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"Grab the wagon, it's a bright autumn day and the trees are full of ripe, red apples! There's an apple festival underway at the farm and lots of work to do making cider. This visit finishes with a cider doughnut and a cup of freshly pressed cider. DELICIOUS! Told in crisp, action-driven thymes from a young child's point of view, From Apple Trees to Cider, Please! is a realistic account of how apple cider is pressed, flavored with the charm and vigor...
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Tong tong! The legendary Nian monster has returned at Chinese New Year. With horns, scales, and wide, wicked jaws, Nian is intent on devouring Shanghai, starting with Xingling! The old tricks to keep him away don't work on Nian anymore, but Xingling is clever. Will her quick thinking be enough to save the city from the Nian Monster?
6) Nightlights
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A father, his two daughters, and the family dog look with wonder at all the lights (both natural and man-made) that are on at night as they go for a drive, spend time by a campfire, and return home to their beds.
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The dead-pan narration in this debut picture book delivers a perfect child-like vision with humor and panache, depicted in luminous detail. A little boy shows what happens when he drops larger and larger objects, both in terms of size and imagination, down a mysterious hole that grows throughout the year in his garden. But what happens in December?
11) Noah noasaurus
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Noah is in a grumpy mood and wants to be alone, but when his friends follow him around he cannot help but have fun.
12) Leaf Man
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While wandering through a field of stumps that was once a forest, a boy collects twigs and sticks and leaves that remain and decides to create something new. He makes a figure-a leaf man-who inspires him to dream and invent, to plant the seed for a better world. Based on the ancient folklore of the "green man" as a symbol of renewal, lyrical text and immersive visual storytelling fills this uplifting picture book with optimism for the future.
13) The Bug Girl
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This gorgeously illustrated biography celebrates a fascinating female pioneer, Maria Merian, who broke boundaries in both the arts and sciences.
14) Mango Moon
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Mango Moon shows what life is like from a child's perspective when a parent is deported, and the heartbreaking realities they have to face.
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Lucille Mulhall wasn't like most girls in the 1890s. She didn't give a lick about sewing or cooking or becoming a lady. Lucille had her heart set on roping and riding. At a time when most women couldn't vote or own property, Lucille never let society's expectations or the dangers of roping and riding stop her from pursuing her passion.
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Weigl Publishers Inc
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Before Eugenie Clark's groundbreaking research, most people thought sharks were vicious, blood-thirsty killers. From the first time she saw a shark in an aquarium, Japanese-American Eugenie was enthralled. Instead of frightening and ferocious eating machines, she saw sleek, graceful fish gliding through the water. After she became a scientist—an unexpected career path for a woman in the 1940s—she began taking research dives and training
...17) Police cat
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AV² fiction readalong volume 175
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Noodles the cat takes his responsibilities very seriously, keeping the police station and neighborhood safe and free from rats, but he is not an official member of the police department until after he performs a heroic rescue.
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AV² fiction readalong volume 219
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A boy named Tate has an impressive ability with numbers and counting, but people think that he just talks nonsense, but when Tate gets lost in a village market, his brother Balen must try to understand how Tate thinks so he can find him.
19) Not this turkey!
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" Although Mel and his family have lived in America for several years, they have never celebrated Thanksgiving, just the Jewish holidays. But this year, after Papa wins a turkey at work, Mama invites all their relatives to their Brooklyn tenement for dinner. There's just one thing -- Mel has a soft spot for the turkey! "--
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AV² fiction readalong volume 58
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Animal mothers and fathers with various professions take the train to work and return at the end of the day to spend time with their children.
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