Juvenile Fiction
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Is the Sky Always Blue?
by Talin Kaloustian
Kids love to ask why things are the way they are. But a lot of adults don’t have an answer to one of their most common questions: why is the sky blue? It turns out, there’s some pretty complicated science that goes into making our sky the color...
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Max and Indy at the Christmas Market
by Charmaine Blackman
The annual Christmas market is a wondrous place. It is full of beautiful sights and delicious smells. Each year, Max and Indy pick out gifts for each other at the market. This year, they head to the market to choose their gifts. They part ways...
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The Story of Cheese
How a Lonely Stray Became the Beloved Library Cat by Shelly Cory-Shivvers
A lonely cat lives at Happy Lake campground. The weather has gotten cold, and the campground is empty. The poor cat is lonely, hungry, and getting scared. When a couple comes to stay at one of the cabins, the cat is so happy! The woman even sets...
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Protecting the Carbonara Clam
by Theresa Marie MacLean
You probably didn’t know your cat is a secret agent. While you are away at school or work, they hack into computers, pass on secret messages, and attempt to fix things the humans got wrong. Right under the noses of their unsuspecting owners they...
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Mabel's Little House in the Park
by Carol Gall
Mabel is a little girl with a big imagination, and there’s one thing she’s always wondered about—the old house in the park with its shutters tightly closed. What could be inside? Every time she passes by, Mabel dreams of secret rooms and...
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Oscar the Oyster
by Penny Repstock
Oscar the Oyster can’t swim through the open sea like a shark or fly over the water like a seagull. In fact, he can’t move at all—he is stuck to a rock in a tide pool. He had always been happy and proud of the home he’d made there for himself...
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An Otherwise Ordinary Forest
by Nathan Hunter
Step into a forest unlike any other, where an everyday walk turns into a magical quest, and the seemingly ordinary world transforms into an enchanted landscape brimming with wonders. In An Otherwise Ordinary Forest, a curious young adventurer...
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Grandma's Blue Bucket
by Valerie E. Fritz
Grandma’s garden is a magical place. With a blue bucket in hand, Linh and Grandma explore the wonderful vegetables that grow in the warm, dark earth. Linh learns how to open a pea pod to eat the fresh peas nestled inside, which tomatoes are the...
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Elizabeth Explores Kitchen Science
by Betty R. Robinson
When Elizabeth’s new classmate shares that she has celiac disease, Elizabeth is eager to help. Her solution? Try making something gluten-free! But cooking isn’t always as simple as it looks. With encouragement from her mom and her own...
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Tooth Fairy Confidential
by Johanna Patrick
We all know not to let strangers into the house—but what about the Tooth Fairy? When JoJo’s second tooth starts to feel loose, she has second thoughts about letting this magical creature back into her room. She doesn’t mind that Santa comes every...
