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  Incredibly Penelope

  Lauren Myracle

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  A witty and moving take on A Little Princess from an acclaimed author about the friends and family who can be found in surprising places 
    
  Penelope has been all over the globe, from the tippity top to the bottomitty bottom, traveling alongside her godmother, the super celebrity Queenie Bee. And she’s done things most kids never dream of, like feeding giraffes, exploring real glaciers, and hopping from one five-star hotel to the next. But there’s one thing she has never done, and she desperately wants to give it a try: go to school! So Penelope persuades her mother and godmother to let her attend Idlewild Academy for Girls. There, Penelope’s charm, openness, and generosity quickly win over many of her new classmates. Although some, including sullen Dilly, think she’s a snob. But when Penelope’s mother and godmother go missing, her wealth goes along with them, and people start treating her differently—even cruelly. Is Penelope still special? Is she still the same person? And whatever will she do now? Celebrated author Lauren Myracle delivers a delicious update on a classic riches-to-rags story, both bubbly and poignant, in which friends and family are found in surprising places. 
    
  "This take on Burnett’s beloved novel will … charm readers enamored with reimagined classics and stories of the rich and famous."—Booklist

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  Popeye - Skin Diver

  Izzy Cline, Jack Kinney

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  Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. The character first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929, and Popeye became the strip's title in later years. In Skin Diver, Popeye reads a book about skin diving and decides to give it a try. He has a map that marks sunken treasure and off he goes. The problem is Brutus has the same map and the same idea as Popeye.

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  The animals’ Christmas tree

  John P. Peters

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  The animals' Christmas tree is a festive holiday story. All animals, wild and tame, come together in peace to set up a Christmas tree, but this almost fails when the Pig has a selfish request. The moral of the story is: It's important to take others into consideration. Recommended for age 4+.

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  Robert E Lee’s Greatest Victories

  Editors Charles River

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  After Lee succeeded the wounded Johnston, he pushed McClellan’s Army of the Potomac away from Richmond and back up the Peninsula in late June, only to then swing his army north to face a second Union army, John Pope’s Army of Virginia. Needing to strike out before the Army of the Potomac successfully sailed back to Washington and linked up with Pope’s army, Lee daringly split his army to threaten Pope’s supply lines, forcing Pope to fall back to Manassas to protect his flank and maintain his lines of communication. At the same time, it left half of Lee’s army (under Stonewall Jackson) potentially exposed against the larger Union army until the other wing (under James Longstreet) linked back up. Thus, in late August 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Virginia found themselves fighting over nearly the exact same land the South and North fought over in the First Battle of Bull Run 13 months earlier.  
  Of all the Civil War battles fought, and of all the victories achieved by Robert E. Lee at the command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, the Battle of Chancellorsville is considered the most tactically complex and ultimately the most brilliant Confederate victory of the war. In early May 1863, the Army of the Potomac was at the height of its power as it bore down on Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia near Fredericksburg, where the Confederates had defeated them the previous December. The Union behemoth had spent most of the winter season being reorganized and drilled by “Fighting Joe” Hooker, an aggressive commander who had fought hard at places like Antietam. With an army nearing 130,000 men, Hooker’s Army of the Potomac was twice the size of the Army of Northern Virginia. Lee’s heavily outnumbered army went on to win the most stunning victory of the war, but it cost them nearly 25% of their men and Stonewall Jackson.

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  Elastic Island Adventures - Flip...

  Karen McMillan

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  A fun fantasy action-adventure set in the South Pacific. Kiri, Jed, and twins Emma and Ethan discover an ‘elastic’ island that sends them pinging across the ocean to a variety of destinations. Bob the Blue-Footed Booby is running a flying school at Flip Flop Bay, which sounded like fun until the children discovered that this means dressing in weird costumes and launching themselves off the end of the wharf. It’s the latest silly idea in a series of doomed ventures from Bob the Blue-Footed Booby, who is trying to save their small fishing village from closure. Can the children come up with an idea that will save the island and its kooky inhabitants? And what about the complication of The Dastardly Captain Crook? Suitable for children 8 - 12 years MOVIE/ TV RIGHTS OPTIONED BY FUZZY DUCKLING MEDIA!

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  Boxset of Five Chapter Books -...

  Gita V. Reddy

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  MAKE A WISH (A Modern Fairy-tale) 
  The fairy grants Niki a wish. But Niki can't think of anything she wants until her friend's family is in trouble. Will the fairy come in time to help them? And can she take on the dangerous men who will stop at nothing? 
  THE MISSING GIRL (General Fiction) 
  After a game of hide and seek with her brother and friends, Sneha goes missing. The presence of a strange car points to kidnap. The police are called in. But Sneha is not kidnapped. She is in the midst of an adventure, an adventure of a different kind. 
  THE BOY WHO WAS LEFT BEHIND (Family Life) 
  Vimal lives with his grandmother. His parents who are NRIs - non-resident Indians – leave him with his grandmother when he is two. Vimal grows up in Jaipur, happy and secure in the loving care of his grandmother. His parents are a blurred memory made up from short visits. When Vimal is eight, a phone call in the night turns his world topsy-turvy. His grandmother leaves him with relatives and goes to London. 
  Once again, Vimal is left behind – this time with a secret that is too big for a young boy. 
  KNIFE AND FORK (A Modern Fable) 
  Bholu, a monkey, comes to the city looking for adventure. In a short time he learns city ways and when he returns to the forest, he continues with them until he learns that: 
  “Monkey ways are right for monkeys just as human ways are right for human beings.” 
  “Food and fun are meant to be shared with friends.” 
  “Losing friends is easy, winning them back is not." 
  THE FORBIDDEN FOREST (Adventure/Mystery) 
  On some nights, cries of cheetahs and leopards come from the forest. Naturally, people are afraid to enter it. Why are wild animals moving from the dense jungle across the hills to the sparse forest? Has it anything to do with the factory that looks to be shut down but secretly operates? 
  Abhi and his cousins find out.

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