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In this Irish folktale, a young and powerful king has an embarrassing secret: he has horse’s ears! Then one day, the royal barber discovers this unusual trait. Can he keep the king’s long-held secret, or will the barber be banished from the kingdom for good? With clever text and easy-to-follow panels, Discover Graphics: Global Folktales are perfect for even the newest graphic novel fans!

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In 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power in Germany. The Nazis terribly persecuted Jews and other groups of people. They murdered millions of Jews across Europe during World War II. A young girl named Anne Frank and her family managed to hide from the Nazis for two years. During this time, Anne wrote about her experiences almost every day in her diary. Discover the courage of Anne and her family during one of the most horrific times in history.

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Hi, there! I'm a sea turtle. I spend most of my days surfing in warm waters, but I started life much smaller! Learn more about my life cycle and how I went from a tiny little egg to a hatchling to an adult.

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Pigs, cows, chickens and horses - farms have lots of animals! Where do they live? What do they eat? Kids can find answers to all their questions about farm animals in this fun, interactive book.

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Fruits, vegetables, grains and dairy - farms have them all! What crops do farmers plant? How do they grow? Kids can find the answers to all their questions about how farmers grow the foods we eat in this fun, interactive book.

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Barns, silos, sheds and coops - farms have so many buildings! What are they all for? What animals live in them? In this fun, interactive book young readers will get to know all about the different buildings to be found on farms.

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It's not always easy to understand the experiences of people who are different from us. But we have to work at it to build better communities. In this book, you'll learn about practising empathy, communicating respectfully and building meaningful communities with other people. With child-friendly explanations of key ideas and relevant scenarios, this text will help young readers to be engaged, respectful members of their community.

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Who are you? How do the identities you hold - like your racial or gender identity - impact you every day? How do they impact others? These big and important questions are key to understanding ourselves. Part of being your true self means learning about group identities and how they affect our experience of the world. With child-friendly explanations of key ideas and relevant scenarios, this book will help young kids explore their identities and how it shapes their experience.

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BMX bikes speed through courses and over big jumps. There's lots of ways to make these bikes tougher and cooler. Readers will love finding out how! Easy-to-read text and action-packed photos will have reluctant readers racing to read this high-interest book.

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Which roads pass through your local area? How much rain did London get yesterday? How many people live in France? Learn about different kinds of maps and how we use them to understand the places and people around us. This first introduction to types of maps will help kids build visual literacy skills and navigate their world.

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Why do maps need a key? What's that ruler in the corner for? Learn about the different parts of a map so you can find what you need - whether it''s buried treasure or your way to the zoo! This first introduction to decoding maps will help kids build visual literacy skills and navigate their world.

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Astrid and Apollo’s family is excited for their trip to Laos to attend a family wedding. But bad weather cancels their plans, and the twins’ parents are disappointed to miss seeing their home country. Some brainstorming and a messy painting project inspire an idea: If their parents can’t go to Laos, Astrid and Apollo will bring Laos to them! But can they keep their plan a surprise?

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Zoe is excited to try wheelchair basketball camp. She’s focused and athletic, and she sets a goal to be able to play basketball well by the end of the camp. Zoe meets smaller goals along the way, but her big goal of being able to score a basket escapes her. Zoe’s frustration builds. On the last day of camp, her new friends step in to help. Will Zoe be able to meet her goal and score before camp ends?

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Next stop, Guatemala! Lola is excited to go to Guatemala with Abuelita for a few weeks to learn about her heritage and see her relatives. But when she arrives, things don’t go as planned. Lola’s Spanish isn’t as good as she thought, and she feels out of place. To make things worse, her cousin Luis thinks Lola is a snob. Will Lola find her place and enjoy her new adventures or be stuck feeling homesick?

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Oh no, seven years of bad luck! When Lola cracks a mirror that Abuelita gave her, she isn’t worried... at first. After all, superstitions aren’t real. Or are they? When one unlucky thing after another happens, Lola slowly becomes convinced she’s cursed. Will the seven-year superstition come true, or can Lola turn her bad luck around before it’s too late?

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Emma gets a bigger bike and can’t wait to ride it, but when she falls off she’s too scared to try it any more. When her best friend, Izzie, comes over for a bike ride, Emma uses her old bike. Emma needs to practise on her new big bike and gain confidence to ride again - even if it is scary. Emma is deaf and often uses sign language to communicate, and this early chapter book includes additional information about sign language perfect for young readers.

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Emma and her best friend, Izzie, are trialling for the swimming team. Izzie doesn’t make it, but Emma does. Will Emma still want to be on the team without her best friend? Emma is deaf and often uses sign language to communicate, and this early chapter book includes additional information about sign language perfect for young readers.

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Baba’s not feeling well, and Doctor Yasmin is determined to find out why. After giving Baba a checkup, Yasmin is stumped. But when she sits down to work on Baba’s puzzle, inspiration strikes. Doctor Yasmin to the rescue!

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A fun fishing trip quickly turns scary when a terrifying sea monster appears! Cousins Hunter and Leo try to fight this creepy creature, but they aren't having much luck. Is there anyone, or anything, that can save them or will they be lost at sea forever?

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What is the sun? Why do we have seasons? What are eclipses? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this easy-to-read title and discover the science behind the sun.

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Books are made with paper. But what if we tried to make a book with metal? Copper, tin, gold, silver - would any of those materials work to make a book? Find out more about metal, its properties and how it is produced. Then decide if you really could make a book out of metal.

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Pedro and Katie are visiting Pedro’s Aunt Carmen’s farm. A frowning scarecrow has the kids spooked. Shadows and creepy sounds have Katie convinced that old scarecrow is haunted. But could there be another explanation?

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Pedro and Katie are visiting Pedro’s Aunt Carmen’s farm. A frowning scarecrow has the kids spooked. Shadows and creepy sounds have Katie convinced that old scarecrow is haunted. But could there be another explanation?

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Awesome places can be found all over our world. But which ones are the deepest, tallest or hottest? Through easy-to-read text, amazing photos and a fun activity, early readers will learn all about the most extreme places on our planet.

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Wild weather affects every part of our world. But which types of weather bring wicked winds, drenching downpours or super-heavy snowfalls? Through easy-to-read text, amazing photos and a fun activity, early readers will learn all about the most extreme weather on our planet.

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Awesome places can be found all over our world. But which ones are the deepest, tallest or hottest? Through easy-to-read text, amazing photos and a fun activity, early readers will learn all about the most extreme places on our planet.

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Lex Luthor is rampaging through Metropolis in a giant robot! Now Cyborg and his bots, F.E.L.I.X. and M.A.X., must find a way to topple the mechanical monster!

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Ben likes to hide. Mum and Dad are looking for him. Where is he? Connects to the non-fiction text pair, Animals That Hide.

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Find out how the frog, insect, moth, snake and other animals hide. Connects to the fiction text pair, Ben Is Hiding.

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Blueberries, oranges and avocados... They're all part of the fruits group, and they're all healthy foods! Discover where fruits come from, what nutrition they provide and how they help form a healthy diet. Jam-packed with fun facts and full-colour photos, this book is perfect for a wide range of curious young readers.

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Blueberries, oranges and avocados... They’re all part of the fruits group, and they’re all healthy foods! Discover where fruits come from, what nutrition they provide and how they help form a healthy diet. Jam-packed with fun facts and full-colour photos, this book is perfect for a wide range of curious young readers.

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Red Squirrel Phonics is a new series of decodable readers from Raintree, packed with real stories using words that children can read. The programme teaches children phonics skills in a sequential and systematic way so that they can learn the sounds (phonemes) and the letters that represent them (graphemes) and then practise and apply this knowledge through reading appealing, decodable texts that make sense. This ensures that every beginner reader will experience success in their reading from their very first book! In this Level 3 book, when Sam loses a button on his jacket, Nan is ready to fix it. She has a bag full of things. Will there be anything in her bag to sew on a button?

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Red Squirrel Phonics is a new series of decodable readers from Raintree, packed with real stories using words that children can read. The programme teaches children phonics skills in a sequential and systematic way so that they can learn the sounds (phonemes) and the letters that represent them (graphemes) and then practise and apply this knowledge through reading appealing, decodable texts that make sense. This ensures that every beginner reader will experience success in their reading from their very first book! In this Level 3 book Sid is hungry, so when Dad and Sam bring in the shopping, Sid wants to have some of all of it – carrots, muffins, eggs, melon.

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Red Squirrel Phonics is a new series of decodable readers from Raintree, packed with real stories using words that children can read. The programme teaches children phonics skills in a sequential and systematic way so that they can learn the sounds (phonemes) and the letters that represent them (graphemes) and then practise and apply this knowledge through reading appealing, decodable texts that make sense. This ensures that every beginner reader will experience success in their reading from their very first book! In this Level 2 book see how you can find dots on clothes, food, insects and pets.

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Red Squirrel Phonics is a new series of decodable readers from Raintree, packed with real stories using words that children can read. The programme teaches children phonics skills in a sequential and systematic way so that they can learn the sounds (phonemes) and the letters that represent them (graphemes) and then practise and apply this knowledge through reading appealing, decodable texts that make sense. This ensures that every beginner reader will experience success in their reading from their very first book! In this Level 2 book Tim and Dan are playing tennis with Nat and Meg. Then Pam decides that she wants to play, too.

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The ocean is salty and can be warm or cold. It covers 70 per cent of the Earth and is my home. I love to hunt and eat fish but am not an octopus. I am a graceful swimmer and can jump out of the water but am not a dolphin. What animal am I? Use the clues and guess!

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The rainforest is a hot, wet place with many kinds of animals. It is my home. I make a lot of sounds but am not a parrot. I sleep a lot but am not a sloth. Can you guess which animal I am by reading the clues in the book?

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The rainforest is a hot, wet place with many kinds of animals. It is my home. I make a lot of sounds but am not a parrot. I sleep a lot but am not a sloth. Can you guess which animal I am by reading the clues in the book?

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The African savanna is home to many kinds of animals, including me! I am spotted, but I am not a giraffe. I am strong, but I am not an elephant. Read the clues and try to guess which animal I am before the end of the book!

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Screech! A female ring-tailed lemur screams loudly. It is a warning for an intruder to stay away. Females lead ring-tailed lemur troops. They hunt, defend their territories and care for young. Take a close look at ring-tailed lemurs and the important roles princesses play to ensure a troop's survival.

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A group of spotted hyenas has just killed a gazelle. It's time to eat! But not every hyena digs in at once. The females eat first. Next, cubs eat, and then the males. In a hyena clan, females rule! They hunt, care for young and protect the clan's territory. Take a look at spotted hyenas and the important roles females play to ensure the clan's survival.

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Lions are called “king of beasts”. But a pride is made of mainly females. These mighty beasts hunt and bring back food for the whole pride. The group also depends on the females to care for young. Take a close look at African lions and the important roles lionesses play to ensure a pride’s survival.

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It’s good to be a queen bee! The queen bee lets the other bees in the hive feed and care for her. What does she do? She lays eggs! A queen bee can lay more than 1,000 eggs a day. Take a look at the social structure inside a bee hive and the important role the queen and the female worker bees play.

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Murray is frustrated with her older sister. Otti always has to be first, always decides what game they will play and always takes whatever toy she wants. Murray is so fed up of being bossed around that she comes up with some rules to make playing with Otti more fun. Will Murray and Otti learn how to resolve their conflicts in a fair way?

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Ready to make some noise? These hands-on, not-so-ordinary science projects are for you! Design melodic musical instruments and squawking noisemakers. Turn up the bass with activities that let you see sound. Then, learn the science behind each rocking racket! Simple step-by-step instructions supported by clear photos make it easy to start experimenting and discover just how fun STEM can be.

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Nicole's latest robot creation is not working properly and threw a ball right through a window! No one knows how the window got broken, and Nicole decides to keep the accident to herself. But when she learns how the broken window has upset her classmates, she has second thoughts. Will Nicole risk punishment and be honest?

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Nathan can't wait to share his newest jokes with his classmates at the upcoming talent show. But when Chad's hip-hop dance partner gets hurt, Chad asks Nathan to step in and dance with him instead. What will Nathan do?

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You’ve been rock hunting in a mine for hours when something sparkly catches your eye. As you clear the dirt from around the crystal, you know your long hunt was worth it. You’re holding a shiny blue sapphire! Find out how crystals form, where they are found, and about some of the most amazing crystal discoveries. Then learn how you can find and collect diamonds, emeralds, rubies and other dazzling crystals too!

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