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	A Snowy Owl Story by Melissa Kim (Goodreads Author), Jada Fitch (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Monarch Butterfly Story by Melissa Kim (Goodreads Author), Jada Fitch (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Blanding's Turtle Story (Wildlife on the Move, #3) by Melissa Kim (Goodreads Author), Jada Fitch (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Little Brown Bat Story by Melissa Kim (Goodreads Author), Jada Fitch (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue Whale 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Endocrine and Reproductive Systems 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Polar bears and other arctic animals (Explorer books) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learning About the Endocrine and Reproductive Systems it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Giant Panda by Melissa Kim (Goodreads Author), Shirley Felts (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mountain Gorilla by Melissa Kim (Goodreads Author), Ann Strugnell (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Weight of Ink

by Rachel Kadish (Goodreads Author)

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The Friend

by Sigrid Nunez

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