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The Samurai's Tale
Erik Christian Haugaard
Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-04-18, April 18, 2008)In turbulent sixteenth-century Japan, orphaned Taro is taken in by a general serving the great warlord Takeda Shingen and grows up to become a samurai fighting for the enemies of his dead family.
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Arthur's Family Vacation
Marc Tolon Brown
Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-04-25, April 25, 2008)Book by Brown, Marc Tolon
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Eleanor Coerr, Ronald Himler
Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-09-18, Sept. 18, 2008)Born in Hiroshima in 1943, Sadako was the star of her school's running team, until the dizzy spells started and she was forced to face the hardest race of her life-the race against time.
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Easy Origami
John Montroll
Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-08-11, Aug. 11, 2008)Here is a collection of 32 simple projects for novice origami hobbyists clearly illustrated and with easy-to-follow instructions that even beginning papercrafters can follow with success. Subjects range from an ultra-simple hat, cup, and pinwheel to the more challenging (but still unintimidating) penguin, pelican, and piano. Also included are the figures of a swan, lantern, cicada, pigeon, fox, rabbit, andother popular origami subjects. With the successful completion of these projects, origami hobbyists will be well on their way to mastering a fascinating art that's as old as the invention of paper itself.
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A Spoon for Every Bite / Una Cuchara Para Cada Bocado
Joe Hayes, Rebecca Leer
Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-04-18, April 18, 2008)None
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A Lion to Guard Us
Clyde Robert Bulla, Michele Chessare
Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-04-25, April 25, 2008)None
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So Much to Tell You
John Marsden
Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-04-18, April 18, 2008)Sent to a hospital by her mother, Marina, a disfigured Australian girl who refuses to speak, reveals her thoughts and feelings in a diary.
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Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
Tomie dePaola
Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-06-05, June 5, 2008)Strega Nona returns with her bumbling assistant, Big Anthony, and Bambolona, the baker€™s daughter, in time for the big Christmas Eve feast.
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Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card
Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-04-11, April 11, 2008)In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War.Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery...and the truth.Speaker for the Dead, the second novel in Orson Scott Card's Ender Quintet, is the winner of the 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel and the 1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
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Evie the Mist Fairy
Daisy Meadows, Georgie Ripper
Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-02-12, Feb. 12, 2008)None
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The Wee Free Men
Terry Pratchett
Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-04-11, April 11, 2008)"Another world is colliding with this one," said the toad. "All the monsters are coming back." "Why?" said Tiffany. "There's no one to stop them. There was silence for a moment. Then Tiffany said, "There's me." Armed only with a frying pan and her common sense, Tiffany Aching, a young witch-to-be, is all that stands between the monsters of Fairyland and the warm, green Chalk country that is her home. Forced into Fairyland to seek her kidnaped brother, Tiffany allies herself with the Chalk's local Nac Mac Feegle -- aka the Wee Free Men -- a clan of sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men who are as fierce as they are funny. Together they battle through an eerie and ever-shifting landscape, fighting brutal flying fairies, dream-spinning dromes, and grimhounds -- black dogs with eyes of fire and teeth of razors -- before ultimately confronting the Queen of the Elves, absolute ruler of a world in which reality intertw
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