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The Tea Dragon Festival
Rinn lives in a village that subsists on mountain plants and the tea of the village’s tea dragons. While foraging, she meets Aedhan, a young dragon who was asleep for eighty years! Rinn’s uncle Erik...
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Show Me History! series
Portable Press, an imprint of Printers Row Publishing Group, is the home of the popular trivia books Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series. They might seem an odd choice at first for a series of...
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The Breakaways
When pretty and popular Amanda approaches her about joining the soccer team, fifth grader Faith agrees. But instead of playing with Amanda, Faith finds herself on the Bloodhounds, the worst middle...
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Greatest Sports Moments series
There are moments in sports history that leave a lasting impact on society. Whether it be a win from the underdogs or the rise of an influential icon, people will look back and be in awe over how these...
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DC Super Heroes Character Education series
Wonder Woman and Superman teach children the important values of perseverance and cooperation. These two books, written by Christopher Harbo and with art by Gregg Schigiel, are part of a series that...
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DC Super-Villains Origins series
Learn how two of DC comics’ most notorious villains got their start in this series from Stone Arch. Catwoman: An Origin Story begins with Selina Kyle’s beginnings as a cat burglar. She hears the cries...
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Lupin leaps in
At what point did people decide that cats are funny? It’s hard to say, but Georgia Dunn hits all the high spots of feline humor in this compilation of individual strips, comics, and stories from the...
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Peter and Ernesto: The Lost Sloths
Peter and Ernesto, two sloth best friends, have returned in a second adventure. The pair are about as different as can be, with confident Ernesto always up for adventure and cautious Peter preferring...
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This is a Taco!
This is a Taco! is a book that satisfies the need for an imaginative story that’s also educational. The book begins with a couple of pages of squirrel facts, with Taco the squirrel acting out the facts...
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Tiger vs. Nightmare
Tiger is a young cub, and Monster, who her parents think is an imaginary friend, lives under her bed. Monster is a blue and white creature who very literally frightens and fights off the creatures that...
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They Called Us Enemy
George Takei is known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek and for his passionate commitment to civil rights. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Takei and his family—along with over 100,000...
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Maker Comics: Bake Like a Pro! and Maker Comics: Fix a Car!
If you want to learn a new skill but find it daunting to dig into technical texts and instruction manuals, you will want to explore Maker Comics, a series of single-topic educational graphic novels. So...
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Fullmetal Alchemist: The Complete Four-Panel Comics
When I saw the words “Fullmetal Alchemist” and “Complete Comics” together, I thought I was in for an omnibus of Fullmetal Alchemist (FMA) comics. The important part of this title is “four-panel.” This...
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Hocus & Pocus: The Legend of Grimm’s Woods and Hocus & Pocus: The Search for...
Hocus & Pocus comics are interactive adventures in which the reader accompanies the main characters on quests and chooses the path to take at each turn. The books were originally released in French...
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Kiss Number 8
On the opening pages of Kiss Number 8, we are introduced to our protagonist, Amanda, by way of all the kisses she has had in her life. The first seven are male and then kiss eight happens. It is the...
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Dear Justice League
Dear Justice League is a bridge between two worlds of superhero fandom. One is populated by children in love with superheroes because of their adventures and unquestionable coolness. On the other are...
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5 Worlds, vol. 3: The Red Maze
The story of Oona Lee, An Tzu, and Jax Amboy continues in 5 Worlds: The Red Maze, the third volume of the 5 Worlds comic series. After successfully defeating the Mimic—and paying a steep price—in the...
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Nico Bravo and the Hound of Hades
At Vulcan’s Celestial Supply Shop, gods, heroes, and monsters can find the tools they need to accomplish their goals. Nico Bravo and his coworkers—a sphinx named Lula and a unicorn named Buck—help...
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Yellow Yellow
Two evocative words mark Yellow Yellow’s opening page: “One day…” This first ellipsis foreshadows more to come, as the following pages also feature minute collections of words bookended by those...
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Geeky Fab 5, vol. 2: Mystery of the Missing Monarchs
Geeky F@b 5 returns with volume 2, Mystery of the Missing Monarchs, an educational adventure full of friendship and girl power. Geeky F@b 5 is a collaboration between pre-teen author Lucy Lareau and...
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