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  Hattie Marshall And The Hurricane

  Debra West Smith

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  A young teenager battles for survival when a deadly storm hits Louisiana: “Well paced, interesting and with a likable heroine . . . A fun adventure tale.” —Children’s Literature   The winds are picking up. The sky is darkening. Now, as a hurricane begins to destroy the coast of south Louisiana in October 1893, thirteen-year-old Hattie, a girl from Texas, and her friend Eric find themselves in danger. They were enjoying their trip to New Orleans and Grand Isle, but there’s no time for playing now. Fighting their way through the chaos, they must try to help an Acadian family—while also trying to survive themselves . . .

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  The Six Wives of Henry VIII

  Gladys Malvern

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  Gladys Malvern uses her celebrated talent for prose to share the stories of Henry VIII’s wives with immense personality and captivating drama.   Henry VIII was married to six women during his reign as the King of England. Gladys Malvern characterizes them as The Saint (Catherine of Aragon); The Egotist (Anne Boleyn); The Diplomat (Jane Seymour); The Housewife (Anne of Cleves); The Coquette (Catherine Howard); and The Mother (Catherine Parr). Malvern masterfully tells each of their personal histories and how they intertwined through rivalry, vying for power, political maneuvering, and the hardships of losing favor with the man that seceded the Church of England from Rome for a divorce.

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  Librarian's Night Before Christmas

  David R. Davis

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  Santa Claus spreads holiday cheer to a hard-working librarian on Christmas Eve in this humorous take on the children’s classic. Due to low staffing, a librarian must spend her Christmas Eve stacking the shelves at a library in desperate need of renovations. After the strain of a long night that has left her feeling “like Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol,” she is pleasantly surprised to see Santa and his six elves coming to her rescue in a red bookmobile.  In this delightful retelling of Clement C. Moore’s classic, Santa signs Newbery winners and starred Caldecotts and stocks the library shelves with Hawthorne, Steinbeck, Millay, and Hemingway. After reading to the children and drinking some hot chocolate, Santa puts his elves to work replacing the rugs, fixing leaks, and organizing gifts according to the Dewey decimal system. As he leaves, Santa pays overdue fees and booms, “Do one more good deed. Have a real merry Christmas—teach someone to read!” Praise for Librarian’s Night Before Christmas“Santa is appropriately jolly and the elves, exuberant. A library cat and mouse contribute to the antics.” —School Library Journal“This volume will definitely find a place in the hearts of librarians and library lovers.” —Review of Texas Books

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  One for Sorrow

  Philip Caveney

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  When Tom Afflick heads back to Edinburgh to stay with his mother and her partner, Hamish, he begins to think that he has finally come to terms with the breakup of his parent's marriage - but a sudden accident on a country road sends him tumbling once more, headlong into the past. This time, the book he is reading serves as the catalyst for his adventure. The book is Treasure Island. In 1881, Tom meets Robert Louis Stevenson, a sickly young author who has just published the story as a weekly serial in a children's magazine. Can Tom persuade him to try and publish the book as a novel or will one of the world's greatest adventures be lost forever? And is Tom going to prove to be the inspiration for some of Stevenson's best-known adventures? One ally in Tom's quest is Catriona McCallum, the young girl he last met in 1828, now an elderly woman and an author herself. But Tom's deadly adversary, The Plague Doctor, has once again followed him through time, and is intent on taking his revenge. As events spiral out of control, Tom realises that this is destined to be the deadliest adventure of them all ...one that he may not even survive.

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  More Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for...

  Rob Elliott

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  Q: What do you get when you cross a dentist and a boat? 
  A: A Tooth Ferry. 
   
  Q: Why did the boy eat his homework? 
  A: Because the teacher said it was a piece of cake. 
   
  Kids are clamoring for more uproarious jokes, and More Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids gives children ages seven and up many more hours of fun and laughter. Young readers will have a blast sharing this brand new collection of hundreds of hilarious jokes with their friends and family! A great gift for any child.

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  You Can't Wear Panties! - a...

  Justine Avery

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  For the big, grownup girls out there, the potty masters in training, You Can't Wear Panties! is a cry (the big-girl kind!) of toilet triumph and persevering panty pride. 
  Each turn of the page reveals an infant, animal, toy or other object obviously not suited for big-girl panties: "No... YOU can't wear panties!" Each facing page beams with the brilliance of a self-proud, panty-wearing heroine: "I wear big-girl panties!" Panty-wearer or not, all readers will be singing and rejoicing in the household's new mantra—all day long! 
  You Can't Wear Panties! is a perfect companion to the potty training process at all stages, serving up read-aloud, chant-along fun and motivation, inspiring even the most reluctant to join the celebration and excitement of dropping the diapers and embracing the BIG girl panties and true toilet independence.

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