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The Funny Little Woman

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Sam and Dave Dig a Hole

Mac Barnett

Sam and Dave are on a mission. A mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole. And they keep digging. And they find nothing. Yet the day turns out to be pretty spectacular after all. Attentive readers will be rewarded with a rare treasure in this witty story of looking for the extraordinary and finding it in a manner you'd never expect. - Publisher.

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Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 2

Julietta Suzuki · 171 pages

Nanami Momozono has unwittingly taken over a man's job as a local deity; when a hot teen idol transfers to the local school, Nanami may enroll in the school as long as she conceals her divine mark.

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Fantastic Mr. Fox

Roald Dahl · 96 pages

The main character of Fantastic Mr. Fox is an extremely clever anthropomorphized fox named Mr. Fox. He lives with his wife and four little foxes. In order to feed his family, he steals food from the cruel, brutish farmers named Boggis, Bunce, and Bean every night. Finally tired of being constantly outwitted by Mr. Fox, the farmers attempt to capture and kill him. The foxes escape in time by bur

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The Seven Chinese Brothers

Margaret Mahy · 40 pages

Seven Chinese brothers elude execution by virtue of their extraordinary individual qualities

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The Tale of Despereaux

Kate DiCamillo · 270 pages

The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.

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InuYasha: Lost and Alone

Rumiko Takahashi · 184 pages

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Spirited Away, Volume 1

Hayao Miyazaki, Yuji Oniki, Cindy Davis Hewitt · 172 pages

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The Dangerous Alphabet

Neil Gaiman · 32 pages

As two children and their pet gazelle sneak out of the house in search of treasure, they come across a world beneath the city that is inhabited with monsters and pirates.

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Japanese Fairy Tales

Yei Theodora Ozaki · 232 pages

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Dinotopia: The World Beneath

James Gurney · 160 pages

The voyage of discovery that Arthur Denison and his son, Will, began in Dinotopia continues in The World Beneath. Professor Denison and Will have been living on Dinotopia for several years, learning the marvels of this lost island continent where dinosaurs and humans have coexisted peacefully for centuries, cut off from the rest of the world. Now Professor Denison decides to explore the natural

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Spirited Away, Volume 4

Hayao Miyazaki · 172 pages

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This Book Just Ate My Dog!

Richard Byrne · 36 pages

"When her dog disappears into the gutter of the book, Bella calls for help. But when the helpers disappear too, Bella realizes it will take more than a tug on the leash to put things right"-- When her dog disappears into the gutter of a book, Bella calls for help. When the helpers disappear, too, Bella realizes it will take more than a tug on the leash to put things right.

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Dark Tempest

Annette Marie · 350 pages

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Yokai Attack!: The Japanese Monster Survival Guide

Hiroko Yoda, Matt Alt · 208 pages

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Pinkalicious

Victoria Kann, Elizabeth Kann · 32 pages

A little girl who is obsessed with the color pink eats so many pink cupcakes that she herself turns pink.

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Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man

Robert McCloskey · 61 pages

Burt goes fishing, takes refuge from a storm in a whale's stomach, and decorates a whole school of whales' tails with striped band-aids.

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I'm Bored

Michael Ian Black

When a bored girl meets a potato who finds children tedius, she tries to prove him wrong by demonstrating all of the things they can do, from turning cartwheels to using their imaginations.

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Silly Sally

Audrey Wood · 31 pages

A rhyming story of Silly Sally, who makes many friends as she travels to town--backwards and upside down.

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Amelia Bedelia

Peggy Parish · 63 pages

A literal-minded housekeeper causes chaos in the Rogers household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.

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Imogene's Antlers

David Small · 32 pages

One Thursday Imogene wakes up with a pair of antlers growing out of her head and causes a sensation wherever she goes.

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Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

Ed Young · 32 pages

Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.

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Leave Me Alone!

Vera Brosgol · 40 pages

One day, a grandmother shouts, "LEAVE ME ALONE!" and leaves her tiny home and her very big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting. Along the way, she encounters ravenous bears, obnoxious goats, and even hordes of aliens! But nothing stops grandma from accomplishing her goal―knitting sweaters for her many grandchildren to keep them warm and toasty fo

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Olivia Forms A Band

Ian Falconer

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Yotsuba&!, Vol. 01

Kiyohiko Azuma, azuma kiyohiko · 224 pages

*sniffle* Yotsuba thinks grown-ups are mean. Daddy plays all kinds of neat games with Yotsuba, but he ALWAYS WINS! Even when Yotsuba TELLS him to be paper in Rock-Paper-Scissors, he doesn't listen! Even then! Yotsuba never, ever wants to be a big meanie grown-up, nuh-uh! But grown-ups get to buy ice cream all by themselves, so ... um ... maybe it's okay to be a grown-up sometimes?

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