Kate DiCamillo
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English
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If You Like Captain Underpants, Read These!
If You Like One and Only Ivan, Read These!
JF Once Upon A Summer Reading
If You Like One and Only Ivan, Read These!
JF Once Upon A Summer Reading
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Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived.
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Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When she confronts a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost, animal control officer Francine Poulet questions her abilities.
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Three rancheros volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds as she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a drama queen and a saboteur.
When Raymie enters the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition in hopes of catching her father's attention, she doesn't expect to become friends with her sassy and eccentric fellow contestants, Louisiana and Beverly. But as time goes...
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English
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When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
9) Two for one
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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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"The state fair is in town, and now Bink and Gollie-utter opposites and best friends extraordinaire-must use teamwork and their gray matter while navigating its many wonders. Will the energetic Bink win the world's largest donut in the Whack-a-Duck game? Will the artistic Gollie wow the crowd in the talent show? As the undaunted duo steps into the mysterious tent of fortune-teller Madame Prunely, one prediction is crystal clear: this unlikely pair...
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Mercy Watson volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel.
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Series
Three rancheros volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night and tells her they need to leave home immediately, and this time Granny intends for them never to return.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Publisher Annotation: From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale-with enchanting illustrations by Julie Morstad-in which five puppets confront circumstances beyond their control with patience, cunning, and high spirits.
13) Great joy
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Pub. Date
2007.
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English
Description
Just before Christmas, when Frances sees a sad-eyed organ grinder and his monkey performing near her apartment, she cannot stop thinking about them, wondering where they go at night, and wishing she could do something to help.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that...
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Three rancheros volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never cared about anyone but herself. Beverly doesn't...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Her brother, Frank, is not good at spontaneity. The Watsons are very involved in a precarious fruitcake attempt (but happy to send their pig, Mercy, out for the occasion). Eugenia Lincoln declines, a bit rudely, to accompany on her accordion, and Horace Broom is too busy studying planetary movement. Will Stella need to sing by herself--with enthusiastic...
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Mercy Watson volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel.
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Series
Mercy Watson volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.
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Mercy Watson volume 5
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
After Mercy Watson follows the delightful scent and delicious taste of the pansies her thoughtful neighbors plant to beautify their yard, animal control officer Francine Poulet is called out to handle the case, which brings unexpected results.
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Mercy Watson volume 4
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
El Sr. y Sra. Watson tienen una cerda llamada Mercy: una verdadera maravilla porcina. Como se acerca la noche de Halloween, los Tatson ya tienen pensado el disfraz perfecto para Mercy. Para convercerla de que se ponga el traje, le prometen que los vecinos le darán algo delicioso. ¿Qué puede ser más divertido que la aventura de ir a pedir golosinas? En especial, cuando hay una persecución en el medio de todo... --
Persuaded by the word "treating"...