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    The Creeping Bookends
    The Creeping Bookends
    The Creeping Bookends
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    The Creeping Bookends

    By Michael Dahl and Bradford Kendall

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    One evening, a young boy is accidentally locked inside the library. Suddenly, a pair of lizard bookends come alive! The boy watches as the ravenous reptiles gobble up stacks of books. Will the Librarian arrive before the boy becomes their next meal?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateMar 15, 2021
    ISBN9781663983336
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    Michael Dahl

    Michael Dahl is the prolific author of the bestselling Goodnight, Baseball picture book and more than 200 other books for children and young adults. He has won the Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award three times for his nonfiction, a Teachers’ Choice Award from Learning Magazine, and a Seal of Excellence from the Creative Child Awards. Dahl currently lives in Minnesota.

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