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1) Bob's Rock
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Bob's friend Max has a dog. Bob has a rock. Max's dog can do tricks. But, so can Bob's rock! Can it do everything the dog does? This funny, minimalist story uses patterns, repetitions, and comparisons to create a satisfying read-aloud experience.
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Grandma Lena believes that something worth doing is worth doing right. So she takes good care of the turnips she plants in her garden. One turnip grows to an enormous size-Baby Pearl thinks it's a big potato! It is big enough to feed half the town. And it's so big that Grandma can't pull it out of the ground! Even when Grandpa, Uncle Izzy, Aunt Netty, and the dog help Grandma yank and tug, the big ol' turnip doesn't budge. Still, this African-American...
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Super Schnoz volume 3
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English
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Andy Whiffler- aka Super Schnoz- has a scent bank of more than 3,000 different smells. He adds to it every day as he sniffs out things like rotting road kill and earwax. He's never met a smell he can't identify... until now. Schnoz can pick out every ingredient in Strange, the most popular fragrance of all time-every ingredient except one. Is Super Schnoz's booger blaster broken?
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Penelope is a little different. She might also be a little... undead. After biting some teachers, Penelope gets sent home from school. And that's when things go from bad to worse! What would you do if your best friend turned out to be a zombie? This hilarious tale is perfect for anyone who thinks the B in BFF should stand for BRAINS.
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My teacher's pretty slick, Has a hundred teaching tricks. Even in the bathroom stalls, She hangs poetry on the walls, And while I'm there all alone I can't help but read a poem. From "Gross" and "Flushophobic" to "There's a Sock in the Toilet," these poems will have kids laughing all the way to "The Bathroom Dance!"
6) Fred Pudding
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Grandma and her grandson are making bread pudding, but her dog, Fred, has his own plans! While the humans are in the kitchen, Fred is busy shredding papers and tissues in the living room. When Grandma mixes, Fred runs in circles, and when she bakes the pudding, Fred lies on the floor under a sunny window. Will the delicious dessert make up for the mess Fred made? This hilarious adventure, inspired by quintessential dog shenanigans, is sure to make...
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Animals hoping to make an easy profit on a price bubble find out what happens when supply catches up to demand.
After Arlene the giant tortoise walks down the aisle wearing a crown of daisies, everyone wants some of the beautiful blooms for themselves. Florists sell out quickly, but Sly Seal has a daisy stash that allows him to drive up the price. Soon his customers start buying flowers from each other at even higher markups, hoping to sell them...
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Dog has just discovered something! But what is it? It takes Cat to explain that this is the alphabet, and you can do — well — anything, with it! This slapstick duo introduces letters and words with style and humor that will have children and adults look at the alphabet in a whole new way.
10) I Am Famous
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Kiely knows she is famous! The paparazzi (her parents) follow her every move, documenting with cameras. It's exhausting being famous, but someone has to do it. She even gets to perform a big song at her grandfather's birthday. When she messes it up, she's worried she's lost her audience forever, but it turns out that no one is as loyal as her fans.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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When an imaginative second-grader writes a school report about sea cows, the subject is not happy with her portrayal. Sea Cow-or Manatee, as she prefers to be called-comes to life on the pages of the report and decides to defend herself against unflattering comparisons to set the record straight with fascinating facts about manatees.
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When a child writes a report about a seahorse, the creature himself has a few things to say about the animals he's compared to. First of all, he is nothing like a land horse. His tail is much more useful than an opossum's tail. And, his snout fits his face perfectly-unlike an anteater's snout.
Delivering fascinating facts along the way, the seahorse sets the record straight about what makes his species so special.
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Love isn't just for the cute, the sweet, and the cuddly. Whether you're awkward as a baby ostrich, prickly as a tiny hedgehog, or drool like a puppy pug, someone loves you no matter what! This new story from the team that created Next To You features an irresistible array of adorably stinky, grouchy, burpy, and warty animals to drive the point home.
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Billy the Blue-Footed Booby, who lived on the Galapagos, wanted to buy an umbrella, so he went to Selling Seal. But Billy didn't listen to Seal's explanation of what that umbrella would end up costing him. And then Billy wanted a fan like Arlene the tortoise's, a purple-striped wig like Ig the iguana's, neon-green shoes like Niels the lizard's, and Seal's anchovy grill. All his friends and his twin sister Bess tried to help, but Billy lost everything....
15) Once Upon a Zzzz
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Once upon a time, an author took a snooze and an illustrator took the reins telling the story exactly the way she wants! Featuring a llama princess, a scheming penguin, space travel, and maybe even a ninja or, wait, a dragon! This rambunctious, clever, no-holds-barred "meta" story will have young readers giggling from start to finish.
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Super Schnoz volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
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When Super Schnoz and his friends find out that aliens are after his snores to take over Earth, they seek help from an exiled seismologist.
17) Lost in Bermooda
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Welcome to Bermooda! volume 1
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Bermooda is a tropical island that is undiscovered by the outside world and is primarily populated by walking, talking cows of human intelligence. The cows came to the island hundreds of years ago by a ship carrying livestock that wrecked upon the shoals around the southern tip of the island. They have since formed their own quaint, mootpian tropical island society. Life is good on Bermooda, and the residents are mostly content to be unknowing of...
19) Hound Won't Go
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Out for a walk on a cloudy day, Hound suddenly decides that he's gone far enough... right in the middle of a busy intersection! His owner tugs on his leash and offers treat after treat, but Hound won't go. Then those clouds open up into a thunderstorm-and Hound goes and goes. Short, bouncy text and a sweet ending make this the perfect story for all who love dogs, even at their most stubborn.
20) Park Here
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Carl the car loves to race and run at the park with his friends. But, when he follows the sign that says Park Here, it brings him to the wrong place! Can Carl and his friends figure out what went wrong and find their way to the real park?
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