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Whale Port

by Foster, Mark

Long before the invention of electricity or the discovery of underground reservoirs of fossil fuels, people depended on whale oil to keep their lamps lit. A fe...

Being Bee

by Bateson, Catherine

Bee faces friction at home and at school when her widowed father begins seriously dating Jazzi, who seems to take over the house and their lives, but as shared...

On Angel Wings

by Morpurgo, Michael

A young boy gets his wish after the other shepherds leave him behind in this golden, heartwarming holiday tale from a leading author and illustrator."I bring y...

Cowboy & Octopus

by Scieszka, Jon

Peanut butter and jelly. George and Martha. Frog and Toad. Cowboy and . . . Octopus? Yes, that's right. Meet Cowboy and Octopus—the next great pair to become a...

Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars

Space Poems and Paintings

by Florian, Douglas

"Twenty whimsical poems about space." amazon.com

Jack Plank Tells Tales

by Babbitt, Natalie

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Pictures from Our Vacation

by Perkins, Lynne Rae

Given a camera that takes and prints tiny pictures just before leaving for the family farm in Canada, a young girl records a vacation that gets off to a slow s...

Hey, You!

Poems to Skyscrapers, Mosquitoes, and Other Fun Things

by Janeczko, Paul B.

This collection of 25 poems includes imaginative odes to such unexpected items as mailboxes, snowflakes, and sea horses.

Extreme Animals

The Toughest Creatures on Earth

by Davies, Nicola

Animals adapt to their surroundings for survival. Learn how they survive in conditions that humans never would. Are you ready for the competition? From the per...

The Last Dragon

by Mari, Silvana De

Struggling to survive in a postapocalyptic world after his village is destroyed, Yorsh, the earth's last elf, must embark on a perilous quest to decipher a pow...