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23600 Victory BoulevardWoodland Hills, CA 91367
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818-340-9386
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818-340-9645
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- Librarian:
- David Hagopian, Senior Librarian
Upcoming Events at Platt Branch Library
October 21, 2017 2:00PM
Come join us at the Platt Branch as we kick off National Novel Writing Month. If you've ever wanted to write a novel, this is your chance....
October 23, 2017 3:30PM
The best chess players in the world today are computers, but we humans can still give it our best shot. Learn chess strategy and tactics...
October 25, 2017 10:30AM
Please join us every Wednesday for an hour of stories and fun for preschoolers and their families.
October 28, 2017 10:00AM to 2:30PM
This is an opportunity to take a free ACT practice test, sponsored by Student Smart, a partnership between the Los Angeles Public Library...
October 30, 2017 3:30PM
The best chess players in the world today are computers, but we humans can still give it our best shot. Learn chess strategy and tactics...
October 30, 2017 4:00PM to 5:30PM
Join us for some spooky stories, a bewitching puppet show, and a chilling craft!
November 1, 2017 10:30AM
Please join us every Wednesday for an hour of stories and fun for preschoolers and their families.
November 1, 2017 5:00PM to 7:45PM
Come work on your NaNoWriMo novel in the peace and quiet of our community room, with free wi-fi and refreshments. If you've ever dreamed of...
November 6, 2017 3:30PM
The best chess players in the world today are computers, but we humans can still give it our best shot. Learn chess strategy and tactics...
November 8, 2017 10:30AM
Please join us every Wednesday for an hour of stories and fun for preschoolers and their families.
Ongoing Events
English Classes at the Platt Library
Would you like to learn or practice English? Come to our FREE English classes. Improve your pronunciation and expand your vocabulary while making new friends! All levels are welcome and no registration is required.
Conversation
Monday 1:00 to 2:30 pm (focus on grammar)
Tuesday 2:00 to 3:30 pm
Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 pm
Friday 12:30 to 2:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 to 11:00 am
Fun with Words (for beginners)
Monday 12:00 to 1:00 pm
Thursday 2:00 to 3:30 pm
Friday 2:00 to 3:30 pm
Walk-In Tutor
Every Thursday from 12:30 to 2:30 pm. Do you need help writing a letter? Do you want to practice speaking English? If so, please visit the Platt Branch and meet with a Walk-In Tutor. No registration required.
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Fiction Hot Titles
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The late show.
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Two kinds of truth.
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Y is for yesterday
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Camino Island.
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Little fires everywhere : a novel
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A legacy of spies
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House of spies
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A gentleman in Moscow
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Mrs. Fletcher : a novel
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Into the water.
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The lying game.
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Origin.
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My absolute darling
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The tea girl of Hummingbird Lane : a novel
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Don't let go
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Glass houses : a novel
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The Rooster Bar.
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Manhattan Beach : a novel
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The ministry of utmost happiness
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Magpie murders
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The girl who takes an eye for an eye
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Before we were yours : a novel
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It : a novel
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A column of fire
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Do not become alarmed
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Enemy of the state : a Mitch Rapp novel
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The store
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It
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Watch me disappear : a novel
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The force : a novel
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The golden house : a novel
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Rich people problems : a novel
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The handmaid's tale
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The burning girl : a novel
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Sing, unburied, sing : a novel
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The Cuban affair : a novel
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The strange case of the alchemist's daughter
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Murder games
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Seeing red
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Lincoln in the bardo : a novel
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Dinner at the center of the earth
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Secrets in death : an Eve Dallas novel
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Crime scene : a novel
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Forest dark : a novel
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The midnight line : a Jack Reacher novel
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The fix.
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Exposed.
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Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine : a novel
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Haunted
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The woman in cabin 10
Non-Fiction Hot Titles
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What happened
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Al Franken, giant of the Senate
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
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The subtle art of not giving a fuck : a counterintuitive approach to living a good life
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Astrophysics for people in a hurry
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Unbelievable : my front-row seat to the craziest campaign in American history
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Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
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Hunger : a memoir of (my) body
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Devil's bargain : Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the storming of the presidency
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Why Buddhism is true : the science and philosophy of meditation and enlightenment
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The glass castle : a memoir
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The plant paradox : the hidden dangers in "healthy" foods that cause disease and weight gain
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Theft by finding : diaries (1977-2002)
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Braving the wilderness : the quest for true belonging and the courage to stand alone
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Fantasyland : how America went haywire : a 500-year history
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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
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Make your bed : little things that can change your life...and maybe the world
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Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
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Milk and honey
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Alexander Hamilton
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Option B : facing adversity, building resilience, and finding joy
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You don't have to say you love me : a memoir
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Democracy in chains : the deep history of the radical right's stealth plan for America
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We are never meeting in real life : essays
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Daring to drive : a Saudi woman's awakening
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I can't make this up : life lessons
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Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow
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When breath becomes air
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We were eight years in power : an American tragedy
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Hué 1968 : a turning point of the American war in Vietnam
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What she ate : six remarkable women and the food that tells their stories
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You are a badass at making money : master the mindset of wealth.
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Tools of titans : the tactics, routines, and habits of billionaires, icons, and world-class performers
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Killing England : the brutal struggle for American independence
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Thanks, Obama : my hopey changey White House years
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The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
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Salt, fat, acid, heat : the four elements of good cooking
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You are a bad ass : how to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life
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The end of Alzheimer's : the first program to prevent and reverse cognitive decline
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Shattered : inside Hillary Clinton's doomed campaign
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The four tendencies : the indispensable personality profiles that reveal how to make your life better (and other people's lives better, too)
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Behave : the biology of humans at our best and worst
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Between the world and me
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The undoing project : a friendship that changed our minds
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No is not enough : resisting Trump's shock politics and winning the world we need
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The four agreements : a practical guide to personal freedom
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Hamilton : the revolution : being the complete libretto of the Broadway musical, with a true account of its creation, and concise remarks on hip-hop, the power of stories, and the new America
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The TB12 method : how to achieve a lifetime of sustained peak performance
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The life-changing magic of tidying up : the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing
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Einstein and the rabbi : searching for the soul
YA Hot Titles
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The hate u give.
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The dark prophecy (The trials of Apollo, book 2)
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Turtles all the way down
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The ship of the dead
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The sea of monsters
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Thirteen reasons why
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The Titan's curse
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The lost hero
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The Hammer of Thor
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The battle of the Labyrinth
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The son of Neptune
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The hidden oracle
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The fault in our stars
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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, book 1 : the sword of summer.
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The House of Hades
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The Hunger Games
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Everything, everything
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The mark of Athena
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The blood of Olympus
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Tower of dawn
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Divergent
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Eleanor & Park
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The maze runner
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Cinder
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One of us is lying
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Roller girl
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Camp Half-Blood confidential : your real guide to the demigod training camp
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My favorite thing is monsters. Emil Ferris. Book one
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Warcross
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Wonder Woman : warbringer
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Allegiant
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Beautiful creatures
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The Sun is also a star
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Six of crows
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Glass sword.
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Genuine fraud
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Five nights at Freddy's : the twisted ones
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Tokyo ghoul. story and art by Sui Ishida ; translation, Joe Yamazaki ; touch-up art and lettering, Vanessa Satone. 14
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They both die at the end
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The best we could do : an illustrated memoir
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Red queen
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A court of thorns and roses
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Throne of glass
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Tokyo ghoul. by Sui Ishida. 1
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Percy Jackson's Greek gods
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Five nights at Freddy's : the silver eyes
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The final spark
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King's cage
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We were liars
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City of ashes
Children's Hot Titles
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Babymouse
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Wonder
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Diary of a wimpy kid : double down
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Diary of a wimpy kid : cabin fever
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Diary of a wimpy kid : Greg Heffley's journal
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Diary of a wimpy kid : hard luck
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Diary of a wimpy kid : dog days
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Diary of a wimpy kid : Rodrick rules
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Pokémon adventures
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the ugly truth
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the long haul
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the third wheel
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Diary of a wimpy kid : old school
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Diary of a wimpy kid : the last straw
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Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
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Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-fabulous life
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Dog Man. written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with color by Jose Garibaldi. [1]
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Dork diaries 7. by Rachel Renée Russell. Tales from a not-so-glam TV star
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My little pony. Friendship is magic
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Tales from a not-so-talented pop star
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Green eggs and ham
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Tales from a not-so-smart Miss Know-It-All
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Tales from a not-so-graceful ice princess
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Dork diaries 9. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-dorky drama queen
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The cat in the hat
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Are you my mother?
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Dog Man unleashed. written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey, as George Beard and Harold Hutchins ; with interior color by Jose Garibaldi. [2]
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Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
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Tales from a not-so-popular party girl
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Dork diaries 11. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-friendly frenemy
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Dork diaries 8. Rachel Renée Russell with Nikki Russell and Erin Russell. Tales from a not-so-happily ever after
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Dork diaries 10. Rachel Renee Russell. Tales from a not-so-perfect pet sitter
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The thank you book
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One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
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I'm a frog!
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Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
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Captain Underpants and the tyrannical retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000 : the eleventh epic novel
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Captain Underpants and the revolting revenge of the radioactive robo-boxers : the tenth epic novel
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Captain Underpants and the sensational saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot : the twelfth epic novel
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Elephants cannot dance!
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Hop on Pop
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Dork diaries. Tales from a not-so-happy heartbreaker
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A big guy took my ball!
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There is a bird on your head!
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Don't let the pigeon stay up late!
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Dog Man : a tale of two kitties [#3]
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Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!
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My friend is sad
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