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The Arrival by Shaun Tan Staff Pick Shaun Tan, one of my favorite children's book illustrators, draws upon hundreds of years worth of immigrant stories to tell this single but universal tale: one of alienation, magic, and bravely bearing the wonderful and frightening strangeness of a new... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.95 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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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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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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Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Staff Pick A fellow teen's suicide is certain to rock a school...but imagine the destruction that follows when the dead girl's classmates discover her tape recordings are being delivered one by one to each person she felt had a hand in her decision. If you're... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus #01) by Rick Riordan Staff Pick Devastated by the end of the Percy Jackson series? Cry no more! Fans can return to Camp Half-Blood in this brand-new series featuring the next generation of kids who are half human, half Greek god. Will Percy Jackson make an appearance? Find out!... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #4) by Jeff Kinney Staff Pick For the first time in this wickedly popular series, Greg Heffley keeps his diary — ahem, make that "journal" — during summer vacation when he gets to be around his beloved family all the time! Aaagh! This hilarious comic/novel combo is the go-to pick... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater Staff Pick I know there's a ton of competition for the next big book to read after the Twilight saga, and I can guarantee one book that will fill the void: Shiver. Atmospheric, looming with danger, and positively brimming with that impossible romance — I couldn't... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.95 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) Your price: $8.99 New - Hardcover
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Nurtureshock: New Thinking about Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman Staff Pick Though rarely would I refer to a parenting book as a "page turner," NurtureShock is just that fascinating. Bronson and Merryman call on neuroscience to show how conventional parenting wisdom often doesn't jive with the biological reality of a child's... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Around the World with Mouk: A Trail of Adventure by Marc Boutavant Staff Pick Dare I say that Marc Boutavant is the next Richard Scarry? With endless details, splashes of foreign words, a level of cuteness unrivalled in modern picture books, Around the World with Mouk manages to be both retro-style and way ahead of its time. Bonus:... (read more) Your price: $17.99 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: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Stitches (09 Edition) by David Small Staff Pick Small, a Caldecott Medal winner and illustrator of such books as The Gardener and Imogene's Antlers, tells us no, shows us the quietly disturbing story of his youth growing up in an emotionally closed-off household while struggling with... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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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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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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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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Life-Size Zoo: From Tiny Rodents to Gigantic Elephants, an Actual Size Animal Encyclopedia by Teruyuki Komiya Staff Pick The pictures in Life-Size Zoo show what zoo animals would look like if they were standing right in front of you! What is smaller than expected? Or bigger? Notes on the side help you notice things in the picture that you may not have been looking for, and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver Staff Pick I hardly ever find young-adult books whose main character is a maddeningly popular girl the girl with the hot jock boyfriend and the fiercely close but catty top-tier friends and yet, here one is. Before I Fall is a fantastically authentic... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Chicken Butt! by Erica S. Perl Staff Pick I don't know if y'all have heard, but chickens are the new penguins. But this is more than a new picture book featuring cute chickens... it's about chicken butts! Well, specifically, it's an expanded version of the age-old silly response to "Guess what?"... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Staff Pick Once I started this book, I couldn't stop reading. Not only is this young adult book funny and touching it feels so real. Anyone of any age who has struggled to know themselves and has fought for happiness will find resonance in the words and... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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