amber Ren brings Willems' music to life, conducting a stunning picture-book debut... -
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The Complete Works of O. Henry by O. Henry, Harry Hansen
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsO. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings... -
Pride & Prejudice: A BabyLit® Counting Primer by Jennifer Adams
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith the perennial popularity of classic writers like Jane Austen and William Shakespeare, Baby Lit™ is a fashionable way to introduce your toddler to the world of classic literature...Categorized as:
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Christmas Oranges by Linda Bethers, Ben Sowards
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe illustrated edition of the timeless, classic...Categorized as:
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Peek-A-Boo!: 9 by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe classic children's game book, now in a delightful miniature edition. Busy scenes of family activity alternate with pages featuring a die-cut hole and a cheerful baby overlooking the familiar chaos. Full-color illustrations throughout...Categorized as:
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Saving Dr. Warren by Jeffery McKenna
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPatriotism Prevailed in... ✯ The American Revolution ✯ WWII ✯ 9-11 What About Today?How do we share Patriotism with America's Future?The novel Saving Dr. Warren...A True Patriot answers that question through the eyes of a 14 year old boy.Steve O'Dell loves to write and does it well...Categorized as:
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Dinka by Valentina Oseeva
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDinka grew up in a family forced to go underground after the Revolution. These are her adventures... -
The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The Sneetches got really quite smart on that day,The day they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches.And no kind of Sneetch is the best of the beaches."In this book you'll find a selection of four classic Dr. Seuss stories, that children and adults will cherish alike, before bed, or on a bike, near a mountain, or after a hike. Full of Dr... -
To Love a Reckless Lord: Conundrums of the Misses Culpepper Collection Books 1-3 by Collette Cameron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEntertaining, mesmerizing laugh-out-loud Regency Romance romps. The first three full-length installments of the Conundrums of the Misses Culpepper Series featuring devilish rogues and the capricious women who capture their hearts... -
Togo by Kate Klimo
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSmall, feisty Siberian husky Togo—the overlooked sled-dog hero of the 1925 serum run to Nome—sets the record straight in Dog Diaries #4! When a diptheria epidemic breaks out in isolated Nome, Alaska, in January 1925, the only way to get life-saving serum to the town is by using dog-sled relay teams...Categorized as:
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The Secret World of Mermaids by Jordan Quinn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPrince Lucas discovers underwater secrets when he gets a glimpse of the mermaids’ kingdom in this eighth chapter book in the fantastical Kingdom of Wrenly series.Lucas and Clara are floating on a raft when a wave hits and throws Lucas into the sea...Categorized as:
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Pagoo by Holling Clancy Holling, Lucille W. Holling
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn intricate study of tide pool life is presented in text and pictures through the story of Pagoo, a her-mit crab. "No one who has ever crouched fascinated over a tide pool, peering into its depths and shallows, can fail to be amazed and delighted by the beautiful pictures of those iridescent wonderlands the Hollings have pictured in Pagoo... -
The Sorcerer's Shadow by Jordan Quinn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the twelfth fantastical book from The Kingdom of Wrenly series, Prince Lucas and Clara go on an adventure in the forest realm of Trellis!All is not right in the forest realm of Trellis. Birds have left their nests and bears have abandoned their dens, as a mysterious magic threatens the natural order of the deep, dark woods...Categorized as:
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The Weaving of a Dream by Marilee Heyer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA retelling of the Chinese folktale "The Chuang Brocade"The Weaving of a Dream is the story of a widow who provides for her sons by creating intricate brocades. One day, she trades a brocade for a beautiful painting of a palace. She then spends years lovingly recreating the scene in brocade only to lose her work on a windy day...Categorized as:
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The Pegasus Quest by Jordan Quinn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the tenth fantastical adventure of The Kingdom of Wrenly series, Prince Lucas and Clara must rescue a young Pegasus.When a shooting star streaks across the night sky, Prince Lucas makes a wish for an epic adventure. Little did he know it would come true! As Lucas and Clara set out to investigate some mysterious happenings in Wrenly, they find a Pegasus that is lost and in danger...Categorized as:
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Geronimo Stilton Cavemice #8: Surfing for Secrets by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGeronimo Stilton's ancient ancestor is back in another prehistoric adventure!A mysterious rodent has been shipwrecked on Mouse Island. He's a prehistoric pirate, and he's searching for a lost Stone Age treasure! Geronimo Stiltonoot and his family volunteer to help him on his dangerous hunt...Categorized as:
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My Autosaurus Will Win! by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor cavemouse Geronimo Stiltonoot, life is one prehistoric problem after another!Geronimo Stiltonoot is competing in a race to Boulder Bay and back! It's dangerous, but it will supply the village cheese maker with rare hot lava peppers, and there's a big prize for the winner. Unfortunately, Geronimo has a lazy, slow, city autosaurus (the cavemice mode of transportation)...Categorized as:
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LOS PREHISTORRATONES 10: ¡LLUEVEN MALAS NOTICIAS, STILTONUT! by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGeronimo Stiltonoot and The Stone Gazette are in the running for the Stone Age Ratitzer: the award for the best prehistoric journalism! But their main competition is Sally Rockmousen, the ruthless host of Gossip Radio -- and she'll stop at nothing to win...Categorized as:
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Magic Tree House: #37-40 by Mary Pope Osborne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis four-story collection includes:Dragon of the Red DawnMerlin the magician will not eat or sleep or speak to anyone in Camelot. What can be done? The enchantress Morgan knows who to ask for help: young Jack and Annie of Frog Creek, Pennsylvania! Monday with a Mad GeniusThey know they have to search for one of the four secrets of happiness to help Merlin the magician find joy in his life again...Categorized as:
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Matt by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMatt Haskins proved to be the most difficult of all the orphans in The Cowboys to write about. It's not easy to make a hero out of a man who has been sexually molested, especially when the abuse has given him a mental block against physical contact. I had to find a way to make the reader see that Matt's strength was of a different kind from most cowboys...Categorized as:
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Song of the Sea (American Dreams) by Jean Ferris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRaider is almost killed boarding the LIGHTNING to save Rosie from the cruel Captain Lawrence, who has kidnapped, tormented and imprisoned her. Rosie nurses his wounds and tries to forget his surprising kiss, while she prays for his life.and for her own strength to resist him. For she knows there's no room in his life for love...Categorized as:
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A Flag for Juneteenth by Kim Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsExpert quilter Kim Taylor shares a unique and powerful story of the celebration of the first Juneteenth, from the perspective of a young girl.On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, General Gordon Granger of the Union Army delivered the message that African Americans in Texas were free. Since then, Juneteenth, as the day has come to be known, has steadily gained recognition throughout the United States... -
The Lantern House by Erin Napier
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the nationally beloved co-host of the #1 hit show Home Town comes the quintessential celebration of home. Imagine a house's early days as a home: A young family builds a picket fence and plants flowers in its yard, children climb the magnolia tree and play the piano in the living room, and there is music inside the house for many happy years... -
Help, I'm in Hot Lava! by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGeronimo Stilton's ancient ancestor Geronimo Stiltonoot is back in another prehistoric adventure!Geronimo Stiltonoot and his family are off to find a cure for Grandma Ratrock's aches and pains. She's heard that a remedy hides in Cheesy-La, a legendary valley that Geronimo isn't even sure exists...Categorized as:
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Ariel The Birthday Surprise (Disney Princess) by Gail Herman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAriel's sister Adella is having a birthday celebration. It's going to be a fun-filled day complete with a birthday concert, and Ariel is excited about visiting her family. She only wishes Prince Eric could go, too. At the party Adella wishes that Ariel could stay... -
Τα γενέθλια by Ζωρζ Σαρή
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsΗ Άννα οχτώ χρονών, ονειρεύεται πολύχρωμα μπαλόνια. Όμως, τα μπαλόνια σπάνε μ' έναν ξερό ήχο. Έχει ξημερώσει η 21η Απριλίου. Τα τάνκς βγήκανε στους δρόμους της Αθήνας. Η ζωή της Άννας αναποδογυρίζεται. Δε θα γιορτάσει τα γενέθλιά της. Θα μεγαλώσει με ιδανικό το νονό της, τον καθηγητή, που της μαθαίνει με τις πράξεις του τι πάει να πει ελευθερία...Categorized as:
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Fields of Home by Marita Conlon-McKenna
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe final book in the Children of the Famine trilogy, set during the Irish famine. Michael is a stable-boy at the Big House, learning about horses, while Eily struggles to survive in her cottage on a scrap of land and Peggy still works in America...Categorized as:
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Diamond by Jacqueline Wilson, Nick Sharratt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe fantastic new novel from bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson, starring Diamond, the little circus acrobat who first appeared in the hugely popular Hetty Feather books: Hetty Feather, Sapphire Battersea and Emerald Star.Diamond wasn’t always a star. Born to penniless parents who longed for a strong, healthy son, she was a dainty, delicate daughter - and a bitter disappointment...Categorized as:
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Sir Cumference and the First Round Table by Cindy Neuschwander, Wayne Geehan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKey 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, and using ideas offered by his wife and son, King Arthur finds the perfect shape for his table. Standards 3.MD.D...Categorized as:
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Stories for Children by Oscar Wilde
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContents:- The Selfish Giant- The Nightingale and the Rose- The Devoted Friend- The Happy Prince- The Remarkable Rocket- The Young KingSix classic tales for children by Oscar Wilde, illustrated by P.J. Lynch—winner of the Kate Greenaway Award, the Mother Goose Award, and three-time winner of the Christopher Award—and illustrator of The Steadfast Tin Soldier. P.J...Categorized as:
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Scholar's Plot (Knight and Rogue) by Hilari Bell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was done with being a squire… When squire Fisk quarreled with his knight errant, Michael Sevenson, neither of them wanted to meet again. So of course, just six weeks later they find themselves in side-by-side cells, when Michael is accused of murdering the man who got his brother Benton fired from the university... -
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Magic Tree House Set #1-47 by Mary Pope Osborne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIncludes #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark; #2: The Knight at Dawn; #3: Mummies in the Morning; #4: Pirates Past Noon; #5: Night of the Ninjas; #6: Afternoon on the Amazon; #7: Sunset of the Sabertooth; #8: Midnight on the Moon; #9: Dolphins at Daybreak; #10: Ghost Town at Sundown; #11: Lions at Lunchtime; #12: Polar Bears Past Bedtime; #13: Vacation Under the Volcano; #14: Day of the Dragon King; #15:...Categorized as:
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New Faces, New Friends by Arleta Richardson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContinues the adventures of Mabel, now pregnant and content with her life as a minister's wife in a small Michigan farming community, as she observes another minister's pursuit of someone to marry...Categorized as:
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The 39 Clues: Midnight Ride by Clifford Riley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn action-packed holiday adventure from the world of The 39 Clues!The Cahills are the most powerful family the world has ever known. Its members, which include everyone from Benjamin Franklin to Marie Curie, have shaped history through their global hunt for the 39 Clues—the key to the clan’s immense power...Categorized as:
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Striped Ice Cream by Joan M. Lexau, John Wilson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBecky is feeling miserable.Here it is, almost her birthday,but this year no one seems to care.Becky knows her family is too poor to buy presents...Categorized as:
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The Beast of Renald: The Northern Knights Series by Amber Dane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA widow with a treasure trove of secrets... A brooding and reclusive Norman Warrior... Lady Caroline, widowed with her son by her side is devastated when she is forcefully wed to the king's man known as The Beast. She'd survived one loveless marriage, she could survive another...Categorized as:
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Se Eemeli, Se Eemeli by Astrid Lindgren
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEemeli on tietenkin se kaikille tuttu Vaahteramäen Eemeli, joka istuu tuon tuostakin verstashuoneessa metkujensa takia. Mutta ei hänen koskaan tarvitse istua siellä kovin kauan. "Vain siihen asti kun olet kunnolla miettinyt kujettasi, ettet tee sitä toista kertaa," on isällä tapana sanoa. Ja Eemeli tottelee: harvoin hän tekee samaa kepposta uudelleen. Niitä syntyy koko ajan uusia... -
Showdown with the Shepherd by Marianne Hering, Brock D. Eastman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe key to adventure lies within your imagination Cousins Patrick and Beth go to the Holy Land in the tenth century BC. Their goal is to get back the ring Hugh stole and return him to 1450s England where he belongs. But troubles await them as soon as they step out of the Imagination Station. First they meet an angry bear and later an angry giant...Categorized as:
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Problems in Plymouth by Marianne Hering, Marshal Younger
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Imagination Station Adventures continue Patrick and Beth's next adventure leads them to Plymouth Plantation in 1621. There they meet William Bradford, Miles Standish, and Chief Massasoit, who are trying to establish peace between the Pilgrims and the Indians. Things are anything but peaceful, however, when a musket is stolen and the Pilgrims conclude the Indians are planning war...Categorized as:
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Baby Blue Eyes: Pride and Prejudice variation by Elin Eriksen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat would make Mr Darcy, a man who abhors disguise, resort to deceit and fraud to achieve his goal? Baby blue eyes...The guilt of a certain regrettable event at the Netherfield Ball has put Mr Darcy in an unusually low mood, even more so than Mr Bingley, who cannot seem to evict the fair Jane from his mind... -
A Mail Order Bride for Bronson by Carré White
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDesperate for grandbabies, and cursed with four wayward sons, Maggie Carson concocts a scheme to impersonate them in letters sent back east for mail order brides. Fleeing from an abusive marriage, Charlotte Mills and her five-year-old son, Dudley, travel to Kansas in the hope of securing a better future. While on the train to Topeka, the passengers are robbed by a band of outlaws...Categorized as:
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His Little Lapis by Renee Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce a respectable young governess, Louise Small tumbled from society’s grace after her employer forced himself on her. She wound up at The Red Petticoat playing Little Lapis Lazuli, a submissive who dresses like a girl and offers her bottom up for frequent spankings...Categorized as:
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What Do You Do, Dear? Proper Conduct for All Occasions by Sesyle Joslin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat do you do when:...a lady polar bear walks into your igloo in a white fur coat?...the lady you are forcing to walk the plank drops her handkerchief?.. -
As Ever, Booky by Bernice Thurman Hunter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook by Hunter, Bernice...Categorized as:
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With Love from Booky by Bernice Thurman Hunter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook by Hunter, Bernice...Categorized as:
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Elizabeth 1: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, the Royal Diaries: Cleopatra, Dear America: The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow, a Light in the Storm, My Nam by Kristiana Gregory, Karen Hesse
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Categorized as:
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Abby - Lost at Sea by Pamela June Walls
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis delightful new series, focusing on the travels of Abby Kendall, is a sure-fire hit for 8- to 12-year-old girls. Lots of surprises will keep them coming back for each new Abby title. In Book 1, spunky Abby and her friend Luke are thrown overboard while en route to Hawaii. Pirates, a treasure map, and friendly Hawaiians make for a story that readers won't be able to put down...
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