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The 100 Hats of the Cat in the Hat: A Celebration of the 100th Day of School

Written by Tish Rabe and Illustrated by Aristides ; Mathieu

The Cat in the Hat spends the 100th Day of School visiting Sally and Dick's classroom to show how...

K - 3rd
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The World Needs More Purple People

Written by Kristen Bell & Benjamin Hart and Illustrated by Daniel Wiseman
What is a purple person? Great question. I mean, really great! Because purple people always ask...
Pre-K - 2nd
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The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

Written by Stacy McAnulty

Lucy Callahan was struck by lightning. She doesn't remember it, but it changed her life forever. The...

3rd - 7th
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Rocket Says Look Up!

Written by Nathan Bryon and Illustrated by Dapo Adeola

A comet will be visible tonight, and Rocket wants everyone to see it with her–even her big brother...

Pre-K - 2nd
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When You Trap A Tiger

Written by Tae Keller

When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her...

3rd - 7th
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The Dead Gentleman

Written by Matthew Cody

The Dead Gentleman is a wild ride between parallel New York City timestreams—1901 and today. Eleven...

5th - 8th
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The Chalk Box Kid

Written by Clyde Robert Bulla
Gregory moves to a dismal neighborhood, but when he discovers an abandoned chalk factory, the artist...
3rd - 4th
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Calendar Mysteries: October Ogre

Written by Ron Roy
This early chapter book spin-off from the ever popular A to Z Mysteries series is "full of clever...
2nd - 3rd
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Calendar Mysteries: September Sneakers

Written by Ron Roy
This early chapter book spin-off from the ever popular A to Z Mysteries series is "full of clever...
2nd - 3rd
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Ice Is Nice! All about the North and South Poles

Written by Worth and Bonnie and Illustrated by Aristides ; Mathieu, Joe and Ruiz
As the Cat and Co. mingle with reindeer, musk oxen, polar bears, caribou, and all sorts of penguins...
Pre-K - 3rd
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If I Ran the Rain Forest: All about Tropical Rain Forests

Written by Worth and Bonnie and Illustrated by Aristides
The Cat in the Hat takes Sally and Dick for an “umbrella-vator” ride through the understory, canopy...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Oh Say Can You Seed? All about Flowering Plants

Written by Worth and Bonnie and Illustrated by Aristides
With the able assistance of Thing 1 and Thing 2 -- and a fleet of Rube Goldbergian vehicles -- the...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Oh the Things They Invented! All about Great Inventors

Written by Worth and Bonnie
The Cat in the Hat goes back in time to meet with the masterminds of more than a dozen inventions...
K - 3rd
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Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Written by Dr. Seuss

From soaring to high heights and seeing great sights to being left in a Lurch on a prickle-ly perch...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Brian's Hunt

Written by Gary Paulsen
This story takes place two years after Brian had been stranded in the Canadian wilderness. When...
4th - 9th
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Oh, The Things You Can Do That Are Good For You: All About Staying Healthy

Written by Tish Rabe and Illustrated by Aristides Ruiz

In this newly revised editiion—with 16 pages of bonus materials—the Cat in the Hat takes young...

Pre-K - 2nd
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The King, the Mice and the Cheese

Written by Nancy Gurney and Illustrated by Eric Gurney
A king's struggle to keep mice from devouring his favorite food makes "an amusing circular tale...
1st - 2nd
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The Story of Babar the Little Elephant

Written by Jean de Brunhoff
The classic story of literature’s most beloved elephant. After his mother is killed by a hunter...
Pre-K - 3rd
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I Wish that I Had Duck Feet

Written by Dr. Seuss
A young boy weighs the pros and cons of possessing various animal appendages—such as a duck's feet...
1st - 4th
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There's a Bat in Bunk Five

Written by Paula Danziger
Marcy's thrilled when her former teacher, Ms. Finney asks her to be a junior counselor at a new...
6th - 8th
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This Place Has No Atmosphere

Written by Paula Danziger
In the year 2057 people live in malls, take classes in ESP, and get detention from robots. Fifteen...
5th - 8th
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The Sick Day

Written by Patricia MacLachlan and Illustrated by Jane Dyer
Everybody has good days and bad days. Today Emily is having a sick day. Her stomach aches and her...
Pre-K - 3rd
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The Honeybee Man

Written by Lela Nargi and Illustrated by Krysten Brooker
In the morning Fred greets his dog and his cat, then travels to the top of his brownstone in...
Pre-K - 3rd

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