Candace Fleming
2) Mine!
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A group of forest animals vie for the same delicious red apple that is just about to drop.
3) Polar bear
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As spring approaches in the Arctic, a mother polar bear and her two cubs tentatively emerge from hibernation to explore the changing landscape. When it is time, she takes her cubs on a forty-mile journey, back to their home on the ice. Along the way, she fends off wolves, hunts for food, and swims miles and miles.
6) Giant squid
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"A nonfiction picture book exploring the mysterious life of the elusive giant squid"-- Provided by publisher.
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From the acclaimed author of Amelia Lost and The Lincolns comes a heartrending narrative nonfiction page-turner--and a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards. When Russia's last tsar, Nicholas II, inherited the throne in 1894, he was unprepared to do so. With their four daughters (including Anastasia) and only son, a hemophiliac, Nicholas and his reclusive wife, Alexandra, buried their heads in the sand, living a life of opulence as World...
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""You are to report to Station X at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, in four days time....That is all you need to know." This was the terse telegram hundreds of young women throughout the British Isles received in the spring of 1941, as World War II raged. As they arrived at Station X, a sprawling mansion in a state of disrepair surrounded by Spartan-looking huts with little chimneys coughing out thick smoke--these young people had no idea what kind...
14) Boxes for Katje
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After a young Dutch girl writes to her new American friend in thanks for the care package sent after World War II, she begins to receive increasingly larger boxes.
18) Gabriella's song
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A young girl finds music all around her as she walks about the city of Venice, Italy, and she shares her song with everyone she meets.
19) Penny & Pip
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Penny goes on a class field trip to the museum and befriends a baby dinosaur.
20) Oh, no!
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A series of animals falls into a deep hole, only to be saved at last by a very large rescuer.