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1) amy and the missing puppy

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Author

Holm, Jennifer L

Description

An imaginative mouse learns life lessons while living her life. Queen of the world: A mouse dreams of being queen of the world, but will settle for an invitation to the most popular girl's slumber party. Our hero: A young mouse is terrified to face her enemy in dodgeball, but with the help of her best friend and support from her mother, she not only plays the game, she proves herself a hero. Rock star: Babymouse has music in her soul--but sadly, not...

3) Battle of the bands

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Series

Major eights volume 1

Description

Keyboardist Jasmine, age eight, tries to convince her bandmates, Maggie, Becca, and Scarlet, to prove themselves in a Battle of the Bands competition, despite their poor equipment.

4) Big move to a tiny house

Author

Jacobson, Jennifer

Series

Twig and Turtle volume 1

Description

Family, friendship, new school challenges, and a rather large dog problem combine as sisters adjust to their new tiny house life in this charming chapter book series starter from award-winning author Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Perfect for fans of Ivy and Bean and Judy Moody. In a tiny house, 3 shirts + 3 pants = 9 different outfits. Eight- and six-year-old sisters Twig and Turtle are excited and curious about their new small town in Colorado. And...

5) Big Nate: in a class by himself

Author

Peirce, Lincoln

Series

Big Nate (Chapter books) volume 1

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Supremely confident middle school student Nate Wright manages to make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement.

6) The candy caper

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Series

Trouble at table 5 volume 2

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Book, eAudiobook

Description

"Molly gets things stuck in her head sometimes. When she sees a jar of candy on Principal Shelton's desk, she absolutely needs to know how many candies are in that jar! Luckily, her two best friends, Simon and Rosie, are ready to help her find the answer--even if it means detention for all of them!"--

7) Captain Awesome saves the winter wonderland

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Series

Captain Awesome volume 6

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

When second-grader Eugene McGillicudy is forced to be the star of the students' winter play, he relies on his superpowered alter ego to help him.

8) Cornbread & Poppy

Author

Cordell, Matthew

Series

Cornbread and Poppy volume 1

Description

Cautious Cornbread and carefree Poppy are best friends, so when Poppy fails to prepare for winter, Cornbread ventures up Holler Mountain with her to help her find food.

9) Dinosaurs before dark

Author

Osborne, Mary Pope

Series

Magic tree house. Original series volume 1

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs.

10) The disappearing act

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Series

Teeny Houdini volume 1

Description

"Tiny, impulsive Bessie Lee starts learning to become a magician to enter her school's talent show"--

11) Dragons and marshmallows

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Series

Zoey and Sassafras volume 1

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook

Description

A girl, Zoey, and her cat, Sassafras, use science experiments to help a dragon with a problem.

12) EllRay Jakes is not a chicken

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Series

EllRay Jakes series volume 1

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Book, eAudiobook

Description

Eight-year-old EllRay's father has promised a family trip to Disneyland if EllRay can stay out of trouble for a week, but not defending himself against Jared, the class bully, proves to be a real challenge.

13) The ember stone

Author

Charman, Katrina

Series

Last firehawk volume 1

Description

When a powerful vulture uses dark magic and an army of spies to attack the magical land of Perodia, a tiny owl, his squirrel best friend and a lone surviving firehawk become their home's unlikely defenders.

14) Emmett and Jez

Author

Shaw, Hannah Renae

Series

Adventures in Fosterland volume 1

Description

When the piglet Emmett arrives in Fosterland, he relies on a three-legged kitten named Jez to show him the ropes.

15) Fenway and the bone thieves

Author

Coe, Victoria J

Series

Make way for Fenway! volume 1

Description

"Sneaky squirrels are after Fenway's new bone, but he won't let them get it"--

16) Fenway and the frisbee trick

Author

Coe, Victoria J

Series

Make way for Fenway! volume 2

Description

"Fenway finds out catching a Frisbee in mid-air is much harder than it looks"--

17) The first wish

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Series

Jeanie & genie volume 1

Description

In the first book of the Jeanie and Genie series, new student Willow Davis turns fellow second grader Jeanie Bell's life upside down with her unbelievable, magical secret! For Jeanie Bell, things at Rivertown Elementary are nice, normal, and totally average'just the way she likes it. But when a new girl, Willow Davis, joins the school, all of a sudden strange things start happening. Will Willow's big secret ruin the girls' friendship'and change life...

18) gold medal mess

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19) The haunted house next door

Author

Miedoso, Andres

Series

Desmond Cole ghost patrol volume 1

Description

When supernatural things start happening in the house timid Andres and his parents just moved into, next-door-neighbor Desmond Cole, eight, comes to the rescue.

20) I spy... a shark!

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Series

Not-so-tiny tales of Simon Seahorse volume 2

Description

While exploring Coral Jungle, Simon Seahorse and his best friend Olive Octopus encounter a shark named Zelda who invites them to her mother's birthday party at Shark Point--and Simon not only has a unique school report, but the makings of an exciting story.