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2) Frindle
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When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
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"Why do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? With wit and insight, philosopher Rebecca Roache seeks answers to these and other puzzling questions about bad language. When someone swears at you, it can sting. Likewise, sometimes there is no better way to make the point you're making-emphasize, insult, or just plain offend-than to use a swear. What explains the magical power of swearwords? Why are they so good at offending...
5) The carolers
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Follows a group of carolers from house to house as they share with others the beauty of Christmas. Includes selected lyrics from the carols they are singing.
9) Oops
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Depicts, in wordless illustrations, how a little spilled milk led to the destruction of the pig family's house.
11) Inside outside
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Safe inside its shell, a baby bird prepares to brave the world. A spelunker descends into a wide and glittering cavern while fellow explorers cluster around a crack in the earth. Fire-red ants march busily around their anthill, oblivious of a hungry anteater waiting above. Smart and stylish, this oversize art book takes a unique approach to the concept of inside and outside, offering clever and unexpected examples that will delight readers and spark...
12) The gull yettin
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The life of an orphaned boy is shaped by the devotion of a fantastical Gull in this lovingly rendered, entirely wordless graphic novel by a contemporary comics innovator. Joe Kessler is at the forefront of European comics. Co-founder and art director of UK's Breakdown Press, and winner of the Angoulême Comics Festival's Fauve Révélation for his breakthrough Windowpane, Kessler rejuvenates the form once again with his vivid and moving The Gull Yetin....
13) Sea of dreams
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A wordless picture book featuring a sandcastle that takes on a life of its own.
14) Frog on his own
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On a walk in the park with his friends, Frog decides to do some exploring on his own.
15) Flotsam
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A wordless book in which a boy finds a camera at the beach and the film inside reveals fascinating underwater pictures as well as children around the world, so the boy takes his own picture and returns the camera to the sea where it will journey to another child.
16) Robot dreams
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The enduring friendship between a dog and a robot is portrayed in this wordless graphic novel.
18) Tuesday
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Frogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air, and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep.
20) Cool cat
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Unhappy with the shabby and rundown appearance of his neighborhood, Cool Cat recruits his friends for some serious cleaning and then utilizes paints found in an old paint box to add his signature splash of color and style to liven things up.
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