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  The Missing Magic

  Gareth P. Jones

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  One puzzling mystery. Several slippery suspects. Endless possibilities!
  
  Welcome to Haventry, a town where the ordinary and extraordinary collide! With ghosts, werewolves and zombies living side by side, trouble is always brewing. And when a fiendish crime is committed, YOU are the detective in charge of the case.
  
  It's the first day of Magicon, the world's biggest magic convention, and everyone is in town for the event. But when all the magic in Haventry suddenly goes missing, it's up to YOU to find out who took it and get it back in time for the opening ceremony! Should you tail the head of the powerful Magic Circle, Grandmaster Dimbleby, or does the newly crowned king of the elves raise your suspicions? Could Cressida the Evil Enchantress be too obvious a suspect, or is Moonbeam the meditating unicorn deceptively innocent? YOU decide! And you better do so quickly, because without magic to harness it, an ancient monster is rising from its century-long sleep under the town…
  
  With hundreds of paths to choose from and no dead ends, you'll solve the mystery every time!
  
  A fantastically imaginative detective story for readers looking for an interactive adventure.

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  Great Gatsby The (Annotated)

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. 
  The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King, and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. Following a move to the French Riviera, Fitzgerald completed a rough draft of the novel in 1924. He submitted it to editor Maxwell Perkins, who persuaded Fitzgerald to revise the work over the following winter. After making revisions, Fitzgerald was satisfied with the text, but remained ambivalent about the book's title and considered several alternatives. Painter Francis Cugat's cover art greatly impressed Fitzgerald, and he incorporated aspects of it into the novel. 
  After its publication by Scribner's in April 1925, The Great Gatsby received generally favorable reviews, though some literary critics believed it did not equal Fitzgerald's previous efforts. Compared to his earlier novels, Gatsby was a commercial disappointment, selling fewer than 20,000 copies by October, and Fitzgerald's hopes of a monetary windfall from the novel were unrealized.  
  Gatsby continues to attract popular and scholarly attention. Contemporary scholars emphasize the novel's treatment of social class, inherited versus self-made wealth, race, and environmentalism, and its cynical attitude towards the American dream. One persistent item of criticism is an allegation of antisemitic stereotyping. The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary masterwork and a contender for the title of the Great American Novel. 
  -Wikipedia

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  Papa Gave Me a Stick (Unabridged)

  Janice Levy

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  When Antonio first hears the members of the Mariachi band play, he wants nothing more than a guitar of his own. But guitars cost money, explains his father, who hands Antonio a stick instead. Confused and upset, Antonio resentfully accepts his father's gift. He heads off, unknowingly starting a chain of exchanges that may, miraculously, earn him what he wants most. 
  Filled with plenty of Spanish vocabulary for young readers, Papa Gave Me a Stick is a vibrant story about the virtues and rewards of kindness.

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  My Presentation Today is About...

  Bibi Dumon Tak

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  "Hello, I'm the earthworm, and today I'm giving my talk about the anaconda." 
    
  Who needs another book by humans? All they do is make us animals super boring. They only look at things through their own eyes. Every, single, time. Human after human. Kid after kid. Class after class. YAWN! 
    
  This is a book of oral presentations given by us animals, for us animals, and about us animals. The cleaner fish will talk about his friend the shark and his sharp teeth. The zebra will get to tell you about all the black-and-white animals in the world. The mole knows everything there is to know about the daddy long-legs. The southern cassowa—yes, fox? What is it? Yes, you'll get to talk about geese. Huh? Yes, you'll get to talk about how delicious they are. 
    
  Anyway, we're giving you twenty presentations from another twenty of us, but there's a lot more crammed in. Check it all out! 
    
  "The dread (or excitement) of a class presentation isn’t exclusive to young humans, as evidenced in this humorous all-dialogue collection ... Irreverent text nails the mood of a classroom discussion in free fall … to the comedic chaos."—Publishers Weekly (starred)

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  The Ants Who Couldn't Dance

  Susan Rich Brooke

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  When the music starts playing, everyone can dance...except the ants. They can lift, build, and dig, so why can’t they twirl, dip, and jig? As the ants try to dance, they discover they are better together in this toe-tapping tale that shows the value of cooperation and teamwork. Readers will laugh (and dance) along with this whimsically story that encourages creative problem-solving and inspires even the littlest among us to pursue big dreams.

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  Not at all Russian Collection...

  Folk tales, Pavel Bazhov,...

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  The fifth and final installment of Russian Collection for Kids goes well and truly outside of the boundaries of Russia and all over the world. Folk tales and stories by foreign authors, narratives from various continents, fanciful and fascinating storylines, people, places, and animals. This collection includes the following works:Golden Hair by Pavel Bazhov, RussiaA Living Man in the Kingdom of the Dead - Nepal Folk TaleA Thief and a Sorcerer - Angola Folk TaleThe Blue Beard by Charles Perrault, FranceA Man from a Jug - Japanese Folk TaleA Magical Peacock - Indian Folk TaleBeloved Sister by Astrid Lindgren, SwedenA Hawk and a Cat - Egyptian Folk TaleWhere Tides Come From - Indonesian Folk TaleA Christmas Guest by Selma Lagerlief, SwedenThe Spirit of Poverty by Myoko Matsutani, JapanTwo Neighbors - Khmer Folk TaleThree Brothers - Tanzanian Folk TaleSirenide by Gianni Rodari, ItalyHow a Badger Turned into a Teapot by Myoko Matsutani, JapanAoolva Ulvhildur - Icelandic Folk TaleFaralahi, the Wealthy Heir - Madagascar Folk TaleA Gardener and His Masters by Hans Christian Andersen, DenmarkMiss Universe with Dark-Green Eyes by Gianni Rodari, ItalyA Clever Girl - Albanian Folk TaleStrawberries under the Snow - Japanese Folk TaleRicke the Crest by Charles Perrault, FranceA Golden Turtle - Laotian Folk TaleVermland Legend by Selma Lagerlief, SwedenCotton - Iranian Folk TaleA Smart Woman - Tajik Folk TaleA Thistle's Fate by Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark

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