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Are you there God? It's me, Margaret

Blume, Judy


Margaret Simon, almost twelve, has just moved from New York City to the suburbs, and she’s anxious to fit in with her new friends. When she’s asked to join a secret club she jumps at the chance. But when the girls start talking about boys, bras, and getting their first periods, Margaret starts to wonder if she’s normal. There are some things about growing up that are hard for her to talk about, even with her friends. Lucky for Margaret, she’s got someone else to confide in . . . someone who always listens.
Date Published:2014

Margaret Simon, almost twelve, has just moved from New York City to the suburbs, and she’s anxious to fit in with her new friends. When she’s asked to join a secret club she jumps at the chance. But when the girls start talking about boys, bras, and getting their first periods, Margaret starts to wonder if she’s normal. There are some things about growing up that are hard for her to talk about, even with her friends. Lucky for Margaret, she’s got someone else to confide in . . . someone who always listens.

Date Published:2014

Space

Callery, Sean


"The definitive visual catalog of the universe, with 100s of the latest and most extraordinary images"--Cover. Glossary, index. Only a small percentage of people will visit space in their lifetime, but now you don't have to be an astronaut to see our universe in stunning detail! In Space: The Definitive Visual Catalog, you will be transported to our solar system and galaxies far beyond with the help of incredibly detailed color photographs from NASA and the International Space Station. Full of amazing facts and key information about the planets and stars in our solar system as well as recently discovered galaxies, Space is the only book you'll need to learn everything there is to know about the astounding world beyond our planet.
Date Published:2018

"The definitive visual catalog of the universe, with 100s of the latest and most extraordinary images"--Cover. Glossary, index. Only a small percentage of people will visit space in their lifetime, but now you don't have to be an astronaut to see our universe in stunning detail! In Space: The Definitive Visual Catalog, you will be transported to our solar system and galaxies far beyond with the help of incredibly detailed color photographs from NASA and the International Space Station. Full of amazing facts and key information about the planets and stars in our solar system as well as recently discovered galaxies, Space is the only book you'll need to learn everything there is to know about the astounding world beyond our planet.

Date Published:2018

Unlocking the universe : the cosmic discoveries of the Webb Space Telescope

Slade, Suzanne.


A massive team of dedicated scientists designed, built, and deployed the Webb Space Telescope. Now the world's most powerful telescope is in space, expanding our understanding of the universe.
Date Published:2024

The capybaras

Soderguit, Alfredo,


Hens and their chicks are living safe and secure in their coop-or at least it seems that way. They are happy with life as it is. Until the day the capybaras appear. To the hens, the capybaras are too big, too wet, and too hairy. But it's hunting season, and the capybaras need somewhere safe to hide. So, the hens say they can stay, but they have to follow the rules. Can they? As the days pass, minds begin to change and new possibilities appear. Will the hens finally accept the capybaras for who they are?
Date Published:2021

Hens and their chicks are living safe and secure in their coop-or at least it seems that way. They are happy with life as it is. Until the day the capybaras appear. To the hens, the capybaras are too big, too wet, and too hairy. But it's hunting season, and the capybaras need somewhere safe to hide. So, the hens say they can stay, but they have to follow the rules. Can they? As the days pass, minds begin to change and new possibilities appear. Will the hens finally accept the capybaras for who they are?

Date Published:2021

Together : a book about community

Gravel, Elise,


Translation of: Ensemble!: un livre sur la communauté. A book about how to support one another, stand up for those who don't have a voice and how to build stronger communities. Together we are stronger. Together we can make a difference. And together we make a community.
Date Published:2025

BakéGyamon : backwards game

Tamura, Mitsuhisa


"VIZKids" Pages numbered from right to left. Sanshiro desperately wants to have adventures, so when he gets the chance to go to a backwards version of Japan to play BakéGyamon, a game in which children compete through groups of battling monsters, he seizes the opportunity.
Date Published:2009

Little witch academia. 2 /

Yoshinari, Yoh, 1971-


Reads from right to left. Based on the television program: Little witch academia. After failing her transformation magic test, Akko heads to the Fountain of Polaris, a special site said to grant witches tremendous power.
Date Published:2018

Beyblade X. 2 /

Kawamoto, Homura,


Book reads from right to left. Robin Kazami and former top professional blader Blader X, along with overwhelmingly popular and skilled Multi Nana-iro, join forces to create the group Persona. Their very first opponent at The X tower is the incredibly strong Team Zooganic, led by the formidable Beast King.
Date Published:2025

Cat on the run in Hidden layers

Blabey, Aaron.


Find out what happens to Princess Beautiful in the third book of the trilogy...
Date Published:2023

Beyblade X. 1 /

Kawamoto, Homura.


Translated from the Japanese. Reads from right to left. Amateur Blader Robin Kazami is left without a team after a crushing defeat. Things start to look up when he runs into former Beyblade champion Jaxon Cross, who is on his own journey to fight back to the top of The X tower under the alias "Blader X." This unlikely duo teams up and vows to rise to the top of Beyblade.
Date Published:2025

Little witch academia. 1 /

Yoshinari, Yoh, 1971-


Reads from right to left. Based on the television program: Little witch academia. Akko Kagari, a student from a non-magical family, faces bullies and builds friendships at the prestigious Luna Nova Witchcraft Academy.
Date Published:2018

Squirreled away

Nawrocki, Michael,


Ten-year-old Michael sneaks into a cave near the Dead Sea where his father has been working and finds a pair of 2,000-year-old squirrels, which he stows in his backpack and takes home to Tennessee.
Date Published:2019

LBX : little battlers experience. Volume 1, New dawn raisers /

Fujii, Hideaki.


Pages numbered from right to left. Originally published in Japanese as: Danball Seki vol.1. In a future world, Van Yamano, whose deceased father created toy miniature robots, discovers that his father might actually be alive and that a covert organization is seeking the secrets that might be hidden inside his own robot.
Date Published:2014

The rock from the sky

Klassen, Jon,


Turtle really likes standing in his favorite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his friend Armadillo to come over and stand in it, too. But now that Armadillo is standing in that spot, he has a bad feeling about it . . . This book is a meditation on the workings of friendship, fate, shared futuristic visions, and that funny feeling you get that there's something off somewhere, but you just can't put your finger on it.
Date Published:2021

Turtle really likes standing in his favorite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his friend Armadillo to come over and stand in it, too. But now that Armadillo is standing in that spot, he has a bad feeling about it . . . This book is a meditation on the workings of friendship, fate, shared futuristic visions, and that funny feeling you get that there's something off somewhere, but you just can't put your finger on it.

Date Published:2021

Sam & Dave dig a hole

Barnett, Mac,


Sam and Dave are sure they will discover something exciting if they just keep digging their hole.
Date Published:2014

How to catch a dinosaur

Wallace, Adam,


Determined to win a new bicycle at the upcoming Science Fair, a boy enlists his friends to help capture a living dinosaur in their own neighborhood.
Date Published:2019

Turtle Island : the story of North America's first people

Yellowhorn, Eldon, 1956-,


Discover the amazing story of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the end of the Ice Age to the arrival of the Europeans. You'll learn what people ate, how they expressed themselves through art, and how they adapted to the land. Archaeologists have been able to piece together what life may have been like pre-contact-- and how life changed with the arrival of the Europeans.
Date Published:2017

Quiet night, my astronaut : the first days (and nights) of the war in Ukraine

Lushchevska, Oksana, 1982-


During the first days on the front lines of the war in Ukraine, a young girl finds solace in her astronaut in the sky, whom she believes is watching over her family, keeping them safe.
Date Published:2024

My clueless first friend. 1 /

Kawamura, Taku,


Reads from right to left to preserve the original orientation of the illustrations. One lonely gloomy fifth-grade girl is the target of her classmates' relentless bullying and teasing--that is, until a new kid arrives on the scene! Friendly Takada is as clueless as he is well-meaning, but somehow he possesses the magic ability to start drawing "Grim Reaper" Nishimura out of her shell. As the elementary schoolers experience all the fun of a childhood summer together, an unusual friendship blossoms!
Date Published:2023

Reads from right to left to preserve the original orientation of the illustrations. One lonely gloomy fifth-grade girl is the target of her classmates' relentless bullying and teasing--that is, until a new kid arrives on the scene! Friendly Takada is as clueless as he is well-meaning, but somehow he possesses the magic ability to start drawing "Grim Reaper" Nishimura out of her shell. As the elementary schoolers experience all the fun of a childhood summer together, an unusual friendship blossoms!

Date Published:2023

It's a numbers game! : the math behind the perfect pitch, the game-winning grand slam, and so much more! Baseball :

Buckley, James, Jr., 1963-,


Includes index. The field, the gear, and more -- Hitting -- Pitching -- Baserunning and fielding -- Super sets -- The World (Series) of baseball -- 9 crazy numbers. In baseball, numbers are everywhere! So, grab your ball cap and get ready to be wowed by all the stats, digits, and dimensions. You'll be the brainiest batter and sharpest pitcher out there! A kid-friendly exploration of how math and statistics are used in baseball.
Date Published:2021

Includes index. The field, the gear, and more -- Hitting -- Pitching -- Baserunning and fielding -- Super sets -- The World (Series) of baseball -- 9 crazy numbers. In baseball, numbers are everywhere! So, grab your ball cap and get ready to be wowed by all the stats, digits, and dimensions. You'll be the brainiest batter and sharpest pitcher out there! A kid-friendly exploration of how math and statistics are used in baseball.

Date Published:2021