Creator: Terry Bregy
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2002-01
List Price: $44.95
Price: $28.06
Review Across Five Aprils / Audio Bookshelf:Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War.
Publication date: 2004-01
List Price: $39.95
Price: $28.18
Review Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing (Live Oak Readalongs) / Live Oak Media:
Creator: Shirley Barthelmie
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2006-10-30
List Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00
Review Mates, Dates and Sole Survivors / Bolinda Publishing:I decided that next time I saw him, I'd have a word about maybe giving each other a bit more space. After all, Mum's always saying that you have to work on relationships and not give up at the first hiccup. Lucy seems to be out on a limb. Everybody has a boyfriend except her, and since she put Tony on the back burner he's found someone else. Then on a spa weekend with Izzie, she meets someone who seems just right for her. And he feels the same way about her. But after a while, Lucy starts to feel smothered. [+]Can someone love you too much? Maybe the life of a singleton isn't so bad after all!.
Authors
- Helen MacGregor
- Bobbie Gargrave
Publication date: 2004-01-30
Dewey code: 372
List Price: $41.30
Price: $28.35
Review Let's Go Shoolie-shoo: Creative Activities for Dance and Music / A & C Black Publishers Ltd:Following on from 'Let's Go Zudie-O', this is a collection of world and historical music for inspiring dance and movement work in the primary classroom. The activities are brought to life through videoclips of the authors working with children in real-life teaching situations. This is a rich resource which will motivate and delight both children and teachers. The music includes jazz, Mexican band music, contemporary electronic music, 19th to 21st century orchestral music, a stick dancing game from Thailand, an Italian renaissance dance, and African traditional rain music. The CD-ROM, as well as demonstrating the activities, contains motivational clips of underwater life, an American twister, and much much more.
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2006-11-01
List Price: $49.95
Price: $28.32
Review Drums, Girls, And Dangerous Pie -library / Scholastic Audio Books:Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life: he plays drums in the All-Star Jazz band, has a crush on the hottest girl in the school, and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey. But when Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia, Steven's world is turned upside down. He is forced to deal with his brother's illness and his parents' attempts to keep the family in one piece. Salted with humor and peppered with devastating realities, DRUMS, GIRLS, AND DANGEROUS PIE is a heartwarming journey through a year in the life of a family in crisis.
Creator: Laura Hamilton
Publication date: 2006-05
List Price: $39.95
Price: $28.18
Review When Vera Was Sick (Vera Adventures) / Live Oak Media:When Vera gets the chicken pox, her mom puts her in the spare bedroom and brings in the Kitty-the big, soft pillow with arms. It's lonely and dark in the spare room, and the wallpaper looks like it's making scary faces at Vera. Try as she might, Vera can't sleep. All she can do is scratch her spots. But being sick has its rewards. Her mother reads her picture books, her father sings her lullabies, and her sister treats her to checker games. It's not long before Vera feels like her old self again. Any child who has experienced the woes of being sick will find sweetness and humor in this charming story about one brave little girl.
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 2006-02-28
List Price: $39.95
Price: $28.18
Review Alice in Wonderland / Through the Looking Glass / BBC Audiobooks America:
Creator: Magical Music Express
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 2001-11
List Price: $14.95
Price: $28.16
Review Friendship Stew: Songs from Here, There, and Around the World : Pam & Greta's Magical Music Express / Gentle Wind:
Creator: Susan O'Malley
Edition: 5 Una
Publication date: 2005-01-30
List Price: $45.00
Price: $28.35
Review What Katy Did / Blackstone Audiobooks:
Creator: Josephine Bailey
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2005-01-10
List Price: $49.99
Price: $28.26
Review Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 (The Royal Diaries) / Tantor Media:Welcome to the bizarre court of Henry VIII, where even a princess fears losing her head like her mother. Elizabeth hides her tenacious personality from everyone, especially her father. Your 21st-century kid will enjoy Elizabeth's "treasonous thoughts" and glimpse the daily life of a young woman who ascended the throne at 25 and went on to rule her country for 45 years. "Do you know who I am? I shall tell you. I am Elizabeth, Princess of England, daughter of Henry VIII and his wife Anne Boleyn. I am eleven years old. My mother, once Queen, is now dead. Almost eight years ago, when I was not yet three, Father chopped off her head. " Daughter of a fallen queen, young Princess Elizabeth lives a complicated and dangerous life. She fears her father's famous temper but loves him dearly, noting that she would trade all her jewels just to be noticed by him. [+]She also loves her brother Edward, heir to the English throne, but doesn't like her older sister Mary, who torments her and conspires against her. Kat, her governess, is so worried for Elizabeth's life that she spends hours checking their room for poison whenever they move to a new palace. Court intrigues swirl around her, the French are threatening an invasion, and Kat is clamoring for her to have another bath-that makes nearly six in three months! Through Elizabeth's diary, author Kathryn Lasky brings the Tudor world to life: glittering banquets of peacock, eel, and swan; palaces so stinky that "everyone goes about with their noses buried in pomander balls to hide the stench"; archery contests, where Elizabeth excels; and Latin and logic lessons. where she needs a little work. Some of the history is slightly flawed (a misplaced date or two), but readers will enjoy the great detail as they learn about the childhood of one of England's greatest monarchs. An epilogue, with Tudor family trees, paintings, and background information enhances this already excellent and entertaining book. (Ages 10 and older) -Sunny Delaney.
Publication date: 2003-01
List Price: $39.95
Price: $28.18
Review Blues of Flats Brown / Live Oak Media:To escape an abusive master, a junkyard dog named Flats runs away and makes a name for himself from Mississippi to New York City playing blues on his guitar.
Creator: Jay Laga'aia
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2005-04-30
List Price: $32.00
Price: $28.37
Review The Whale Rider / Bolinda Publishing:Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny. Her people claim descent from Kahutia Te Rangi, the legendary "whale rider. " In every generation since Kahutia, a male heir has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir, and the aging chief is desperate to find a successor. Kahu is his only great-grandchild-and Maori tradition has no use for a girl. But when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten the future of the Maori tribe, it is Kahu who saves the tribe when she reveals that she has the whale rider's ancient gift of communicating with whales. Now available in simultaneous hardcover and paperback editions. Feature film in theaters in June 2003!.
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2006-04-15
List Price: $45.00
Price: $28.35
Review Calendar Quest: A 5,000 Year Trek through Western History with Father Time (Library Edition) / Blackstone Audio Inc.:What do bald men in skirts, ancient geeks, pompous popes, and bickering bishops have in common? They all took part in shaping the calendar that hangs on your wall. Together with a host of famous and not-so-famous others, adjusted, fine-tuned, and tinkered around with what would eventually become the western world’s most popular tool for keeping track of time. When a crotchety, down-on-his-luck old man turns up as a temporary employee in Lindsie’s father’s bookshop, she and her friend Evan feel sorry for him. But after they follow him to his makeshift home, Mr. S. Kronos (aka Father Time) drags them on a wild ride through five thousand years of hilarious history, insisting they meet the calendar’s creators. Lindsie and Evan will never take the calendar for granted again.
Creator: Jerome Pride
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2004-01-30
List Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00
Review Girl In Red: Library Edition / Bolinda Publishing:
Authors
- Wilhelm Karl Grimm
- Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
- Charles Perrault
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2005-10-15
List Price: $49.99
Price: $28.24
Review Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin and Other Stories (Library Edition) / Tantor Media:Through the ages children have been enthralled by Cinderella, the glass slipper, and the evil stepmother. Also includes "Sleeping Beauty," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Little Tom Thumb," "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Snow White. ".
Creator: Renee Raudman
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2006-07-15
List Price: $49.99
Price: $28.26
Review Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess--Russia 1914 (Royal Diaries (Audio)) / Tantor Media:Award-winning author Carolyn Meyer introduces young listeners to the unforgettable Anastasia Romanov, whose idyllic life is forever changed with the coming of World War I. Unabridged. 3 CDs. Anastasia is a carefree young duchess, daughter of Nicholas Alexandrovitch Romanov, tsar of all the Russias in 1914. While her father attends to the turbulent affairs of a vast and complex country, Anastasia's major concerns are how to get out of her detested schoolwork to play in the snow, go ice skating, or have picnics. She wears diamonds and rubies, and every morning her mother tells her which matching outfit she and her three sisters shall wear that day. Slowly a hint of future trouble enters her happy, pampered life. Anastasia's younger brother, the future tsar, is a hemophiliac-a "bleeder" who cannot stop bleeding if he is cut or bruised. Anastasia begins to learn that all is not well in the outside world, either. Not everyone in Russia worships her father as she does, and the Germans are about to declare war on Russia. [+]Anastasia's world gradually deteriorates, as reported in her youthful, often playful journal. As Russia entered World War I, hunger and poverty grew among the peasants, and the Romanov ruling family began to lose favor, culminating in their murders-including Anastasia's-by Bolshevik revolutionaries. This fictionalized diary of the mischievous youngest daughter's last four years gives a fascinating glimpse into a life of unlimited wealth-and the subsequent downward spiral. Historical notes, family trees, and photographs round out Carolyn Meyer's compelling contribution to the popular Royal Diaries series. (Ages 9 to 14) -Emilie Coulter.
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2006-07-15
List Price: $45.00
Price: $28.34
Review Guardians of Ga’Hoole, Book Two: The Journey (Guardians of Ga'hoole) / Blackstone Audio Inc.:It began as a dream, a quest for the Great Ga’Hoole Tree, a mythic place where each night an order of owls rises to perform noble deeds. There Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger hope to find inspiration to fight the evil that dwells in the owl kingdom. The journey is long and harrowing. When Soren and his friends finally arrive at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree, they will be tested in ways they never dreamed and face challenges they never imagined. If they can learn from their leaders and from one another, they will soon become true Ga’Hoolian owls—honest and brave, wise and true.
Creator: Del Roy
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-05-13
List Price: $50.00
Price: $28.28
Review The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (Mysterious Benedict Society) / Listening Library (Audio):Children you must not come stop dangerous!The fabulous foursome readers embraced as The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new mission: to go on a mind-bending international scavenger hunt designed to engage their individual talents. As they search for all the clues and riddles Mr. Benedict has hidden for them, Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance face an unexpected challenge that will reinforce the reasons they were brought together in the first place and require them to fight for the very namesake that united them. JOIN THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Creator: Frances Cassidy
Edition: Library ed.
Publication date: 2006-09-05
List Price: $49.99
Price: $28.21
Review Heidi (Unabridged Classics in Audio) / Tantor Media:Orphaned Heidi lives with her gruff but caring grandfather on the side of Swiss mountain, where she befriends young Peter the goat-herd. She leads an idyllic life, until she is forced to leave the mountain she has always known to go and live with a sickly girl in the city. Will Heidi ever see her grandfather again? A classic tale of a young girl's coming-of-age, of friendship, and familial love, Heidi has inspired countless dramatic versions, both on TV and in film, including Shirley Temple's famous 1937 version.
Authors
- Smithsonian Historical
- Glanville Heisch
Price: $34.98
Review The Cinnamon Bear: A Classic Children's Story (Smithsonian Historical Performances) / Radio Spirits:The Cinnamon Bear is the beloved 1937 children's radio series featuring Paddy O'Cinnamon, the Cinnamon Bear. It's a delightful six hour adventure story of twins Judy and Jimmy Barton and their search for the silver star that goes on top of their Christmas tree. 5 cassettes.
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