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Brisingr (Inheritance Cycle #3) by Christopher Paolini Staff Pick Brilliant! This, the third book in the Inheritance Cycle, was well worth the wait. There are dragons, thrills, and action aplenty — enough to satisfy any reader.... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover 
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Staff Pick The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been a huge hit with my three-year-old; I can't count the times that I've enjoyed reading this with her. She loves to tell me all the good things the caterpillar eats, and we both enjoy yelling POP when the caterpillar... (read more) Your price: $10.99 New - Board Book
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Creature ABC by Andrew Zuckerman Staff Pick Creature ABC, a smaller, alphabetized (and more affordable!) version of Zuckerman's hit Creature, is equally as magical as the original. Kids and adults alike will be awed and mesmerized by the stunning, detailed photos of wild animals, from alligators... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke Staff Pick Since I found Funke's work two years ago, she has become one of my favorite children's fantasy writers. Her award-winning debut novel (in English translation), The Thief Lord, was followed by Inkheart and even a children's picture book, Princess Knight &#... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One by Rick Riordan Staff Pick Percy Jackson is not normal. He's got ADHD and attention deficit, and he's been kicked out of every school he's ever attended. Now he discovers he's a half blood: half human, half Olympian god. But his problems are only beginning. Someone has stolen Zeus'... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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War Horse by Michael Morpurgo Staff Pick Horses don't volunteer to go to war. They don't understand politics or borders. They hate the noise and smells and pain. But they don't get to choose. Joey becomes a cavalry horse in WWI when Albert's father sells him to the army. War is not healthy for... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #02) by Jeff Kinney Staff Pick Wimpy kids of the world, unite! Jeff Kinney's popular web-comic is back in a new book that's guaranteed to fill every kid with joy — whether they're young or old, wimpy or tough.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Hardcover
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Twilight (Twilight Saga #1) by Stephenie Meyer Staff Pick Moving to a small, dreary town is enough to cause angst in any teen, but for Isabella Swan, angst is only the beginning. Soon she's falling in love with Edward, the quintessential dark, handsome guy, who just happens to be a vampire. This is the perfect... (read more) List Price $10.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems Staff Pick Cleverly expressive cartoons and photographic backdrops epitomize the hilarity and drama of young Trixie's lost-bunny crisis. Laugh-out-loud funny! Willems is a picture book genius.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Hardcover
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Never Let Me Go: A Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro Staff Pick Set in a (barely?) alternate England in the late 1990s, Never Let Me Go is the sum of Kathy's memories. Kathy is one of many "donors" who have been brought into being for purposes that, while well-intended, can come to no good. Ishiguro's novel touches... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Rabbits' Wedding by Garth Williams Staff Pick Eeee! This book will fill you with an endless supply of the warm fuzzies. And, who knew, but when the title was first published in 1958 it was banned! Adorable bunnies equals controversy? Unfortunately, yes. It was banned because it supposedly encouraged... (read more) Your price: $17.99 New - Hardcover
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Flotsam (06 Edition) by David Wiesner Staff Pick A day at the beach like no other! A boy finds an old camera that has washed ashore and thus begins an incredible story-in-pictures. As beautiful and intriguing as any of his previous books, Flotsam is a Wiesner classic — a treat for kids and adults... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Hardcover
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Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan Staff Pick A young adult novel that appeals to adults, Tender Morsels is a nightmare fairytale story of redemption that will reach across your subconscious much like Jeanette Winterson's work. Lanagan's prose is delightfully crafted, careful, imaginative, and... (read more) List Price $11.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak Staff Pick I've got to hand it to Australian author Markus Zusak: this book single-handedly made me want to be a better person. As a lifelong reader, I feel a book like this, one that can really change people, comes around so rarely that Zusak must be recognized as... (read more) List Price $10.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The House in the Night Board Book by Susan Marie Swanson Staff Pick A beautiful Caldecott-winning picture book, now made into a board book. The simple black, white, and gold pictures are warm and comforting. This rhythmic story with few words follows the light as it travels from the outside and into a home, illuminating... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Board Book
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Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor Staff Pick Laini Taylor writes more poetically than anyone I've read since Ursula K. Le Guin, without ever losing the momentum of her story — and what a fresh, evocative, and engrossing story. Taylor's characters live in a very believable world and struggle... (read more) Your price: $18.99 New - Hardcover
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How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff Staff Pick A gritty, funny, and widely influential novel (it caused quite a stir!) that I guarantee you'll read time and time again. Powerful and worthy of many re-readings.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Series of Unfortunate Events #12: The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket Staff Pick The stakes just got higher at Hotel Denouement — no orphan is safe, as plot twists abound and shudder-causing jeopardy is rife. Read this, the next-to-last installment, at your own risk!... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Staff Pick Magic green pills spill, accidentally, onto the ground beneath a peach tree. A peach appears overnight, the only fruit the tree has ever produced; by morning, it's swollen to the size of a houseboat, and soon enough James Henry Trotter is climbing aboard... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly Staff Pick Much to her mother's dismay, 11-year-old Callie prefers science to needlework and cooking. But such preferences are not quite acceptable in America at the turn of the 20th century. Callie, however, is bound and determined to further her interests. A... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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