Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 1991-05
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Review I Pledge Allegiance (Live Oak Readalong) / Live Oak Media:Describes how and why the Pledge of Allegiance was written, how it has changed in wording over the years, and precisely what it means.
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 1998-03-30
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Review Gardener / Live Oak Media:By the author-and-illustrator team of the bestselling The LibraryLydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big gray city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a cantankerous baker. There she initiates a gradual transformation, bit by bit brightening the shop and bringing smiles to customers' faces with the flowers she grows. But it is in a secret place that Lydia Grace works on her masterpiece - an ambitious rooftop garden - which she hopes will make even Uncle Jim smile. Sarah Stewart introduces readers to an engaging and determined young heroine, whose story is told through letters written home, while David Small's illustrations beautifully evoke the Depression-era setting.
Creator: Jay O. Sanders
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 2007-02-28
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Review Allen Jay And the Undergound Railroad / Live Oak Media:Recounts how Allen Jay, a young Quaker boy living in Ohio during the 1840s, helped a fleeing slave escape his master and make it to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 1987-11
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Review Caps for Sale (4 Books 1 Cassette and 1 Guide) / Live Oak Media:Caps for Sale is a timeless classic, in print for over fifty years, and beloved by generations of readers. This easy-to-read story about a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity. Children will delight in following the peddlers efforts to outwit the monkeys in this new, enlarged, and redesigned edition, and will ask to read it again and again. Subtitled A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business, this absurd and very simple story has become a classic, selling hundreds of thousands of copies since its first publication in 1940. A peddler walks around selling caps from a tall, tottering pile on his head. Unable to sell a single cap one morning, he walks out into the countryside, sits down under a tree, checks that all the caps are in place, and falls asleep. When he wakes up, the caps are gone-and the tree is full of cap-wearing monkeys. His attempts to get the caps back generate the kind of repetitive rhythm that 3- and 4-year-olds will adore. (Preschool and older) -Richard Farr.
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 2003-10-30
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Review Julius Baby of the World / Live Oak Media:The riotously funny Lilly, last seen in Chester's Way (Greenwillow), thinks her new baby brother, Julius, is disgusting - if he was a number, he would be zero. But when Cousin Garland dares to criticize Julius, Lilly bullies her into loudly admiring Julius as the baby of the world. "Julius is the baby of the world," said his parents. But Lilly, his older sister, disagreed. She thought he was disgusting. She hoped he would go away. But he didn't. He stayed and stayed and stayed. Nothing her parents said or did could change Lilly's mind about Julius. But when Cousin Garland had a thing or two to say about the situation, Lilly had a change of heart. [+]For children who are facing the arrival of a new sibling, Julius, the Baby of the World makes for great biblio-therapy. At first, big sister Lilly thought it might be fun to have a new baby in the family. But when her parents repeatedly coo, "Julius is the baby of world," Lilly's mouse hackles begin to rise. Soon the jealousy is too much for her, and she embarks on a rejection campaign that is hysterically funny, but also comforting for siblings who probably feel just as much resentment but would never go to Lilly's extremes. Kevin Henkes, creator of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse refuses to shy away from the truly powerful and sometimes dark feelings of children. Through bright watercolors and handwritten, cartoon-style dialogue, Henkes relishes Lilly's wickedness. For example, she delights in insulting her oblivious baby brother: "If you were a food, you'd be a raisin," she whispers into his crib. "If you were a number you'd be zero. " When she paints an elaborate family portrait, she leaves Julius out. When she throws a tea party, guess which baby doesn't get an invitation? But when a visiting cousin starts insulting baby Julius, we discover that the flip side of Lilly's intense jealousy is an even more powerful and lasting loyalty. ALA Notable Book, ALA Booklist Children's Editors' Choice, Horn Book Fanfare Honor List, Parent's Choice Honor for Literature. (Baby to Preschool) -Gail Hudson.
Authors
- Flo Gibson (Narrator)
- Frederick Marryat
Publication date: 1998-01-30
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Review The Children Of The New Forest (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection) [UNABRIDGED] (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection) / Audio Book Contractors, Inc.:In The Children of the New Forest, Marryat describes the trials and triumphs of the four Beverley children, orphaned during the English Civil War and forced to take refuge with a poor woodsman in the New Forest. This is the first annotated edition of a great children's classic, which has retained its popularity since 1847.
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 1988-06
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Review Emma's Pet: A Live Oak Readalong (Reading Chest) / Live Oak Media:"Emma's attitudes are thoroughly childlike; the various characters are marvelously expressive". -The Horn Book. Full-color illustrations.
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 2004-07-30
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Review Fireboat / Live Oak Media:
Authors
- Flo Gibson (Narrator) L. M. Montgomery
Publication date: 1999-01-30
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Review Emily Of New Moon (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection) [UNABRIDGED] (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection) / Audio Book Contractors:In this charming and moving story about Emily Starr, orphaned as a little girl, we learn of her thoughts and adventures in her letters to her dead father, and see her grow as a would-be author. Seven 90-minute cassettes.
Creator: Janet Stevens
Publication date: 2003-10
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Review Anansi and the Magic Stick (4 Books, 1 Cassette) / Live Oak Media:Anansi the Spider steals Hyena's magic stick so he won't have to do the chores, but when the stick's magic won't stop, he gets more than he bargained for.
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 1957-06
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Review Madeline and the Bad Hat / Live Oak Media:The incomparable Madeline, in juanty verse and colorful pictures. One day the Spanish ambassador moves into the Parisian house next door to Miss Clavel, Madeline, and her 11 classmates. And, His Excellency has a boy! Pepito, as he is named, is not just any boy: according to Madeline, he is a "bad hat"-for starters, he's equipped with an irksome slingshot, he "ghosts," and he boasts. And when Miss Clavel gives him a box of tools to function as an "outlet for his energy," he makes a guillotine for the cook's chickens. ("He ate them ROASTED, GRILLED, AND FRITO! Oh what a horror was PEPITO. ") Children will love Ludwig Bemelmans's jaunty rhymes and simple, evocative drawings, and the ferocity with which the feisty Madeline suspects, condemns, and rebuffs the boisterous new boy neighbor. In the end, however, everything comes out right, and we, along with Miss Clavel, can relax. (Ages 4 to 8) -Karin Snelson.
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 1983-12
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Review Corduroy: 4 Books (Corduroy) / Live Oak Media:"A winning, completely childlike picture book in which a stuffed bear waiting hopefully in a toy department finds a home with a little black girl. Endearing, brightly colored pictures. "-Booklist. Full-color illustrations. Have you ever dreamed of being locked in a department store at night? The endearing story of Corduroy paints a picture of the adventures that might unfold (for a teddy bear at least) in such a situation. When all the shoppers have gone home for the night, Corduroy climbs down from the shelf to look for his missing button. It's a brave new world! He accidentally gets on an elevator that he thinks must be a mountain and sees the furniture section that he thinks must be a palace. He tries to pull a button off the mattress, but he ends up falling off the bed and knocking over a lamp. The night watchman hears the crash, finds Corduroy, and puts him back on the shelf downstairs. The next morning, he finds that it's his lucky day! A little girl buys him with money she saved in her piggy bank and takes him home to her room. [+]Corduroy decides that this must be home and that Lisa must be his friend. Youngsters will never get tired of this toy-comes-alive tale with a happy ending, so you may also want to seek out Dan Freeman's next creation, A Pocket for Corduroy. (Ages 3 to 8).
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 1987-03
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Review Mr Rabbit and the Lovely Present / Live Oak Media:The author of such classics as My Granson Lew, Williams's Doll, and Over and Over needs no introduction. Neither does her collaborator Maurice Sendak, who has illustrated so many of today's best-loved, as well as most distinguised, books for children. The heroine of their book has a problem. And at first it does not look as though Mr. Rabbit is going to be much help in solving it. For everyone knows you cannot give your mother a red roof, a yellow taxi-cab, a green caterpillar, or a blue lake for her birthday. But then all the little girl had said was that her mother liked red, yellow, green and blue - and so Mr. Rabbit was trying. How he and the liitle girl come up with the absolutely perfect present makes a story the the youngest reader will love. And the wonderously bright full-color pictures will bring hours of pleasure to readers and lookers of all ages. [+]Any collaborative effort by the esteemed Charlotte Zolotow and the illustrious Maurice Sendak is bound to be a success. These beloved creators of countless children's favorites outdo themselves with this 1963 Caldecott Honor-winning classic about a little girl in need of assistance. Finding a birthday present for her mother is no easy task for our heroine. Luckily, she happens upon the avuncular Mr. Rabbit, whose heart is in the right place, even if he doesn't always have the best ideas. Ultimately, his suggestions do come in handy, and between the two of them they determine the ideal birthday tribute: the gift of color. Children will join the protagonists in contemplating how to make the abstract tangible, and all readers will be delighted to see yellow translate to bananas, as green is given in pears, and blue takes the shape of grapes. The soft, muted colors of Sendak's illustrations are reminiscent of a Monet landscape-utterly appealing and dreamy. And the reflective, sing-song dialogue between Mr. Rabbit and the girl is as deliciously lulling as a shady swing in a hammock. This quiet, peaceful book is a treasure for any shelf. (Ages 4 to 8).
Publication date: 2006-05
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Review Vera's First Day of School (Vera Adventures) / Live Oak Media:Tomorrow was Vera's first day of school. She was big at last. Vera has looked forward to her first day of school for as long as she can remember. Finally the day arrives, and Vera is bursting with excitement. But when she sees the older children in the playground, she suddenly gets frightened and stays behind. Before she knows it, the bell has rung and the giant green doors of the school have closed. Now Vera is late. What will she do?The first day of school can be both thrilling and scary. With charm and gentle humor, Vera Rosenberry explores all the different feelings associated with this important milestone.
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 2002-10-30
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Review The Pumpkin Book / Live Oak Media:Describes how pumpkins come in different shapes and sizes, how they grow, and their traditional uses and cultural significance. Includes instructions for carving a pumpkin and drying the seeds.
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 1990-10
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Review Anansi Goes Fishing (Anansi) / Live Oak Media:Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal. Explains the origin of spider webs.
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 1993-04
Dewey code: 578
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Review Whales / Live Oak Media:Introduces different kinds of whales.
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 1993-10
Dewey code: 567.91
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Review Littlest Dinosaurs / Live Oak Media:A dinosaur small enough to ride a tricycle? Or fit in your bathtub? Most introduces young readers to the littlest dinosaurs in this charming, fact-filled exploration of everyone's favorite prehistoric creatures. From speedy segisaurus to tiny mussaurus, children will love to learn about the little creatures that roamed the earth 160 million years ago.
Creator: Ron Barrett
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 1985-11
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Review Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Reading Chest) 4 paperback Books plus Cassette / Live Oak Media:The tiny town of Chewandswallow was very much like any other tiny town except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast lunch and dinner. But it never rained rain and it never snowed snow and it never blew just wind. It rained things like soup and juice. It snowed things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blew in storms of hamburgers. Life for the townspeople was delicious until the weather took a turn for the worse. The food got larger and larger and so did the portions. Chewandswallow was plagued by damaging floods and storms of huge food. the town was a mess and the people feared for their lives. Something had to be done, and in a hurry.
Creator: Jason Harris
Edition: Pap/Cas
Publication date: 2007-02-28
List Price: $37.95
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Review Buttons for General Washington / Live Oak Media:Reconstructs a possible mission of the fourteen-year-old spy who carried messages to George Washington's camp in the buttons of his coat during the Revolutionary War.
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I Pledge Allegiance (Live Oak Readalong), Gardener, Allen Jay And the Undergound Railroad, Caps for Sale (4 Books 1 Cassette and 1 Guide), Julius Baby of the World, The Children Of The New Forest (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection) [UNABRIDGED] (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection), Emma's Pet: A Live Oak Readalong (Reading Chest), Fireboat, Emily Of New Moon (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection) [UNABRIDGED] (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection), Anansi and the Magic Stick (4 Books, 1 Cassette), Madeline and the Bad Hat, Corduroy: 4 Books (Corduroy), Mr Rabbit and the Lovely Present, Vera's First Day of School (Vera Adventures), The Pumpkin Book, Anansi Goes Fishing (Anansi), Whales, Littlest Dinosaurs, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Reading Chest) 4 paperback Books plus Cassette, Buttons for General WashingtonTop headlines: Minneapolis lures Southwest with data, walleye: Minneapolis airport chief Jeff Hamiel claims no special knowledge for luring Southwest Airlines to his town, but loads of data and a walleye dinner seem to have done the trick. ›17:47 21 Nov, Fri Disputed Senate ballots hold key to Minn. win: The pile of disputed ballots in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race is growing at a pace sure to dwarf the 215-vote margin prior to the recount, making it tough to tell who is gaining an edge as the recount progresses. ›17:56 21 Nov, Fri Second Life bank crash foretold financial crisis: Alan Greenspan admitted last month that lending institutions could not always be trusted to regulate themselves. 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