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Fans of The Bad Seed and Creepy Carrots will flock to this hilarious, lightly spooky picture book about a boy who unwittingly unleashes a ferociously fuzzy beast on his campground!

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A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom.

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In an alternate past—or possible future—a mighty tree stands on the banks of a winding river, bearing silent witness to the flow of time and change. A family farms the fertile valley. Soon, a village …

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Jon Klassen's retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale.

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A Caldecott Honor Winner and New York Times Bestseller!

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