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The Circus Ship
By: Chris Van Dusen
Publisher: Candlewick

After courageously swimming to shore when the ship that they are traveling on sinks and the wretched captain does nothing to rescue them, circus animals find a way to become a valued part of a coastal community.

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Stuck
By: Oliver Jeffers
Publisher: Philomel Books

When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things.

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The Pout-Pout Fish
By: Deborah Diesen, Dan Hanna
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

As the pout-pout fish swims along in the ocean, he discovers that being glum and spreading the "dreary wearies" isn't much fun anymore–especially when his true destiny is revealed!

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Pete the Cat, I Love My White Shoes
By: Eric Litwin, James Dean
Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books

Pete the Cat gets into colorful adventures while out walking in his new white shoes.

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Lost and Found
By: Shaun Tan
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books

Three stories explore how we lose and find what matters most to us, as a girl finds a bright spot in a dark world, a boy leads a strange, lost being home, and a group of peaceful creatures loses its home to cruel invaders.

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Bailey
By: Harry Bliss
Publisher: Scholastic Press

Although he is a dog, Bailey goes to school where his canine abilities enliven an ordinary day.

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Three Hens and a Peacock
By: Lester L. Laminack, Henry Cole
Publisher: Peachtree Pub Ltd

When life on the Tucker farm is disrupted by the arrival of a peacock, whose shrieking and strutting bring many welcome visitors, the hens complain that they are doing all of the work until the hound suggests a trade.

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Castle in the Air
By: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures become …

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Knights of the kitchen table
By: Jon Scieszka
Publisher: Viking Children's Books

Everyones favorite time-travelers are changing their style! "The Time Warp Trio" series now features a brand-new, eye-catching design, sure to appeal to longtime fans, and those new to Jon Scieszkas wacky brand of humor.

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Climb Or Die, A Test of Survival
By: Edward Myers
Publisher: Hyperion

After a car accident in a snowy Colorado pass seriously injures their parents, athletic fourteen-year-old Danielle and her brainy younger brother, Jake, must scale a mountain to find help.

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