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Night of the Spadefoot Toads

by Harley, Bill

When his father takes a new job in Massachusetts, Ben Moroney must leave behind his best friend Tony, a western banded gecko named Lenny, and worst of all, the...

Elizabeth I

by Bingham, Jane

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Samantha Hansen Has Rocks in Her Head

by Viau, Nancy

Ten-year-old Samantha Hansen is a mad scientist. But not the crazy kind—she doesn’t blow stuff up or mix potions or dissect bugs. She just loves science—...

Soup for Breakfast

Poems and Pictures

by Brown, Calef

From the inner workings of Grandpa’s nose hair to noodles in a haystack, Calef Brown once again proves he is a master of hilarious poetic imponderables such ...

SPA/ENG-JUAN THE BEAR & WATER

by Lamadrid, Enrique R.

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Wanda Gág

the girl who lived to draw

by Ray, Deborah Kogan

As soon as Wanda learned to draw, she dreamed of becoming an artist. But when her father died, a teenaged Wanda put her family before her art, taking care of h...

Dear Toni

by Sand-Eveland, Cyndi

When sixth-grader Gene Tucks moves south, she dreads being the new kid at school and almost everything else about her life as a “nobody.” But what she drea...

Uncle Pirate

by Rees, Douglas & Auth, Tony

It's not every day that a pirate -- and his talking penguin -- show up at the front door! But that's exactly what happens when Wilson's long-lost uncle comes t...

The Aztecs

by Shuter, Jane

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Magical kids

the smallest girl ever; the boy who could fly

by Gardner, Sally

Two stories about children who, after enduring difficulties in life, develop magical powers that improve their lives immeasurably.