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Books in A Stepping Stone Book series

  • Tooter Pepperday

    Jerry Spinelli

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Sept. 28, 2004)
    The Pepperday family is moving to Aunt Sally’s farm. Mr. Pepperday, Mrs. Pepperday, and Chuckie Pepperday are happy as hogs in slop. But Tooter Pepperday is not. There’s no cable TV, no playground, and she’s gone three days without pizza! What does a girl have to do to show her family she’ll never get used to life on the farm?“Tooter is a real-life, plucky, resourceful heroine . . . in a good sound story that has a lot to say about the choices we make and the impact they have.”—Booklist“Tooter Pepperday . . . is sure to bring on the chuckles and the giggles.”—School Library JournalJerry Spinelli is the author of the Newbery Award–winning Maniac Magee, as well as many other titles, including Stargirl and his autobiography, Knots in My Yo-Yo String. The author lives in Pennsylvania.
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  • Teacup: Belle's Star Pup

    Tennant Redbank, Gabriella Matta, Francesco Legramandi

    Paperback (RH/Disney, Jan. 6, 2015)
    Belle from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast has a sweet little puppy named Teacup. Girls and boys ages 6 to 9 will love the latest installment in the Palace Pets early chapter book series—featuring a collectible bookmark!
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  • Minecraft Woodsword Chronicles Box Set Books 1-4

    Nick Eliopulos

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 2020)
    The first four books in the only official MINECRAFT chapter book series in one awesome boxed set!Target: This illustrated hardcover chapter book series is for Minecraft fans of all ages who like humor and action-packed fantasy.Five young Minecraft players in the real world find themselves transported inside the game they love. But now it's not a game--and they will have to use everything they know to explore, build, and survive! This handsome boxed set collects the first four books in the only official Minecraft chapter book series. Each illustrated hardcover book is packed with action, thrills, and humor that will engage fans of Minecraft and fantasy stories alike. This boxed set is a great gift item!© 2020 Mojang AB and Mojang Synergies AB. MINECRAFT and MOJANG are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mojang Synergies AB.
  • The Three Musketeers

    Debbie Felder

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Aug. 16, 1994)
    It's "one for all and all for one!" as D'Artagnan and his three pals follow a course of swashbuckling intrigue and adventure in 17th-centry France.
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  • Lawn Mower Magic

    Lynne Jonell, Brandon Dorman

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, Feb. 28, 2012)
    With a POP! and a puff of smoke, the Willows' lawn mower calls it quits. A new mower will cost their parents a lot of money, money Derek had hoped to borrow for a train ticket to visit a friend. Luckily Derek and his brother and sisters find a rusty push mower tucked away in the shed. It doesn't look like much, but it turns out that it's been soaking up magic for years. And it's hungry for grass!Can Derek earn his ticket? Maybe . . . if he, Abner, Tate, and Celia can keep the magic mower under control!Lynne Jonell follows up her Junior Library Guild selection, Hamster Magic, with a second story of the Willow family's rowdy run-ins with mixed-up magic.A Bank Street Children's Book of the Year
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  • Rosetta's Daring Day

    Lisa Papademetriou

    Paperback (RH/Disney, Jan. 13, 2009)
    Rosetta and Fawn are complete opposites. Rosetta loves fancy dresses and flowers. Fawn would rather go on adventures with her animal friends. Then the queen throws a fancy dinner, and Fawn decides she doesn’t want to go. So Rosetta makes a deal with her. If Fawn dresses up for the dinner and minds her manners, Rosetta will spend a day doing whatever Fawn wants. Rosetta thinks it’s the perfect plan. But she never imagined just what Fawn would want to do! Can their friendship survive a day of frogs, mud, and . . . worms?
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  • The Time Machine

    John Edens, H.G. Wells, Les Martin (Adaptation)

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Aug. 18, 1990)
    Illus. in black-and-white. When a turn-of-the-century scientist travels into the distant future in his time machine, he expects to find progress and superior people. But instead he discovers a world in decay. Reading level: 2.4.
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  • Night Of The Full Moon

    Gloria Whelan, Leslie Bowman

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, May 7, 1996)
    In the winter of 1840, the night of the full moon is approaching. Nothing will stop Libby Mitchell from visiting her best friend, Fawn, during a special ceremony at the nearby wigwam camp. But Libby’s adventure takes an unexpected turn when soldiers suddenly rush in. They order everyone at the camp, including Libby, to move off the land—immediately! With each passing day, the displaced people must move farther away from home. Will Libby ever see her family again? History Stepping Stones now feature updated content that emphasizes Common Core and today’s renewed interest in nonfiction. Perfect for home, school, and library bookshelves!
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  • Silvermist and the Ladybug Curse

    Gail Herman, Adrienne Brown, Charles Pickens, Denise Shimabukuro

    Paperback (RH/Disney, April 8, 2008)
    NOTHING RATTLES SILVERMIST. She’s the calmest water-talent fairy around, and as cool as a deep mountain lake. But then an “unlucky” white ladybug lands on Silvermist’s head, and her orderly world goes topsy-turvy. She’s never been the type of fairy to lose things or have accidents or make mistakes . . . until now. Silvermist doesn’t believe in bad luck and silly old fairy superstitions. But all her troubles began after she found the white ladybug. Could the other fairies be right? Is Silvermist really under a curse?
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  • Goldie Blox Rules the School!

    Stacy McAnulty, Lissy Marlin

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, May 2, 2017)
    An original chapter-book series featuring the characters from GoldieBlox!This all-new chapter-book series based on the successful toy line focuses on Goldie Blox’s mission to encourage girls to roll up their sleeves and get building! When Goldie Blox accidentally blows off the roof of her school, she and her friends Val, Ruby, and Li have to work together and use their creative know-how to rebuild the school. This 128-page early chapter book is a nonstop laugh-out-loud adventure and perfect for future engineers ages 6 to 9.
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  • Anna & Elsa #5: The Polar Bear Piper

    Erica David, Francesco Legramandi, Gabriella Matta, Manuela Razzi, Bill Robinson

    Hardcover (RH/Disney, July 28, 2015)
    Princess Anna, Queen Elsa, Olaf the snowman, and all the stars from Disney Frozen are back in an all-new magical chapter book series perfect for girls and boys ages 6 to 9. Even though Arendelle is a cold, snowy place, polar bears are still a very rare sight--until now! A family of polar bears has appeared on the outskirts of town and have started to cause mischief. Olaf loves the bears, but Elsa and Anna need to find out why they have suddenly appeared--and how to get them back to their Arctic home!
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  • Merida #2: The Fire Falls

    Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, Gurihiru

    Hardcover (RH/Disney, Feb. 2, 2016)
    Merida, the Princess of DunBroch, star of Disney‪/Pixar’s Brave, and the independent young woman who inspired a generation of girls to take up archery and explore forests to look for magical will o’ the wisps, is now the heroine of her own chapter book series. Adventure, magic, and friendship will find Merida in these new stories, perfect for girls and boys ages 6 to 10 who love Disney The Never Girls and Disney’s Anna & Elsa chapter books.
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