Christina Moore
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Presents illustrated retellings of classic Greek myths, sharing the stories of Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Athena, Helen of Troy, Perseus, and Medusa, with sidebars for each god, goddess, hero, and monster that link the tales to constellations, history, geography, and culture, and including profiles, a family tree, and other resources.
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Practical magic novels volume 1
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For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted...
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Julie of the wolves trilogy volume 1
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While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
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"An epic fantasy about a young girl raised by a witch, a swamp monster, and a Perfectly Tiny Dragon, who must unlock the powerful magic buried deep inside her. Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in the forest, Xan, is kind and gentle. She shares her home with a wise Swamp Monster named Glerk and...
9) The Nursing Mother's Companion: The Breastfeeding Book Mothers Trust, from Pregnancy Through Weaning
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Breastfeeding is natural, but it is not entirely instinctive for either mothers or babies. The Nursing Mother's Companion has been among the best-selling books on breastfeeding for over 30 years, with over 1 million copies sold. It is respected and recommended by professionals, including The International Lactation Consultant Association, T. Berry Brazelton and The American Academy of Pediatrics, and is well loved by new parents for its encouraging...
10) Stellaluna
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After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.
11) Frogs
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An introduction to frogs, discussing their tadpole beginnings, noises they make, their hibernation, body parts, and how they differ from toads.
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Josefina the chicken is too tough to eat and too old to lay eggs, so when Faith's family begins their wagon trip west, Pa warns that if Josefina causes any problems out she goes! Faith's devotion to her beloved pet shines through as she recounts their trip - and the chicken's misadventures - in the patches she sews for her story quilt, in this sweet tale of love and hope.
16) Tallulah's solo
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Tallulah books (Marilyn Singer) volume 2
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Tallulah strives for perfection during ballet class and dreams of dancing a solo in the upcoming recital, but her little brother, Beckett, who misbehaves all during class, gets a better role than she does.
17) Tallulah's tutu
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Tallulah books (Marilyn Singer) volume 1
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Tallulah takes ballet lessons and eagerly awaits her coveted tutu, which, she learns, she must work hard to earn.
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Cam Jansen cracks another case! Cam and her best friend Eric go to the movies with her parents. When the second reel of a monster movie is missing, the theatre manager accuses one of his competitors of stealing it. But, Cam thinks that someone else took the film. She uses her photographic memory (Click!) to help catch the thief. Award-winning author David A. Adler has penned over 100 books for children. The star of his Cam Jansen Mysteries is a spunky...