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• Too Small Tola Makes It Count

  Atinuke

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  Tola loves solving problems, in math and in real life – and there are several problems in her crowded apartment building, just waiting for her to tackle them.

• Stella & Marigold

  Barrows, Annie

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  Second grader Stella, and preschooler Marigold are loving sisters who stick together.

• Aven Green Soccer Machine

  Bowling, Dusti

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  Eight-year-old expert soccer player Aven Green learns to share the spotlight and be a good team player when her friend Sujata joins the team.

• Frank and the Big Mistake

  Brockenbrough, Martha

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  Frank the cat and Sunny the puppy are happy at home with their two humans – until their niece comes for a noisy visit!

• Life After Whale

  the Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall

  Brunelle, Lynn

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  A beautifully illustrated look at what happens when a blue whale dies in the deep sea, and the rich ecosystem that develops around it.

• Dog Vs. Strawberry

  Buchet, Nelly

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  When Dog is handed a strawberry from the fruit bowl, she sizes it up, dances around it, and decides she is going to race the Strawberry--and win.

• King & Kayla and the Case of the Downstairs Ghost

  Butler, Dori Hillestad

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  Kayla and her canine sidekick King go on a sleepover adventure at Thor and Jillian's house, where they investigate spooky occurrences in the basement.

• Fighting With Love

  the Legacy of John Lewis

  Cline-Ransome, Lesa

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  The story of groundbreaking civil rights leader, John Lewis, who believed “nonviolence is love in action.”

• The Beginning

  DiCamillo, Kate

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  Orris the rat lives alone in an old barn surrounded by his treasures. One day his solitude is disrupted by the sudden flutter of wings and loud screeching of a small owl who gets caught in a trap.

• Marya Khan and the Awesome Adventure Park

  Faruqi, Saadia

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  Third grader Marya is excited to visit Skye Adventure Park with Hanna and Alexa on spring break – and she’s determined to beat them on the park’s obstacle course.

• We Are Starlings

  Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration

  Furrow, Robert, 1985-

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  Learn all about these amazing birds, and how they migrate as a group.

• Jumper

  a Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider

  Lanan, Jessica

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  What would it be like to climb, jump, listen, look and find food in the garden, just like a jumping spider?

• Space Invader

  Lepp, Royden, 1980-

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  Extraterrestrial Jeff's mission to take over Earth is in jeopardy when he crash-lands one hundred million years too early!

• Super Pancake. [1]

  Lloyd, Megan Wagner

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  Life in Breakfast Town is pretty uneventful for Peggy Pancake. That is, until Bacon Bullies pull off a prank that accidentally gives her superhero abilities.

• Mission: Moon

  Loney, Andrea J.

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  Abby goes to school on a space station and is excited for a field trip to the moon!

• Emergency Quarters

  Matias, Carlos (Children's author)

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  In the days before cell phones, kids needed quarters to use public pay phones – will Ernesto spend his “emergency quarters” like his friends?

• Rise of the Green Flame

  Mensah, Bernard (Children's author)

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  Eight-year-old Kwame is eager to start Nkonyaa School and learn calabash magic.

• Invisible Things

  Pizza, Andy J.

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  This creatively wacky and interactive exploration of the abstract concepts of the human experience, such as feelings and thoughts, encourages readers to look past the visible and connect with the things that are not seen.

• The Big Protest

  Platt, Christine A., 1976-

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  Frankie wants to be an intrepid reporter like her journalist mama – so when her mama covers a local protest, Frankie decides to report on the march, too.

• Sejal Sinha Dives for Diamonds on Neptune

  Prasad, Maya

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  Fascinated by the theory that it rains diamonds on Neptune, eight-year-old science whiz Sejal and her cousin Ash set off on an outer space adventure to see for themselves.