First Pets: Presidential Best Friends
Which pet: Was descended from the first dog in space? Sang along as the president played his violin? Starred in a movie? Find out how hundreds of animals have brought love and devotion to our first families — from dogs to badgers and snakes to hippos!

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Geronimo Stilton: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye
Geronimo Stilton
Holey cheese, was I excited! My sister, Thea, discovered an old, mysterious map. It showed a secret treasure hidden on a faraway island. And before I could say "moldy mozzarella balls," we were off on a treasure hunt! It was an adventure I'd never forget.
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Giant Children
Brod Bagert
There's a turtle named Jaws, and a dinosaur canary, an alien-playing Spaceball, and a no-show tooth fairy. A buffalo's chomping on the books, and a princess has karate skills that rival her good looks. These characters and many more are found in this rambunctious and irresistible collection of poems that look at our world through a child's wide eyes.
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Hank Zipzer: Day of the Iguana
Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
Hank knows he is not a genius in electronics, but his science project is due and he needs a good one. After all, how hard can it be to take apart the cable box and reprogram it? But nothing is ever easy for Hank, especially when his sister's angry pet iguana decides to nest in the box. If one big iguana gives him one big headache, what will 18 baby iguanas do?

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Magic Tree House: High Tide in Hawaii
Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie go back in time to ancient Hawaii, where they learn to surf, dance the hula, and make poi. When the island is threatened by a tsunami, however, the two remember that they are there with instructions from Morgan, and they must "find a special magic" and build "a special kind of relationship" before it's too late.

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Scholastic Book of World Records 2004
Jenifer Morse
Records are made to be broken. This dazzling 2004 edition of The Scholastic Book of World Records is crammed with amazing stats from all of your favorite categories: sports, money, technology, popular culture, and much more! Find exciting new photographs, jaw-dropping new record-breakers, even records from your home state.

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The Spiderwick Chronicles #2: The Seeing Stone
Holly Black
To rescue their brother from goblins, Mallory and Jared use a magical stone that enables them to see things that are normally invisible. Suddenly the world of fairies, griffins, goblins, and trolls becomes all too real — and extremely dangerous! (Spiderwick Secret: to acquire the Sight, just rub goblin spit in your eyes.)
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