Kara LaReau
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"Meet Jaundice and Kale Bland, two sisters who avoid excitement at any cost. One day, the Bland sisters are kidnapped by an all-female band of pirates. They're unwillingly swept into a high-seas romp that might just lead to solving the mystery of what happened to their missing parents"--
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Ratso Brothers volume 1
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Rat brothers Louie and Ralphie Ratso try to prove they can be as rough and tough as their father in the Big City, but every time they try to show how tough they are, they end up accidentally doing good deeds instead.
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Candlewick Press
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2021.
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83 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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After standing up to some kids who have bullied his friend and they take revenge on him, Ralphie listens to his brother Louie's advice to tell a grown-up and confides in his father Big Lou, who provides some wise guidance.
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Candlewick Press
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2020.
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74 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Challenged by former scout master Grandpa Ratso to go camping without asking for help, Ralphie and Louie struggle through pitching a tent, building a fire, and exploring the woods before discovering that they are supposed to work together as a team.
11) Rise of Zombert
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Candlewick Press
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2020.
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134 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Secretly rescuing a stray cat while helping Danny make a horror film, Mellie becomes the recipient of the cat's gifts of headless birds and mice, while Danny harbors growing suspicions that the cat is actually a zombie.
12) Baby Clown
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Candlewick Press
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2020.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
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"When Frieda and Boffo Clown have a baby, everyone in the circus is over the moon. But there is just one problem: Baby Clown won't stop crying! Frieda and Boffo try everything: putting on their silliest faces, driving him around in their tiny car. They even try taking off his red nose and big shoes. But that just makes Baby Clown cry more. Can Frieda and Boffo turn his little clown frown upside down in time for the sold-out show?"--Publisher marketing....
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Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
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2017
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The Infamous Ratsos: Louie and Ralphie Ratso’s dad, Big Lou, always says that there are two kinds of people: those who are tough and those who are soft. Louie and Ralphie are tough, tough, tough, just like Big Lou, and they’re going to prove it. But every time they try to show just how tough they are, the Ratso brothers end up accidentally doing good deeds instead. What’ll Big Lou do when he finds out they’ve been...
14) Ugly Fish
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Acclaimed children's author Kara LaReau was inspired to write this story after reading an article about school bullies. Ugly Fish is a big, mean and ugly fish. And because he's big and mean, he scares all the other little fish so that he can keep the fish tank all to himself. Ugly Fish enjoys swimming through his driftwood tunnel and eating his special briny food, and he won't share with anyone else. But when an even bigger, meaner fish shows up in...