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Fun facts about snakes!

Bredeson, Carmen.


School Library Journal, January 2008. Horn Book, April 2008. Describes snakes' habitats, diet, hunting methods, senses, movements, and life cycle.
Date Published:2008

InvestiGators.

Green, John Patrick, 1975-


Kirkus Review, July 2020. Kirkus Review, "S.U.I.T. headquarters is under attack, and Mango and Brash are going undercover and underground disguised as city sewer workers to unclog a sticky situation. But when their search for the criminal Crackerdile backfires, the toilets they travel through back up--and the InvestiGators take the blame for it! Can Mango and Brash restore their good name and put the real culprit behind bars before the whole city is in deep water?"--OCLC.
Date Published:2020

Kirkus Review, July 2020. Kirkus Review, "S.U.I.T. headquarters is under attack, and Mango and Brash are going undercover and underground disguised as city sewer workers to unclog a sticky situation. But when their search for the criminal Crackerdile backfires, the toilets they travel through back up--and the InvestiGators take the blame for it! Can Mango and Brash restore their good name and put the real culprit behind bars before the whole city is in deep water?"--OCLC.

Date Published:2020

Dragon was terrible

DiPucchio, Kelly.


School Library Journal, July 2016. Publisher's Weekly, May 2016. Kirkus Starred, June 2016. Booklist, July 2016. School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Kirkus Starred. Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Horn Book, April 2017. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2016. When a dragon has a temper tantrum, no one can tame him, except for a little boy with a good book.
Date Published:2016

School Library Journal, July 2016. Publisher's Weekly, May 2016. Kirkus Starred, June 2016. Booklist, July 2016. School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Kirkus Starred. Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Horn Book, April 2017. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2016. When a dragon has a temper tantrum, no one can tame him, except for a little boy with a good book.

Date Published:2016

The hula-hoopin' queen

Godin, Thelma Lynne.


School Library Journal, May 2014. Kirkus Starred, May 2014. Horn Book, April 2015. Library Media Connection, May 2015. Publishers Weekly Annex, June 2014. Horn Book Guide, Library Media Connection, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Kameeka yearns to continue her hula hooping competition with her rival, Jamara, rather than help prepare for Miz Adeline's birthday party, and "the itch" almost ruins the party before the girls learn who the real winner is.
Date Published:2014

School Library Journal, May 2014. Kirkus Starred, May 2014. Horn Book, April 2015. Library Media Connection, May 2015. Publishers Weekly Annex, June 2014. Horn Book Guide, Library Media Connection, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Kameeka yearns to continue her hula hooping competition with her rival, Jamara, rather than help prepare for Miz Adeline's birthday party, and "the itch" almost ruins the party before the girls learn who the real winner is.

Date Published:2014

Nikki Tesla and the ferret-proof death ray

Keating, Jess.


School Library Journal, June 2019. Publishers Weekly, May 2019. Kirkus Starred, May 2019. Booklist, May 2019. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June 2019. School Library Journal. Publishers Weekly. Kirkus Starred. Nikki Tesla is a genius, so mostly she finds school boring, and amuses herself by inventing things, like her mysterious missing father; trouble is most of her inventions have serious, lethal potential (like the death ray, which just blew a hole in her floor); so she and her ferret are hustled off to the special Genius Academy with classmates who are equally exceptional, although she still worries about fitting in--but when her death ray disappears she has something bigger to worry about: who took it and what are they planning to do?
Date Published:2019

School Library Journal, June 2019. Publishers Weekly, May 2019. Kirkus Starred, May 2019. Booklist, May 2019. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June 2019. School Library Journal. Publishers Weekly. Kirkus Starred. Nikki Tesla is a genius, so mostly she finds school boring, and amuses herself by inventing things, like her mysterious missing father; trouble is most of her inventions have serious, lethal potential (like the death ray, which just blew a hole in her floor); so she and her ferret are hustled off to the special Genius Academy with classmates who are equally exceptional, although she still worries about fitting in--but when her death ray disappears she has something bigger to worry about: who took it and what are they planning to do?

Date Published:2019

Jacques and de beanstalk

Artell, Mike.


School Library Journal, April 2010. Horn Book, October 2010. In this Cajun version of "Jack and the Beanstalk," a handful of magic beans takes Jacques up through the clouds to the castle of a hungry giant.
Date Published:2010

A normal pig

Steele, K-Fai.


School Library Journal, June 2019. Booklist starred, July 2019. Pub Weekly, March 2019. Kirkus Starred, March 2019. "Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she'll be when she grows up. One day a new pig comes to school and starts pointing out all the ways in which Pip is different. Suddenly she doesn't like any of the same things she used to . . . the things that made her Pip"--Publisher.
Date Published:2019

School Library Journal, June 2019. Booklist starred, July 2019. Pub Weekly, March 2019. Kirkus Starred, March 2019. "Pip is a normal pig who does normal stuff: cooking, painting, and dreaming of what she'll be when she grows up. One day a new pig comes to school and starts pointing out all the ways in which Pip is different. Suddenly she doesn't like any of the same things she used to . . . the things that made her Pip"--Publisher.

Date Published:2019

Yetis are the worst!

Willan, Alex,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal, School Library Journal, December 2022. Booklist, November 2022. Kirkus Review, September 2022. Gilbert the Goblin is convinced yetis are not nearly as mysterious as they seem, and sets off to find one to prove once and for all that goblins are just as cool and mysterious as the elusive yeti.
Date Published:2022

Mistakes were made

Pastis, Stephan.


May include sheet of temporary tattoos. School Library Journal, May 2013. Publisher's Weekly, December 2012. Booklist, December 2012. Horn Book, November 2013. Kirkus Review, January 2013. Horn Book Guide, Library Media Connection, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Meet Timmy Failure, the founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, probably the nation. And his lazy sidekick, Total, a 1,500-pound polar bear.
Date Published:2013

May include sheet of temporary tattoos. School Library Journal, May 2013. Publisher's Weekly, December 2012. Booklist, December 2012. Horn Book, November 2013. Kirkus Review, January 2013. Horn Book Guide, Library Media Connection, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Meet Timmy Failure, the founder, president, and CEO of the best detective agency in town, probably the nation. And his lazy sidekick, Total, a 1,500-pound polar bear.

Date Published:2013

The Mystwick School of Musicraft

Khoury, Jessica, 1990-,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Connection, School Library Journal, School Library Journal, December 2019. Booklist, December 2019. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2019. Twelve-year-old Amelia gets the opportunity to attend a boarding school and learn how to use music to create magic, hoping to become a Maestro like her deceased mother.
Date Published:2020

Dog Man 6 : Brawl of the wild /

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


Kirkus Review, Last time they clashed, Dog Man's latest evil villains Crunky, Bub, and Piggy--a gorilla, alligator, and pig respectively--had been shrunk to the size of real fleas to match the name they gave themselves as a group of evil villains, the Fleas. They could be hiding anywhere, but when Dog Man goes searching he ends up getting framed and going to jail.
Date Published:2021

Celebrating Thanksgiving

Heinrichs, Ann,


Happy Thanksgiving! -- Celebrating the harvest -- Life in a new land -- A great feast -- Becoming a holiday -- Thanksgiving dinner -- Decorations and symbols -- Poetry corner -- Joining in the spirit Thanksgiving -- Making Thanksgiving cornbread -- Making personalized Thanksgiving napkins. Provides basic information on American traditions during the Thanksgiving holiday. Details the holiday's history, traditions, and festivities. Includes a recipe for cornbread and instructions for making Thanksgiving napkins.
Date Published:2022

Happy Thanksgiving! -- Celebrating the harvest -- Life in a new land -- A great feast -- Becoming a holiday -- Thanksgiving dinner -- Decorations and symbols -- Poetry corner -- Joining in the spirit Thanksgiving -- Making Thanksgiving cornbread -- Making personalized Thanksgiving napkins. Provides basic information on American traditions during the Thanksgiving holiday. Details the holiday's history, traditions, and festivities. Includes a recipe for cornbread and instructions for making Thanksgiving napkins.

Date Published:2022

Chickadee : criminal mastermind /

Silvie, Monica,


Publishers Weekly, Publishers Weekly, May 2022. New York Times, July 2022. A black-capped chickadee grows up and leaves his parents' nest to fend for himself, but when he finds what he takes to be a treasure vault of food, he decides to become a master thief. When he discovers that what he found was really a bird feeder put out by humans for the purpose of feeding birds, the chickadee decides he is a superhero instead and informs all his chickadee friends.
Date Published:2022

Publishers Weekly, Publishers Weekly, May 2022. New York Times, July 2022. A black-capped chickadee grows up and leaves his parents' nest to fend for himself, but when he finds what he takes to be a treasure vault of food, he decides to become a master thief. When he discovers that what he found was really a bird feeder put out by humans for the purpose of feeding birds, the chickadee decides he is a superhero instead and informs all his chickadee friends.

Date Published:2022

Dog Man 12 : The scarlet shedder /

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


"Treehouse Comix proudly presents." "After an encounter with a skunk, Dog Man, now scarlet red after being dunked in tomato juice, is exiled but must find a way to save those who shunned him when an all-new, never-before-seen villain unleashes an army of A.I. robots"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

I scream, you scream!

Preller, James,


Series numbering from spine. Horn Book Guide, Eleven-year-old Samantha Carver is thrilled when she wins a ticket for a new ride at Mr. Z's Adventure Park. When Samantha and a strange young boy named Andy embark on the terrifying ride, they are cut off from the outside world and must think fast if they want to survive to see the end of the ride.
Date Published:2013

Dragons love tacos

Rubin, Adam, 1983-


School Library Journal, June 2012. Pub Weekly, April 2012. New York Times, June 2012. Horn Book Guide, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Explores the love dragons have for tacos, and the dangers of feeding them them anything with spicy salsa.
Date Published:2012

The life cycle of an owl

Thomson, Ruth, 1949-


Wilson's Children, October 2010. School Library Journal, August 2009. Photographs and simple text describe the life cycle of an owl, and provides information on an owl's physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior.
Date Published:2009

The Bad Guys in Look who's talking

Blabey, Aaron.


"Forget what you know. This book changes everything. Someone's found her voice and she has A LOT to tell you"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

Emblem Island 1 : Curse of the Night Witch /

Aster, Alex,


Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, After changing the fate he has known since birth, twelve-year-old Tor Luna, accompanied by his friends Engle and Melda, must visit the notorious Night Witch to break the curse he now faces.
Date Published:2021

City spies 1 : City spies /

Ponti, James,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Connection, School Library Journal, School Library Journal, March 2020. Publishers Weekly, February 2020. Booklist, December 2019. Library Media Connection, March 2020. After hacking into the foster care computer system to prove wrongdoing by her foster parents, Sara Martinez is offered a chance to join a group of MI6 spies.
Date Published:2021