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Baseball in April and Other Stories
by Gary Soto  Publisher Comments In this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes — love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure. Calling on his own experiences of growing up in California's Central Valley, poet Gary...
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Mouse Tales (I Can Read Books)
by Arnold Lobel Publisher Comments < h3 align=center> Seven mouse boys lie awake one night...< /h3> < p align=left> < center > . . . And they ask their Papa to tell them a story. Papa does better than that -- he tells them seven stories, one for each boy.< /p>...
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The Pigeon Wants a...
by Mo Willems Publisher Comments He really, really, Really wants one. He'll take good care of it! What's the matter — don't you want him to be happy?! The latest book in the best-selling Pigeon series is the funniest one yet. Guess the object of Pigeon's affection. Click here to...
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M Is for Magic: Stories
by Neil Gaiman Publisher Comments Master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a breathtaking collection of tales for younger readers that may chill or amuse, but that always embrace the unexpected: Humpty Dumpty's sister hires a private detective to investigate her brother's death...
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Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things...
by McSweeney's Publisher Comments Interspersed with charts, graphs, and various crossword puzzles, A Book of Noisy Outlaws, Evil Marauders, and Some Other Things . . . features some of today's best authors spinning new tales ranging from the spooky to the strange. George Saunders tells...
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Brian's Winter
by Gary Paulsen Publisher Comments In the Newbery Honor-winning "Hatchet," 13-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in the Canadian wilderness armed only with his hatchet. He was rescued at the end of the summer. "Brian's Winter" begins where "Hatchet" might have ended: Brian is...
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The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows: An Original Science Fiction Anthology
by Jonathan Strahan 
Publisher Comments Truly successful science fiction does two things: it gives credible glimpses into the future while entertaining the reader. With this in mind, noted anthologist Jonathan Strahanwho is also the reviews editor of Locus magazineasked sixteen of today's most...
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Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness
by Edgar Allan Poe and Gris Grimly Publisher Comments A sweet little cat drives a man to insanity and murder... The grim death known as the plague roams a masquerade ball dressed in red... A dwarf seeks his final revenge on his captors... A sister calls to her beloved twin from beyond the grave.....
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Collection of Rudyard Kiplings Just So Stories
by Rudyard Kipling Publisher Comments How did the rude Rhinoceros get his baggy skin? How did a 'satiably curious Elephant change the lives of his kin evermore? First told aloud to his young daughter ("O my Best Beloved"), Rudyard Kipling's inspired answers to these and other burning...
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Richard Scarry's Best Story Book Ever
by Richard Scarry Publisher Comments A collection of stories, nursery rhymes, fables, and illustrated topical word lists covering such subjects as numbers, alphabets, manners, seasons, and many others....
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Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: A Memoir of My Fifth-Grade Year
by Esme Raji Codell Publisher Comments Like every Chicago fifth grader, Codell spends her days within the small world of school, neighborhood, and family. But this small world provides rich material for the often hilarious, always engrossing stories and vignettes that Codell has compiled for...
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Freight Train Board Book (Caldecott Collection)
by Donald Crews Publisher Comments Now toddlers can help spot the different colored cars of Crews's freight train in this sturdy board book edition of the Caldecott Honor Book. (Baby/Preschool)...
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Every Living Thing
by Cynthia Rylant Publisher Comments Here are twelve deeply moving short stories from the perceptive pen of Cynthia Rylant. Each captures the moment when someone's life changes -- when an animal causes a human being to see things in a different way, and, perhaps, changes his life....
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More More More, Said the Baby (Caldecott Collection)
by Vera B. Williams Publisher Comments <P>Here are<BR>Little Guy, <BR>Little Pumpkin, <BR>and <BR>Little Bird.<BR></P><P>Their grownups<BR>love them.<BR>So will you.<BR></P>...
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Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet (Hairy Maclary)
by Lynley Dodd Publisher Comments Rumpus at the Vet chronicles Hairy's escapades with "miserable dogs and cantankerous cats, a rabbit with pimples and rickety rats, ."<BR>- Lynley Dodd's Books have sold Over Four Million Copies Worldwide."<BR>- Previously Available in the U.S....
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Sweep #13: Sweep 13: Reckoning
by Cate Tiernan Publisher Comments When Alisa meets her mother's family, she finds comfort, conflict, and a greater understanding of Wicca. And she must make a choice that could change her future....
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Places I Never Meant to Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers
by Judy Blume
Publisher Comments Judy Blume unites a stellar list of writers to fight censorship, and each has contributed an original, never-before-published short story for this powerful collection. David Klass, the late Norma Klein, Julius Lester, Chris Lynch, Harry Mazar, Walter...
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The Curse of the Campfire Weenies: And Other Warped and Creepy Tales
by David Lubar Publisher Comments A boy discovers the answer to one of the great urban mysteries: why are pigeons always pooping in parks? A second-grade class learns why they should always be nice to their math teacher….An ancient predator uses the internet to search out its prey&#...
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Best Shorts: Favorite Short Stories for Sharing (Best Shorts)
by Avi Publisher Comments Newbery Medal-winning author Avi has selected short stories from the past and present in this entertaining collection for young readers. And whether you begin by reading alone or reading aloud, these stories are some of the very best to share...
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Richard Scarry's Bedtime Stories (Random House Picturebacks)
by Richard Scarry Publisher Comments Illus. in full color. Five funny tales featuring Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, Bananas Gorilla, and the rest of Scarry's memorable menagerie are collected in a sleepytime anthology....
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