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Welcome Aboard! (Pokémon: Scholastic Reader, Level 2)

Christy Webster

Kids can practice their reading skills with Pokémon in this fun Level 2 Reader. It's designed just for kids mastering their phonics and reading comprehension skills!

 

There's a new Pokémon aboard the airship: Terapagos! It's very curious. Liko keeps losing track of it as it explores! When the little Pokémon accidentally ends up in a dangerous spot, can Liko rescue it in time?

This easy-to-read book features an exciting but simple story based on an episode from the hit Pokémon animated TV series. Full-color illustrations on every page of this Level 2 Reader!

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Amina Banana and the Formula for Winning

Shifa Saltagi Safadi

Meet Amina Banana! This clever third grader is back in book two of this new chapter book series, determined to win her school’s spelling bee. Perfect for readers of The Questioneers and Junie B. Jones!

Amina Banana's third grade class is abuzz with excitement for the upcoming spelling bee. But spelling in English is tough for Amina. Still, she’s going to prove to her classmates that even if English is an additional language for her, she can take home the gold medal.

If only the formula for winning wasn't so complicated!

Make more duaa + study spelling words every day until the spelling bee + write down each word ten times so my hand memorizes it + spell each word out loud ten times + don’t get distracted by anything else! + don’t share your secrets with anyone = WINNER!

Amina is determined to win, but with a formula that long, how will Amina be able to study, keep up with tasks at home and stay true to her friends – who are also her biggest competition at the bee?

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Bibsy Cross and the Time Capsule

Liz Garton Scanlon

Meet Bibsy Cross, the precocious, regular-pegular eight-year-old who isn't so sure she wants to capture her childhood in a time capsule in the fourth installment of this charming chapter book series.

Most things are easy-peasy, regular-pegular for Bibsy Cross. She loves her parents, her cat, her best friend, Natia. She loves school and the library. And she loves a good school project.

But this time, each student is tasked with creating a time capsule, and Bibsy's not so sure she wants to trap the present in a box. She needs her childhood now, not preserved for the future. When Nanaberry comes--not just for a visit, but for good--she helps Bibsy see the project in a new light.

Will Bibsy figure out how to preserve her memories without letting them go?

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Player Vs Player (Game Quest #1)

Ash Wu

A new highly illustrated chapter book series set in both a Minecraft-style video game world and the real world of elementary school where friendships will be tested, courage will be discovered, and teamwork will always win!

 

Kat, Tai, and Alex are obsessed with the video game Otherworld. They strategize and play together all the time but are famous for their arguments while playing. They can't help being passionate about what they love!Fresh off their latest fight, the kids discover that their school fundraiser is going to be an Otherworld tournament! All three of them are ecstatic, but they're too stubborn to form a team while tensions are still running high. They'll have to set all of that aside, though, when Kat, Tai, and Alex are magically zapped into Otherworld. With zombies to outrun and defenses to build, can the trio get it together long enough to get themselves out or will it be game over for good?

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Make Way for Ballet

Melody Mews

Itty becomes a budding ballerina in this fifteenth Itty Bitty Princess Kitty chapter book!

After attending an amazing ballet performance by the Fluttering Flamingos, Itty Bitty Princess Kitty decides to put on her very own ballet with her friends. It’s all fun and twirls until her dad invites the entire kingdom to her ballet! Will she be able to put on the show of her dreams or is her dancing debut destined to fall flat?

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on every page, the Itty Bitty Princess Kitty chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.

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Timi Shines Bright (Forever Fairies #7)

Maddy Mara

Join the four Alpha Wings on their adventures in the Magic Forest! These Forever Fairies will need to do all they can to help save the day.

 

Welcome back to the Magic Forest!

 

The Forever Tree is very sick! The evil snake spirit Serpentina has spread a poisonous vine around its roots. Timi and the other Alpha Wings need to find an antidote before it's too late. They'll have to make the dangerous journey to a valley of other poisonous plants and encounter forest creatures they've never seen before. Will the four fairy friends be able to find what they need in time to save their home, or will it be too late for the Forever Tree?

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I Love My Family by Bluey and Bingo

Penguin Young Readers Licenses

Read about all the reasons why Bluey and Bingo love their family in this cheeky gift book based on the wildly successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+!

Bluey and Bingo love everything about their family. They like getting ice cream with Dad, dancing with Mum, and playing Pizza Girls with Socks and Muffin! This gift book is perfect for fans who love Bluey and the Heeler family.

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The Super Jump Between Worlds!: a Branches Book (Press Start! #17)

Thomas Flintham

Super Rabbit Boy jumps to strange new worlds in the latest page-turning installment of this USA Today bestselling series!

 

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!

Meanie King Viking has kidnapped everyone in Animal Town and sent Super Rabbit Boy to another world! With the help of his new friend, Blocky, Super Rabbit Boy learns how to jump through portals that take him to new worlds. Blocky wants to help Super Rabbit Boy get back home, but he's not as good at being a hero. As they keep jumping, each world gets stranger than the last. Will the next jump be the jump home? Can Super Rabbit Boy finally rescue his friends?

Thomas Flintham's full-color artwork on every page brings energy and fun to this action-packed, gaming-themed series. And comic panels with speech bubbles make this early graphic chapter book impossible for kids to put down!

Press Start! is now streaming as an NBC Peacock original series!

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Ren's Cupcake Mission

Coco Simon

Ren worries her parents are keeping secrets in this seventh book in the Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch chapter book series, the little sister series to the bestselling Cupcake Diaries. Includes black and white illustrations throughout and eye-catching glitter on the cover!

Ren couldn’t be happier that her move to a new school and town has been going so well! But when she gets home from a big day at school, her parents are acting strange and distracted. Ren starts to worry they’re hiding something big from her. Could it be another move?! To get to the bottom of it, Ren and her cupcake friends throw them a special surprise party with cupcakes she knows her mom and dad will love, but will it work?

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Vortex of the Chaos Dragon: a Branches Book (Dragon Masters #30)

Tracey West

Drake and Worm face off against the evil wizard Maldred with the help of the mysterious Chaos Dragon in the latest action-packed installment of this New York Times bestselling series perfect for newly independent readers!

 

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!

The evil wizard Maldred has been turned into one hundred mini-Maldreds! Dragon Masters around the world are battling them, and it's up to Drake, Worm, and their friends to stop Maldred once and for all. Drake, Rori, Bo, Ana, and their dragons travel to Goryeo to meet the Chaos Dragon Seong-Min and her Dragon Master Ji-Min. Seong-Min is the only dragon powerful enough to stop the chaos the Maldreds are causing! But Ji-Min warns that the Chaos Dragon is very difficult to control, even for her. Will Drake and his friends convince Ji-Min to help them defeat the Maldreds? What will happen when the Chaos Dragon uses his powers?

With engaging black-and-white artwork on every page, kids won't be able to put down this page-turning adventure!

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