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Northampton Summer Reading 2024: Tales of Metamorphosis for ages 6-11
Townsend Children's Award Winning Books
Townsend Children's Award Winning Books
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From the award-winning author of The Every and the illustrator behind the beloved picture book Her Right Foot comes an endearing and beautifully illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyesto see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park's elders, three ancient Bison. His friendsa seagull, a raccoon,...
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 16
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"In HorrorLand there are no crowds and no lines. And the admission is free. It seems like a pretty cool place. But that was before Lizzy's heart-stopping ride on the deadly Doom Slide .. and her terrifying experience in the House of Mirrors. Because there's something weird about the rides in HorrorLand -- something a little too real..." P. [4] of cover.
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 4
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Greg finds an old camera with an uncanny knack of predicting a grisly future for its subjects in the photographs that it takes, but he cannot convince his friends of the danger.
4) Wonder Park
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[2019]
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One magical day, June is running through the woods to find her way home where she discovers an old rollercoaster car and climbs inside. She suddenly finds herself in Wonderland, an amusement park she had created in her mind and put aside. All of her rides and characters are brought to life but are falling into disarray without her. Now, with the help of her fun and lovable park characters, June will have to put the wonder back in Wonderland before...
5) Nope
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[2022]
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As the horses on their ranch mysteriously go missing, two siblings struggling to run their father's ranch and business outside of L.A. need to discover what's happening or forfeit their legacy. As they observe phenomena that defy explanation, they involve an esoteric filmmaker and their sometimes-business-partner, the child-star turned owner of the theme park down the road.
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"Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It s a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers....
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Before seeing Jurassic World film this June read the original, multimillion copy number 1 bestselling thriller that inspired the first major motion picture Jurassic Park. On a remote jungle island, genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now one of mankind's most thrilling fantasies has come true and the first dinosaurs that the Earth has seen in the...
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2022
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"Ever since her father was lost at sea, Sophia has been moping around Aqualand, a marine theme park. But Sophia's world is turned upside-down when an "aquanaut" breaks into the park's research lab. To her amazement, Sophia discovers that the aquanaut is not what it seems: inside lives a band of goofy sea creatures! And when they all realize that Aqualand is more sinister than advertised, Sophia is determined to help the aquanaut crew free the park's...
13) The fine print
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Dreamland billionaires volume 1
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"Rowan: I'm in the business of creating fairy tales. Theme parks. Production companies. Five-star hotels. Everything could be all mine if I renovated Dreamland. My initial idea of hiring Zahra was good in theory, but then I kissed her. Zahra: After submitting a drunk proposal criticizing Dreamland's most expensive ride, I should have been fired. Instead, Rowan Kane offered me a dream job. The catch? I had to work for the most difficult boss I'd ever...
14) Swamplandia!
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Twelve year old Ava must travel into the Underworld part of the swamp in order to save her family's dynasty of Bigtree alligator wrestling. This novel takes us to the swamps of the Florida Everglades, and introduces us to Ava Bigtree, an unforgettable young heroine. The Bigtree alligator wrestling dynasty is in decline, and Swamplandia!, their island home and gator wrestling theme park, formerly no. 1 in the region, is swiftly being encroached upon...
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"Douglas Brinkley's The Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision to protect 234 million acres of wild America. Now, in Rightful Heritage, Brinkley turns his attention to the other indefatigable environmental leader--Teddy's distant cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, chronicling his essential yet under-sung legacy as the founder of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and premier protector of...
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Second chances (Terri Blackstock) volume 2
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Justin Pierce's cartoon character, Khaki Kangaroo, is exactly the theme developer Andi Sherman needs for her world-class amusement park, Promised Land. In turn, Andi's park is the opportunity that could propel Justin from obscurity to success. For both of them, spreading the Gospel through their creation is a passion. This shared dream could cement a powerful partnership-if their shared past hadn't already driven them apart. As park construction nears...
18) Happy paws
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
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"Layla and the Bots are in an awesome rock band! They also use problem-solving and creativity to build cool inventions. When a local amusement park is in danger of shutting down, Layla knows just how to bring in the crowds... build an amusement park for DOGS! But will cool doggie rides like the Rub-a-Dub Mud Slide and the Tummy Rubbing Machine be enough to keep the park open?" -- Amazon.com.
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With wit, heartwarming stories and a keen insight into new and exciting ways to see both the past and the future of the country, the actor, writer and woodworker takes a literary journey to America's frontier to celebrate the people and landscape that have made it great.
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Critter club volume 17
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Little Simon
Pub. Date
2017.
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Learning that a nearby park is about to be turned into a shopping center, Amy races against time to save the recreation center and the animal friends who live there.
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