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Beginner Chapter Book: Ages 6-8

Anna Hibiscus
Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. She lives with her whole family in a wonderful house. There is always somebody to laugh or play with. She loves to splash in the sea with her cousins and have parties with her aunties. But more than anything else in the world, Anna Hibiscus would love...
Item No. 9781536225235
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Anna Hisbiscu #8 You're Amazing, Anna Hibiscus

Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. She lives with her whole family in a wonderful house. There is always somebody to laugh and play with.

Grandad is very old and very tired, and Anna Hibiscus perfectly conveys the sadness, confusion, loss and anger that comes...

Item No. 9781610676816
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April & Mae and the Animal Shelter: The Thursday Book - Autographed
Lambert, Megan Dowd

Fans of King & Kayla and Charlie & Mouse will love this delightful beginning chapter book series that celebrates friendship every day of the week!

It's Thursday, and April and Mae want to help the new animal shelter. Mae is good at helping with her hands...

Item No. 9781623542627
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April & Mae and the Book Club Cake: The Monday Book - To Be Autographed 10/23
Lambert, Megan Dowd

Fans of King & Kayla and Charlie & Mouse will love this delightful beginning chapter book series that celebrates friendship every day of the week!

It's Monday, and April and Mae aren't prepared for book club. To save time, April reads the book aloud...

Item No. 9781580898874
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April & Mae and the Movie Night: The Saturday Book - Autographed
Lambert, Megan Dowd

Fans of King & Kayla and Charlie & Mouse will love this delightful beginning chapter book series that celebrates friendship every day of the week!

It's Saturday, and April and Mae are having movie night. Mae gets pineapple on the pizza because April...

Item No. 9781623542641
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April & Mae and the Sleepover: The Friday Book - Autographed
Lambert, Megan Dowd
Fans of King...
Item No. 9781623542634
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April & Mae and the Soccer Match: The Tuesday Book - To Be Autographed 10/23
Lambert, Megan Dowd
Fans of King...
Item No. 9781580898881
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April & Mae and the Talent Show: The Wednesday Book - To Be Autographed 10/23
Lambert, Megan Dowd
Fans of King...
Item No. 9781623542610
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Arlo & Pips: King of the Birds
Gravel, Elise


Perfect for fans of Narwhal and Jelly, Arlo...

Item No. 9780062982223
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Arlo & Pips #2 Join the Crow Crowd
Gravel, Elise

Everyone's crowing about Arlo...

Item No. 9780063050778
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Arlo & Pips #3 New Kids in the Flock
Gravel, Elise

In the grand finale of Elise Gravel's graphic chapter book series that Kirkus called "a charming treasure," Arlo the crow is going to be a dad! The third book in this quirky series from acclaimed author Elise Gravel is perfect for fans of Narwhal and Jelly and Castronauts....

Item No. 9780063050792
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Bink & Gollie (Book 1)
McGhee, Alison
"If James Marshall's George and Martha were not hippos and were both girls, they would be much like best friends Bink and Gollie. . . . More, please!" -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Meet Bink and Gollie, two precocious little girls -- one tiny, one tall, and both utterly...

Item No. 9780763659547
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Cody and the Fountain of Happiness
Springstubb, Tricia
Middle-grade readers drawn to Judy Moody or Clementine will find a funny and charismatic companion in Cody, star of this delightful series.

For whimsical Cody, many things are beautiful, especially ants who say hello by rubbing feelers. But nothing is as beautiful as the first day of...

Item No. 9780763658571
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Cornbread & Poppy
Cordell, Matthew

 ...

Caldecott medalist Matthew Cordell debuts his first early reader series about two best friends who are as different from each other as can be.

Cornbread LOVES planning. Poppy does not. Cornbread ADORES preparing. Poppy does not. Cornbread IS ready for winter. Poppy...is not. But...

Item No. 9780759554863
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Cornbread and Poppy at the Carnival
Cordell, Matthew
The second entry in Caldecott medalist Matthew Cordell's early reader series about two best friends who are as different from each other as can be.

Poppy LOVES scary movies. Cornbread does not. Poppy ADORES runny cheese. Cornbread does not. Poppy can't WAIT to try a roller coaster....

Item No. 9780759554900
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Definitely Dominguita #1 Knight of the Cape
Catasus Jennings, Terry
Judy Moody meets Netflix's One Day at a Time in this first book in a new chapter book series featuring a young Cuban American girl who tries to find adventure based on the classics she read with her beloved abuela--can Dominguita become a noble knight?

All Dominguita wants to do...

Item No. 9781534465022
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Definitely Dominguita #3 All for One
Catasus Jennings, Terry
Judy Moody meets the One Day at a Time remake in this third story in a chapter book series featuring a young Cuban American girl who tries to find adventure based on the classics she read with her beloved abuela--can Dominguita save a quinceañera?

Dom,...

Item No. 9781534465114
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Elmer And The Dragon
Gannett, Ruth Stiles
A stand-alone sequel to "My Father's Dragon, " in which Elmer Elevator
and the flying baby dragon help the king of the canaries find treasure. "Rich,
humorous, thoroughly satisfying."--(starred) "Library Journal."
Item No. 9780394890494
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Esme's Birthday Conga Line
Heuer, Lourdes
Esme always has a plan. A funny and sweet early illustrated chapter book about a problem-solving girl who has to manage her own birthday bash. For fans of Dory Fantasmagory.

Esme lives with her grandparents on the uppermost floor of the topmost best building. It's her birthday....

Item No. 9780735269408
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Infamous Ratsos (paperback)
Lareau, Kara
A 2017 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book

Louie and Ralphie Ratso are no softies! Readers are sure to chuckle as the determined Ratso brothers' plans to act tough go hilariously awry.

Louie and Ralphie Ratso's dad, Big Lou, always says that there are two kinds of...

Item No. 9780763698751
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J.D. and the Great Barber Battle
Dillard, J
Eight-year-old J.D. turns a tragic home haircut into a thriving barber business in this hilarious new illustrated chapter book series

J.D. has a big problem--it's the night before the start of third grade and his mom has just given him his first and worst home haircut. When the steady...

Item No. 9780593111543
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Jasmine Toguchi, Mochi Queen
Florence, Debbi Michiko

*A fun activity included in every book!*

A Junior Library Guild Fall 2017 Selection
An Amazon's Best Children's Books of 2017


A Beverly Clearly Children's Choice Award Nominee
An Evanston Public Library's 101 Great Books for Kids List 2017
A Chicago Public...

Item No. 9780374308346
$5.99
JoJo Makoons #1 The Used-to-Be Best Friend
Quigley, Dawn

 Staff Pick


American Indian Youth Literature Award: Middle Grade Honor Book! Hello/Boozhoo--meet Jo Jo Makoons! Full of pride, joy, and plenty of humor, this first book in an all-new chapter book series by Dawn Quigley celebrates a spunky young Ojibwe girl who loves who she is....

Item No. 9780063015388
$4.99
JoJo Makoons #2 Fancy Pants
Quigley, Dawn

Filled with lots of glitter, raised pinkies, and humorous misunderstandings, this second book in the Jo Jo Makoons series--written by Dawn Quigley and illustrated by Tara Audibert--is filled with the joy of a young Ojibwe girl discovering her very own special shine from the inside out...

Item No. 9780063015418
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Juana & Lucas (Softcover)
Medina, Juana
"Refreshingly original. . . . Medina's beautiful, vivid prose conjures the Colombian setting with tactile language. . . . The story itself is a giant hug." -- The New York Times Book Review

Fans of Judy Moody and Clarice Bean will love Juana, the spunky young Colombian girl who...

Item No. 9781536206395
$7.99