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!Ole! Flamenco

by George Ancona
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'A' is for Alliguitar: Musical Alphabeasts

by Nancy Raines Day and Herb Leonhard
  • Grade Level:
    1-5
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts, Music
  • Author Resources:
    Author Personal Websites (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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'Let's Get a Pup!' Said Kate

by Bob Graham
  • Grade Level:
    PK-2
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts, Science
  • Author Resources:
    Audio Name Pronunciations (1), Author Interviews (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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'Twas the Day Before Zoo Day

by Catherine Ipcizade and Ben Hodson
  • Grade Level:
    PK-5
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts, Science
  • Genres:
    Poetry
  • Author Resources:
    Author Personal Websites (2), Author Blogs (2), Author Interviews (3)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Readings (1), Book Guides & Lesson Plans (3)

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1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi: A Mississippi Number Book

by Michael Shoulders and Rick Anderson
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1+1=5: And Other Unlikely Additions

by David LaRochelle and Brenda Sexton
  • Grade Level:
    PK-2
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts, Math
  • Author Resources:
    Audio Name Pronunciations (1), Author Personal Websites (2), Author Blogs (1), Author Interviews (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (2)

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10 Days: Martin Luther King Jr.

by David Colbert
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10 Hungry Rabbits: Counting & Color Concepts

by Anita Lobel
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10 Little Rubber Ducks

by Eric Carle
  • Grade Level:
    PK-2
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts, Math
  • Author Resources:
    In-depth Interviews (1), Author Personal Websites (1), Author Blogs (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (2)

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10 P.M. Question, The

by Kate De Goldi
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10 Things I Can Do to Help My World: Fun and Easy Eco-Tips

by Melanie Walsh
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10 Trick-Or-Treaters: A Halloween Counting Book

by Janet Schulman and Linda Davick
  • Grade Level:
    PK-5
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts
  • Genres:
    Holiday
  • Author Resources:
    Author Personal Websites (1), Author Blogs (1), Author Interviews (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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100 Day

by Christine Powers and Anastasia Suen
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100 Days of Cool

by Stuart J. Murphy and John Bendall-Brunello
  • Grade Level:
    1-5
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts, Math
  • Genres:
    Nonfiction
  • Author Resources:
    In-depth Interviews (1), Audio Name Pronunciations (1), Author Personal Websites (2), Author Blogs (1), Meet-the-Author Movies (2), Author Interviews (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (2)

100 Pounds of Popcorn
by
Hazel Krantz

100 Pounds of Popcorn

by Hazel Krantz
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100 Things Guys Need to Know

by Bill Zimmerman
  • Grade Level:
    4-8
  • Curricular Areas:
    Health
  • Genres:
    Nonfiction
  • Author Resources:
    Author Personal Websites (2)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

100 Years of Petrol Power
by
John Nicholson

100 Years of Petrol Power

by John Nicholson
  • Grade Level:
    4-8
  • Curricular Areas:
    Science
  • Genres:
    Nonfiction
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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100% Pure Fake: Gross Out Your Friends and Family with 25 Great Special Effects!

by Lyn Thomas, Boris Zaytsev, and Cheryl Powers
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100-Year-Old Secret, The

by Tracy Barrett

Book 1 of the Sherlock Files Series

  • Grade Level:
    4-8
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts, Science
  • Genres:
    Mystery
  • Author Resources:
    Audio Name Pronunciations (1), Author Personal Websites (1), Author Interviews (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Trailers (1), Book Readings (1), Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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100th Day of School, The

by Angela Shelf Medearis and Joan Holub
  • Grade Level:
    PK-5
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts, Math
  • Author Resources:
    Audio Name Pronunciations (1), Author Personal Websites (2), Author Blogs (1), Author Interviews (4)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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100th Day Worries

by Margery Cuyler and Arthur Howard
101 Dogstreet
by
Shelley Fraser Mickle

101 Dogstreet: The Story of Amos the Bummed-Out Canine

by Shelley Fraser Mickle and Phoebe North
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101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived, The: How Characters of Fiction, Myth, Legends, Television, and Movies Have Shaped Our Society

by Allan Lazar, Dan Karlan, and Jeremy Salter
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101 Ways to Bug Your Friends and Enemies

by Lee Wardlaw
  • Grade Level:
    4-8
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts
  • Genres:
    Humor, Realistic Fiction
  • Author Resources:
    Audio Name Pronunciations (1), Author Personal Websites (1), Author Blogs (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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101 Ways to Bug Your Parents

by Lee Wardlaw
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101 Ways to Bug Your Teacher

by Lee Wardlaw
  • Grade Level:
    1-5
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts, Social Studies
  • Genres:
    Humor
  • Author Resources:
    Audio Name Pronunciations (1), Author Personal Websites (1), Author Blogs (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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101 Ways to Dance

by Kathy Stinson
  • Grade Level:
    7-12
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts, Health
  • Author Resources:
    Audio Name Pronunciations (1), Author Personal Websites (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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11 Birthdays

by Wendy Mass
  • Grade Level:
    4-8
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts
  • Genres:
    Humor, Realistic Fiction
  • Author Resources:
    Audio Name Pronunciations (1), Author Personal Websites (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Trailers (1), Book Readings (1), Book Guides & Lesson Plans (5)

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11 Experiments That Failed

by Jenny Offill and Nancy Carpenter
  • Grade Level:
    PK-5
  • Curricular Areas:
    Science
  • Genres:
    Humor, Nonfiction
  • Author Resources:
    Author Personal Websites (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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11 Planets: A New View of the Solar System

by David A. Aguilar
  • Grade Level:
    4-8
  • Curricular Areas:
    Science
  • Genres:
    Nonfiction
  • Author Resources:
    Author Personal Websites (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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12 Again

by Sue Corbett
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12 Brown Boys

by Omar Tyree
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12 Ways to Get to 11

by Eve Merriam and Bernie Karlin
  • Grade Level:
    PK-2
  • Curricular Areas:
    Math
  • Genres:
    Nonfiction
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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121 Express

by Monique Polak
  • Grade Level:
    4-12
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts
  • Genres:
    Realistic Fiction
  • Author Resources:
    Audio Name Pronunciations (1), Author Personal Websites (1), Author Blogs (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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1212: Year of the Journey

by Kathleen McDonnell
  • Grade Level:
    7-12
  • Curricular Areas:
    History
  • Genres:
    Historical Fiction
  • Author Resources:
    Author Personal Websites (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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13 Clocks, The

by James Thurber and Marc Simont
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13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

by Wallace Stevens
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14 Cows for America

by Carmen Agra Deedy, Thomas Gonzalez, and Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah
  • Grade Level:
    1-8
  • Curricular Areas:
    Cultural Studies, Social Studies
  • Genres:
    Biography
  • Author Resources:
    Audio Name Pronunciations (1), Author Personal Websites (2), Author Interviews (5)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Trailers (1), Book Websites (1), Book Readings (1), Book Guides & Lesson Plans (4)

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1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving

by Catherine O'Neill Grace and Margaret M. Bruchac
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1776

by David McCullough
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180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day

by Billy Collins
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19 Girls and Me

by Darcy Pattison and Steven Salerno
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1984

by George Orwell
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2 X 2 = Boo!: A Set of Spooky Multiplication Stories

by Loreen Leedy
  • Grade Level:
    PK-5
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts, Math
  • Author Resources:
    Audio Name Pronunciations (1), Author Personal Websites (1), Author Blogs (1), Author Interviews (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne
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2001: A Space Odyssey

by Arthur C. Clarke
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20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury

by Jack Prelutsky and Meilo So
  • Grade Level:
    PK-8
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts
  • Genres:
    Nonfiction, Poetry
  • Author Resources:
    Audio Name Pronunciations (2), Author Personal Websites (2), Author Blogs (1), Author Interviews (2)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (1)

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26 Fairmount Avenue

by Tomie dePaola
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26 Letters and 99 Cents

by Tana Hoban
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3 Little Dassies, The

by Jan Brett
  • Grade Level:
    PK-5
  • Curricular Areas:
    English Language Arts
  • Genres:
    Fairy Tales/Folklore
  • Author Resources:
    Audio Name Pronunciations (1), Author Personal Websites (1), Author Interviews (1)
  • Book Resources:
    Book Guides & Lesson Plans (2)

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