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1) Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!

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After planting the garden he has dreamed of for years, Mr. McGreely tries to find a way to keep some persistent bunnies from eating all his vegetables.

2) Honeybee: the busy life of Apis mellifera

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Fleming, Candace

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Describes the life cycle of the hard-working honeybee.

3) Oh, no!

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Fleming, Candace

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A series of animals falls into a deep hole, only to be saved at last by a very large rescuer.

4) Bulldozer's big day

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Fleming, Candace

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Bulldozer wants to invite all of his coworkers to a party to celebrate his special day, but to them it's just another day for scooping, sifting, stirring, and more.

5) The family Romanov: murder, rebellion & the fall of Imperial Russia

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Fleming, Candace

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From the acclaimed author of Amelia Lost and The Lincolns comes a heartrending narrative nonfiction page-turner--and a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards. When Russia's last tsar, Nicholas II, inherited the throne in 1894, he was unprepared to do so. With their four daughters (including Anastasia) and only son, a hemophiliac, Nicholas and his reclusive wife, Alexandra, buried their heads in the sand, living a life of opulence as World...

6) Amelia lost: the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart

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Fleming, Candace

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"Featured in the upcoming National Geographic documentary, Expedition Amelia! This is a critically acclaimed look at the life, disappearance, and search for the legendary aviatrix, Amelia Earhart. On May 21, 1937, the most famous female pilot of all time, Amelia Earhart, set out to do the impossible: circumnavigate the globe at its widest point-27,000 miles in all. Just six weeks later, she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean. Eighty years have passed...

7) The curse of the mummy: uncovering Tutankhamun's tomb

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Fleming, Candace

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"During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was also said to be cursed. Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits -- a rich earl with a habit for gambling and a disreputable,...

8) Sunny Boy!: the life and times of a tortoise

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Fleming, Candace

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In this fictionalized account, Sunny Boy, a 100-year-old tortoise, describes various events in his long life including the dangerous barrel ride over Niagara Falls that he takes with his daredevil owner on July 5, 1930.

9) The fabled fourth graders of Aesop Elementary School

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Fleming, Candace

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Aesop Elementary School

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An unlikely teacher takes over the disorderly fourth-grade class of Aesop Elementary School with surprising results.

10) On the day I died: stories from the grave

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Fleming, Candace

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In a lonely Illinois cemetery one cold October night, teen ghosts recount the stories of their deaths in different time periods, from 1870 to the present, to sixteen-year-old Mike, who unknowingly picked up a phantom hitchhiker.

11) Mine!

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Fleming, Candace

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A group of forest animals vie for the same delicious red apple that is just about to drop.

12) The fabled fifth graders of Aesop Elementary School

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Fleming, Candace

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Aesop Elementary School

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Throughout their fifth-grade year, a group of rambunctious students learns fable-like lessons from extraordinary activities, singing hamsters, and eccentric teachers, led by the inimitable Mr. Jupiter.

13) Bulldozer helps out

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Fleming, Candace

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"Bulldozer proves that he can help on the construction site"--

14) Go sleep in your own bed

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Fleming, Candace

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When Pig plops into his sty at bedtime, he finds Cow sleeping there and must send her off to her stall, setting off a chain reaction of animals being awakened to move to their own beds.

15) The rise and fall of Charles Lindbergh

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Fleming, Candace

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Discover the dark side of Charles Lindbergh--one of America's most celebrated heroes and complicated men--in this riveting biography from the acclaimed author of The Family Romanov. First human to cross the Atlantic via airplane; one of the first American media sensations; Nazi sympathizer and anti-Semite; loner whose baby was kidnapped and murdered; champion of Eugenics, the science of improving a human population by controlled breeding; tireless...

16) Strongheart: wonder dog of the silver screen

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Fleming, Candace

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A German shepherd is transformed from Etzel, a police dog in Berlin, to Strongheart, a silent movie star that will need his best acting skills to prove himself innocent of attacking a girl.

17) Penny & Pip

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Fleming, Candace

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Penny goes on a class field trip to the museum and befriends a baby dinosaur.

18) Crash from outer space: unraveling the mystery of flying saucers, alien beings, and Roswell

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Fleming, Candace

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"In 1947, during the early years of the Cold War, a field in Roswell, New Mexico was disturbed by a strange crash and smattering of debris. Some say the bodies of extraterrestrial beings were strewn across the ground, that a UFO had crashed there, and that the government was covering up the evidence in a massive conspiracy. But what really happened at Roswell? The infamous "crash from outer space" has become a fixture in our culture, inspiring a surge...