The Princess in Black by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by LeUyen Pham

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Princess Magnolia is having hot chocolate and scones with Duchess Wigtower when...Brring! Brring! The monster alarm! A big blue monster is threatening the goats! Stopping monsters is no job for dainty Princess Magnolia. But luckily Princess Magnolia has a secret - she’s also the Princess in Black, and stopping monsters is the perfect job for her! Can the princess sneak away, transform into her alter ego, and defeat the monster before the nosy duchess discovers her secret?

Chicken Squad by Doreen Cronin

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They’re darling. They’re daring. They know their shapes! They’re chicks on a mission - and on this, their first (mis)adventure, the Chicken Squad launches a galactic backyard expedition. Meet the Chicken Squad: Dirt, Sugar, Poppy, and Sweetie. These chicks are not your typical barnyard puffs of fluff, and they are not about to spend their days pecking chicken feed and chasing bugs. No sir, they’re too busy solving mysteries and fighting crime. So when Squirrel comes barreling into the chicken coop, the chicks know they’re about to get a case. But with his poor knowledge of shapes (“Big” is not a shape, Squirrel!) and utter fear of whatever it is that’s out there, the panicky Squirrel is NO HELP. Good thing these chicks are professionals. But even professionals get worried. Especially once they see that round, shiny, green, BIG thing in the yard.

Ready, Freddy! Tooth Trouble by Abby Klein, illustrated by John McKinley

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Meet the new kid on the block! It's Freddy Thresher, a first grader with a nose for trouble. It's not that he's trying to do anything bad. It's just that he's a boy who gets a little too creative and inventive when he has a problem.

Bird and Squirrel on the Run! by James Burks

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Bird and Squirrel outwit Cat and become best friends in this zany road-trip adventure. Bird is a happy-go-lucky bundle of energy. Squirrel is a cautious collector of acorns. But when Squirrel loses his winter stash saving Bird from Cat, the duo have to go where the weather is warm and food is plentiful! So it's south or bust in this hilarious graphic novel about two unlikely friends on a road-trip adventure.

Guinea Pi Pet Shop Private Eye #4: Fish You Were Here by Collleen AF Venable, illustrated by Stephanie Yue

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Mr. Venezi has finally found an assistant to help in the pet shop. At first Viola seems so perfect that even Sasspants approves of her and does her job so well that Mr. V hardly needs to be there. In fact, one day, Mr. V doesn't come back at all! Has Mr. V really given the pet shop to the villainous Viola? Or is some other mystery afoot?

Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas by Philippe Coudray

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Benjamin Bear walks on water, rides a square-wheeled bicycle, and wears a fishbowl helmet under the sea. Benjamin Bear walks on water, rides a square-wheeled bicycle, and wears a fishbowl helmet under the sea. Told in the form of one-page comic strips, each of Benjamin's adventures is a hilarious gag, a puzzle, a mini physics lesson, or sometimes all three.

The Potato Chip Puzzles by Eric Berlin

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When a local potato chip tycoon invites area kids to an all-day puzzle hunt, Winston Breen is psyched. But it turns out the day is not all fun and games. Their teacher is being overly competitive, the puzzles are hard (even for Winston), and someone in the contest is playing dirty in order to win the fifty-thousand-dollar grand prize! Trying to stop the mystery cheater before it's too late takes an already tough challenge to a whole new level... Perfect for fans of The Westing Game, exciting mysteries, and, of course, puzzles!

Piper Reed, The Great Gypsy by Kimberly Willis Holt

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Piper's dad - the Navy Chief - might be gone again, but Piper's got plenty to keep her busy at home: new neighbors, a spaceship beach house, a trip to New Orleans, and most important, the upcoming Gypsy Club pet show. Piper is determined to win, but teaching tricks to her dog seems nearly impossible. Bruna is simply unteachable! Or is she? Join Piper as she embarks on new and exciting adventures!

Bad Kitty School Daze by Nick Bruel

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Bad Kitty faces her toughest challenge yet... Kitty and Puppy are out of control! They're screaming, fighting, hissing, and drooling all over the house, and all of the commotion is upsetting Baby. Time for school - obedience school, that is. Can Kitty learn to follow the rules and make friends with the other students or will she bring chaos to the classroom? Find out in Bad Kitty's hilarious, new (mis)adventure!

Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Skottie Young

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The name of the book is Fortunately the Milk, and if you know any eight or nine year olds, this book is absolutely perfect. Filled with adventure, aliens, time travel and more, Neil Gaiman’s Fortunately the Milk is a modern day Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, hilarious, wonderfully weird, and guaranteed to turn any child into a voracious reader.

The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case Alexander McCall Smith

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Have you ever said to yourself, Wouldn't it be nice to be a detective? This is the story of an African girl who says just that. Her name is Precious. When a piece of cake goes missing from her classroom, a young boy is tagged as the culprit. Precious, however, is not convinced. She sets out to find the real thief. Along the way she learns that your first guess isn't always right. She also learns how to be a detective.

Who Will Comfort Toffle? A Tale of Moomin Valley by Tove Jansson

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This is the timeless, magical tale of the wistful wallflower, Toffle - too shy to speak to anyone and too fearful of the world he is watching from afar. Lonely and sad, Toffle runs away from home and watches the magical cast of Moominvalley celebrate and enjoy life.

Lunch Lady and the Video Game Villain by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

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The race is on for a new student council president, and the Breakfast Bunch is rallying for Hector! The competition is already heavy, but the race heats up when school security is at stake: student and staff high- tech gadgets are disappearing left and right. Whoever the culprit is, this is one stealthy thief - and the school is so busy with the election that he gets away with it every time. Luckily some of Lunch Lady's own culinary gadgets have eluded the crook, but will they be enough to catch this sticky- fingered bandit? And will Hector be able to pull off a victory?

Bink and Gollie: Best Friends Forever by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, illustrated by Tony Fucile

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Gollie is quite sure she has royal blood in her veins, but can Bink survive her friend's queenly airs - especially if pancakes are not part of the deal? Bink wonders what it would be like to be as tall as her friend, but how far will she stretch her luck to find out? And when Bink and Gollie long to get their picture into a book of record holders, where will they find the kudos they seek?

Stink And The Incredible Super-galactic Jawbreaker by Megan Mcdonald

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When Stink buys a mammoth jawbreaker that doesn't break his jaw, he writes a letter of complaint to the manufacturer - and receives a ten- pound box of 21,280 jawbreakers for his trouble! This unexpected benefit of acing the art of letter- writing in school sure gets Stink thinking. Soon Stink is so preoccupied with getting free stuff sent to him that he overlooks a scribbly envelope in the mail pile - until his best friend, Webster, starts acting standoffish and looks as mad as a hornet. In this hilarious new episode from Megan McDonald and Peter H. Reynolds, Judy Moody's shorter sibling truly comes into his own. As a delightful bonus for both teachers and kids, thirty- six common idioms - from "two heads are better than one" to "a leopard can't change its spots" - are sprinkled throughout the story; seven of the idioms are humorously illustrated by Stink, and all are listed at the end to inspire a search for idioms that's more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

Banjo of Destiny by Cary Fagan

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Jeremiah Birnbaum is stinking rich. He lives in a house with nine bathrooms, a games room, an exercise room, an indoor pool, a hot tub, a movie theatre  a bowling alley and a tennis court. His parents, a former hot dog vendor and window cleaner who made it big in dental floss, make sure Jeremiah goes to the very best private school, and that he takes lessons in all the things he will need to know how to do as an accomplished and impressive young man: etiquette lessons, ballroom dancing, watercolour painting. And, of course, classical piano. Jeremiah complies, because he wants to please his parents. But one day, by chance, he hears the captivating strains of a different kind of music - the strums, plucks and rhythms of a banjo. It is music that stirs something in Jeremiah's dutiful little soul, and he is suddenly obsessed. And when his parents forbid him to play one, he decides to learn anyway - even if he has to make the instrument himself.

Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Springs into Action by Jacqueline Jules, illustrated by Miguel

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Freddie has shoes that give him super speed. It's hard to be a superhero and a regular kid at the same time, especially when your shoes give you even more power! Freddie needs an on/off switch for his super speed, so Mr. Vaslov, who created the shoes, decides to invent a remote control, but he gets more than he planned. When his young neighbour's ball goes missing, Freddie uses his new powers to find it... and Mr. Vaslov!

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken

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Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie's parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage. Left in the care of the cruel Miss Slighcarp, the girls can hardly believe what is happening to their once happy home. The servants are dismissed, the furniture is sold, and Bonnie and Sylvia are sent to a prison- like orphan school. It seems as if the endless hours of drudgery will never cease. With the help of Simon the gooseboy and his flock, they escape. But how will they ever get Willoughby Chase free from the clutches of the evil Miss Slighcarp? This new edition features an introduction by Aiken's daughter, Lizza, providing insight into the struggles Aiken - much like her heroines - had to endure before finally finishing this classic story a decade after she started writing it.

The Flying Beaver Brothers and The Evil Penguin Plan by Maxwell Eaton III

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Meet Ace and Bub, the flying beaver brothers! Ace loves extreme sports and is always looking for a new adventure. Bub loves napping and, well, napping. But when penguins threaten to freeze Beaver Island for "resort and polar- style living," the brothers put their talents to work saving their tropical island paradise. Can they save Beaver Island from environmental destruction? And can they do it in time to still win the annual Beaver Island Surfing Competition?

Poor Puppy and Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel

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This hilarious successor to Bad Kitty stars sweet, befuddled puppy.