H. Byron Masterson School 1st Graders

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Tennessee

We Knew We Would Be All Right

Heartfelt and touching book by 1st graders at Masterson Elementary School in Kennet, Missouri, about the day after the tragic events of September 11th. These students were given a commemorative Sept
On September 11th horrific events occurred, yet through the simple text and vibrant art of first graders, we are reminded that the world continued the next day. On each page, children experience the comforts of ordinary routines, such as their teacher reading books to them, having homework and recess, and knowing that 2 + 2 still equals 4. This is a poignant message of hope that reassures us all that even after bad things happen, tomorrow always brings a new day.

September 12th

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Rhys Bowen

Minor wear or creasing to the cover otherwise excellent condition. Paperback. Privately owned. No marking and smoke free.

Lady Georgiana Rannoch is just back from her honeymoon with dashing Darcy O'Mara when a friend in need pulls her into a twisted Gothic tale of betrayal, deception and, most definitely, murder. . . .

I am a bit at loose ends at the moment. My cook, Queenie, is making my new role as mistress of Eynsleigh something akin to constant torture as Darcy is off on another one of his top secret jaunts. And Grandad is busy helping wayward youths avoid lives of crime. So when my dearest friend, Belinda, inherits an old cottage in Cornwall and begs me to go with her to inspect the property, I jump at the chance.

After a heart-stopping journey in Belinda's beast of a motorcar, we arrive at the creaky old cottage called White Sails and quickly realize that it is completely uninhabitable. Just when I'm starting to wonder if I would have been better off trying to get Queenie to cook a roast that hasn't been burnt beyond all recognition, we meet Rose Summers, a woman Belinda knew as a child when she spent time in Cornwall. Rose invites us to stay at Trewoma Hall, the lovely estate now owned by her husband, Tony.

Belinda confesses that she never liked Rose and had a fling with Tony years ago, so staying with them is far from ideal but beggars can't be choosers as they say. Trewoma is not the idyllic house Belinda remembers. There's something claustrophobic and foreboding about the place. Matters aren't helped by the oppressively efficient housekeeper Mrs. Mannering or by the fact that Tony seems to want to rekindle whatever he and Belinda once had right under his wife's nose.

Our increasingly awkward visit soon turns deadly when a member of the household is found murdered and all clues point to Belinda as the prime suspect. I soon learn that some long buried secrets have come back to haunt those in residence at Trewoma Hall and I'll need to sift through the ruins of their past so Belinda doesn't lose her chance at freedom in the present. . . .

The Last Mrs. Summers

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Dan Kainen

Carol Kaufmann

This was a first printing in September 2014. Lots of information about elusive ocean creatures and full color photographs inside that almost 3-D movement when the pages are turned. Amazing!! 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Photicular Book

Offers informative essays and factual statistics on eight distinctive marine animals, each accompanied by video-like Photicular illustrations, as well as an introductory piece chronicling a journey on a submersible.

Ocean

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Mark F. Heffron

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

A collection of photographs, combined with poetry and poetic impressions by such writers as Rainer Maria Rilke, Rachel Carson, John Muir, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, W.B. Yeats, Thornton Wilder, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jules Laforgue, Robert Lowell, Robert Penn Warren, and Aldo Leopold.

Reflections of Madison County

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Includes two different stories, the mysterious moonstone, and the spies secret. This is a flipbook and once the child reads one story they flip it over and it’s a completely different story book. Great condition with some creasing of the cover and name on inside 

Key hunters 

Francesca Gould

David Haviland

Every Disgusting Fact about Animals You Ever Wanted to Know -- from Monkey-Face

A third installment in the delightfully disgusting miscellany series that began with the national bestseller, Why You Shouldn't Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless or Gross Information About Your Body.

In the New York Times (extended list) bestseller Why You Shouldn't Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless or Gross Information About Your Body, Francesca Gould uncovered everything you'd want to know-and a few things you'd rather you didn't-about the human body. In Why Fish Fart and Other Useless or Gross Information About the World, she scoured planet Earth for a rich assortment of odd and/or unsavory facts. In Why Dogs Eat Poop and Other Useless or Gross Information About the Animal Kingdom, Francesca Gould and David Haviland explore a subject positively rife with gross miscellany: the animal kingdom.

Indeed, animals do the darnedest things and, in this vastly entertaining book, Gould and Haviland uncover a universe of strange, hilarious, and quite often disgusting animal habits, ailments, and practices, including:

-Monkey-Faced Lamb disease;
-farting snakes;
-dino-chickens;
-and a creature you've never heard of that eats with its eyes.

Why Dogs Eat Poop is sure to delight any fan of the obscure and/ or grotesque.

Why Dogs Eat Poop, and Other Useless or Gross Information about the Animal Kingdom

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Chronicles of Narnia

The lion, the witch and the wardrobe

Justin Valmassoi

Inspired by the wildly, popular blog of the same name includes some of the sites best loved entries and never be foreseen glimpses into the animal mind unfortunately the back cover and some of the ladder pages sustain some water damage and are now crinkled or wavy but otherwise the book is in great condition

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

It's Just What It Sounds Like

A goat who wants to sell you some meth.
A giraffe who might be violating his restraining order.
An alpaca with a very dirty secret.
A cat who's really mad at you for cancelling Netflix instant.

These are just a few of the hilariously human animals you'll meet in Animals Talking in All Caps. Inspired by the wildly popular blog of the same name and including some of the site's best-loved entries as well as gobs of never-before-seen material, these pages provide a brilliantly unhinged glimpse into the animal mind.

Animals Talking in All Caps

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John Flanagan

Softcover copy by John Flanagan. Booked two in the series. New York Times, best seller. The adventures of the dark Lord.

Book Two

Will is forced to overcome his fear of Wargals, the foot soldiers of rebel warlord Morgarath, as Araluen's army prepares to battle Morgarath's forces.

The Burning Bridge

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Marilyn K. Smith

Victoria Quigley Forbes

In like new condition only because there is somewhere on the cover. No pages have been used written in or removed. The inside is  new and ready for use 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Reading & Language Arts

Designed to enrich vocabulary skills through whole-group and individual instruction, this comprehensive book, created specifically for fifth graders, includes a variety of enrichment activities, a glossary, and an answer key. Vocabulary is taken from a va

Vocabulary Building, Grade 5

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Jan Karon

New hardcover copy with dust jacket. Words of comfort and celebration collected by father Tim.

Words of Comfort and Celebration, Collected by Father Tim

From Jan Karon, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mitford series comes a collection of Father Tim's favorite words of wisdom and spiritual inspiration... For years, Mitford’s Father Tim Kavanagh has transcribed into his dog-eared journals words of wisdom, faith, and encouragement. Written in his own hand or typed on his idiosyncratic Royal typewriter, A Continual Feast contains the lively ideas, common sense, profound wisdom, and plain good humor he has gleaned from the likes of C. S. Lewis, Emily Dickinson, William Blake, Helen Keller, G. K. Chesterton, and Will Rogers, to name just a few. Together with its successful companion volume, Patches of Godlight, Father Tim’s latest quote journal is sure proof of the truth of an entry from Lord Byron: "A small drop of ink produces that which makes thousands think." This entertaining and useful handbook is for all those who relish a good “Aha!,” including authors, clergy, speechmakers, dog lovers, and anyone who enjoys provocative insight into everything from the righteous to the ridiculous.

A Continual Feast

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826 826 National

From 2019. The best American non-required reading. A great collection of stories with some color illustrations.

An eclectic collection of fiction, essays, poetry, and graphic work selected by high school students with the help of New York Times best-selling author Edan Lepucki. 



Over the past year, a group of high school students have held weekly discussions in the basement conference room of a publishing house in San Francisco. Tasked with finding the best, most revealing, honest, and astonishing writing of the last twelve months, they pored over hundreds of published poems, stories, comics, and essays. With the help of guest editor Edan Lepucki, they selected the contents of this anthology, a collection of work they feel looks a lot like 2019. The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019 features comics about war and butts and stories about pizza-delivery women, family, dolls giving birth, anthropomorphic lakes, and more. It was a successful year. Read on to see for yourself.

 

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019 includes Viet Thanh Nguyen, Charles Johnson, Robin Coste Lewis, Garth Greenwell, Nathaniel Russell, Britteney Black Rose Kapri, Andrea Long Chu, Deborah Taffa, Renée Branum, and others.

 

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019

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John Green

David Levithan

In like new condition. Small flaw in cover at binding, great read!! 

When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

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Classic illustrated book from the reading rainbow and golden Willow. Copyright 1983. Very good condition with a couple of of stamps on the inside. Great book to read to kiddos at bedtime if they have fears. Rare vintage 

What’s under my bed?

George Hoppendale

Brand new book lots of fax and information. Everything you need to know from a brand new beginner to someone with more experience in owning Russian tortoises. Excellent resource.

Facts and Information. Daily Care, Pro's and Cons, Cages, Costs, Diet, Breeding All Covered

Growing up with animals, I have learnt so much about taking care of them. The most amazing thing about pets is the fact that they are so unconditional and so grateful for every small act of kindness. It is rather humbling to see how warm hearted animals can actually be. I would have never had the wonderful opportunity of dealing with tortoises and other animals, if it had not been for my family, especially my father. Animals were the centre of all our activities when I grew up. There was not a single day that did not begin with a discussion about our pets. What to feed them? What is the most nutritious thing to feed them? These were common dinner table conversations in our house. So, needless to say, I have had a lot of practical training and experience with respect to taking care of different breeds of animals. Today, I am in a very privileged place where I can share this information with pet lovers across the globe. I love Emily, my Russian Tortoise. In this book, I've explained my experience with my tortoise. I've included all these topics and more: pros and cons, keeping, daily care, costs, diet, breeding, cages, lightning, heating, interacting and where to buy. I explain all aspects of keeping a Russian Tortoise as a pet to make sure that your tortoise will be has happy as mine! Mine is funny and makes me laugh, I hope yours will be funny too!

Russian Tortoises As Pets. Russian Tortoise

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Terry Ryan

Kirsten Mortensen

Basically new soft cover book just one crease on the cover. No stray marking. $13 retail. Learn how to train puppies and also deal with problems like a dog who jumps on people, has separation anxiety, barks too much, etc..

Training dogs has traditionally been done by using negative reinforcement and brute force (take the choke collar as an example). But the tide is turning, and Terry Ryan, well-known dog trainer, is at the forefront of a revolution. OUTWITTING DOGS draws on her twentyfive years of hands-on experience helping people understand and train dogs, and solve dog behavior problems using kinder, gentler methods. OUTWITTING DOGS uses more brain than brawn to motivate dog behavior with positive training techniques, and helps readers truly understand the minds of their canine friends (and even enemies). Chapters cover: . outwitting puppies . housebreaking . curing the chronic chewer . how to cure the leash puller, the dog that jumps on people, the dog that hates to be left alone, the dog that won't come, the dog that barks too much, the biter, the aggressor . how to outwit the neighbor's dog . how to teach your dog tricks . how to outwit dog trainers . and even a chapter on outwitting dogs and kids at the same time, and much more. No sensible dog owner will want to be without a copy.

Outwitting Dogs

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Anish Sheth

Josh Richman

(Funny Bathroom Books, Health Books, Humor Books, Funny Gift Books)

Like a snowflake, each poo has a wondrous uniqueness. But what does it mean? What's Your Poo Telling You will help you figure it out.

Find out just how much you can learn from studying what's in the bowl: With universal appeal (everyone poops, after all), this witty, illustrated description of over two dozen dookies (each with a medical explanation written by a doctor) details what one can learn about health and well-being through your poo. A floater? It's probably due to a buildup of gas. Now think back on last night's dinner, a burrito perhaps?

* All the greatest hits are here: The Log Jam, The Glass Shard, The Deja Poo, The Hanging Chard. the list goes on and on, so you'll learn about all of the variations and what they mean to your health
* Also includes sidebars, trivia, over 60 euphemisms for number 2, and unusual case histories that make this the ultimate bathroom reader
* With illustrations included, you'll get loads of facts about your health in a hilarious and entertaining book that finally gives poo the respect it deserves

Josh Richman and Dr. Anish Sheth have written a tell-all tribute to poo that demystifies the inner working of the digestive tract and explains your health by what you see before you flush.

* Josh Richman has an MBA from Stanford University and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area
* Anish Sheth, M.D., is a gastroenterologist in Princeton, New Jersey, and is affiliated with the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro
* A must-have gift for any bowel-movement obsessed loved one

What's Your Poo Telling You?

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Jan Wahl

A field mouse finds himself in the Field Museum when the roof of his former home is transported there with the rest of the bones of a dinosaur named Sue.

The Field Mouse and the Dinosaur Named Sue

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Todd. Davis

Marc Frey

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Fascinating Facts about Each and Every President, Including an American History Timeline

Fascinating Facs about Each and Every President, including an American History Timeline and Portraits from the Smithsonian Institution! This perennial childhood favorite combines presidential portraits from the National Portrait Gallery with fun, engrossing text written by two historians. A continuous timeline flowing through the book notes milestones in literature, invention, and politics within each president's tenure.

The New Big Book of U. S. Presidents

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Sindy McKay


Take turns reading. Parents page and child’s page. Level two.

Ben and Becky investigate a haunted house and search for their lost grandfather.

We Both Read-Ben and Becky in the Haunted House

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Amy Franseschini

With interest in home gardening at an all-time high and concerns about food production and safety making headlines, Farm Together Now explores the current state of grassroots farming in the U.S. Part oral history and part treatise on food politics, this fascinating project is an introduction to the many individuals who are producing sustainable food, challenging public policy, and developing community organizing efforts. With hundreds of photographs and a foreword from New York Times columnist Mark Bittman, Farm Together Now will educate, inspire, and cultivate a new wave of modern agrarians.

Farm Together Now

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Sam McBratney

During a bedtime game, every time Little Nutbrown Hare demonstrates how much he loves his father, Big Nutbrown Hare gently shows him that the love is returned even more.

Guess How Much I Love You

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Vintage rare hardcover copy from readers digest, 1989. An entire series included. And stories 150 pegs

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