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• About Time

  a Children's Guide to the History and Science of Time

  Shaha, Alom,

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  Ages 8 to 12 – Non-fiction

• All Gone!

  Búzio, Carolina,

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  Ages 1 to 3 - First picture book

• The Atlas of Languages

  Words Around the World

  Lancashire, Rachel

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  Ages 8 to 12 - Non-fiction

• Blake the Snake Bakes a Cake

  Young, Amy (Children's book author)

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  Ages 3 to 6 - Picture book

• Broken

  Fang, X.

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  Ages 4 to 8 - Picture book

• Busted

  Gemeinhart, Dan

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  Ages 9 and up - Fiction

• Caboose

  Jonker, Travis

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  Ages 4 to 8 - Picture book

• Carousel Summer

  Gros, Kathleen

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  Ages 9 to 13 - Graphic novel

• Cats and Us

  a Ten-thousand-year Fascination

  Pantaleo, Marta, 1990-

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  Ages 5 to 10 - Non-fiction

• Coach

  Reynolds, Jason

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  Ages 10 and up - Fiction

• Dear Jackie

  Bagley, Jessixa

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  Ages 8 to 12 - Graphic novel

• Don't Trust Fish

  Sharpson, Neil

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  Ages 4 to 8 - Picture book

• Downpour

  Splish! Splash! Ker-splash!

  Ōnari, Yūko, 1965-

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  Ages 3 to 6 - Picture book

• The Escape Artist

  a True Story of Octopus Adventure

  Hanson, Thor

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  Ages 5 to 10 - Non-fiction

• Every Monday Mabel

  Awan, Jashar

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  Ages 4 to 8 - Picture book

• Forests

  Beckerman, Nell Cross, 1973-

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  Ages 5 and up - Non-fiction

• How to Draw a Secret

  Chang, Cindy (Author and illustrator),

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  Ages 9 to 12 - Graphic novel

• How We Share Cake

  Kim, Hyo-ŭn

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  Ages 3 to 5 - Picture book

• It's All or Nothing, Vale

  Arango, Andrea Beatriz,

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  Ages 8 to 12 - Fiction

• Jackson Bright in the Spotlight

  O'Hara, Eureka

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  Ages 9 and up - Graphic Novel