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OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
OBD Wild About Books - YOUTH (March - May 2023)
Wordless Wonders
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
OBD Wild About Books - YOUTH (March - May 2023)
Wordless Wonders
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The gorilla in the story is an unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 26
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The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to an African rainforest, where the siblings encounter gorillas and learn to communicate with them.
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OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Middle Grades)
Wonderbooks
Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Middle Grades)
Wonderbooks
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A scrappy dog named Bob and his best friends, Ivan the gorilla and Ruby the elephant, undertake a dangerous journey to seek Bob's long-lost sister, but a storm is approaching and time is running out.
Bob, a mutt of uncertain heritage, sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan the gorilla and Ruby the elephant. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he...
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"Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories both happy and sad of her life before the circus, and she recounts the time she spent in the African savannah to Ivan and Bob. In the timeless way that only Katherine Applegate could craft, this highly...
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If You Liked... Diary of a Wimpy Kid
If You Liked...Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
Laugh Out Loud Reads
OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
If You Liked...Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
Laugh Out Loud Reads
OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
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Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-story treehouse that has a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of sharks, a library full of comics, a secret underground laboratory, a games room, self-making beds, vines you can swing on, a vegetable vaporiser and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and automatically shoots your favourite flavoured marshmallows into your mouth whenever it discerns you're hungry....
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My father's dragon volume 1
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Explore the Classics - YOUTH
OBD Dragons - YOUTH
OBD Reading Is Magical - YOUTH
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
OBD Dragons - YOUTH
OBD Reading Is Magical - YOUTH
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"When Elmer Elevator hears about a baby dragon being held captive on Wild Island, he knows just what to do. First he packs his knapsack with important supplies like chewing gum, lollipops, and lots of rubber bands. Then he stows away on a ship headed for the island. There he'll meet many animals who try to stop him, but Elmer has a few tricks up his sleeve . . . or more precisely, in his knapsack. One way or another, he will rescue the dragon!"--Amazon.com....
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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 2
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Teenage detective Nancy Drew uses her courage and powers of deduction to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion.
11) Zookeeper
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The animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes. Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship,...
12) Beastly
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Presents a modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.
13) Bushman lives!
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Neddiad volume 4
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In the 1960s, Harold Knishke, a Chicago teenager with a special place in his heart for Bushman, the famed departed gorilla of the Lincoln Park Zoo, embarks on a hometown adventure, in a quest to become a great artist and figure out how he became the object of a famous folk song.
14) Little Gorilla
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Little Gorilla's family and friends try to help him overcome his special growing pains.
15) Rampage
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Based on the video game series of the same title, primatologist Davis shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. When a greed-fueled corporation's genetic experiment goes awry, George and other animals across the country are mutated into aggressive super-creatures that rampage the city. In an action-packed adventure, Davis tries to find an antidote not only to halt...
16) Travels
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"Fueled by a powerful curiosity and the need to see, feel, and hear firsthand and close-up, Michael Crichton experienced adventures as compelling as those he created in his books and films. When Crichton ... began to feel isolated in his own life, he decided to widen his horizons. He tracked wild animals in the jungles of Rwanda. He climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mayan pyramids. He trekked across a landslide in Pakistan. He swam amid sharks in Tahiti....
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"Everyone knows the nature-loving Gorillas have their own way of doing things. But that's not going to stop Laval from training them to be warriors. Or Wilhurt from stealing their CHI! Will the Gorillas keep their mellow, or will they go bananas? Then, Rizzo the Raven holds an auction between Crooler and Windra--two of the most vicious animals in Chima. This may be one deal that's too hot for even a Raven to handle!"--P. [4] of cover.
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A love story in reverse: 'How I met your mother' is a comedy about Ted and how he fell in love. When Ted's best friends Marshall and Lily decide to tie the knot, it sparks the search for his own Miss Right. Helping him in his quest is his bar-hopping "wing-man" Barney, a confirmed bachelor with plenty of wild scemes for picking up women. Ted's sights are set on the charming and independent Robin, but destiny may have something different in mind. Told...
19) Old dogs
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Dan and Charlie are two best friends who, together, have built a successful marketing empire, but have somehow managed to avoid ever really grown up. Their lives have been turned upside down when they are charged with the care of seven-year-old twins while on the verge of a big business deal. The clueless bachelors stumble in their efforts, leading to one debacle after another, with a gorilla and some pecking penguins. Dan and Charlie learn as much...
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A two-story flipbook featuring the adventures of The Wolves, The Crocs, The Lions, The Eagles, The Gorillas and a Raven in the land of Chima.
The sneaky Wolves have teamed up with the Crocs in the battle for control of all the CHI in Chima! The Lions have only one hope for defeating their enemies: their trusted allies, the Eagles. But are the Eagles clever enough to outwit the scheming Wolves?
Everyone knows the nature-loving Gorillas have their...
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