Lois Wickstrom
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Grandma knits Lila a poncho. This poncho has not one, but three, head holes in it! Lila is sure Grandma made a mistake. Grandma sends her out to play, saying, "We all pull together!" Lila thinks that makes no sense. She encounters three kids who need her help, including the neighborhood bully. Who will she help? And what does the poncho have to do with it? and make the world a better place?
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Is the Witch really going to enter the House Beautiful Contest?
For that matter, is there really a witch? Something is tapping in the woods. Hansel and Gretel investigate. It's not a witch building a beautiful home. It's a woodpecker. They were in such a hurry to find the source of the sound, now they are lost. They come upon a beautiful home. It's made of gingerbread. Animals are nibbling. Hansel and Gretel, eat some, too. Then the owner comes...
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Mira and Carl are enemies. They are also sister and brother.
They never want to do the same thing. Except, they both want to sit behind Daddy when they ride in the car. One day, Dad takes them to the beach. Carl is going to be the super hero and build a castle. Mira will be the super villain and destroy it. So, Carl builds better and stronger castles. And Mira comes up with more ingenious ways to destroy them.
Can being enemies be so much...
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Trezzie, the mermaid is back for another science adventure. This time Fig teachers her how to make a magnifying glass with a few drops of water. Trezzie collects things people leave on the shore of the lake. People think these things are trash, but Trezzie knows they are treasures. In this adventure she makes good use of an empty fruit box. Trezzie has found rocks with patterns on them. She shows them to her friends. Fig shows Trezzie how to make...
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12-Year-Old Gwendolyn is a Dream-Shifter. She Becomes the Animals She Dreams About.When she wakes normally, she becomes human again. But just as she's leaping around as an elk, a fire alarm jars her awake. It's elk hunting season, and she doesn't know how to change back to a girl, or how to stay alive. But she still speaks English, and she still thinks like a girl. The thing she wants most is to attend journalism camp. The camp only admits humans....
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On holiday at Loch Ness, Craig hopes to capture Nessie. His little sister Linda ruins every chance. A glowing blue stone leads them to Nessie's secret grotto, with Viking pirates and a treacherous mermaid. Craig has to decide: is it worth risking his life to save the Loch Ness Monster?
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Maia's Imaginary Friend is a Mermaid. Her best friend Fig can't see her.But Fig and Trezzie both love science. Trezzie loves to collect trash that people leave on the lakeshore. She keeps her finds in her treasure box. They come in handy for learning science. Maia, Fig and Trezzie swap science tricks using treasures from the mermaid's secret box. Best of all, they make a rainbow with a mirror, a piece of paper, and a glass of water.Together, they...
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Carrie continues her magical adventure when her Grandma moves across town. The round Fascinator box holds the magic that turns Carrie's bed into a boat where she encounters all sorts of characters who help Carrie feel even closer to Grandma. – the bed feels like it is rocking like a boat, the hat looks like a small golden boat – the hat (fascinator)takes her on an adventure in the story her parents read while wearing the hat.
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When Grandma moved across town, she left four mysterious boxes in the hall closet: Feathers, Wandas, Fascinator, and Dowse. Dowse can mean soaking wet or find something valuable. In this book, Carrie does both. She hunts for gold and finds her dad's wedding ring. She hunts for water and finds a leaky sewer pipe. Then she asks the rods to find her something valuable. She finds Grandma!
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Two Dinosaur Stories in One Book. Flip it over and read another story. These dinosaurs are best friends, but sometimes they disagree. A present for the VolcanoSpike (an ankylosaurus) sees a volcano erupting. He thinks it is unhappy. He wants to give the volcano a present to cheer it up. He gets his friend Conifer (a tyrannosaurus) to help him build a necklace of stones around the base of the volcano. When it does erupt, the stones block the lava flow....
12) Magic Wanda
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When Grandma moved across town, she left four boxes in a closet marked Keep.
Fascinator, Feathers, Dowse, and Wandas. In this book, Carrie explores the wandas. They're female wands, of course. Wandas don't DO magic. Wandas ARE magic.
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Two Dinosaur Stories in One Book. Flip it over and read another story. These dinosaurs are best friends, but sometimes they disagree. A present for the VolcanoSpike (an ankylosaurus) sees a volcano erupting. He thinks it is unhappy. He wants to give the volcano a present to cheer it up. He gets his friend Conifer (a tyrannosaurus) to help him build a necklace of stones around the base of the volcano. When it does erupt, the stones block the lava flow....
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Loretta finds a caterpillar egg on a milkweed plant. She watches over the egg, observes hatching, shoos away the predators, watches the maturation process, metamorphosis and migration. Book also has explanation of migration, sources of milkweed seeds, and how to recognize male and female monarch butterflies.
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Alex, the inventor, is sure the plants are talking to her. They want to have a party. They want to fly. She has fun until things go wrong and the plants continue to ask for things. What will Alex do about it? Will she invent something new? This is a story about imagination and invention and what happens at the end of a long day.
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The tree Grandma brings has aphids. Grandma says Loretta must kill the aphids before they kill the tree, but Loretta refuses because she loves insects. One day, a katydid finds the tree. It eats all the aphids. Then the katydid starts eating the tree. Loretta doesn't want to get rid of the katydid. How will she keep her orange tree healthy for the science fair? With a little secret help from the insect world, Loretta just might win first place.
20) Carrie's Flight
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When Grandma moved to the small house across town, she left treasures in the closet of her old home. Carrie has opened the door to the closet. There's no stopping her now!A modern Icarus tale.Carrie's Grandma left four mysterious boxes in a closet marked: KEEP. Wandas, Fascinator, Dowse, and Feathers. These treasures help Carrie feel closer to Grandma. There's magic in love. And in the starlings they watch together.Magic runs in the women of Carrie's...