Nonamus, Andy
Summary: An elementary student, who wishes to remain anonymous, recounts the good and the bad of their first day of school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2024
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NONLambert, Megan Dowd
Summary: "April and Mae are best friends (and so are their pets). One day angry words are exchanged and they must find a way to apologize and save their friendship."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2022
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Summary: When twelve-year old Ivy attends West Archer Academy, she is determined to graduate in two years and eventually follow her hero Ruth Bader Ginsberg to the Supreme Court, but after her roommate introduces her to a group of students who are hundreds of years old, she is forced to reexamine her priorities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Children's Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MCAWalker, Landry Q. (Landry Quinn)
Summary: Eleven-year-old Elara from the planet "Nowhere" begins school at the Academy of Terraforming Arts, where she befriends Clare, a mute intergalactic sponge, and learns how to farm in space without blowing up planets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WALSullivan, M. J.
Summary: " Friendships, loyalty and online anonymity are tested when four of the best young gamers in the world find themselves immersed in the world of their favourite video game, Distant Dawn. Jack, Megan, Ayo and Cameron are the Raid Mob: four teenage misfits whose lifelong friendship involves obsessing over old films, surviving school bullies ... and secretly being four of the best gamers on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clock Tower Publishing, an imprint of Sweet Cherry Publishing Limited 2022
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Summary: Excited for her family's trip to Brazil, Lea is worried about going into the ocean, but when a new friend encourages her to embrace all that Brazil has to offer, fun turns to danger and she must prove to herself, and her brother, that she is brave.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2016
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Summary: Buddy (who is reserved and thoughtful), Bea (who is boisterous and bossy) and the other second graders in Ms. Maple's class are trying to come up with a name for their class, but it is proving harder then they thought it would be.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CARCala, Caroline
Summary: Mayhem ensues in their sleepy California beach town when three best friends, motivated by unlimited snacks, no parents, and earning money for an epic seventh-grade party, find an old copy of "The Babysitters Club" and decide to start their own babysitting business.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Summary: "It's the night before the big show-and-tell, and Max isn't sure what to bring. He's shy and worried that it will all go all wrong. But when a space creature named Moonbean crashes into his room, Max discovers all he needed was a friend to help him find his confidence. Heartfelt and whimsically illustrated, Max and Moonbean is an empowering picture book story about friendship, bravery, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCOYanish, Brian
Summary: An unlikely friendship forms between a great white shark and a robot when they bond over a favorite book series, then stand--and dance--together against playground bullies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Childrens Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 YANLubner, Susan
Summary: Best friends Drag and Rex could not be more different, but together they find joy and adventure in the simplest places.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pixel+Ink 2023
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Summary: Doggo, an older dog, learns how to welcome and accept a young puppy into the household.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel & Friends 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE APPKillick, Jennifer
Summary: While in Saturday detention, Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira must work together to survive when unspeakable horrors emerge from the shadows and the evil grows stronger by the minute.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KILMcMahon, Bob
Summary: "New best friends Cookie and Broccoli are as different as peanut butter and cheese, but that doesn't stop them from taking on the first grade! Together they navigate the first day of school: finding the classroom, making new friends (all various fruits, veggies, and desserts), and silly secret greetings. When Broccoli discovers that Cookie also has shy moments, the two of them come up with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 MCMTreml, Renée
Summary: Bea has planned a whole day of games, but since every game is designed to give Bea the win, the other animals soon abandon her to make their own fun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2023
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Summary: Ollie is an owl who wears glasses; Bea is a bunny with very big feet, and both are very self-conscious about what they see as flaws--but when they meet they help each other turn what seem at first to be problems into superpowers, and so become good friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2022
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Summary: Now every child can celebrate the 100th anniversary of Lucy Maud Montgomery's ever-popular story! First introduced in Anne of Green Gables as a young orphan, Montgomery's feisty and imaginative heroine is now 16 years old and embarking on a new adventure: becoming a teacher in her old Avonlea school. It's an exciting year as Anne struggles to win over all her students, welcomes two new members...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oasis Audio 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MONMontgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Summary: Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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Summary: "When Ollie makes a new friend, Bea is not happy. Can she bat aside her hard feelings and learn to share her best friend with someone else?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2022
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Summary: Being Death is a lonely job, especially when everything you touch instantly dies (not to mention the paperwork); but being Sparkles the Last Unicorn is not much fun either, since everyone just wants to take selfies with you or use you to sell stuff--but when Death and Sparkles meet between life and, well, death, it is the beginning of a friendship that just might change the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2021
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Summary: "Warren is a seven-year-old boy. Dragon is a seven-hundred-year-old dragon. Not that most people believe that. Most people are sure that Dragon is a stuffed animal. People such as Warren's twin sister, Ellie, who challenges Warren to a contest at their new school: making 100 new friends. Warren isn't so good at making friends, but he doesn't like losing to Ellie, and Dragon will help him. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BERBott, Adrian C.
Summary: One elite gamer. One shape-shifting robot. Unlimited adventure! One day, Axel is playing video games when something huge breaks into his garage. It's a robot. His name is BEAST. And he's on the run from the nasty Grabbem Industries, who want BEAST back right now! Axel has no idea that he and BEAST will soon be best friends and go on the wildest adventures you could imagine. BEAST is no ordinary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, A Division of EDC Publishing 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED BOTCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: JFS Axel BottBurnell, Heather Ayris
Summary: Unicorn and Yeti run into each other (literally) while looking for sparkly things, and despite some differences, (for instance Unicorn is magic, Yeti is not, Yeti likes snowball fights, Unicorn can not throw snowballs)--the two become friends over a shared love of hot chocolate with rainbow sprinkles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc. 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE BUREsbaum, Jill
Summary: Big, scary, and hungry Thunder the dinosaur wants to chase and chomp Cluck, a small but brave dinosaur, but Cluck has decided that they will be friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2021