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  The Heart of Our Home

  Janelle Washington

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  This author-illustrator debut from Caldecott honor-winning creator Janelle Washington (Choosing Brave) is a timeless ode to one family's kitchen table: stained, scratched, and full of love.   The heart of this family’s home beats steadily at the round wooden kitchen table.Every morning, they gather around it for breakfast. In the afternoons, it’s where homework gets done, and where art projects, and sometimes brownies, are made. On Fridays, it's where they prepare the fish fry.Anniversaries, birthday parties, graduations. All are celebrated at their kitchen table.When they tell their stories, it listens. And when they cry, it gives comfort.Their kitchen table is a place for family, friends, and memories.

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  When Wishes Were Horses

  Cynthia Voigt

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  What would you wish for? In this young middle-grade novel by the Newbery Medal– and Newbery Honor–winning author, four kids in the same town are each granted two wishes. Full of magic, adventure, friendship, family, surprises, and lots of dogs, this is for readers who love Katherine Applegate and Sara Pennypacker. 
  How do such things happen? Something appears, sudden as disaster. It wasn’t there and now it is. An envelope arrives, in your mailbox, on your dinner table, your dresser, your computer keyboard. It’s in your hand. You are alone when it finds you. No one else sees it, to ask about it or take it from you. There is only your name on the envelope. Inside, two pieces of pale gray tissue paper, each the size of a playing card, and simple instructions: 
   ONE WISH AT A TIME 
   WHISPER IT TO ME 
   BE WISE 
  Magic? Impossible. But what if . . . ? 
  Casey, Zoe, Billy, and Bug live in the same town. They don’t know one another . . . yet. But mysteriously, they are connected by magic. Specifically, they’ve each been given two wishes. What would you wish for? Casey yearns for a dog. Zoe wants her parents to stop fighting. Billy has always wanted a unicorn. Bug would love a Lego kit, a really complicated one. And do their wishes come true? The answer may surprise you.

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  Mizzi Mozzi And The...

  Alannah Zim

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  In a whimsical land called Mizzipotazia, Mizzi Mozzi and her friends attend a concert to hear the Parpadellie Pianisties play Old-Skool Klassi-Kool music on a magical Perkulating Pasta-Pot Piano. The music cooks delicious Straightili-Rainbow-Spaghettili, but the key to unlock the piano goes missing, threatening the concert and the tasty dish. With the help of Larissa Unaloxxa, Mizzi Mozzi convinces the Pianisties to try modern music instead, resulting in a new, delightful dish called Twizzerlating-Spiralating Foozeelli and bringing unity to the musicians.

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  Roosevelts The: The History of...

  Editors Charles River

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  For a man who grew up to become the “Bull Moose”, Theodore Roosevelt was a sickly child, suffering from asthma and other maladies. But his physical weakness actually drove him to be more active, which also fostered an interest in nature. In the 1890s, it was Teddy’s turn to make history, leading the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War and being decorated for his service with a Medal of Honor. He parlayed his glory into the governorship of New York and then the Vice Presidency under William McKinley. When McKinley was assassinated in 1901, young Teddy was thrust into the presidency, one that would earn him a place on Mount Rushmore. 
  	Franklin Delano Roosevelt might be America’s greatest 20th century president, but there’s no question that he was the most unique. A well-connected relative of Theodore Roosevelt, FDR was groomed for greatness until he was struck down by what was widely believed to be polio at the time. Nevertheless, he persevered, rising through New York politics to reach the White House just as the country faced its greatest challenge since the Civil War, beginning his presidency with one of the most iconic lines ever spoken during an inaugural address.  For over a decade, President Roosevelt threw everything he had at the Great Depression, and then threw everything the country had at the Axis powers during World War II.  
  	If Dolley Madison was instrumental in molding the role of First Lady in the 19th century, credit can be given to Eleanor Roosevelt for revolutionizing the political nature of the role in the 20th and 21st centuries and making it possible for presidents like Bill Clinton to enlist their wives to handle political duties. At the same time, history might remember Eleanor more for what she did outside of the White House, as she became a critically acclaimed and world famous international author and advocate of civil rights, women’s rights.

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  Medical Robotics Breakthroughs

  Heather E. Schwartz

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  From laboratory robots to robotic prosthetics, this exploration of scientific inquiry celebrates the greatest developments to date in medical robotics. Get to know the physicians, scientists, and other researchers responsible for these breakthroughs in medicine, and explore the ups, the downs, and the eureka moments that are science in action. With trusted expertise from Mayo Clinic, the Edge of Medicine series sets out to inspire and educate the next generation of young scientists by highlighting the medical breakthroughs of a diverse range of scientists and researchers.

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  Time Travels of Arabella and Tom...

  Sue Huband

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  Arabella Twigg is a very ordinary girl living with her peculiar family. Her life is quite boring – until strange things begin happening to her.At school, Arabella is learning about the Vikings and is most interested. So much so, that when on holiday with her family, her horrid brother Tom, takes her out on a rowing boat and they find themselves captured by Vikings.They are taken back to the Viking village and are forced to go with them when they ransack the monastery at Lindisfarne.How can they help the monks? How can they get back home?

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