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WAY PAST EMBARRASSEDJuan finds math tricky but is too embarrassed to ask for help with a tough worksheet. Then Juan is summoned to the board to solve a problem....
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BE WILDIn a series of comparisons that are, to say the least, stretched, Crandall invites readers to wash their ears and feet like jackrabbits, “make”...
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MAMA'S YEAR WITH CANCERCancer, Mama says, is a “big sick.” But she might be better in a year if she listens to her doctor, and then she’ll get to ring a bell to...
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LILA AND THE JACK-O'-LANTERNIn mid-19th-century Ireland, Jack is a “sly spirit,” a prankster, deterred from entering a house by a carved turnip face lit by a glowing coal...
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SMOUT & THE LIGHTHOUSEHis father, grandfather, and great-grandfather have been builders of lighthouses, but young Robert—affectionately nicknamed “Smout”—has no...
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THE FEARS YOU FEARThis picture book follows two Black children along with a supporting cast that is racially diverse and includes one brown-skinned child who uses...
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THE UNEXPECTED HOSTAGETess Bennett is having a bad week, trying to chase away some of the demons of her past at a sketchy punk club in London. But things only get...
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YAQUI DELGADO WANTS TO KICK YOUR ASSPiedad Maria Sanchez, Piddy for short, is starting sophomore year at a new school in Queens while her best friend, Mitzi, is off to school in...
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LIGHT IN BANDAGED PLACESThe author writes that she was in the eighth grade in the 1960swhen she met middle-school teacher Mark Johnson for the first time. (The author...
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ATTIC OF DREAMSThe author presents the reader with two fascinating stories that gradually come together. She begins with a personal account of growing up in a...
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I HELPA brown-skinned child pours water from a canteen into a flying disc, which a dog uses as a water bowl. “I see a dog. I help,” says the child as...
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ALPHABEASTSThe “professional creature curators,” who are dedicated to researching and safeguarding mythical monsters, provide readers with access to their...
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SLEEPERSCenturies from now, mankind wages war against the alien Flock, fearsome, saurian creatures (flightless but with vestigial wings and avian...
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SEEK & FIND PICTURE DICTIONARYSubsequent pages of clear print, with some pictures, provide parts of speech, simple pronunciation, and very brief definitions for most of the...
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OH, PANDAAn intrusive narrator asks Panda about the day’s plans, but our hero is besotted with a magnificent magenta butterfly. Panda follows the...
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THE DARK LORD'S DAUGHTERFour years after her adoptive father died of cancer, 14-year-old Kayla Jones still has to be careful; mentioning him sends her mom, Riki, into...
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HOW DO SCIENTISTS ASK QUESTIONS?This latest title in the publisher’s How Do? series describes the scientific method, introduces some famous scientists, and encourages readers...
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RIDE OR DIEBarely a year into their new marriage, the author’s 35-year-old wife, Jane, was diagnosed with leukemia; he recalls her saying, “How can that...
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TOLKIEN IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURYTolkien devoted his life to the creation of the vast, imaginary world of Middle-Earth, and books such as The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings...
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DAYSWORKIt’s not immediately clear why the book opens with the narrator’s husband saying to her: “Bon voyage.” She calls it an “edict inside a...
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A LITTLE GIVEEditor, journalist, and memoirist Benjamin meditates on feminism, family, and women’s work in a series of linked essays that cohere into a...
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MONSTERS NEVER GET HAIRCUTSThere’s plenty of other things that these wild-looking, otherworldly beasts can’t do. A many-eyeballed monster sits on a couch watching...
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THE CURSED MOONEleven-year-old Mexican American Rafael Fuentes loves writing horror stories. It comes easily to him despite his struggles in school because...
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CAT ON THE RUN IN CAT OF DEATH!Princess Beautiful needs her vanilla latte! Right now! No, make that a green tea! She’s preparing for a date with suave billionaire Catrick...
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THANK A FARMERSpot art of diverse families eating table-ready foods are combined with large-scale scenes of farms with people, machinery, and animals...
