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10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam W...
$8.69
It was the war that lasted ten thousand days. The war that inspired scores of songs. The war that sparked dozens of riots. And in this stirring chronicle, Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist Philip Caputo writes about our country's most controversial war -- the Vietnam War -- for young readers. From ..
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Absolutely, Positively Alexander
$8.43
First published in 1972, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day introduced to the world a feisty young hero who soon captured the hearts of a generation. Since then Alexander has returned in Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday and Alexander, Who's Not (Do you hear me I m..
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Angel Coming
$9.90
Having been told that babies are brought up the mountain in angels saddlebags, a young girl waits eagerly for the arrival of her new sibling while helping her mother and her midwife get ready for the big event that is about to take place in her very own home. Author: Henson, Heather Publisher: Athen..
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At Ellis Island: A History in Many Voices
$7.83
Ellis Island was the gateway to America and the promise of freedom for thousands. Its walls are rich with stories. Its walls are rich with stories. In this book we hear myriad of those voices. First we follow a young person today. Her great-great-grandmother entered America through Ellis Island. As ..
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Beautiful Blackbird (Coretta Scott King Award - Il...
$7.95
A tale from the Ila-speaking people of Zambia gets new life in this picture book adaptation from Coretta Scott King Award winner Ashley Bryan about appreciating one’s heritage and discovering the beauty within.Black is beautiful, uh-huh!Long ago, Blackbird was voted the most beautiful bird in the fo..
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Brooklyn Bridge
$8.40
"It so happens that the work which is likely to be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us to the most remote posterity, is a work of bare utility; not a shrine, not a fortress, but a bridge."So wrote one architectural critic of the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the grandest and most..
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Bunnicula: 25th Anniversary Edition
$15.30
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, an amusing and spooky tale relates the adventures of Bunnicula, the vampire bunny and best friends Harold and Chester, enhanced with black-and-white illustrations and a preface from the author. Author: Howe, James Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Binding:..
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Carol of the Brown King: Nativity Poems
$9.14
Amazon.com ReviewAward-winning illustrator Ashley Bryan noticed that Langston Hughes had written five short children's poems about Christmas--and had translated a sixth "from a Puerto Rican Christmas card." Here Bryan collects and illustrates all six in a beautiful book that will bring out the meani..
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Deadly
$10.51
A mysterious outbreak of typhoid fever is sweeping New York.Could the city’s future rest with its most unlikely scientist If Prudence Galewski is ever going to get out of Mrs. Browning’s esteemed School for Girls, she must demonstrate her refinement and charm by securing a job appropriate for a youn..
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Dear Peter Rabbit
$7.43
When Peter Rabbit is invited to a housewarming party by one of the Three Little Pigs, a behind-the-scenes adventure begins to unfold. This collection of previously unseen letters from the land of make-believe offers us a rare and fresh glimpse into the lives of well-loved characters. Along the way, ..
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Duck for President (A Click Clack Book)
$8.96
From the New York Times bestselling creators of Click, Clack, Moo, comes an entertaning introduction to politics.My fellow Americans:It is our pleasure, our honor, our duty as citizens to present to you Duck for President. Here is a duck who began in a humble pond. Who worked his way to farmer. To g..
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Elephants Can Paint Too! (Anne Schwartz Books)
$8.10
I teach in two schools.One is in the city.The other is in the jungle.Some of my students have hands.Others have trunks.Elephants live in Asia. They eat three hundred pounds of food a day. They spray water out of their trunks. Even so, they are a lot like you. They like to eat cookies and hang out wi..
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Ellsworth's Extraordinary Electric Ears and Other ...
$8.69
Using plastic toys, paper, tin, and dollhouse furniture, an unusual three-dimensional alphabet adventure takes young readers into a delightful world where Alistair, an acrobat with an alarming appetite for alligators, waves to Wilbur as he works with wallpaper. Author: Fisher, Valorie Publisher: Ath..
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Exploding Ants: Amazing Facts About How Animals Ad...
$9.85
A wasp lays its eggs under acaterpillar's skin so that its young caneat the caterpillar's guts as they grow.A young head louse makes its homeon a human hair and feasts onhuman blood.Frogs use their eyeballs to helpswallow their food.From small worms that live in a dog's nose mucus to exploding ants ..
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Here Be Monsters! (1) (The Ratbridge Chronicles)
$8.99
Skulduggery is afoot!Welcome to Ratbridge. But beware -- for there is skulduggery afoot. Young Arthur has fallen foul of the appalling outlaw, Snatcher, and is trapped alone in the town with every way home sealed. Meanwhile Snatcher and his men are working tirelessly in secret on a fiendish and dast..
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I Love Saturdays y Domingos
$7.51
Saturdays and Sundays are very special days for the child in this story. On Saturdays, she visits Grandma and Grandpa, who come from a European-American background, and on Sundays -- los domingos -- she visits Abuelito y Abuelita, who are Mexican-American. While the two sets of grandparents are diff..
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If: A Father's Advice to His Son
$8.77
What makes a boy into a man Courage.Confidence.Patience.Integrity...For more than one hundred years, this classic poems has inspired readers to reach for the best in themselves.In pictures and words, here's what every boy needs to know most. Author: Kipling, Rudyard Publisher: Atheneum Books for You..
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Imagine a Day
$8.78
Imagine a day when your swing swings you higher than the highest treetops. Imagine a day when you can ride your bike up a path of falling leaves into the very tree they are falling from. Imagine a day when you release a handful of blue balloons into a cloudy, gray sky to create a postcard-perfect da..
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Inside the Walls of Troy: A Novel of the Women Who...
$7.61
Two women, one war.Helen, at age twelve, is not prepared to deal with her famous beauty: to have the face that will launch a thousand ships, kill fifty thousand men, and cause the fall of the world's greatest city. But when she is kidnapped by Theseus of Athens, she begins her journey into womanhood..
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Jalapeno Bagels
$9.22
While trying to decide what to take for his school's International Day, Pablo helps his Mexican mother and Jewish father at their bakery and discovers a food that represents both his parents' backgrounds. Author: Wing, Natasha Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Binding: Hardcover Language: ..
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James Towne: Struggle for Survival
$10.05
This moving account of James Towne's difficult early years is told from the viewpoint of one of its settlers and enhanced by original quotations.During the first summer of 1607, half the James Towne colony died; food was scarce, and the settlers battled oppressive heat and sickness. Over the next fe..
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Jazz Age Josephine: Dancer, singer--who's that, wh...
$8.15
A picture book biography that will inspire readers to dance to their own beats!Singer, dancer, actress, and independent dame, Josephine Baker felt life was a performance. She lived by her own rules and helped to shake up the status quo with wild costumes and a you-can’t-tell-me-no attitude that made..
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King of the Playground
$7.51
Kevin loves to go to the playground, but not when Sammy is there. And Sammy, who boasts that he is King of the Playground, is there most of the time. If he catches Kevin on the swings or the slide or the monkey bars, Sammy says, he will do awful, terrible things to him. Kevin tells his dad what Samm..
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Little Bo Peep Can't Get to Sleep
$10.39
Little Bo Peepcan't get to sleep.She kicked herblankets to a heap.When Little Bo Peep can't get to sleep, her mother suggest counting sheep. But Peep can't count her sheep because she's lost them. Her brother, Little Boy Blue, who scared off the sheep in the first place, warns Peep she'll be in big ..
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Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist
$8.72
Discover the inspiring true story of extraordinary professional cyclist Major Taylor in this nonfiction picture book from Coretta Scott King Award winners Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome.In 1891, Marshall Taylor could ride his bike forward, backward, even perched on the handlebars. When his ..