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Books in Marvin Redpost Stepping Stone Books series

  • Marvin Redpost

    Louis Sachar

    Paperback (Scholastic (1999), March 15, 2000)
    The Marvin Redpost chapter book series by Louis Sachar features one hilariously overactive 9-year-old imagination! Books include: (#1) Kidnapped at Birth; (#2) Why Pick on Me? (#5) Class President; (#8) A Magic Crystal?
  • Aliens For Breakfast

    Stephanie Spinner, Steve Bjorkman

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Oct. 22, 1988)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Finding Aric, an intergalactic special agent in his cereal box, Richard joins in a fight to save Earth from the Dranes, one of whom is masquerading as a student in Richard's class.
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  • Magic Tricks From The Tree House: A Fun Companion To Magic Tree House 50: Hurry Up, Houdini!

    Natalie Pope Boyce, Mary Pope Osborne, Luiz Vilela, Sal Murdocca

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, July 23, 2013)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. It's a book of magic tricks perfect for chapter book readers! When Jack and Annie went back in time to meet Houdini, they learned that the most famous magician of all time didn't use real magic at all. It was a trick! Now they've tracked down all the best, most fun, most tricky magic tricks and put them together in one book. With simple instructions, easy-to-follow diagrams, and tips from Jack and Annie, Magic Tricks from the Tree House is tailor-made to teach kids how to wow friends and family in their very own magic shows. Includes facts about famous magicians and famous tricks.
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  • The Chalk Box Kid

    Clyde R. Bulla, Thomas B. Allen

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 12, 1987)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. 9-year-old Gregory's house does not have room for a garden, but he creates a surprising and very different garden in an unusual place, which wins him the admiration of the children at his new school.
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  • Balto And The Great Race

    Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, Nora Koerber

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Dec. 21, 1999)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Dozens of children in a remote 1925 Alaska town become seriously ill with diphtheria and can only be saved if Balto the Siberian husky successfully leads a team of sled dogs through a dangerous blizzard to deliver their medicine.
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  • Aliens for Breakfast

    Jonathan Etra, Stephanie Spinner, Steve Bjorkman

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-04-25, April 25, 2008)
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  • THE ADVENTURES OF RATMAN

    Ellen Weiss

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, May 12, 1990)
    When Denby Desmond responds to a comic book ad that claims, "You can be hero," his summer takes a bizarre turn. After Denby puts on the strange rat costume that's delivered to him only minutes later, he finds himself with unbelievable super powers and an overwhelming need to do good.
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  • Dragon Bones

    Paul Hindman, Nate Evans

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, Sept. 23, 1997)
    When Montana, Hank's big black Labrador, digs up a huge bone in the backyard, Hank thinks it might be a dinosaur bone. But Montana chews it up before Hank can show it to the man from the museum. Then Montana starts acting funny, sounding funny, and looking funny. Green scales...horns...wings. Soon there is no doubt about it--Montana has morphed...into a dragon!
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  • O'DIDDY

    Jocelyn Stevenson

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, May 12, 1988)
    Nine-year-old Boon has grown too old to see her imaginary friend O'Diddy, so in his lonesome desperation he concocts a scheme to force her into remembering him
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  • CURSE OF THE SQUIRREL

    Laurence Yep

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, Nov. 12, 1987)
    From the time a giant squirrel curses Farmer Johnson's best hunting dog, things are never the same around the farm, and hunting little animals ceases to be a sport.
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  • The Minstrel in the Tower

    Gloria Skurzynski

    Library Binding (Random House Books for Young Readers, May 12, 1988)
    In this gripping medieval page-turner, Roger and his sister Alice are kidnapped and held for ransom in an ancient tower. To escape and find their uncle, the children must summon all their courage and imagination. "Designed as easy-reading material for middle-graders, this has the virtues of an attractive format and illustrations, a fast plot, and even a feminist fillip: Alice is the more intrepid of the siblings, Roger's gifts are for music and ventriloquism."--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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  • Julian's Glorious Summer

    Ann Cameron, Dora Leder

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 12, 1987)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When his best friend, Gloria, receives a new bike, 7-year-old Julian spends the summer avoiding her because of his fear of bikes.
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