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Sharks swim in oceans and rivers. Read and discover all about sharks

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Could Principal Vanderpants be the BOSS-MONSTER?!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic''s early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In book 12, the S.S.M.P. needs to track down the boss-monster and get their monster notebook back! Alexander, Rip, and Nikki are keeping their eyes open for clues. Then Alexander spots Principal Vanderpants carrying a white bucket filled with spaghetti through that mysterious locked door on the 13th floor. Why is the principal acting so strangely? Could SHE be the boss-monster?

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Fly along with the Fairylight Friends -- Ruby, Iris, and Pip -- in this magical early reader series!Pick a Book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic''s early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!Ruby, Iris, and Pip go to fairy school together and they are best friends. Ruby loves to make art, Iris loves to fly fast, and Pip loves to grow things. Now, each of them must discover their special fairy power. Fly along with these fairy friends on their magical adventures, as they bake a snazzy cake, zoom across the night sky, and plan a big surprise party. With easy-to-read text and full-color artwork throughout, this sparkly early reader series is perfect for beginning readers!

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Have you ever seen the moon on a clear blue day and wondered why?...Emotive watercolors...The well-told tale works on multiple levels.... --School Library JournalThere once was a time when the sun alone ruled the day, the moon graced the night, and little children were sent to bed before sunset. Then early one dawn, the moon heard sounds of children laughing, and she yearned to see them by daylight.Certainly not! snapped the sun. The day is mine. The night is yours!But the moon had a clever plan...Carmen Agra Deedy and Jim LaMarche have brilliantly crafted an original pourquoi tale about finding one''s place in the universe.

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Isa de Smit was raised in the vibrant, glittering world of her parents' small art gallery in Amsterdam, a hub of beauty, creativity, and expression until the Nazi occupation wiped the colour from her city's palette. The degenerate art of the Gallery de Smit is confiscated, and the artists are in hiding or deported, her best friend, Truus, fled to join the shadowy Dutch resistance. And masterpiece by masterpiece, the Nazis are buying and stealing her country's heritage, feeding the Third Reich's ravenous appetite for culture and art. So when the unpaid taxes threaten her beloved but empty gallery, Isa decides to make the Nazis pay. She sells them a fake--a Rembrandt copy drawn by her talented father--a sale that sets Isa perilously close to the second most hated class of people in Amsterdam: the collaborators. Isa sells her beautiful forgery to none other than Hitler himself, and on the way to the auction, discovers that Truus is part of a resistance ring to smuggle Jewish babies out of Amsterdam. But Truus cannot save more children without money. A lot of money. And Isa thinks she knows how to get it. One more forgery, a copy of an exquisite Vermeer, and the Nazis will pay for the rescue of the very children they are trying to annihilate. To make the sale, though, Isa will need to learn the art of a master forger, before the children can be deported, and before she can be outed as a collaborator. And she finds an unlikely source to help her do it: the young Nazi soldier, a blackmailer and thief of Dutch art, who now says he wants to desert the German army. Yet, worth is not always seen from the surface, and a fake can be difficult to spot. Both in art and in people. Based on the true stories of Han Van Meegeren, a master art forger who sold fakes to Hermann Goering, and Johann van Hulst, credited with saving 600 Jewish children from death in Amsterdam, Sharon Cameron weaves a gorgeously evocative thriller, simmering with twists, that looks for the forgotten colour of beauty, even in an ugly world. War, resistance, and art are Cameron's canvas; her palette is a balance of trust and perfidy, beauty and defiance, new life and old. Artifice is a vibrantly-hued and many-layered story, exploring our very human inability to spot a fake when we long to believe that the object of all our desire is the real thing. -- Elizabeth Wein, New York Times best-selling author of Code Name Verity. Painterly prose ... filled with rich intrigue depicts constantly shifting issues of trust in this complex, absorbing tale. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review.

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There is always something exciting happening at the Jurassic World theme park, and now you get to be part of the action! Within these pages, you'll find messages from the command centre that need decoding, mazes and puzzles to prove how well you know the park, and other activities to show off your knowledge of the Jurassic World dinosaurs. But that's not all! There are also three action-packed comics for you to finish with stickers and stencils any way you like! So grab a pen or pencil and your collectible Blue pencil topper and get your ROOOOAAAR on with these awesome activities!

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After last year's scary adventure, Gabe's a little nervous about being back in Egypt. Back near the ancient pyramids. Back where he saw all those creepy mummies. Then he learns about an Egyptian superstition. A secret chant that is supposed to bring mummies back to life. Gabe's uncle says it's just a hoax. But now it sounds like something's moving in the mummy's tomb. No way a couple of dumb words can wake the dead. Can they?

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What is Jasmine's Heart?There's a haunted shipwreck off Whale Island and a rare diamond was lost when the ship sank. When the Thea Sisters' biology professor disappears, the mice have to dive deep into the ocean to find him — and hopefully recover the priceless jewel! And just when they think their adventures are over, the five mice are invited to China to search for another lost treasure!Meet the Thea Sisters!Nicky is always in a good mood when she's outdoors.Colette is energetic and full of great ideas.Pamela is a peacemaker who can't stand arguments.Paulina loves travelling and helping other rodents.Violet is detail-oriented and always open to new things.

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Step inside the magical world of Little Santa's Workshop! Shining bright from above. Hot cocoa and so much love. Santa's workshop is lots of fun. HoHoHome to everyone! Discover the magical world of Little Santa's Workshop! Step inside the toy workshop, feed candy canes to the reindeer and taste a sugary sweet in the kitchen. Full of joy and good vibes, Lala Watkins' bright illustrations are completely charming and totally irresistible. So pack your snow boots and travel to the North Pole and get ready to fall in love with the wonderful world of Little Santa's Workshop! A chunky board book with bright and bold illustrations throughout A feel-good Christmas gift for little ones and their grown ups to share Sweet rhyming text with a playful rhythm The first story in a new series of Good Vibes Books from author-illustrator Lala Watkins

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