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Stink Moody volume 5
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Description
Every morning, Judy Moody measures Stink and it's always the same: three feet, eight inches tall. Stink feels like even the class newt is growing faster than he is. Then, one day, the ruler reads - can it be?! - three feet, seven and three quarter inches! Is Stink shrinking? He tries everything to look like he's growing, but wearing up-and-down stripes and spiking his hair aren't fooling anyone. But while he can't ask James Madison - the shortest...
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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"The holidays have arrived, and Hannah and her good pal Lisa have agreed to provide all the goodies for the town's annual production of A Christmas Carol. But before anyone can say "Bah, humbug!" a Santa-sized sackful of trouble ensues. Like the fact that Lisa's husband will be playing Mr. Claus to his ex-girlfriend Phyllis Bates' Mrs. Claus. Or that before the curtains even go up Phyllis is found dead in the snow - wearing a costume that the real...
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English
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"They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they...
Author
Series
Magic shop books (Bruce Coville) volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.
5) XL
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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"Will has always been troubled by his short stature, but on his 16th birthday, he starts to grow--and grow, and grow"--
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 20
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
84 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the theft of a great deal of money from the belly of a nearly life-size Tyrannosaurus Rex model that their friend, Jud Wheat, is using to raise money for a dinosaur museum.
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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When Nöel learns that his former flame is terminally ill and pregnant with a child she claims is his, he agrees to take care of the baby girl once she's born. But as a recovering alcoholic whose demons are barely under control, he can't do it alone. Luckily, he has an amazing network of family and friends who are ready to help. A tale of joy, heartbreak and hope in a close-knit Dublin community.
10) Owl babies
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Three baby owls awake one night to find their mother gone, and they can't help but wonder where she is. What is she doing? When will she be back?"--
11) Mouse paint
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
1995, c1989
Edition
1st Red Wagon books ed.
Physical Desc
[29] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color. Lap-sized board book.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Book Chat April 22: World Book Night
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Women in History
Book Chat October 19: Department Stores and Navy Birthday
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Women in History
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Recruited by the U.S. Army and Navy from small towns and elite colleges, more than ten thousand women served as codebreakers during World War II. While their brothers and boyfriends took up arms, these women moved to Washington and learned the meticulous work of code-breaking. Their efforts shortened the war, saved countless lives, and gave them access to careers previously denied to them.
13) Max's Christmas
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Language
English
Description
Despite his sister Ruby's admonitions, Max waits up on Christmas Eve to see Santa Claus coming down the chimney.
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Series
Mitford years volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
446 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Enter the world of Mitford, and you won't want to leave. It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In these high, green hills, the air is pure, the village is charming, and the people are generally lovable. Yet, Father Tim, the bachelor rector, wants something more. Enter a dog the size of a sofa who moves in and won't go away. Add an attractive neighbor who begins wearing a path through the hedge. Now, stir in a lovable but unloved boy, a mystifying...
15) Barnyard dance!
Author
Series
Publisher
Workman Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Large format ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Get ready to do-si-do in the barnyard with Sandra Boynton's bestselling, toe-tapping Barnyard Dance!--now available in an oversized lap edition! Join twirling pigs, fiddle-playing cows, and other unforgettable animals in their barnyard dance! With rhythmic rhyming text, this book is guaranteed to get kids and adults spinning, swinging, and prancing with the high-spirited cast of characters! It's BIG fun from Sandra Boynton in the big, big size of...
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English
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Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Little does he know that this year will be just as eventful as the last - even getting there is an adventure in itself! In this sequel to "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Harry keeps hearing strange voices, sinister and dark messages appear on the wall, and then his friend Ron's sister disappears. Winner of the 1998 Smarties Gold Award.
When...
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can?t stomach the idea of rejection. So she?s careful. Fat girls always have to be careful. Then a cute new girl enters Cassie?s orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly?s cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly's totally not dying of loneliness?except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie's...
Author
Series
Artemis Fowl series volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
309 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Artemis Fowl creates an extraordinarily powerful computer with stolen fairy technology, but his business deal hopes go sour when a Chicago businessman steals his invention and mortally wounds Artemis's loyal bodyguard.
19) The lily pond
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Having left Nazi-occupied Vienna a year ago, thirteen-year-old Jewish refugee Stephie Steiner adapts to life in the cultured Swedish city of Gothenburg, where she attends school, falls in love, and worries about her parents who were not allowed to emigrate.
20) My garden
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
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After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.
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