Sarah Weeks
1) Pie
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After the death of Polly Portman, whose award-winning pies put the town of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania, on the map in the 1950s, her devoted niece Alice and Alice's friend Charlie investigate who is going to extremes to find Aunt Polly's secret pie crust recipe. Includes fourteen pie recipes.
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Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems-- but when their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade they are brought together by a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and the need to take control of their lives.
3) So B. It
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So B. it volume 1
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After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is. Living with her mentally disabled mother who only knows just over twenty words, young Heidi has learned to live in her special world until a new word is suddenly used and repeated by her mother; causing Heidi to think it might be a key to a secret past about which she knows so little....
4) Honey
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When she suspects that her father has a girlfriend, Melody and her best friend are determined to figure out who it is and why it is a secret.
5) Oggie Cooder
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Quirky fourth-grader Oggie Cooder goes from being shunned to everyone's best friend when his uncanny ability to chew slices of cheese into the shapes of states wins him a slot on a popular television talent show, but he soon learns the perils of being a celebrity--and having a neighbor girl as his manager.
10) Glamourpuss
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Glamourpuss loves being the center of attention. So when an unwelcome guest (a dog, no less!) steals the spotlight with some tasteless bow-wowing and undignified tail-wagging, Glamourpuss worries that she's going to fall out of fashion. Is there room for only one superstar in this mansion? When Glamourpuss makes her most majestic move to find out, the result is pure purrfection.
11) Pip Squeak
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Pip Squeak the mouse works hard to clean the house for his friend Max's visit, but then he has to clean up after Max too.
12) Splish, splash!
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Different animals ask to join a fish in a tub until the tub is full.
13) Drip, drop
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Pip Squeak the mouse is kept awake all night by the drips from his leaky roof.
14) Counting ovejas
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When increasing numbers of sheep in a rainbow of colors appear in a man's bedroom as he tries to fall asleep, he must resort to more and more elaborate means of removing them. What do you do when you can't sleep? Count sheep in Spanish and English, of course! But what happens when those rascally sheep get a little too close for comfort? Well, if you're anything like the sleepy little hero in this clever tale, you might just tire yourself out trying...
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"Oggie Cooder loves cheese so much that he carries a slice of cheese with him wherever he goes. Its not just for a snack -- Oggie is an excellent charver. (Charving is when you chew a piece of cheese to carve it in the shape of something.) The kids at school think Oggies charving is a little strange. But when a big TV show comes looking for people with unusual talents, Oggie is suddenly Mr. Popular. Can Oggie charve a path to fame and score an invite...
16) Baa-choo!
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When Sam the lamb has trouble sneezing, the other animals try to help.
20) Blippo and Beep
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When robot Blippo shares a knock-knock joke with his friend Blippo, Blippo does not understand how they work, and Beep begins to run out of patience.