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Books published by publisher Paw Prints 2008-05-09

  • Sweet and Spooky Halloween

    Melissa Lagonegro, Elisa Marrucchi

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2007-09-01, Sept. 1, 2007)
    Trick or treat! It's Halloween and the Disney Princesses are celebrating this sweet and spooky season! Cinderella carves pumpkins, Ariel dresses up in costume, and Belle explores the creepy corners of the Beast's castle in this 24-page storybook featuring all-new illustrations.
  • My Big Dog

    Janet Stevens, Susan Stevens Crummel

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2009-06-09, June 9, 2009)
    Caldecott Medalist, Janet Stevens, along with her sister, Susan Stevens-Crummel, tell a charming tale about a cat named Merl, who sees his peaceful life turn upside down when a Golden Retreiver puppy moves into the household. First in the series, My Big Dog is perfect for storytime, bedtime, or anytime!
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  • Never Let Me Go

    Kazuo Ishiguro

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-05-09, May 9, 2008)
    From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous about what it means to be human.Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences of the city. Its students are well tended and supported, trained in art and literature, and become just the sort of people the world wants them to be. But, curiously, they are taught nothing of the outside world and are allowed little contact with it.Within the grounds of Hailsham, Kathy grows from schoolgirl to young woman, but it?s only when she and her friends Ruth and Tommy leave the safe grounds of the school (as they always knew they would) that they realize the full truth of what Hailsham is.Never Let Me Go breaks through the boundaries of the literary novel. It is a gripping mystery, a beautiful love story, and also a scathing
  • In a Pickle: And Other Funny Idioms

    Marvin Terban, Giulio Maestro

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-05-09, May 9, 2008)
    Thirty popular expressions such as "straight from the horse's mouth" and "white elephant" are amusingly explained and illustrated.
  • The Clique

    Lisi Harrison

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2007-09-30, Sept. 30, 2007)
    Massie Block: With her glossy brunette bob and laser-whitened smile, Massie is the uncontested ruler of The Clique and the rest of the social scene at Octavian Country Day School, an exclusive private girls' school in Westchester County, New York. Massie knows you'd give anything to be just like her. Dylan Marvil: Massie's second in command who divides her time between sucking up to Massie and sucking down Atkins Diet shakes. Alicia Rivera: As sneaky as she is beautiful, Alicia floats easily under adult radar because she seems so "sweet." Would love to take Massie's throne one day. Just might. Kristen Gregory: She's smart, hardworking, and will insult you to tears faster than you can say "my haircut isn't ugly!" Enter Claire Lyons, the new girls from Florida in Keds and two-year-old Gap overalls, who is clearly not Clique material. Unfortunately for her, Claire's family is staying in the guesthouse on Massie's family's huge estate while they look
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  • I Love You! a Bushel & a Peck

    Frank Loesser, Rosemary Wells

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-06-18, June 18, 2008)
    A bushel! And a peck! A barrel! And a heap! Mutual affection grows between two flirty ducklings as they bill and coo around the farmyard in Rosemary Wells's young and sassy interpretation of a beloved Frank Loesser song. This calls for hugs around the neck while reading, so be sure to share it with someone special.
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  • The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive

    Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-05-22, May 22, 2008)
    To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Scholastic is re-releasing the ten original Magic School Bus titles in paperback. With updated scientific information, the bestselling science series ever is back!When the Magic School Bus turns into a beehive, Ms. Frizzle's class learns firsthand about how workers, drones, and the queen bees live together. Readers will be abuzz with knowledge as they discover how honeybees find food; make a comb, honey, and beeswax; and care for their young, all from the bee's perspective.
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  • Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps

    Andrea Warren

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-04-25, April 25, 2008)
    "Think of it as a game, Jack. Play the game right and you might outlast the Nazis."Caught up in Hitler's Final Solution to annihilate Europe's Jews, fifteen-year-old Jack Mandelbaum is torn from his family and thrown into the nightmarish world of the concentration camps. Here, simple existence is a constant struggle, and Jack must learn to live hour to hour, day to day. Despite intolerable conditions, he resolves not to hate his captors and vows to see his family again. But even with his strong will to survive, how long can Jack continue to play this life-and-death game?Award-winning author Andrea Warren has crafted an unforgettable true story of a boy becoming a man in the shadow of the Third Reich.
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  • Election Day

    Margaret McNamara, Mike Gordon

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-05-09, May 9, 2008)
    Today is election day in Mrs. Connor's class. The students will listen to speeches and vote for a new class president. Today is also Becky's first day at Robin Hill School. She thinks she would make a great class president, but she's new and has no friends yet. When Becky takes a chance and makes a speech, the whole class is surprised by the winner!
  • Superfudge

    Judy Blume

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-09-18, Sept. 18, 2008)
    Nothing is easy for 12-year-old Peter Hatcher. His younger brother, Fudge, is bad enough. But now there's a new baby com- ing and the family is moving to Princeton. "A genuinely funny story...dealing with the kinks and knots of modern family life." -- "The New York Times Book Review." Winner of The Great Stone Face Award.
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  • Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business

    Esphyr Slobodkina

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2009-04-09, April 9, 2009)
    Caps for Sale is a timeless classic, in print for over fifty years, and beloved by generations of readers. This easy-to-read story about a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity. Children will delight in following the peddlers efforts to outwit the monkeys in this new, enlarged, and redesigned edition, and will ask to read it again and again.
  • Angus Lost

    Marjorie Flack

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-06-05, June 5, 2008)
    Always curious, Angus runs away from his house to seek new adventures. Find them he does, but will Angus make it back home?