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Zombies vs. Unicorns by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier Staff Pick It's the hottest debate du jour: which are better, zombies or unicorns? Some of the hippest young-adult authors weigh in on the issue in this too-cool-for-school anthology.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan Staff Pick This set of illustrated short stories by staff favorite Shaun Tan offers a fabulous showcase of his range as an artist. Many of his stories are open-ended, which immediately drew a comparison in my mind to The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $11.00 Used - Hardcover
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Big Frog Can't Fit in (A Pop-Up Book) by Mo Willems Staff Pick Exciting news: the rock star of picture-book authors has a brand-new pop-up book! Complete with his signature exaggerated expressions and gently positive message, there are also hidden delights throughout, like the froggy tongue I just know you want to... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Dumpster Diver by Janet S. Wong Staff Pick Behold: the exciting adventures of The Dumpster Diver. Steve and his friends turn other men's junk into their own treasure through creative, if slightly perilous, means. These kids are so hip and trendy, they probably don't even know it — their... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
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Hero-Type by Barry Lyga Staff Pick Have you ever been praised for something, but felt like you didn't deserve it? How would you feel if that praise were in the form of a national spotlight... and in the back of your mind, you were thinking, "If they only knew the whole story"? With Hero... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Liberation of Gabriel King (05 Edition) by Going Staff Pick When Gabe decides there's no way he can survive fifth grade, his best friend Frita makes him a deal: if they spend the summer facing their fears together, then Gabe must promise to return to school in the fall. And so they face up to the things that... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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All the Wrong People Have Self-Esteem: An Inappropriate Book for Young Ladies Or, Frankly Anybody Else by Laurie Rosenwald Staff Pick One of us on the kids' team describes this book as the anti-Seventeen magazine, and she's right: it's formatted as a magazine, but brutally challenges prevailing wisdom that teens are so often force-fed like, "you have to love yourself before anyone can... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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Hansel and Gretel by Cynthia Rylant and Jen Corace Staff Pick Cynthia Rylant's adaptation is characteristically and wonderfully simple; Jen Corace's illustrations are the appropriate mix of old-fashioned, sweet, and creepy. (Nobody has pupils! It's freaky!) Hansel and Gretel is a classic Grimm (and grim) fairy tale... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
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Am I Right or Am I Right? by Barry Jonsberg Staff Pick I love Barry Jonsberg because he created the fabulous character Calma Harrison, the Aussie drama queen with more superlatives in her vocabulary than I could think of in my lifetime. I practically died laughing at Calma's adventures as a blindly self... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Nurtureshock: New Thinking about Children by Po Bronson Staff Pick Extraordinarily well-researched, Nurtureshock will change the way you parent or teach! I'm not either of those things, but it definitely changed the way I think about kids. Fascinating, gripping, and really a must-have for everyone who deals with kids.... (read more) Your price: $34.98 New - Compact Disc
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Now One Foot, Now the Other by Tomie dePaola Staff Pick Now One Foot, Now the Other is an absolutely sweet grandfather-grandson friendship story, but it's also a great tool for teaching kids about strokes and preparing them for the changes they might see. In fact, I had a young friend once who experienced... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Trade Paper
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White Sands, Red Menace (08 Edition) by Ellen Klages Staff Pick A gadget-obsessed engineering prodigy who is a girl? Unusual, to say the least — but the year is 1946 and this girl is growing up in a post-WWII scientific community with the Cold War looming. As someone who rarely reads historical fiction and has... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Hardcover
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Daddy, Papa, and Me by Leslea Newman Staff Pick Mommy, Mama, and Me and Daddy, Papa, and Me are two super-cute new board books that show a day in the life of two toddlers and their loving parents. From the first cup of juice in the morning to the final kiss goodnight, these board books — the first... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Board Book
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Am I Right or Am I Right? by Barry Jonsberg Staff Pick I love Barry Jonsberg because he created the fabulous character Calma Harrison, the Aussie drama queen with more superlatives in her vocabulary than I could think of in my lifetime. I practically died laughing at Calma's adventures as a blindly self... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Happyface by Stephen Emond Staff Pick Happyface is like a mature Diary of a Wimpy Kid for angsty high-schoolers. (I know, awesome! I can't believe nobody has done this before... I mean, except Sherman Alexie's Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. But I digress.) This is the kind of... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Zoo I Drew by Todd H Doodler Staff Pick The Zoo I Drew is a rhyming ABC book of animals, with pictures of cute and kinda funny lookin' wildlife! My favorite page is for X! Read a zoo today!... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.95 Sale - Hardcover
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I'm Exploding Now by Sid Hite Staff Pick This is the story of Max Whooten, an ennui-filled sixteen-year-old with a long, open summer calendar ahead of him. I loved this story. Craving a quick read populated with unextraordinary characters who make you feel good because you can recognize... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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I Love My New Toy! (Elephant and Piggie Books) by Mo Willems Staff Pick Willems, author of the wildly popular Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, captivates early readers with two expressive best friends, Elephant and Piggie. They navigate the perils of friendship, a la Frog and Toad, in entertaining stories that use... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Deconstructing Penguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bond of Reading by Lawrence Goldston and Nancy Goldstone Staff Pick The Goldstones, who have been running parent-child book groups for six years, deliver a fabulous and entertaining book on how to read children's books with children, using examples from a range of reading levels (from second grade, like Charlotte's Web... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mimi by Carol Baicker Mckee Staff Pick What goes on in a toddler's head? Why do they say such weird stuff? In Mimi, Carol Baicker-McKee captures a typical day in the life of a quirky, library-school-bound, roly-poly-bug-loving toddler.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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