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Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories
My Readers

Square Fish
A classic story from award-winning artist Laura Vaccaro Seeger, author and illustrator of the Caldecott Honor book First the Egg, now repackaged in a brand-new...
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Flirt Club

Square Fish
When two self-professed middle school drama geeks––Isabelle and Annie (a.k.a. Cisco and The Bean)––fail at their attemps in romance, they start Flirt Club, an...
  
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Here Comes Jack Frost

Square Fish
A little boy makes a winter friend, Jack Frost, but when the snowdrops poke through the snow as Spring arrives Jack Frost is gone.
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Into the Trap

Roaring Brook Press
An action-packed adventure about thieves, fishing, and two boys who lay a trap that will save the day. Eddie's family has been trapping lobsters for...
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Cookie

Square Fish
Her father wants her to be beautiful and popular. She just wants to be happy.
  
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Doubles Troubles
Gym Shorts

Roaring Brook Press
DOUBLE THE TROUBLE, DOUBLE THE FUN. Is it a game, set, match for Henry? Henry wants to win the doubles tennis trophy more than anything. He knows he'd good...
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Side Effects

Square Fish
Izzy knows her cancer could kill her. But that’s no reason to lose her sense of humor.
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Swimming with Sharks / Track Attack
Gym Shorts

Square Fish
Dive into the pool with Rita as she races to join her friends!And cheer for Jazz as she sprints across the finish line!
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Death by Eggplant

Square Fish
Bertie wants to be a Master Chef. But first he has to pass eighth grade!
  
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Isabelle's Boyfriend

Square Fish
Taryn just met the perfect guy. If only he didn’t already have the perfect girlfriend.
  

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La Linea

Square Fish
The mata gente. The “people killer.” An ordinary freight train. And the only way North without paying a peso. ...
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My Friend Rabbit

Square Fish
When Mouse lets his best friend, Rabbit, play with his brand-new airplane, trouble isn't far behind. From Caldecott Honor award winner Eric Rohmann comes a...
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Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories

A Neal Porter Book
Laura Vaccaro Seeger's highly praised concept books have introduced children to colors, opposites, emotions, and the alphabet. Now she guides children on the...
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Who Is Melvin Bubble?

Roaring Brook Press
Who is this kid with the funny name? Well, that depends on who you ask. Everybody who knows Melvin—his mom, his dad, his best friend Jimmy, his dog—even Santa...
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Basketball Bats / Goof-Off Goalie
Gym Shorts

Square Fish
Cheer on the Bats as they try to trounce the Tigers in a basketball battle! And have a ball with Goose and the gang as they perfect their soccer skills!...
  
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Best Friends

Square Fish
Gemma and Alice have been best friends since the day they were both born. But now Alice has to move faraway to Scotland. Can they remain best friends forever?...
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Dog and Bear: Two's Company

A Neal Porter Book
WHAT'S BETTER THAN ONE DOG AND BEAR BOOK? TWO! In three new stories, the two dearest of friends celebrate Bear's birthday, have their first falling out,...
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Clara and Asha

Roaring Brook Press
In Clara and Asha -- as in Eric Rohmann's Caldecott Medal-winning My Friend Rabbit--a simple storyline becomes the basis for fun and sophistication. Clara's...
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1968
New York Times

Roaring Brook Press
1968, THE YEAR AMERICA GREW UP From racial and gender equality fights to the struggle against the draft and the Vietnam war, in 1968 Americans asked...
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Candyfloss

Square Fish
Move to a fabulous new home half way around the world with Mom, or stay home with dear old Dad? Floss has to make an impossible choice.
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Happy Birthday, America

Square Fish
Celebrate the most American of holidays with a warm family story.
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Bob and Otto

A Neal Porter Book
Bob and Otto do best-friend kinds of things together--eating leaves, digging, playing--until the day Bob decides to climb a tree, simply because . . . he has...
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A Teeny Tiny Baby

A Neal Porter Book
A two-week-old baby describes the many activities he enjoys, both at home and out in the busy city.
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Basketball Bats
Gym Shorts

Roaring Brook Press
UNBEATABLE TEAM--MAYBE. UNBEATABLE READING--FOR SURE! The first novel in Betty Hick's Gym Shorts series is a slam-dunk for newly-independent readers. Henry...