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A Little Book of Sloth by Lucy Cooke Staff Pick Do you shriek or weep easily? Then be prepared to go into overload! These little bundles of SQUEE! will melt even the most curmudgeonly naysayers. You'll find yourself saying, "Kittens? What kittens?", or possibly becoming what I call "sloth-drunk." As... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $11.89 Sale - Hardcover
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The Way We Work by David Macaulay Publisher Comments In this comprehensive and entertaining resource, David Macaulay reveals the inner workings of the human body as only he could. In order to present this complicated subject in an accurate and entertaining way, he put in years of research. He sat in on... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry Publisher Comments The author and artist Lynne Cherry journeyed deep into the rain forests of Brazil to write and illustrate her gorgeous picture book The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest (1990). One day, a man exhausts himself trying to chop down a giant... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Butterfly Is Patient by Dianna Hutts Aston Synopsis The creators of the award-winning An Egg Is Quiet and A Seed Is Sleepy have teamed up again to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to the world of butterflies. From iridescent blue swallowtails and brilliant orange monarchs to the worlds... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Great Circle: A History of the First Nations by Neil Philip Publisher Comments The Lakota holy man Black Elk often used the image of a circle or hoop when he spoke of the history of his people, stating that the power of the World always works in circles, and everything tries to be round.” This chronicle of the principal... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Day the Dinosaurs Died (I Can Read Books: Level 2) by Charlotte Le Brown Publisher Comments A compelling account of how the impact of a giant asteroid may have killed the Earths dinosaurs.... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $1.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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My Dream of Martin Luther King by Faith Ringgold Publisher Comments Now in Dragonfly--from the acclaimed creator of the Caldecott Honor Book Tar Beach comes a personal and captivating portrait of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg Publisher Comments Over the course of history men and women have lived and died. In fact, getting sick and dying can be a big, ugly mess—especially before the modern medical care that we all enjoy today. How They Croaked relays all the gory details of how... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange Staff Pick This book gives me goosebumps. It's a biography of Coretta Scott King, strikingly illustrated by Kadir Nelson, with resonant poetic text by Ntozake Shange. More importantly, it's a great introduction to the non-violent movement in the struggle for civil... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Enter If You Dare! by Ripleys Publisher Comments The all new 7th title in the successful Ripley’s Believe It or Not! annual series. A compendium of incredible bizarre facts, stories, interviews and features, this year’s book also offers access to a fully-integrated website featuring... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins Publisher Comments Magic takes many forms. Supernatural magic is what our ancestors invoked in order to explain the world before they developed the scientific method. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that a goddess swallowed the sun. The Vikings... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Dinosaur Bones by Bob Barner Publisher Comments With a lively rhyming text and vibrant paper collage illustrations, author-artist Bob Barner shakes the dust off the dinosaur bones found in museums and reminds us that they once belonged to living, breathing creatures. Filled with fun dinosaur facts (a... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $2.97 Sale - Hardcover
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The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming by Laurie David and Cambria Gordon Publisher Comments David, the Oscar)-winning producer of "An Inconvenient Truth," and author Gordon have teamed up for this powerful book filled with facts about global warming and its disastrous consequences plus suggestions on how kids can help combat global warming in... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $6.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Bartoletti Publisher Comments Boys, let us get up a club. With those words, six restless young men raided the linens at a friends mansion, pulled pillowcases over their heads, hopped on horses, and cavorted through the streets of Pulaski, Tennessee. The six friends named their club... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum by Candace Fleming Publisher Comments Jane Austens popularity never seems to fade. She has hordes of devoted fans, and there have been numerous adaptations of her life and work. But who was Jane Austen? The writer herself has long remained a mystery. And despite the resonance her work... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Rain Train by Elena De Roo Publisher Comments All aboard! Take a train ride through a storm at night in a rhythmic readaloud chugging with sound words and full of striking illustrations. A pitter-pat-pat, a pitter-pat-pat, A pittery-pittery-pittery-pat. When its thundering down on the roof, in the... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary Publisher Comments Generations of children have grown up with Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and all of their friends, families, and assorted pets. For everyone who has enjoyed the pranks and schemes, embarrassing moments, and all of the other poignant and colorful images... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Beyond the Dinosaurs: Monsters of the Air and Sea (I Can Read Books: Level 2) by Charlotte Lew Brown Publisher Comments Amazing creatures flew through the air and swam in the seas during the Age of the Dinosaurs!... (read more) List Price $3.99 Your price: $1.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Biology: Life As We Know It! by Simon Basher Publisher Comments Natures building blocks have never been more sociable than in this newest offering from the creators of The Periodic Table and Physics. From cells to DNA, from viruses to mammals, from chlorophyll to flowers and fruit, and including the human bodys... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Al Marrin Publisher Comments On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City burst into flames. The factory was crowded. The doors were locked to ensure workers stay inside. One hundred forty-six people—mostly women—perished; it was... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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