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Bad Kitty School Daze

Written by Nick Bruel
Kitty and Puppy are out of control! They're screaming, fighting, hissing, and drooling all over the...
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How to Babysit a Leopard And Other True Stories from Our Travels Across Six Continents

Written by Ted Lewin and Illustrated by Betsy Lewin
From Africa to Asia Pacific, from Europe to the United States of America, acclaimed authors...
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Weird But True! 4: 300 Outrageous Facts

Written and Illustrated by National Geographic Kids
National Geographic compiled 300 more of the wackiest facts on the natural world. In this 4th...
3rd - 7th
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Weird But True! 2: 300 Outrageous Facts

Written by National Geographic Kids and Illustrated by Jonathan Halling
National Geographic compiled 300 more of the wackiest facts on the natural world. From meteorites to...
3rd - 7th
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Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness

Written by Donna Janell Bowmen and Illustrated by Daniel Minter
William "Doc" Key had a special way with animals. Growing up an enslaved child in Tennessee, Doc was...
3rd - 6th
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Shiloh

Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Marty Preston is in love with a beagle he found. He names the dog Shiloh and wants to keep her. But...
3rd - 7th
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Sign of the Cat

Written by Jonell and Lynne
Talking cats, a missing princess, swordfights with villains, and secret identities combine in this...
3rd - 6th
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Vanishing of Billy Buckle

Written by Gardner and Sally and Illustrated by Roberts
The famous fairy detective agency, Wings & Co., has a big problem. Well, quite a few of them...
2nd - 5th
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Hypnotize a Tiger Poems about Just about Everything

Written by Brown and Calef and Illustrated by Brown
This is the first longer-format, middle-grade collection from #1 New York Times–bestselling author...
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Deadliest Creature in the World

Written by Guiberson and Brenda Z and Illustrated by Spirin

Which creature is the deadliest? Is it the insect that bites, the ostrich that kicks, the snake that...

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Dogs Are People Too A Collection of Cartoons to Make Your Tail Wag

Written by Coverly and Dave
Over the years spent creating his nationally syndicated panel Speed Bump, Reuben Award–winning...
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Skunked! Calpurnia Tate Girl Vet

Written by Kelly and Jacqueline and Illustrated by Jennifer L, Teagan ; Meyer and White
From Newbery honor author Jacqueline Kelly comes a new illustrated chapter book series for younger...
2nd - 4th
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The Rat Prince: A New Twist on Cinderella

Written by Bridget Hodder
So, you think you know the tale of Cinderella? Think again! The dashing Prince of the Rats--who's in...
4th - 6th
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Wish

Written by Barbara O'Connor

From award-winning author Barbara O'Connor comes a middle-grade novel about an eleven-year-old girl...

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Beauty and the Beak

Written by Deborah Lee Rose and Jane Veltkamp
Beauty and the Beak is a nonfiction picture book about Beauty, the wild bald eagle that made world...
1st - 7th
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Black Beauty

Written by Anna Sewell
Told from the perspective of the horse Black Beauty, this story describes being raised by his mother...
3rd - 7th
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Face to Face with Wolves (National Geographic)

Written by Jim Brandenburg and Judy Brandenburg
A look at different kinds of wolves with compelling photographs by Jim Brandenburg. See lone wolves...
3rd - 5th
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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

Written by Kate DiCamillo and Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering
The story of Despereaux, a mouse who falls in love with a human named Princess Pea who is being held...
2nd - 5th
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Mr. Popper's Penguins

Written by Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater and Illustrated by Robert Lawson
Mr. Popper, a house painter, lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma with his wife and two children. He is...
2nd - 6th
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Because of Winn-Dixie

Written by Kate DiCamillo
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni, new to the town of Naomi, Florida, finds a dog in the supermarket...
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Joyful Noise

Written by Paul Fleischman and Illustrated by Eric Beddows

A collection of poems meant to be read by two people. The poems simulate the sounds of the insect...

4th - 8th
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Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems

Written by Paul B. Janeczko and Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
This collection of poems moves the reader through the seasons. Each poem describes an element that...
1st - 4th
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Jasper's Story: Saving Moon Bears

Written by Jill Robinson and Marc Bekhoff and Illustrated by Gijsbert Franenhuyzen
Jasper is a moon bear, kept in a small cage by bear farmers who plan to sell his bile for profit...
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The Secret Pool

Written by Kimberly Ridley and Illustrated by Rebekah Raye
What secrets lie within the small pools of water that appear during the spring and evaporate at...
2nd - 7th

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