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1) Dreadful
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"It's bad enough waking up in a half-destroyed evil wizard's workshop with no eyebrows, no memories, and no idea how long you have before the Dread Lord Whomever shows up to murder you horribly and then turn your skull into a goblet or something. It's a lot worse when you realize that Dread Lord Whomever is... you. Gav isn't really sure how he ended up with a castle full of goblins, or why he has a princess locked in a cell. All he can do is play...
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Alice likes her life exactly the way it is. At home she has Mumsie, and at boarding school she has her alien-obsessed best friend and roommate Sally, and she doesn't see why anything should have to change. Then – everything starts to. Sally decides that Alice needs to have an adventure and signs them up for a school trip: a week of archery, raft building, and zip-wiring (with the chance of alien watching) in the great outdoors. Alice doesn't see...
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What if imagination wasn't just in our heads?
Meet Ally and Fran. They have been best friends for a very long time. Forever, in fact. They do everything together! They sing, dance, laugh and play. They are true BFFs!
They especially like writing poetry:
One day at school they wrote a poem,
about the Gobblewop.
He was the strangest creature ever,
that came from Planet Plop.
But just imagine the girls' surprise when their magical creation comes...
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It is common for most of us to focus on the imperfect circumstances in our lives. Molly looked forward to her seventh birthday party for several months. She and her mother, expected a flawless day. Molly's birthday is met by one imperfect moment after another, but she chose to focus on the larger picture-the picture that tells a story of the potency of our mind's focus. Molly makes a conscious decision to remain positively UPtimistic. In the end,...
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»Intergalaktischer Heißluftpupskäfer!«, schimpft Opa Willi, wenn er sich wieder einmal in seinen Erwartungen getäuscht hat. »Schon wieder kommt alles anders, als ich es erwartet habe, und noch weniger, als es mir lieb ist!« Merkwürdig nur, dass Opas Aussage auf mich aktuell voll und ganz zutrifft. Genauer gesagt erlebe ich, Greta-Lotta, stolze zehn Jahre alt und Schülerin der vierten Klasse, ohne jegliche Vorwarnung einige holprige Situationen...
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Tyler is a typical 5th grader, except for one thing - his pants won't stop talking! How will he make it through the day without becoming the school laughinstock? And how will Tyler survice his pants' "off the cuff" remakrs to the school bully (and his secret crush!)
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Lil Cy and His "Monoshades" If at first, you don't succeed, try again! That's the message in this rhyming story about a Lil Cyclops who wants some new sunglasses.Lil Cy the Cyclops wants to wear cool shades like his friends, but he can't find any to fit his eye. So this clever fellow learns to make his own sunglasses. Before long, he has made far too many shades for his one lil eye! So his friend, Lil Paddy Patches, helps him find a compromise, and...
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When Tom and his best friend Pradeep zapped Frankie the goldfish back to life with a battery, they certainly didn't expect him to become a BIG FAT ZOMBIE GOLDFISH with incredible hypnotic powers. But, it turns out that a zombie goldfish is a great pet to have on your side when your big brother is an evil scientist whose plans need to be thwarted.
There's something fishy going on in the woods, as Tom and his best friend Pradeep take Frankie on a camping...
11) The Jitterbug
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The Super Happy Party Bears are back in this silly chapter book series filled with full-color illustrations and adorable animals.
The Super Happy Party Bears are in awe of their new friend, Butter, a groovy caterpillar who's got the moves. This Jitterbug can breakdance, tango, and boogie-woogie. Butter becomes an honorary Super Happy Party Bear dedicated to being goofy and spreading the party spirit!
When Butter mysteriously disappears, the bears...
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Lil JinJangle Bones should be quiet in the graveyard, but he cannot help singing and dancing. The skeletons are tired of his noise in the graveyard and want him to shush, so poor JinJangle Bones has a dilemma. How can he be quiet and also sing and dance? He solves his problem by forming a music band. They practise far away from the graveyard so the skeletons can rest in peace. In the end, things work out great because JinJangle Bones and his band...
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What's a bird to do when his sibling is a big-time celebrity? It's a question Speed Bump has to deal with every single morning, because his brother happens to be the one and only Early Bird. You know, THE Early Bird, who ALWAYS gets the worm! Unfortunately, Speed Bump is a sleepy little bird with a big head and tiny wings who's worried he'll never live up to his brother. But he has a great buddy, the ever-hungry Slingshot, who knows how to lift his...
15) Cat Tales
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Join three cute kittens as they play naughty games behind their caregivers' backs. They can do some incredible things! Cat Tales is a collection of three fun children's picture stories that will be a delight to any child, especially the younger ones that love animals. The stories are easy to follow, the pictures are lovely, and the kittens are simply adorable. Cat Tales will entertain the entire family and bring tons of laughter and joy. If your kids...
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Dr. Doofenshmirtz is trying to destroy all of the laughter in the Tri-State Area with his latest evil invention-the De-Laugh-inator. It's up to Agent P to stop him, and the only way to defeat the evil doctor's plan is to read these hilarious jokes and riddles aloud!
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The Mummy, Lil Blinky, is all wrapped up in love. She is so tightly wrapped from head to toe that we can only see her lil eyes peeking through! Lil Blinky blinks and sometimes winks to communicate because she doesn't talk. Most of the time this is just fine, but when Blinky is feeling blue, she can't let her friends know why. So these creative guys must figure out what's wrong and find a way to cheer her up. And what could be better for this fun group...
18) Lucy
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Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite:In Lucy by Heiki Vilep, Lucy is quite an active little girl. She just celebrated her fourth birthday and she was feeling quite grown up, even though her older brother kept trying to set things right, like pointing out that cars don't fly and there's no such thing as a witch. Lucy does have her imagination, though. When visiting the ice cream parlor with her brother and her father – having...
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Paul loves beautiful girls and poetry. And he's courageous enough to recite sonnets to the Hell's Angels in the Hailstone Inn.So when Zione, black and gorgeous, appears in his audience, he's well pleased. When she invites him into the yard, he doesn't hesitate.But in the yard, Zione calls up green fire and things become very strange... Waking in a strange bed is, for him, nothing new but he's never found himself sharing one with a dragon before. A...
20) Catch that Dog!
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Based on the amazing true story of "the world's most valuable dog," a fun adventure about a famous big-city poodle named Masterpiece who finds a new life alongside a small-town girl named Joanie.
When Joanie first encounters Masterpiece, he's curled up in an alley and she mistakes him for (of all things!) a cat. Soon, though, she cleans him up and shows him home and discovers he is, in fact, a poodle.
What Joanie doesn't know is that Masterpiece...
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