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Holler Loudly
Cynthia Leitich Smith, Barry Gott
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Nov. 11, 2010)Holler Loudly has a voice as big as the southwestern sky, and everywhere he goes, people tell him to "Hush!" From math class to the movies and even the state fair, Holler's LOUD voice just keeps getting him into trouble. But when a huge tornado comes twisting into town, Holler (with that voice of his!) saves the day. Readers will cheer for this rollicking story about celebrating our unique gifts, and Barry Gott's bright, fun illustrations will have you hollering for more.
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Ten Queens: Portraits of Women of Power
Milton Meltzer, Bethanne Andersen
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, May 1, 1998)Presents essays about ten queens including Esther and Catherine the Great, describing their personal and political natures while explaining how they ruled in their own right, for good or ill, independently of their husbands.
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Winnie-the-Pooh's Picnic Cookbook
A. A. Milne
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, May 1, 1997)A companion to Winnie-the-Pooh's Teatime Cookbook offers ideas for a delicious picnic lunch and includes recipes for red-potato salad, buttermilk biscuits, pecan chicken fingers, and other treats.
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Spirit: Stallion on the Cimarron
David Clement-Davies, William Maughan
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, April 29, 2002)A stunning picture book captures the beauty of the American West as seen through the eyes of Spirit, the leader of a herd of wild mustangs, who must fight for freedom, with the help of a Native American boy, from the rustlers, soldiers, and railroad builders who are determined to tame him and the wild land in which he roams.
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Names Will Never Hurt Me
Jaime Adoff
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, April 1, 2004)Offers a look at the life of four high-school students and the personal struggles they face, including Tisha, a girl who feels out of place because of her mixed race background, and Ryan, the star athlete who treats the school like his own personal kingdom.
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Winnie-the-Pooh's Teatime Cookbook
A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Sept. 1, 1993)Discusses the phenomenon of afternoon tea and provides recipes for muffins, pastries, and other appropriate fare, punctuated by quotations from the works of A. A. Milne
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Good King Wenceslas
J. M. Neale, Jamichael Henterly
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Sept. 29, 1988)A beloved Christmas carol unfolds in magnificent medieval detail telling of a kind-hearted king who, moved by pity, shares a bountiful feast with a poor man and his family
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Oh. My. Gods.
Tera Lynn Childs
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, May 1, 2008)A modern girl's comedic odyssey in a school filled with the descendants of Greek gods. When Phoebe's mom returns from Greece with a new husband and moves them to an island in the Aegean, Phoebe's plans for her senior year and track season are ancient history. Now she must attend the uberexclusive academy, where admission depends on pedigree, namely, ancestry from Zeus, Hera, and other Greek gods. That's right, they're real, not myth, and their teen descendants are like the classical heroes--supersmart and superbeautiful with a few superpowers. And now they're on her track team! Armed only with her Nikes and the will to win, Phoebe races to find her place among the gods.
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Niccolini's Song
Chuck Wilcoxen, Mark Buehner
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Sept. 27, 2004)Dramatic oil paintings tell the story of Niccolini, a rail yard night watchman who has the ability to sing overworked locomotives to sleep.
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Piglet Meets a Heffalump
A. A. Milne
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Dec. 1, 1998)What is a Heffalump? Is it fierce? Is it fond of Pigs at all? Piglet bravely searches for the answers to these questions, and gets a big surprise.
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Baba Yaga and the Wise Doll
Oram Hiawyn, Anonymous, Ruth Brown
Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Feb. 1, 1998)In a retelling of the Russian fairy tale, Too Nice is tested by the witch Baba Yaga--if Too Nice passes, she gets the witch's jeweled toad, but if she does not, the toad gets her--and her only help is a wise doll, a gift from her mother.
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