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  • A Baby Panda Is Born

    Kristin Ostby, Lucia Washburn

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, April 17, 2008)
    Kids will love reading all about the panda Mei Lan, born at the Atlanta Zoo in September 2006. Through her story, they?ll learn about what newborn pandas are like (they?re the size of a stick of butter!), about their development, and about what life is like for pandas in the wild. This book also touches on efforts to protect this endangered species.
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  • Volcanoes: Mountains That Blow Their Tops

    Nicholas Nirgiotis

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, Feb. 21, 1996)
    It is a quiet day on an island. Then suddenly a mountain blows its top! It is a volcano. How does it start? What happens next? Read this amazing book and find out.
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  • You Can't Smell a Flower with Your Ear!: All About Your Five Senses

    Joanna Cole, Mavis Smith

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, May 4, 1994)
    Level Four How can your tongue tell a sweet taste from a sour one? How do your ears know which way a sound is coming from? Find out in this sense-sational nonfiction book!
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  • Lucky Goes to School

    Gail Herman, Norman Gorbaty

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, July 9, 2001)
    When Lucky's owner goes to school, where will Lucky go? Who will he meet? Find out in this fun-filled Level 2 reader.
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  • That Bad, Bad Cat!

    Claire Masurel, True Kelley

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, Feb. 18, 2002)
    What a bad, bat cat! He tears the pillows, he eats the plants, and he even scratches the furniture. He just won't behave! But his family loves him anyway. The simple and repetitive text will provide new readers with a true sense of accomplishment when they finish this book all by themselves. The adorable and quirky illustrations bring this frisky, troublemaking feline to life.
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  • Woodward and McTwee

    Jonathan Fenske

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, March 20, 2014)
    Woodward and McTwee are the silliest of friends. A bird and a hippopotamus could not be more different, but they love playing hide-and-seek and pulling pranks on each other. Join Woodward and McTwee for a ton of fun with two hilarious stories!
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  • Happy Birthday, Good Knight

    Shelley Moore Thomas, Jennifer Plecas

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, May 29, 2014)
    The much-loved Good Knight is back again . . . and it’s his birthday! His three little dragon friends want to surprise him. They try to make a cake—but all they make is a mess. A card? Another mess—glitter and glue all over the room.Then the theatrical performance is a flop.Time is running out, and the poor little dragons must find a special way to say Happy Birthday, Good Knight. They do, and it’s a good day’s fun in this perfectly pitched easy reader.Good Night, Good Knight, the first in the Good Knight series, was an ALA Notable Book and a Booklist Top 10 Easy Reader, among other honors.
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  • Baby Wolf

    Mary Batten, Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, July 20, 1998)
    Born underground in a warm den, a baby wolf soon learns how to howl, how to hunt, and how to live with her wolf pack. And with this Level 2 kids can learn all about a baby wolf! Mary Batten lives in Los Angeles, CA. Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen lives in Camden, ME.
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  • Harry Takes a Bath

    Harriet Ziefert, Mavis Smith

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, Aug. 1, 1993)
    Level Two When Harry Hippo takes a bath, he wants to get clean, but he also wants to play! Harry has lots of fun splish-splashing around! Then he cleans up the messy bathroom.
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  • Bug Out!: The World's Creepiest, Crawliest Critters

    Ginjer L. Clarke, Pete Mueller

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, May 10, 2007)
    Level 3. This book features some of the most disgusting, far-out bugs on the planet. Learn how a scorpion uses its poison, discover how the jumping spider hunts, and more!
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  • Sitting Bull

    Lucille Recht Penner

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, Oct. 31, 1995)
    Known as Slow when he was little, Native American Sitting Bull becomes one of the greatest chiefs ever known, in an easy-to-read biography that recounts his adventures from the battle of Little Big Horn to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
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  • Gross Out!: Animals That Do Disgusting Things

    Ginjer L. Clarke, Pete Mueller

    Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, Oct. 5, 2006)
    Did you know that the horned lizard squirts blood out of its eyes to scare off predators? Learn more about this creature as well as the leech, the naked mole rat, the hagfish, and many more creepy critters in this sickening and super science book. Not for the faint of heart, this revolting reader will be a favorite among boys and everyone interested in the strange and unusual!
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