Category: Book of the Day

Before You by Rebecca Doughty

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Before You by Rebecca Doughty

I was sent a copy of Before You by Rebecca Doughty   Before You by Rebecca Doughty Release Date: 2016-12-27 I was a flower with no pot I was a polka with no dot     What did I do before you came along and changed the tune?       Through simple, yet lively text and whimsical illustration, the love from parent to child, or lover to lover, or friend to friend, is celebrated. The perfect gift for baby showers, Valentine’s Day, birthdays, weddings, and beyond. Before You also works perfectly as a comforting…

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Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel by Nancy Castaldo

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Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel by Nancy Castaldo

I was sent a copy of Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel by Nancy Castaldo   Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel by Nancy Castaldo Release Date: 2017-02-07 In Beastly Brains, Castaldo delves into the minds of animals and explores animal empathy, communication, tool use, and social societies through interviews and historical anecdotes. Researchers from Charles Darwin to Jane Goodall have spent years analyzing the minds of animals, and today’s science is revolutionizing old theories and uncovering surprising similarities to our own minds. Humans…

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Trouble Next Door: The Carver Chronicles, Book Four by Karen English

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Trouble Next Door: The Carver Chronicles, Book Four by Karen English

I was sent a copy of Trouble Next Door: The Carver Chronicles, Book Four by Karen English   Trouble Next Door: The Carver Chronicles, Book Four by Karen English Release Date: 2016-12-06 In the fourth book in the Carver Chronicles series, third grader Calvin is dealing with his next door neighbors moving away—and the school bully moving in. Meanwhile, competition at the school science fair is heating up, and Calvin must decide what to do when his data doesn’t prove his theory. This lively installment in a chapter book series…

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Into the Lion’s Den (Devlin Quick Mysteries, The) by Linda Fairstein

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Into the Lion's Den (Devlin Quick Mysteries, The) by Linda Fairstein

I was sent a copy of Into the Lion’s Den (Devlin Quick Mysteries, The) by Linda Fairstein   Into the Lion’s Den (Devlin Quick Mysteries, The) by Linda Fairstein Release Date: 2016-11-15 Watch out, Nancy Drew—Devlin Quick is smart, strong, and she will DEFINITELY close the case in this thrilling new mystery series for girls and boys from New York Times bestselling author Linda FairsteinSomeone has stolen a page from a rare book in the New York Public Library. At least, that’s what Devlin’s friend Liza thinks she’s seen, but…

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Mister and Lady Day: Billie Holiday and the Dog Who Loved Her by Amy Novesky

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Mister and Lady Day: Billie Holiday and the Dog Who Loved Her by Amy Novesky

I was sent a copy of Mister and Lady Day: Billie Holiday and the Dog Who Loved Her by Amy Novesky   Mister and Lady Day: Billie Holiday and the Dog Who Loved Her by Amy Novesky Release Date: 2017-01-03 Billie Holiday—also known as Lady Day—had fame, style, a stellar voice, gardenias in her hair, and lots of dogs. She had a coat-pocket poodle, a beagle, Chihuahuas, a Great Dane, and more, but her favorite was a boxer named Mister. Mister was always there to bolster her courage, even at…

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Gossie & Friends Big Book of Adventures by Olivier Dunrea

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Gossie & Friends Big Book of Adventures by Olivier Dunrea

I was sent a copy of Gossie & Friends Big Book of Adventures by Olivier Dunrea   Gossie & Friends Big Book of Adventures by Olivier Dunrea Release Date: 2017-01-10 Romp, tromp, and stroll around the barnyard with the lovable gaggle of Gossie & Friends. The first six stories from Gossie’s world are collected in this bright and sturdy bind-up, perfect for emerging readers. Olivier Dunrea’s relatable themes and expressive illustrations will draw kids in to these stories, while bonus downloadable audio with page-turn signals helps guide those who are…

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Rabbit Magic by Meg McLaren

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Rabbit Magic by Meg McLaren

I was sent a copy of Rabbit Magic by Meg McLaren   Rabbit Magic by Meg McLaren Release Date: 2017-01-10 A distinctive palette and a large cast of adorable rabbits adorn a lively story told in very few words. When a magic trick goes awry, the magician M. Lapin becomes a sad rabbit while his rabbit assistant, Houdini, becomes the star of the show. After trying increasingly spectacular tricks, Houdini realizes that someone else wants and deserves the spotlight, and in his most amazing trick ever, he restores M. Lapin…

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Revenge of the Green Banana by Jim Murphy

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Revenge of the Green Banana by Jim Murphy

I was sent a copy of Revenge of the Green Banana by Jim Murphy   Revenge of the Green Banana by Jim Murphy Release Date: 2017-01-03 Jimmy Murphy’s sixth grade teacher, Sister Angelica Rose, is out to get him. She humiliates him in class and punishes him when he hasn’t done anything wrong. She even forces him to perform onstage with second-graders, wearing a giant green banana costume. A classic underachiever with a talent for trouble, Jimmy wants revenge, and with his friends he plans a prank that will embarrass…

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Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson

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Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson

I was sent a copy of Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson   Midnight Without a Moon by Linda Williams Jackson Release Date: 2017-01-03 It’s Mississippi in the summer of 1955, and Rose Lee Carter can’t wait to move north. But for now, she’s living with her sharecropper grandparents on a white man’s cotton plantation. Then, one town over, an African American boy, Emmett Till, is killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman. When Till’s murderers are unjustly acquitted, Rose realizes that the South needs a change…

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Curious George and the Sleepover by H. A. Rey

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Curious George and the Sleepover

I was sent a copy of Curious George and the Sleepover by H. A. Rey   Curious George and the Sleepover by H. A. Rey Release Date: 2017-01-03 When George is invited to his first sleepover, he is ready to go! It will be a wonderful time filled with fun, games, and special food, shared with his good friends. George packs everything he needs, but what he isn’t prepared for is how worried he feels. And when little monkeys get nervous, they can sometimes get into trouble . . .…

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