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Finding Hope by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a man hits rock bottom, he only has two choices. Professional fighter and undisputed champion of the world, twenty-five-year-old Jack Reilly is back for the final instalment of the Rollin On series. Like many love stories, boy meets girl. Girl grudgingly agrees to a date. Boy sits through cringeworthy sex talk. Boy and girl live happily ever after... -
![REGRET by Emilia Finn]()
REGRET by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPreston Danes was born and raised on the streets.Unloved. Unwanted. And quickly discarded.Now he’s a man on the verge of a new career when the infamous Checkmate Security offers him a job.They want to shut down a mafia family, and they need the assistance of a skilled hacker to get the job done.Preston knows code like others know their left hands. He’s perfect for the job... -
![The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith]()
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this cumulative song, each page tells us something new about the donkey until we end up with a spunky, hanky-panky cranky stinky dinky lanky honky-tonky winky wonky... -
![Si llevas un raton a la escuela by Laura Joffe Numeroff]()
Si llevas un raton a la escuela by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe Barnes & Noble ReviewBringing a plucky mouse to school isn't the wisest idea, no matter how much fun it might seem. Thankfully, the bestselling duo of author Laura Numeroff and illustrator Felicia Bond -- creators of If You Take a Mouse to the Movies and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie -- have teamed up to show us the hijinks a whiskered school guest could cause... -
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![Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems]()
Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGerald is careful. Piggie is not.Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.Gerald and Piggie are best friends.In Elephants Cannot Dance! Piggie tries to teach Gerald some new moves... -
![The Good Egg by Jory John]()
The Good Egg by Jory John
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn this follow-up to Jory John and Pete Oswald’s popular picture book The Bad Seed, meet the next best thing: a very good egg, indeed!The good egg has been good for as long as he can remember. While the other eggs in his carton are kind of rotten, he always does the right, kind, and courteous thing... -
![The Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley]()
The Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratings"The following three stories have appeared earlier in Boys' Life: 'The Unidentified Flying Man of Mammoth Falls,' 'The Strange Sea Monster of Strawberry Lake,' and 'Night... -
![Bravo, Amelia Bedelia! by Herman Parish]()
Bravo, Amelia Bedelia! by Herman Parish
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor use in schools and libraries only. Sent by Mrs. Rogers to the station to pick up the conductor for the school concert, Amelia Bedelia, the literal-minded, haphazard maid, begins a new series of misadventures by bringing the train conductor home... -
![#MomFail: 24 Authors & 24 Mom-Coms by A.M. Willard, Alissa York]()
#MomFail: 24 Authors & 24 Mom-Coms by A.M. Willard, Alissa York
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlternate Cover Edition ASIN B073Z2RH1Y Let's get real. Being a mom is hard. And the women who make it look easy? They're just better at lying. Trust us. We're all bad at this... -
![Gramercy Classics Lewis Carroll: The Complete Illustrated Works by Lewis Carroll]()
Gramercy Classics Lewis Carroll: The Complete Illustrated Works by Lewis Carroll
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThis beautiful, 868-page leather-bound volume contains a delightful collection of stories from one of history's most beloved children's authors. Lewis Carroll's stories are still as fresh and appealing as when they were first published more than a century ago... -
![They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? by Patrick F. McManus]()
They Shoot Canoes, Don't They? by Patrick F. McManus
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMcManus celebrates the hidden pleasures, unappreciated lore, and opportunities for disaster to be found in such outdoor recreations as camping, hunting, and fishing... -
![The Great Brain Reforms by John D. Fitzgerald, Mercer Mayer]()
The Great Brain Reforms by John D. Fitzgerald, Mercer Mayer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe year is 1898, and the best con man in Adenville, Utah, is the infamous twelve-year-old Tom Fitzgerald, "The Great Brain." A year at the Catholic Academy for Boys certainly hasn't dulled Tom's love for money—he's no sooner off the train than he begins scamming his own brother! By the end of his summer break, Tom has tricked all of his friends out of everything they own... -
![The Great Brain Does it Again by John D. Fitzgerald, Mercer Mayer]()
The Great Brain Does it Again by John D. Fitzgerald, Mercer Mayer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs entertaining as ever...readers will fall happily under The Great Brain's spell."-- "School Library Journal... -
![No, David! by David Shannon]()
No, David! by David Shannon
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsWhen author and artist David Shannon was five years old, he wrote a semi-autobiographical story of a little kid who broke all his mother's rules. He chewed with his mouth open, jumped on the furniture, and he broke his mother's vase... -
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![Olivia by Ian Falconer]()
Olivia by Ian Falconer
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsOlivia is a gorgeous little pig who likes to dress up, sing songs, dance, think, snooze and is even quite good at building sandcastles. At the end of the day, when she snuggles up in bed and her mother reads her a story (or three), Olivia feels very full of love. Ages 3+... -
![Not For Me by Aria Bliss]()
Not For Me by Aria Bliss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Fake Dating Romantic ComedyIt’s a fake arrangement.Two weeks with me. A free vacation and one very convincing date with her. What could possibly go wrong?♥ ♥ ♥To avoid going on blind dates arranged by my mother, I agree to pretend-date my sister’s best friend. Imagine my surprise when she turns out to be the beautiful, dirty-talking woman who caught my attention while running in Central Park... -
![Not a Box by Antoinette Portis]()
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA box is just a box . . . unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows... -
![Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow]()
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 27 ratings"NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED!" The nursery rhyme "Five Little Monkeys" has long been a favorite song and finger play with the preschool set, but Eileen Christelow gives it new life as a hilarious picture book. Her expressive pencil and watercolor illustrations capture both the glee and the pratfalls of those misbehaving monkeys... -
![Chickens in the Headlights by Matthew Buckley, David L. Walker]()
Chickens in the Headlights by Matthew Buckley, David L. Walker
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat are a mother and father to do with SEVEN rambunctious boys under the age of eleven? For the Buckleys, the days are filled with running, yelling, food, wrestling, and burping. Every night culminates in an epic bedtime battle... -
![Bad Dad by David Walliams, Tony Ross]()
Bad Dad by David Walliams, Tony Ross
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHAILED AS "THE HEIR TO ROALD DAHL" BY 'THE SPECTATOR', THE UK's NUMBER-ONE BEST-SELLING CHILDREN'S AUTHOR, DAVID WALLIAMS, WILL HAVE FANS OF JEFF KINNEY AND RACHEL RENEE RUSSELL IN STITCHES!David Walliams burst on the American scene with his 'New York Times' best seller 'Demon Dentist', and now he's bringing his signature humor to this raucous tale of prison breaks and heists gone wrong in 'BAD... -
![ঘনাদা সমগ্র ২ by Premendra Mitra]()
ঘনাদা সমগ্র ২ by Premendra Mitra
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsঘনাদা বাংলা সাহিত্যের একটি জনপ্রিয় কাল্পনিক চরিত্র। ১৯৪৫ সালে প্রেমেন্দ্র মিত্র এই চরিত্রটি সৃষ্টি করেন। ঘনাদার প্রকৃত নাম ঘনশ্যাম দাস। ঘনাদা তাঁর মেসের প্রতিবেশী চার যুবককে নিজের জীবনের নানা অভিযান সম্পর্কে অবিশ্বাস্য ও আজগুবি গল্প মুখে মুখে বানিয়ে শোনান। ঘনাদার গল্পগুলি বানানো হলেও, এর অধিকাংশ তথ্যই বাস্তব ভিত্তিতে... -
![The Space Child's Mother Goose by Frederick Winsor]()
The Space Child's Mother Goose by Frederick Winsor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnly a few years ago (1950s) we walked on solid earth. Today we whirl through space. Space is big. It is not cozy. But with these verses and drawings... cheerfulness breaks in. Suddenly, science seems merry. And space begins, with the rhyme on page 1, to feel a little more like home. A witty collection of 1950's space age poetry accompanied by clever black and white line drawings by Marian Parry... -
![Venom Scourge by John P. Logsdon, Lorelei Logsdon]()
Venom Scourge by John P. Logsdon, Lorelei Logsdon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's a living search warrant... Wren Cooper is a white witch who lost her position in the guild because she couldn't control herself. She was born with the unique ability to fade into Shadow, cloaking herself. This was fine, except for the fact that it trained her to be a major adrenaline junkie... -
![Back to the Future by Kim Smith]()
Back to the Future by Kim Smith
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGreat Scott!! The latest in Quirk's series of Pop Classic Picture Books (following HOME ALONE, THE X-FILES, and E.T... -
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![Baby Aliens Got My Teacher! by Pamela Butchart]()
Baby Aliens Got My Teacher! by Pamela Butchart
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne day Izzy and her friends are surprised to find that their teacher, Miss Jones, is actually being nice to them. This is the woman who was caught secretly smiling when Maisie Miller fell off her chair... -
![George and Martha One Fine Day by James Marshall]()
George and Martha One Fine Day by James Marshall
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive new episodes in the friendship of two hippos: "The Tight Rope," "The Diary," "The Icky Story," "The Big Scare," "The Amusement Park... -
![The Seaquel by Mo O'Hara]()
The Seaquel by Mo O'Hara
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Tom's big brother decides to become an Evil Scientist, his first experiment involves dunking Frankie the goldfish into toxic green gunk. Tom knows that there is only one thing to do: Zap the fish with a battery and bring him back to life! But there's something weird about the new Frankie. He's now a BIG FAT ZOMBIE GOLDFISH with hypnotic powers . . -
![Make or Break at the Lighthouse B&B by Portia MacIntosh]()
Make or Break at the Lighthouse B&B by Portia MacIntosh
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThirty-one-year-old matchmaker Lola James had it all – until she broke her leg at a wedding and discovered that her so-called ‘best friend’ was suddenly too busy to call, her flat had far too many steps, and her boyfriend replaced her quicker than you can say ‘crutches’... -
![The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller]()
The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt the first annual "states party," Virginia and Idaho hatch a plan to swap spots so each can see another part of the country. Before the party is over, all the states decide to switch places.In the beginning, every state is happy in its new location. But soon things start to go wrong...Categorized as:
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![Bruce's Big Move by Ryan T. Higgins]()
Bruce's Big Move by Ryan T. Higgins
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter the events of Hotel Bruce, the curmudgeonly bear shares his home with not only his four geese, but three rowdy mice besides! Fed up with their shenanigans, Bruce sets off to find a rodent-free household. But as usual, nothing goes quite according to plan. . -
![Fing by David Walliams]()
Fing by David Walliams
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe jaw-achingly funny children’s book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams – a deliciously daft Tall Story of a child who had everything, but still wanted more. Illustrated by artistic genius, Tony Ross.Meet the Meeks!Myrtle Meek has everything she could possibly want. But everything isn’t enough... -
![Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman]()
Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis humorous tale describes how aliens, rather than visiting Earth to take over the planet, really visit to steal your pants... -
![All of Me by Leeanna Morgan]()
All of Me by Leeanna Morgan
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFour friends. Twenty-two bridesmaids dresses. One random act of kindness that will change their lives forever. Tess has given up looking for Mr. Right, but that doesn't mean she's given up on love. When she reads a newspaper story about a young couple who've had everything stolen from their home, including four bridesmaids dresses, she knows she has to help... -
![Clementine's Letter by Sara Pennypacker]()
Clementine's Letter by Sara Pennypacker
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsClementine can't believe her ears her beloved teacher, Mr. D'Matz, might be leaving them for the rest of the year to go on a research trip to Egypt! No other teacher has ever understood her impulsiveness, her itch to draw constantly, or her need to play "Beat the Clock" when the day feels too long... -
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![Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary]()
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThis is the second title in the hugely popular series about Ramona Quimby. Ramona doesn't think she's a pest - she knows that she isn't a pest on purpose... -
![Silly Sally by Audrey Wood]()
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDance a jig with a silly pig. Play leapfrog with a silly dog. And that's just the beginning of all the fun! Come along and join Silly Sally and her outrageous friends as they parade into town in a most unusual way. "Exploding with whimsy, humor, and zest. . . -
![Billionaire Boy by David Walliams]()
Billionaire Boy by David Walliams
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from the author of The Boy in the Dress and Mr Stink.Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact. You see, Joe's rich. Really, really rich. Joe's got his own bowling alley, his own cinema, even his own butler who is also an orangutan. He's the wealthiest twelve-year-old in the land.But Joe isn't happy... -
![Despicable Me: The Junior Novel by Annie Auerbach, Annie Auerbacj]()
Despicable Me: The Junior Novel by Annie Auerbach, Annie Auerbacj
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA smart, funny junior novelization of Despicable Me, an animated movie about "world's greatest villain" Gru, coming from Universal Studios in Summer 2010! Includes a color insert of stills from the... -
![The Random Series Boxed Set by Julia Kent]()
The Random Series Boxed Set by Julia Kent
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt all started with a naked hitchhiker wearing a guitar -- and only a guitar. And turned into a New York Times bestseller. A random meeting between a rural Ohio chick and a rich Boston musician kickstarted all sorts of random acts of love and lust -- and got even more complicated when his bandmate entered the picture. And never left... -
![Not So Normal Norbert by James Patterson, Joey Green]()
Not So Normal Norbert by James Patterson, Joey Green
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJames Patterson's rollicking new middle grade novel is a hilarious adventure into a futuristic world, where different is dangerous, imagination is insanity, and creativity is crazy!Norbert Riddle lives in the United State of Earth, where normal means following the rules, never standing out, and being exactly the same as everyone else, down to the plain gray jumpsuits he wears everyday... -
![McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm: Three Tall Tales by Sid Fleischman]()
McBroom's Wonderful One-Acre Farm: Three Tall Tales by Sid Fleischman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Josh McBroom learns that the eighty acres of Iowa farmland he's purchased are all stacked up on top of each other at the bottom of a muddy little pond, he thinks he's been bamboozled. But McBroom knows he's got the better of the bargain when the pond dries up to reveal an acre of soil so rich that seeds spring up into full-grown plants in no time and even nickels grow into quarters... -
![The Weirdies Get Weirder by Michael Buckley]()
The Weirdies Get Weirder by Michael Buckley
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Weirdie Triplets and Miss Emily are settling into Deadeye Manor when, against all logic, their parents return from the dead! Even worse, they want Barnacle, Melancholy and Garlic back, sparking a truly unusual effort to prove that Miss Emily is the best parent for them... -
![Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins]()
Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Bruce gets home from a southern migration trip with his goslings, he is tired. He is grumpy. And he is definitely not in the mood to share his home with the trio of mice who have turned his den into a hotel. There's a possum pillow fight wreaking havoc in one room, a fox luring guests into a stew in the kitchen, and a snuggly crew of critters hogging the bed... -
![টুকি ও ঝায়ের (প্রায়) দুঃসাহসিক অভিযান by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal]()
টুকি ও ঝায়ের (প্রায়) দুঃসাহসিক অভিযান by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
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![Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer by Megan McDonald]()
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer by Megan McDonald
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's bad enough that Mum and Dad are heading to California, leaving Judy and Stink with Aunt Awful (er, Opal), but now Judy's two best friends are going splitsville on her too... -
![The Parent Agency by David Baddiel]()
The Parent Agency by David Baddiel
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA boy travels to an alternate world where kids get to choose their own parents in this zany, internationally bestselling adventure, which combines the be-careful-what-you-wish-for humor of The Chocolate Touch with the classic appeal of Roald Dahl.Barry Bennett is sick of his parents. They’re boring, they’re too strict, and it’s their fault his name is Barry... -
![Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett, Adam Rex]()
Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett, Adam Rex
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMeet Chloe: Every week, she collects loose change so she can buy tickets to ride the merry-go-round. But one fateful day, she gets lost in the woods on her way home, and a large dragon leaps out from—"Wait! It's supposed to be a lion," says Mac Barnett, the author of this book. But Adam Rex, the illustrator, thinks a dragon would be so much cooler (don't you agree?)... -
![Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold]()
Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTedd Arnold's hilarious HI! FLY GUY, originally published in 2005, is now available in paperback with foil on the cover!Boy and fly meet and so begins a beautiful friendship. Er, and so begins a very funny friendship. Using hyperbole, puns, slapstick, and silly drawings, bestselling author/illustrator Tedd Arnold creates an easy reader that is full of fun... -
![A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce]()
A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo need to knock, just step right in. You're just in time to two-step with Grandfather Robinson and his dancing frog band. Cousin Laszlo is demonstrating his new antigravity device. And Uncle Art's flying saucer is parked out back.It seems like all the Robinson relatives are here, so be prepared. And keep your head down...Uncle Gaston is testing out the family cannon... -
![The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones by Will Mabbitt]()
The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones by Will Mabbitt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA funny fantasy-adventure series for fans of LEMONY SNICKET, NEIL GAIMAN, and ADAM GIDWITZHave you ever picked your nose? Have you ever picked your nose and EATEN IT? Have you ever picked your nose, eaten it, and, by doing so, opened a portal to a world run by PIRATES?Mabel Jones has.Kidnapped, Mabel is forced to serve aboard The Feroshus Maggot with the strangest crew you’ll ever meet...
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