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62) Simon says
Author
Series
Not-so-tiny tales of Simon Seahorse volume 1
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Little Simon Seahorse likes to tell stories, and if some of them are embellished, it just makes for a better story; but when his lucky pearl disappears after Sea and Tell at Coral Grove Elementary he and his friends have a real-life treasure to find -- and of course it will become a super story to tell, one that hardly needs embellishment.
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After finding a set of keys on a desolate mountain trail while doing research into the true story of a B-25 bomber that crashed in Western North Carolina, a former Charleston police officer becomes obsessed with finding the rightful owner.
67) Oliver Elephant
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A boy, his toy elephant, his mother, and his younger sister go Christmas shopping.
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When they go on a field trip to a pop-up museum sponsored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame, eight-year-old twins Zach and Zoe discover an empty display case and with the help of their friends, they figure out what happened.
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Princess Alice has lost her very precious blankie and she must find it! But her brother doesn't have it and neither does the giant or the witch. Finally Alice finds her special snuggly in the arms of a sleepy dragon, but he looks so sad when she takes it back that she knows she must find him something just as cosy, soft and warm to cuddle. But what could that be?
Author
Series
Total mayhem volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dash Candoo's Monday is filled with adventure--during breakfast battling scallywags and the Devil Cat and then at school, confronted with Total Mayhem Situations involving an assortment of missing objects.
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It's snowing, Leonard! Leonard and his family are off on vacation. But it is not the hot, sunny weather that they are used to. Instead, it's snowing! Before the Shrew family can go outside and play in the snow, they must wrap up warm. But little Leonard can't find his scarf anywhere! Will Leonard find his scarf before it stops snowing? Find out in this charming, winter's tale.
75) Wintercake
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When Thomas misplaces the basket of dried fruit he needs to make his seasonal wintercake, friends old and new come together to save the day"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Perigee
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
By day, Michael Popek works in his family's used bookstore. By night, he's the voyeuristic force behind www.forgottenbookmarks.com, where he shares the weird objects he has found among the stacks at his store. Forgotten Bookmarks is a scrapbook of Popek's most interesting finds.
Author
Series
Pout-pout fish adventures volume 2
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mr. Fish feels nervous venturing deep in the sea to look for Ms. Clam's lost pearl until Miss Shimmer helps him conquer his fear of the dark.
78) The box: a novel
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In a dark and crooked lane in an unnamed city where it never ceases to snow, a small white box falls from a coat pocket. It is made of paper strips woven tightly together; there is no apparent way to open it without destroying it. What compels a passing witness, a self-described anthrophobe not inclined to engage with other people, to pick up the box and chase after the stranger who dropped it?"--
79) Lost and found
Author
Series
MicroPowers novels volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Ezekiel Blast has a superpower, or a micropower, if you will. He can find lost things. The problem is most people think he steals them. When the police ask for help, though, he may have a chance to redeem himself.
What good is finding lost bicycles and hair scrunchies, if when you return them to their owners they think you must have stolen them in the first place? Ezekial Blast's friend Beth thinks there must be some way to use his "micropower" for...
Author
Series
World between blinks volume 1
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Whenever Jake and Marisol get together, adventure follows. They have their late Nana to thank for that. Her epic trips and treasure hunts were legendary. With the whole family reuniting for one last summer vacation at Nana's home, the cousins are prepared for an extraordinary trip of their own. Following a map Nana left behind, Jake and Marisol sneak out to a nearby lighthouse, then accidentally slip into another world! The World Between Blinks is...
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