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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A playful, witty, and resonant novel in which a single mother and her two teen daughters engage in a wild scientific experiment and discover themselves in the process, from the award-winning writer of Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty Jane is a serious scientist on the cutting-edge team of a bold project looking to "de-extinct" the wooly mammoth. She's privileged to have been sent to Siberia to hunt for ancient DNA, but there's a catch: Jane's...
3) The red hen
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Red Hen finds a recipe for a Simply Splendid Cake and asks her friends the cat, the rat, and the frog to help with the preparations. But it seems as though her friends want no part in the cake until it's ready to eat. Will they decide to pitch in, or let Red Hen do all of the hard work?
5) Waffles
Author
Series
Puppy place. Main series volume 68
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Waffles is exuberant, playful, and smart - maybe too smart! She's quite the escape artist and Lizzie has her hands full trying to keep tabs on her." --
Author
Publisher
Harper Collins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Anna Kellogg has always felt different. Growing up in Hartwood, New Jersey -- where frequent disappearances are attributed to an urban-legend-like beast that dwells in the walled-in swamp at the center of town -- can have that effect on people. But for Anna, it's more than that. Since she was a child, she's been plagued by episodes where she sees things others can't see. Feeling different is one thing, but actually being different is another. If...
Series
Polar bear in love volume 5
Publisher
Yen Press, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"'Here comes my love! Catch!' Despite Orca's warning, Polar Bear is determined not to give up on his love for Seal. They set off together in search of Cathy, whose past with Orca is finally unveiled! Now with newly strengthened feelings, where are the cross-species couples headed next?- cover page 4.
Series
Polar bear in love volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Cathy the penguin makes a debut, and is giving our duo a pep talk on love. But what'll happen when an orca--apex predator of the Arctic--bears down on them?!"--Cover
9) Animalia
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Alfaguara vuelve a publicar esta antología con las fabulosas ilustraciones de Isol Misenta, que acompañan a la perfección estos relatos donde aflora lo bestial y entra en juego lo irracional. Aurora Bernárdez, amorosa albacea literaria de Julio Cortázar, reunió veintiún cuentos del escritor para formar un único colección de la fauna que habita el universo cortazariano, allí como es sabido conviven animales que conocemos con otros que sólo...
Series
Polar bear in love volume 4
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Seal has finally learned how to swim, but Polar Bear isn't ready to say good-bye to his love just yet--not until Orca shares with the novice a heart-wrenching love story of his own."--
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Kanata Aldezia is a peerless genius, and everyone is waiting with bated breath for her to be blessed with the opportunity to be a Saint, the rarest and most honorable of professions. Little do they know that Kanata's got other plans for her, it's Beast Tamer or bust! Illness kept her bedridden in her previous life, and she could only admire animals from the other side of a screen. This time, she's been reborn as a healthy and spry young girl...so...
Author
Series
Pout-pout fish adventures volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The pout-pout fish believes he only knows how to frown, even though many of his friends suggest ways to change his expression, until one day a fish comes along that shows him otherwise.
13) THE THINGAMAJIG
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A young elephant embarks on a whimsical quest to find various lost objects belonging to their animal neighbors, uncovering a mystery as snail, squirrel, and ladybugs reveal their missing items. Backmatter pages explain the around-the-world origins of eachnonsense word appearing in the story
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Every day's a blast for Kaban, Serval, and the rest of the Friends in Japari Park! Whether they're playing together, trying out new recipes, pranking one another, or working out, these cute critters are always getting into new and exciting adventures!"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
What are the Friends up to today? Are they hunting treasure and getting into playground games? Maybe they're discovering what it means to be an adult and the true meaning of Christmas, or finding fashionable kitchenware and losing their marbles! Come on down to Japari Park and get a glimpse of their chaotic, delightful world!
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