Kae Denino
1) Unicorn Yoga
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The healing, restorative power of yoga has been known for centuries, and more people than ever are active practitioners. Now even the youngest of listeners can learn this mind and body exercise, helping them set up a lifetime of healthy habits. Through clear, easy-to-follow instructions, a unicorn yogi, along with two energetic students, leads children through a ten-pose class, encouraging them to develop their own daily practice.
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The healing, restorative power of yoga has been known for centuries, and more people than ever are active practitioners. Now even the youngest of listeners can learn this mind and body exercise, helping them set up a lifetime of healthy habits. Through clear, easy-to-follow instructions, a unicorn yogi, along with two energetic students, leads children through a ten-pose class, encouraging them to develop their own daily practice.
3) Ava and Pip
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When ten-year-old Ava uses her writing talents to help her older sister overcome her shyness, both girls learn the impact their words and stories can have on the world around them.
5) Ava XOX
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Love is in the air-and Ava thinks she's allergic. Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and Ava couldn't care less. That is, until a new girl, Kelli, asks out Ava's friend Chuck...and he says yes! What?!? Ava is NOT okay with this. But since when does she think about boys? For the first time ever, words fail Ava. She isn't sure what she's feeling (Like? Love? Friendship? Frustration?), or what "going out" even means. After all, fifth graders...
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Stephanie Falls, age eight, spends a weekend with her doting grandparents along with her Aunt Helen, who is recovering from a nervous breakdown after dropping out of economics graduate school. Trapped in a mansion full of creepy artifacts and unappreciated Native American art with a depressed aunt, Stephanie plays with everything she sees, breaking and mutilating quite a few objects. An excursion to march in a mountain man parade ends badly for Grandpa...
7) Dreamland
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Imagine a world with unicorns, dragons, giants, and fairies. Imagine a world where incredible adventures come to life every night. For one boy, this world really exists!
Daniel Green is a typical ten-year-old, with just one difference — when he goes to sleep at night, he travels to Dreamland, a magical place where he can create amazing adventures using only his imagination.
But he is not alone. An evil being follows him into his enchanted world...
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In The Mindful Twenty-Something, the cofounder of the extremely popular Koru Mindfulness program developed at Duke University presents a unique, evidence-based approach to help you make important life decisions with clarity and confidence. As a twenty-something, you may feel like you are being pulled in dozen different directions. With the daily tumult, busyness, and major life changes you experience as a young adult, you may also be particularly...
9) Addicted
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When darkness creeps in, sometimes finding an anchor is the only way to survive.
Sixteen-year-old Bella Kynaston has been the victim of a brutal rape, by someone she can only describe as 'the scar-faced man.' With little recollection of what happened, she must somehow rebuild her life. Being the person she once was proves more difficult than she imagined.
To complicate matters, Bella has just met Jeremiah Detrone, the new guy in school. He's attractive,...
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Welcome to Thailand! Nong May and her family have had a lot of bad luck lately. When nine-year-old Jess arrives in Thailand and accidentally breaks a special family treasure, it seems to only get worse. It turns out the treasure holds a secret that could change things forever!
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Welcome to Austria!
It's raining so Brooke and Eva have nothing to do but play hide and seek in the castle's attic. It's just an ordinary game on an ordinary rainy afternoon. But then Brooke stumbles into a room everyone has forgotten for decades. A beautiful porcelain doll sits at a table set for tea for two. It's as if she's been waiting for Brooke and Eva to arrive.
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Welcome to Austria!
Nine-year-old Brooke Mason has lived all her life on a ranch in the Colorado Rockies. Now she's headed to Austria with her mom. Brooke can't wait! They even get to stay in Schloss Mueller, an ancient Austrian castle. Even better? There's a girl Brooke's age to play with! Eva, the girl who lives in Schloss Mueller is thrilled to meet Brooke. Unfortunately, the castle's ghost isn't quite so happy.
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What happens to cats when they die? For Jem, a calico cat, it's a catastrophe. She knows she's not meant to be in the afterlife. Not yet. She's certainly not ready to face the cats she knew before. Not now. Maybe not ever. Clearly, a mistake has been made. Surely, it can be corrected, and Jem can return home to her life on earth. All of this could then be written off as one very bad dream. But when would the nightmare end? Join Jem and her ghost-cat...
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Welcome to Mexico!
Izzy's family sails into a quiet lagoon in Mexico and drops their anchor. Izzy can't wait to explore the pretty little village, eat yummy tacos, and practice her Spanish. When she meets nine-year-old Patti, Izzy's thrilled. Now she can do all that and have a new friend to play with too. Life is perfect. At least it's perfect until they realize there's a midnight thief on the loose!
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Welcome to Brazil!
Nine-year-old Sofia Diaz's world is coming apart. So is the rickety old boat that carries her far up the Rio Negro river in Brazil. Crocodiles swim in the dark waters. Spiders scurry up the twisted tree trunks. And, a crazy toucan screeches a warning. It chases Sofia and Júlia, her new friend, deep into the steamy rainforest. There they stumble upon a shocking discovery.
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Welcome to Austria!
What could be more, perfect than Christmas in Kitzbuhel? Brooke's family arrives just in time for some great Austrian skiing during the day and the magical Christmas market in the evening. And, it would be perfect except for the two mysterious strangers who have a dangerous plan for Brooke and Eva.
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Mystery of the Min Min Lights
Welcome to Australia!
It's hot. It's windy. It's dusty. It's the Australian outback. Wendy Lee arrives from California. She's lucky to meet Chloe Taylor, who invites Wendy to their sheep station. It sounds like fun except that someone is stealing the sheep.
And the thief just might be something as crazy as a UFO.
2017 Literary Classics Gold – Best Series – Young Reader
2017 Moonbeam Children's Book Award Silver...
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She thought demons were the enemy. Then the angels come to kill them all.
After the rebels abandon her, Aubrey doubts her abilities more than ever. She failed to close the Abyss and lost the person she was beginning to love. Desperate to prove herself, Aubrey enters the demon realm to save him, only to trigger a new disaster. She releases the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. These angels are uncompromising in their purpose; to massacre humanity.
Aubrey...
19) Pretty in Pearls
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Crushes collide at a magical underwater dance.
As best friend and emissary to her mer kingdom's princess, Periwinkle Wentletrap juggles many responsibilities. At the moment those include getting the princess (and herself) ready for the upcoming Sea Harvest Dance.
When a trip to the Thalassinian marketplace for pearls and dress-making supplies leads to a reunion with her long-time crush, Peri is once again caught up in the swirl of emotions she feels...
20) What Coral Wants
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Fake dating her real crush. What could go wrong? What straight-A student and all-around good mergirl Coral Ballenato wants is to forget her longtime crush on her best friend's older brother. Four years of pining from not-so-afar is more than enough. Moving on should be easy now that he's swum off to college. Until Zak Marlin comes home for a charity event, newly-single and begging her to be his pretend girlfriend for the week.
She should say no...but...