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1) A true home
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(Kallie),Heartwood Hotel volume 1
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162 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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Mona the mouse is precisely the maid they need at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest, where animals come from far and wide for safety, luxury, and comfort.
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(Kallie),Heartwood Hotel volume 2
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161 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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The peaceful winter that Mona the mouse expected at the Heartwood Hotel is disturbed by a difficult guest, food shortages caused by a huge blizzard, and secrets.
5) Flare
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32 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Refusing to cry even though everyone cries sometimes, a tough little phoenix receives help from his reassuring guardians, Sun, Wind, and Cloud, while learning how to express his feelings.
6) Anne arrives
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(Kallie),Anne chapter book volume 1
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63 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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English
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The charming first book in a new early-reader series, starring the spirited and outspoken Anne Shirley as she first arrives at Green Gables. Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert need help on their farm, so they've adopted what they hope will be a sturdy, helpful boy. Instead, Matthew finds Anne awaiting him at the train station imaginative, brash, redheaded Anne-with-an-e. With her place at the Cuthberts at risk--particularly if nosy neighbor Mrs. Lynde has...
7) Splash
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31 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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When Splash needs to learn how to be quiet, her grandfather takes her for swimming lessons.
Splash is a little sea serpent who enjoys splashing around. But all communities need quiet sometimes. Will Splash learn how to calm down? He's frightened of being quiet so having to do so seems unfair. But fears have to be faced and, across 44 full-colour illustrations, Splash will inevitably learn this for himself. In the other Tiny Tails (Simply Read) titles,...
10) Spark
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31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"Spark is a little dragon with a big problem. He can't control his fiery breath. Even practicing doesn't help. Will Spark ever be able to tame his flame?"--
Little dragon Spark learns to control his fire-breathing abilities.
12) Goodnight, Anne
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Inspired by Anne of Green Gables. It's time for Anne to go to bed, but not before saying goodnight to everyone and everything she loves.
13) Wings of Olympus
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204 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"High on the slopes of mighty Mount Olympus, among the sun-splashed meadows and sparkling waters, glide the winged horses of the ancient gods. Here up high is normally no place for a lost, parentless girl like Pippa. But once every hundred years, the gods and goddesses descend to the mortal realm to choose jockeys for their winged horse race -- and Pippa is one of the lucky children chosen to ride. With her undersized, impetuous winged steed, Zephyr,...
14) Birdsong
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English
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When a young girl moves from the country to a small town, she feels lonely and out of place. But soon she meets an elderly woman next door, who shares her love of nature and art. As the seasons change, can the girl navigate the failing health of her new friend? Acclaimed author and artist Julie Flett's textured images of birds, flowers, art, and landscapes bring vibrancy and warmth to this powerful story, which highlights the fulfillment of intergenerational...
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In this enthralling narrative, professor and award-winning author Jeffrey Ostler recounts the Lakota Sioux's loss of their spiritual homeland and their remarkable legal battle to regain it. Moving easily from battlefields to reservations to Supreme Court chambers, Ostler captures the strength that bore the Lakotas through the worst times and kept alive the dream of reclaiming their cherished lands.
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English
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Tim Dorsey continues to collect accolades from critics and fans for his wildly funny, madcap novels featuring serial killer and Florida historian Serge Storms. In The Stingray Shuffle, Serge is off his meds, and that means no one is safe, including Russian thugs, Jamaican mobsters, spoiled frat boys, or awful lounge acts. And there's still the issue of that missing suitcase containing a cool five million in cash.
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English
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Building on evolutionary science, archaeology, behavioral science, and the firsthand experience of watching his own dog evolve from puppy to family member, Franklin posits that man and dog are more than just inseparable; they are part and parcel of the same creature.
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English
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Serge A. Storms is back! The one-man crime spree hits no speed bumps as he swings through Tampa, Disney World, and parts south before settling down in Miami Beach to team up with a former sidekick and launch his long-overdue offbeat travel service. It's a labor of love as Serge forces customers to confront the underbelly of the Sunshine State's past and present. Some clients get it; others run for their lives. No matter. Bullets fly, cars crash, bodies...
19) Clover's luck
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English
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Clover, who wants to change her bad luck, accepts a volunteer position at a pet adoption agency unlike any other and soon finds herself in a world of fairy horses, dragons with temperamental snouts, wizards, princesses, and, unfortunately, witches.
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Almost a thousand years ago, a Native American city flourished along the Mississippi River near what is now St. Louis. Cahokia was a thriving metropolis at its height, with a population of 20,000, a sprawling central plaza, and scores of spectacular earthen mounds. The city gave rise to a new culture that spread across the plains; yet by 1400 it had been abandoned, leaving only the giant mounds as monuments, and traces of its influence in tribes we...