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National Geographic Readers: Mythical Beasts (L3): 100 Fun Facts About Real Animals and the Myths They Inspire By Stephanie Warren Drimmer Cover Image
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Ultimate Reptile Rumble (Who Would Win?) By Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illustrator) Cover Image
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Eyelike Stickers: Dinosaurs By Workman Publishing Cover Image
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Very First Encyclopedia (The Very Hungry Caterpillar Encyclopedias) By DK Cover Image
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Weird But True Sharks By National Geographic Kids Cover Image
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Triceratops vs. Spinosaurus (Who Would Win?) By Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illustrator) Cover Image
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Indestructibles: Big and Little: A Book of Opposites: Chew Proof · Rip Proof · Nontoxic · 100% Washable (Book for Babies, Newborn Books, Safe to Chew) By Carolina Búzio (Illustrator), Amy Pixton Cover Image
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National Geographic Readers: Hedgehogs (Level 1) By Mary Quattlebaum Cover Image
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Actual Size By Steve Jenkins, Steve Jenkins (Illustrator) Cover Image
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National Geographic Kids Almanac 2024 (US edition) By National Geographic Kids Cover Image
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First 100 Animals Lift-the-Flap: Over 50 Fun Flaps to Lift and Learn By Roger Priddy Cover Image
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Mad About Animals Mad Libs: World's Greatest Word Game By Roger Price, Leonard Stern Cover Image
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Celebrating Dads and Grads!

  • A First Time for Everything By Dan Santat Cover Image
  • What Can I Say?: A Kid's Guide to Super-Useful Social Skills to Help You Get Along and Express Yourself; Speak Up, Speak Out, Talk about Hard Things, and Be a Good Friend By Catherine Newman Cover Image
  • Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss) By Dr. Seuss Cover Image
  • Weird Crescenta Valley: Historical and Natural Oddities By Mike Lawler Cover Image
  • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike By Phil Knight Cover Image
  • Because I'm Your Dad By Ahmet Zappa, Dan Santat (Illustrator) Cover Image
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  • How to Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn before You're Grown Up By Catherine Newman Cover Image
  • Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You By Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    For Every One By Jason Reynolds Cover Image
  • Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties By Beth Kobliner Cover Image
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    The Force: A Novel By Don Winslow Cover Image
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    Drawn Together By Minh Lê, Dan Santat (Illustrator), Dan Santat (Cover design or artwork by) Cover Image
  • Dad Bakes By Katie Yamasaki Cover Image
  • My Dad Is a Tree By Jon Agee Cover Image
  • Grandpa Loves Me! (Marianne Richmond) By Marianne Richmond Cover Image
  • What My Daddy Loves By Raissa Figueroa, Raissa Figueroa (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Franklin Smoke: Wood. Fire. Food. [A Cookbook] By Aaron Franklin, Jordan Mackay Cover Image
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    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse By Charlie Mackesy Cover Image

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Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts #1) By Nnedi Okorafor Cover Image

Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts #1) (Paperback)

By Nnedi Okorafor
$11.99

Pick this book up if you have even a passing interest in Nigeria, leopard-people, & magic. Nnedi Okorafor brilliantly depicts teenage self-discovery with a uniquely non-European lens & adds not a little, but a LOT of magic. Fitting in with physical differences is hard enough, but add a magical society surrounding African Jujuism & pursuit of a serial killer in the mix & you've got one heck of a complicated coming of age story. Seriously recommend.

(YA Fantasy, ages 12+) - Reviewed by Apollo


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