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The Great Peach Experiment 4: Duck, Duck, Peach (The Great Peach Experiment #4)
by Erin Soderberg DowningThe fourth Great Peach book finds the family back in Duluth, Minnesota for a summer filled with mystery, competition, pie, and . . . the World&’s Largest Rubber Duck.School&’s out soon, and the Peaches are looking forward to some quiet, especially now that the family&’s B&B (aka the "Peach Pit") is finally running smoothly. But quiet and normal aren&’t really the Peach way. When a massive Festival of Ships sails into their town, of course the Peaches have to dive in head-first. Ships of all kinds start rolling in: pirate ships, tall sailboats, tug boats, snazzy speed boats. And the highlight of the whole show: The WORLD&’S LARGEST RUBBER DUCK. Suddenly the Peachtree B&B is sold out, and the Peaches are cooking up other tasty solutions. But then the World&’s Largest Rubber Duck goes missing! Stolen? Sunk? Airlifted by aliens? The hunt is on for the famous icon, and the Peaches are leading the search. Using all their skills—on land and water—they are determined to find the missing duck and bring it back to its home in the harbor.The fourth book in the Great Peach Experiment series, Duck, Duck, Peach serves up a major mystery along with more challenges, humor, and family mis-adventures.A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Just Keep Walking
by Erin Soderberg DowningWild meets Gilmore Girls on the trail in this story of resilience and the healing and restorative power of the nature."A fun, heartfelt tale of adventure, family, and determination that will make you just keep reading." -- Dan Gemeinhart, award-winning author of The Remarkable Journey of Coyote SunriseTwo years after her parents’ surprising and painful split, twelve-year-old Jo and her mom find themselves on the 100-mile hike on the Superior Hiking Trail along Lake Superior’s north shore—a journey that Jo had always looked forward to hiking with her dad. It’s not a situation that either of them ever predicted they’d find themselves in, yet here they are in the wilderness with their entire lives stuffed into a pair of thirty-pound packs.Along the trail, they’ll suffer through endless aches and pains, scorching heat, and crippling self-doubt. They’ll encounter bears, moose, and other wildlife and meet and collect an assortment of unlikely friends. Day after day, Jo will battle the incessant thoughts that come in and out of her head. But as one obstacle after the next continue to test her strength and ultimate survival, Jo will have to confront her greatest fears head on and learn how to be alone.What begins as a journey to prove to her father that she and her mom can make it on their own turns into a quest to rediscover their strength, build resilience, and prove that they can survive—both for themselves and for each other.
When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie (The Great Peach Experiment #1)
by Erin Soderberg DowningMix together a used food truck, a road trip that doesn't exactly go as planned, and a lot of pie, and you have the recipe for this sweet middle grade series starter brimming with humor, heart, and a family you'll fall in love with. Perfect for readers who gobbled down The Penderwicks and The Vanderbeeks of 141st Street. <P><P>Sweet summer has taken a rotten turn . . . After a tough year, Lucy, Freddy, and Herb Peach are ready for vacation. Lucy wants to read all of the books on the summer reading list. Freddy wants to work on his art projects (when he isn't stuck in summer school). Herb wants to swim every day. <P><P>Then their dad makes a big announcement: one of the inventions their mom came up with before she passed away has sold, and now they're millionaires! <P><P>But Dad has bigger plans than blowing the cash on fun stuff or investing it. He's bought a used food truck. The Peaches are going to spend the summer traveling the country selling pies. It will be the Great Peach Experiment--a summer of bonding while living out one of Mom's dreams. Summer plans, sunk. And there's one more issue Dad's neglected: none of them knows how to bake. . . . <P><P>A perfect blend of humor, heart, and family antics, When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie is a delectable treat to be gobbled down or savored slowly. (Slice of pie on the side, optional, but highly recommended.) <P><P>A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
The Trials of Kate Hope
by Wick DowningWhen she was not yet a teenager, Kate Hope started “reading law” in the office of “Judge” Hope, her half-blind grandfather, a grumpy eighty-nine-year-old lawyer with problems. One big problem is that he believes in justice for all, not just those who can afford it. He also needs a partner. Together they find a loophole in Colorado law, and Kate becomes a lawyer—technically. She has a law license hanging on the wall in her office, but she has no idea how to practice law. In a courtroom. With a judge and jury and defendants.It doesn’t help that things don’t start out so well for Kate’s legal career. The firm of Hope and Hope has an unusual first case, and if they lose it, a dog named Herman—the only friend an old woman has—will be destroyed. But Grandfather falls ill, leaving Kate to try the case on her own. Will Kate be able to save Herman from doggy death row? Will Grandfather Hope recover in time to make it to the courtroom? Will life ever be normal again for Kate Hope? Will justice be served?
The Flying Man: Otto Lilienthal, the World's First Pilot
by Mike DownsHere is the little-known history of Otto Lilienthal, a daring man whose more than 2,000 successful flights inspired the Wright Brothers and other aviation pioneers.In 1862, balloons were the only way to reach the sky. But 14-year-old Otto Lilienthal didn&’t want to fly in balloons. He wanted to soar like a bird. Scientists, teachers, and news reporters everywhere said flying was impossible. Otto and his brother Gustav desperately wanted to prove them wrong, so they made their own wings and tried to take flight. The brothers quickly crashed, but this was just the beginning for Otto, who would spend the next 30 years of his life sketching, re-sketching, and building gliders. Over time, Otto&’s flights got longer. His control got better. He learned the tricks and twists of the wind. His flights even began to draw crowds. By the time of his death at age 48, Otto had made more than 2,000 successful glider flights. He was the first person in history to spend this much time in the air, earning the title of the world&’s first pilot and paving the way for future aviation pioneers.
Disney Princess Craft Book
by Elizabeth DowsettCreate your own Disney magic! Delve into the spellbinding world of Disney Princess and make your own magical crafts. Dress up in Moana's flower crown. Create Cinderella's pumpkin coach. Put on a shadow puppet show with Mushu. Pretend to be a Disney Princess with selfie props – and much more. With more than 25 projects accompanied by clear illustrated step-by-step instructions and top tips from expert crafters, there are ideas to suit every budding prince or princess!
LEGO DC Character Encyclopedia New Edition: With exclusive LEGO minifigure
by Elizabeth DowsettMeet more than 200 minifigures from the LEGOⓇ DC world – plus an exclusive minifigure for your collection!Find out about awesome Super Heroes, including Batman™, Superman™, Wonder Woman™ and their many friends and foes. Discover incredible Super Heroes and terrifying Super-Villains along with rare and unique minifigures you&’ve never seen before in the LEGO DC Character Encyclopedia New Edition – the ultimate handbook for fans of the LEGO DC world. Copyright © 2022 DC Comics. All DC Characters and elements © & TM DC Comics. (s22)
LEGO Harry Potter Character Encyclopedia New Edition (LEGO Harry Potter)
by Elizabeth DowsettThis edition does not include minifgure. Get to know more than 200 minifigures from the LEGO Harry Potter world!Whether wizards, Muggles, friends, or foes, find out about all your favorite Hogwarts students and teachers, as well as creatures and other characters. Meet Harry&’s friends Ron, Hermione, and Ginny; Hogwarts&’ teachers including Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, and Sprout; plus, Hagrid, Dobby, and other popular characters from the Wizarding World.Discover all the most popular LEGO Harry Potter minifigures as well as rare and unique minifigures you may never have seen before in the LEGO Harry Potter Character Encyclopedia – the ultimate handbook for fans of LEGO Harry Potter.© & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s22). ©2022 The LEGO Group.
LEGO® Harry Potter™ Magical Treasury: A Visual Guide to the Wizarding World
by Elizabeth DowsettEnter the magical world of LEGO Harry Potter.A spellbinding book featuring the very best LEGO Wizarding World sets and minifigures!Meet...Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort, and staff and students from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and WizardryExplore...Hagrid's Hut, Newt Scamander's case, Diagon Alley, and Privet DriveDiscover...Magical creatures, Triwizard Tournament, Quidditch, and Wizarding New YorkPacked with sets, minifigures, and magical accessories, LEGO Harry Potter Magical Treasury covers the LEGO Harry Potter and LEGO Fantastic Beasts themes from 2018 to 2020. Learn how these magical sets are created in a behind-the-scenes chapter, which features an interview with the award-winning LEGO Harry Potter team.© & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s20). ©2020 The LEGO Group.
LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia New Edition: (library Edition)
by Elizabeth DowsettMeet more than 200 minifigures from the LEGO® Star Wars™ Galaxy!Discover heroes, villains, aliens, and droids in this fully updated character encyclopedia. Find out fascinating facts about all your favorite LEGO® Star Wars™ minifigures-including rare and exclusive releases.A galaxy of minfigures awaits you!©2020 The LEGO Group.
LEGO Amazing But True: Fun Facts About the LEGO World - and Our Own!
by Elizabeth Dowsett Julia March Catherine SaundersAn eye-popping fact book with a LEGO twist – discover amazing information about the world around us with the help of LEGO minifigures and bricks! Did you know a Goliath spider weighs the same as 75 2x4 LEGO bricks? Or that LEGO bricks and minifigures in various forms have travelled to Saturn, Mars, and the International Space Station? And did you know the Taj Mahal gets a mud pack treatment to remove pollution stains? Or that hummingbirds are the only birds that fly backwards? From unbelievable space and nature facts, to mind-boggling inventions and technology trivia, children will be amazed and entertained with incredible information about the LEGO world and our own. ©2022 The LEGO Group.
North: The Amazing Story Of Arctic Migration
by Nick Dowson Patrick BensonAt the top of our world is a huge wild place called the Arctic. <P><P> In the winter, it is a cold and barren land, where few animals can survive. But when spring comes, it brings with it animals from every corner of the earth. Gray whales, white cranes, wolves, and caribou begin their migrations as the snow melts, gradually making the long journey north. Once they reach their destination, they will raise their young, feast on the lush Arctic tundra, and bask in the sunlight that lasts all summer. <P><P>Still, this season too must pass, and by the time winter grips the Arctic once again, the visitors have gone--only to return the following year. This lushly illustrated picture book celebrates the cyclical nature of the seasons, showcasing the barren and beautiful landscapes of the Arctic Circle and reminding the reader of the hardships and harmony of life in the wild.
The World Wars
by Paul Dowswell Ruth Brocklehurst Henry BrookThe two world wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 cast a malevolent shadow over the entire 20th century. This book takes you through the story of both conflicts - from the soldiers' terrifying experiences in the trenches in the First War, to the huge battles and bombings of cities in the Second. This is an accessible and thought-provoking introduction to the two most devastating wars the world has ever known.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan DoyleVenture back in time to Victorian London to join literature's greatest detective team — the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson — as they investigate a dozen of their best-known cases. Contents: A Scandal in Bohemia -- The Red-Headed League -- A Case of Identity -- The Boscombe Valley Mystery -- The Five Orange Pips -- The Man With the Twisted Lip -- The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle -- The Adventure of the Speckled Band -- The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb -- The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor -- The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet -- The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.
Crime Through Time #1: Swindled! (Crime Through Time #1)
by Bill DoyleFitz is traveling from New York for San Francisco aboard a Continental Express train. People start getting sick from cyanide poisoning, so Fitz and Justine "the Judge" Pinkerton begin to unravel a plot involving a ring of counterfeiters.
Crime Through Time #2: Nabbed! (Crime Through Time #2)
by Bill DoyleG. Codd Fitzmorgan arrives at a party. But it's more than a celebration as our detective unravels a mystery involving a seance, a reckless aviator, and sale of liquor banned under Prohibition.
Crime Through Time #3: The 1969 Journal of Malcom Moorie (Crime Through Time #3)
by Bill DoyleMal Moorie enters a rural boarding school and gets involved in a plot involving endangered animals and a new pesticide.
Crime Through Time #4: The 1977 Journal of Zeke Moorie (Crime Through Time #4)
by Bill DoyleZeke Moorie joins a tour to fundraise and attract youth to a traveling King Tut exhibition. He discovers a plot involving an ankh necklace that may have belonged to the Pharaoh, and a box that's been locked for thousands of years.
Crime Through Time #5: The 2007 Journal of Nick Fitzmorgan (Crime Through Time #5)
by Bill DoyleNick Fitzmorgan unexpectedly returns home early from camp to find his father missing and the house in disarray. The house isn't a mess - it's set up with clues that will lead Nick all the way to his father's rescue.
Crime Through Time #6: Trapped! (Crime Through Time #6)
by Bill DoyleA combination sci-fi and mystery novel involving art fraud aboard the Space Elevator.
Escape from Funland
by Bill DoyleThe humor and heart of Modern Family meets wacky contests in book two of this series, which asks: What could be more fun than a fun house? A local theme park called Funland is hosting a huge contest to turn one family’s home into the ultimate fun house. Who wouldn’t want a slide from the bedroom to the backyard, a bumper-car kitchen, or a ball pit for a living room? The Talaska family is eager to compete! And the stakes are high. Their house is falling apart, and they might have to move away from Piedmont Place forever. Cal knows that his family can win, but it won’t be easy. First he and his sister, Imo, need to win a competition at school. Then the whole family has to live at Funland and find a hidden object. Can they really search every corner of the park in just five days? There’s only one way to find out. Let the contest begin!
The Fifth Hero #1: The Race to Erase (The Fifth Hero #1)
by Bill DoyleCHOOSE YOUR PATH. CHANGE THE STORY. SAVE THE EARTH. From the creator of the interactive Escape This Book! series comes a new adventure series about climate superheroes in which YOU get to help save the planet by choosing which story line you think is the right one!The Calamity Corporation is determined to end life on Earth as we know it. The company has built hotels that orbit Earth and small cities on the moon and has plans to move the human population to Mars. The sinister corporation is determined to ruin Earth so that people have no choice but to leave it. Not so fast! Four kids who secretly possess the powers of land, air, sea, and creatures are about to change the course of history. These kids may not be the likeliest of heroes, but they are determined to stop Calamity Corporation from destroying Earth. And they have a secret weapon: a fifth hero. YOU! Throughout the book, there are three chances for you to help change the course of the story alongside our fearless team. Choose incorrectly and it's game over. But choose wisely and you might save the planet!
The Fifth Hero #2: Escape Plastic Island (The Fifth Hero #2)
by Bill DoyleFOUR KIDS. ONE EARTH. AND YOU ARE THE HERO THEY NEED. From the creator of the interactive Escape This Book! series, join the climate superheroes as they master the powers of earth, wind, sea, and creatures and use YOUR help to choose the right story line and save the planet!The Calamity Corporation is determined to destroy Earth. Their latest plot leaves &“ugly&” animals in the cold—literally. Any less-than-cute critter will be frozen and blasted into space. Luckily, five climate heroes have the skills to save the day.JARRETT can talk to animals…even if they don&’t always listen.MALIK masters water…but the floating garbage is a challenge.FREYA &‘s wind power everyone away..sometimes too powerfully.AGNES can dig up dirt and soil any evil plan.And YOU are THE FIFTH HERO!Make three decisions in this interactive adventure to help the heroes put the Calamity Corporation on ice. Choose incorrectly and it's game over. But choose wisely, and you might save the planet—and the story!
The Prizewinners of Piedmont Place
by Bill Doyle Colin JackThe lovable wackiness of Modern Family meets zany contests in this delightful new series that will have readers laughing out loud! Cal Talaska can't wait for his family to win the Great Grab Contest! The prize? Twenty minutes to grab anything in the world-famous Wish Shoppe! He knows his family will leave the competition in the dust, but first he has to convince them to compete! To get their eyes on the prize, Cal focuses on what his family wants from the Wish Shoppe--a gym for Mom, a whole orchestra for Dad, tools to build a spaceship for little sister Imo, and candy for baby brother Bug! Cal would do anything to get them to compete, even if that means tricking them into it . . . They'll thank him later! When it comes to the Talaskas, family always comes first. But can Cal convince them to go for first place too?From the Hardcover edition.
Scream Team #3: The Big Foot in the End Zone (Scream Team #3)
by Bill Doyle Jared D. LeeFootball season is about to begin for the Scream Team and they can't decide who is going to play what position. Everyone wants to play in a certain spot, but that doesn't seem to match up with what they're best at. That goes double for Beck the Big Foot, who is embarrassed of his oversized feet. The team needs him to step in as kicker but Beck doesn't want to draw attention to himself. That is until Karl convinces them that he is their only hope.