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Ages Four to Eight
								Zen Ties by Jon J Muth  $17.99  Summer has arrived - and so has Koo, Stillwater the Panda's haiku-speaking young nephew. When Stillwater encourages Koo and their friends Addy, Michael, and Karl to help a grouchy neighbor in need, their efforts are rewarded in unexpected ways. Jon J Muth's warm, engaging story and his luminous watercolors are as fresh and magical as a summer breeze. Readers of all ages will be disarmed by this tale of compassion and friendship that reaffirms the importance of our ties to one another.
								Sally Gets a Job by Stephen Huneck $16.95 Everybody has a job to do. Sally wants one too! Lovable Sally wants to find the perfect job, just like the rest of her family. She likes digging in the yard-maybe she could be an archaeologist! She likes playing ball-maybe she could be a baseball player! Sally imagines herself in all sorts of jobs in this charming tale!
								Return to Fairyopolis by Cicely Mary Barker $19.99 Lovely, enchanting companion book to the popular Fairyopolis. Just a  delight!
Ages Six to Eight
Ages Nine & up
								Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinny $12.95 What ever you do, don't ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer vacation, because he definitely doesn't want to talk about it. As Greg enters the new school year, he's eager to put the past three months behind him...and one event in particular. Unfortunately for Greg, his older brother, Roderick, knows all about the incident Greg wants to keep under wraps. But secrets have a way of getting out...especially when a diary is involved!
								The Willoughby's by Lois Lowry  $16.00 Villains, benefactors, no-nonsense nannies, abandoned infants, long lost heirs, and late-life romance all make their appearance along with the irrepressible Willoughbys as the Newberry Award-winning author Lois Lowery pays playful homage to classic works of literature in this hilarious and decidedly "old-fashioned" parody.
								Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan  $16.99 If two kingdoms are to be saved, the un-likeliest of unions must be made. Will it hold long enough to vanquish a ruthless new enemy? Or will past tensions spell doom for all? The battles and drama are non-stop in the Book Four of the hugely popular epic.
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