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Busyville is a mess! Citizens have their hands full juggling terrible traffic jams, a haunted middle school, a muddy monster laughing in a Laundromat, and a thief with sticky glue hands is running loose. But don't worry, loyal readers! An exciting, new hero is here to help, and his name is Mr. Puzzle!
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Does Mr. Puzzle ever take a day off? Third time is a charm for Busyville's most popular superhero. A giant elephant guy stampedes through the streets, a carnival clown turns kids into bubbles, an exercise robot looses control, and Mr. Puzzle's greatest enemy, Mega Fry, has plans to take over the cheese factory. Whew! Mr. Puzzle, we're glad you're here!
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Mr. Puzzle never gives up! Protecting Busyville is a full-time job for our favorite superhero. A leaping lizard gang is taking over the museum, a tricky cat is after Mr. Puzzle's sock, a wild scientist is making it snow in the summer, and a confused intergalactic alien is using the city as its playground. Look out for Mr. Puzzle's new friend and pet, Puzzle Pooch!
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Your favorite superhero is back and better than ever! Mr. Puzzle is on double-duty protecting Busyville. A zombie rock band is giving everyone the blues, a submarine ride is spoiled by a giant jellyfish bully, a lazy bed bug won't check out of his hotel room, and a wild weed is eating all the flowers in the park!
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"Jackie Robinson always loved sports, especially baseball. He could run, leap, and throw better than any other kid around. But he lived at a time when the rules weren't fair to African Americans: Even though Jackie was a great athlete, he wasn't allowed on the best teams just because of the color of his skin. Jackie knew that sports were best when everyone, of every color, played together. He became the first black baseball player on a major-league...
11) I am Sacagawea
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"A biography of Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who served as a translator for the Lewis and Clark Expedition."--Provided by publisher.
14) I am Jim Henson
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Presents the creator of the Muppets and describes the creative spirit, performance talents and beliefs in the goodness of people that inspired his career and how he helped create the iconic programs Sesame Street and The Muppet Show.
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" We can all be heroes. That's the inspiring message of this New York Times Bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad Meltzer When Helen Keller was very young, she got a rare disease that made her deaf and blind. Suddenly, she couldn't see or hear at all, and it was hard for her to communicate with anyone. But when she was six years old, she met someone who would change her life forever: her teacher, Annie Sullivan....
17) Cosmic commandos
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"Jeremy and Justin are twins, but they couldn't be any more different from each other. Jeremy is a risk taker who likes to get his hands dirty; Justin prefers to read, focus, and get all his facts straight before jumping in. But they do have one important thing in common: They both love video games. When Jeremy wins a cereal-box charm that brings his favorite video game to life, villains and all, he finds that he's in way over his head. Justin knows...
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Every famous piece of art has an origin story--even Bach's Goldberg Variations! When the richest dude in town can't sleep, he hires a much-less-rich dude named Johann Gottlieb Goldberg to play him lullabies on the harpsichord. Goldberg does an OK job, but as the Rich Dude hollers for Goldberg each night, he wakes up the whole town in the process. As the town gets sleepier and sleepier and grumpier and grumpier, Goldberg worries he may be out of a...