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Strange Case of Origami Yoda (10 Edition) by Tom Angleberger Staff Pick Can you trust advice from a paper finger puppet? Tommy is going to find out. Read this book! You must!... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Hardcover
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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: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Storybook Treasury of Dick and Jane and Friends (Storybook Treasuries) by Grosset & Dunlap Staff Pick An excellent collection of the first three classic Dick and Jane stories. This edition is bound in sturdy hardback format, perfect for reading over and over. The Storybook Treasury of Dick and Jane is an outstanding value.... (read more) List Price $10.99 Your price: $5.50 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) List Price $10.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Board Book
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The Snowy Day by Ezra J. Keats Staff Pick Young Peter wakes up to find that snow has fallen — and he can't wait to go outside and play! Though he's disappointed later when he finds out that he can't save a snowball in his pocket, his sadness melts when he wakes up the next morning to yet... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #03) by Rick Riordan Staff Pick The Titan's Curse is the third book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, and Riordan is still going strong. The goddess Artemis is missing, and Percy and his friends have little time to rescue her. This time, Annabeth gets a little extra help... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Battle of the Labyrinth: Percy Jackson and the Olympians #04 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: $2.98 Used - Trade Paper
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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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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins Staff Pick Never have I been more excited for a sequel to be released than after I read Hunger Games, and thankfully, Suzanne Collins delivered. I burned through Catching Fire like it was on fire, hurtling through the revelations and heart-stopping twist. I am... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Staff Pick Could a bookseller's favorite book really be a children's Christmas picture book? I am often asked to name my favorite book an impossible question to answer, really and I find myself mentioning The Polar Express time and again (not without... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Captain Underpants #01: The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey Staff Pick As parents already know, Beginning Reader books are often very repetitive and boring, and many such books drive adults crazy as their children start learning to read out loud (because, let's face it people... they're our kids and we are not going to... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Staff Pick My first thought when I closed the covers of this book was, Wow. My second thought was, I want to read this again. My third thought was, How can I possibly describe this book to anyone else? When You Reach Me is like one of those great books/movies... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book by Rufus Butler Seder Staff Pick A book that will charm and amuse any little one on your list. The horse really gallops; the chimp really swings from a tree — all through the magic of "scanimation."... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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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: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Harold and the Purple Crayon (Purple Crayon Books) by Crockett Johnson Staff Pick A wonderful first book for your baby, this wordless picture book is about a little boy with a purple crayon, and as he draws across the page the illustrations come to life. When I "read" this book to my babies, I saw their eyes following the purple line.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.50 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) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Board Book
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Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman and John Lawrence Staff Pick I reread Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy every year or so and was thrilled with this short story, the latest installment in the saga of Lyra Belacqua. Enhanced with maps and illustrations, it’s a wonderful story and a collectible gem.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Feed by M. T. Anderson Staff Pick If you had your iPod touch, email, bank account, and family business all organized and recorded in an implant at the base of your neck, what would your world look like? Would you even bother talking? Would you care? Take a peek at our future and ask the... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Little Bear (I Can Read Books: Level 1) by Else Minarik Staff Pick Most of my reading these days is done by request, and Little Bear is always in heavy rotation. What can't that Little Bear do? He makes soup! He's a snow-day nudist! He goes to the "moon"! He convinces his mother to recap the previous three stories for... (read more) Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Staff Pick Imagine... a vividly crafted world in which dragons and the veneration of saints figure prominently. Tight, evocative prose. A stoic, thoughtful, and wise heroine who just wants to make music, torn between the world of humans and the world of dragons... (read more) Your price: $17.99 New - Hardcover
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