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"William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him. So it's a relief when his skill on the basketball court earns him a scholarship to college, far away from his childhood home. He soon meets Julia Padavano, a spirited and ambitious young woman who surprises William with her appreciation of his quiet steadiness. With Julia comes her family; she is inseparable from her three...
63) War dogs
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"They came in peace, bearing gifts. The Gurus were a highly advanced species who brought amazingly useful and sophisticated technology to the human race. There was, of course, a catch. They warned of a far more malevolent life form, beings who have hounded the Gurus across the cosmos. The media have taken to calling them the Antagonists--or Antags--and they have already established a beachhead on Mars. For all they've done for us, the Gurus now need...
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Anna and Elsa volume 5
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IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Even though Arendelle is a cold, snowy place, polar bears have always been a very rare sight--until now. A family of polar bears has been spotted on the outskirts of town, and it has started to cause all kinds of mischief. Olaf loves the bears, but Elsa and Anna need to figure out why they have suddenly disppeared--and how to lure them back to their Arctic home!" -- back cover.
66) Good as gold
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Whatever after volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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The magic mirror has a crack and it sends Abby, Jonah, and Prince into the mixed up tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and they soon find that Goldy is in need of a lot of gold to get her father out of jail, and so they find themselves negotiating between the Bears, who want honey, and Rumpelstiltskin, who just wants a friend or two--but King Ned is just plain greedy and somehow the children and Goldy's father have to escape from the king's jail,...
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Little Brown Bear (Jane Dyer) volume 1
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Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Unwilling to settle down for his winter sleep, Little Brown Bear heads south with a flock of geese, but eventually he finds that he misses his nice bed at home.
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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After taking a walk on Christmas Eve while their freshly baked gingerbread cools, Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear arrive home to encounter another "trespasser" who does not have golden hair but wears a red suit and leaves presents.
69) Room for Bear
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2015.
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English
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Bear and a family of ducks try to find the perfect home to share, but what suits the bear does not suit the ducks, and what suits the ducks does not suit Bear.
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Our greatest battle is the war within us.
A land of paradise, a world of wonder, buried deep in the enchanted forest, nestled at the foothills of the mountains, a dream came true. A vision his grandfather had for quite some time of such a beautiful and bountiful place, one to call home. This is a story of family and friends that shared the sweetness of love and touched the hard core of survival.
As a cub, Little Guh experienced fun and adventure as...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A young bear rejoices in the beauty of his woodland home, but when he wakes up from his winter sleep he has become a boy in a wilderness of tall buildings, in a world run by clocks, where he must learn to fit in, and embark on the adventure of growing up.
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Illustrations featuring elements of the modernism movement in art provide a new look to this traditional tale of the uninvited visit of a young girl to the home of a family of bears. Includes information on designers.
Illustrations featuring elements of the modernism movement in art provide a new look to this traditional tale of the uninvited visit of a young girl to the home of a family of bears in a story that includes information on designers....
73) Arctic tale
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Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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A walrus pup and a polar bear cub face the challenges of growing up in the Arctic armed with their natural instincts and mothers' guidance.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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As a child, Simon Jackson found navigating the world of the school playground difficult. He felt most at home in the woodlands, learning about and photographing wildlife. As a teenager, he became fascinated with spirit bears, a rare subspecies of black bear with creamy white fur. These elusive creatures were losing their habitat to deforestation, and Simon knew he had to do something to protect them. He decided he would become the voice for the spirit...
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"When Cam has a manic breakdown that lands him in a mental hospital, his wife Maggie applies to business school and is accepted. Seeing this as her chance to build a better life for their daughters, Maggie asks Cam to become the primary caregiver for the girls while she completes her degree in New York. After all, routine is what the doctor ordered and the girls miss their dad. Cam agrees, hoping to rebuild his family. But the two spirited girls are...
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Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers/Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Jeff the bear is sure he has forgotten something when he sets out from home, but none of the animals he meets initially inform him that he is only wearing his underwear, until he reaches his friend Anders the hare--who quickly thinks of a way to avoid embarrassing Jeff, by starting a fashion trend.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Now anyone can be one of the 'boys or girls of summer' and get a home plate view of America's favorite pastime in H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet. This new offering in our line of children's alphabet books brings the game of baseball to entertaining and informative life. Sports writer Brad Herzog pairs easy-to-read rhymes with detailed expository so that readers are pitched baseball's facts, faces, history, and places from A-Z.
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Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Bear loves to plan ahead. So when it starts to rain one day, she helps her friends Squirrel, Hedgehog, Mouse, and Rabbit prepare their homes for the coming storm. But then the river overflows its banks, and water floods the forest--and ruins everyone's homes! Can Bear's large, sturdy boat help the friends make it to safety?"--Amazon.