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  The Enchanted Symphony

  Emma Walton Hamilton, Julie Andrews

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  When a lively village is beset by a mysterious fog, the town turns dull and silent; melancholy neighbors stop visiting each other, and even going outside. Until one day when a boy’s simple melody strikes a chord, reminding everyone of what matters most—even in the darkest of times.  
    
  From bestselling mother–daughter duo Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton comes a powerful, hopeful fable celebrating life’s simple pleasures that bring us together. 

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  Christmas At The Old Bull

  Old Bull Theatre Company

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  Set three years after the events of 'Connections', John (Matthew Mullan) finds himself in a sticky situation with his girlfriend, Lea (Amy Hosick). Set on the eve of Christmas, this story brings back familiar faces from the world of 'Connections' for a funny and lighthearted Christmas Special.  
  Starring Matthew Mullan as John, Amy Hosick as Lea, Séan Cooper as Tony, Jackson Allen as Sam, Jayden Kilkelly as Grace, Ella Kilpatrick as Amanda and Tom Moore as Ryan. 
  Produced by the Old Bull Theatre Company.

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  World Made of Glass

  Ami Polonsky

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  A heartbreaking, heart-mending novel of love, grief, friendship, and community.   March 1987. The FDA has just approved AZT as the first drug to treat AIDS. But it's too late for Iris’s dad. He’s dying, confined to a hospital bed in the apartment he shares with his boyfriend, J.R. (who Iris hates), four floors above Iris and her mom. Soon, all Iris has left of her kind, loving dad are memories, photos, and a binder full of the poems they used to exchange. As Iris navigates her rage and grief, she resolves to speak out against the rampant fear, misinformation, and prejudice surrounding AIDS—and find the pieces of Dad that she never knew before. In the process, she discovers surprising sides to J.R., the joy of true friendship, and the power of her own voice in school and at home. Award-winning author Ami Polonsky has crafted a lyrical, tender, earth-shattering novel that will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page.

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  Active Minds Kids Ask About Kittens

  Christopher Nicholas

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  Do you know how kittens' tails help them jump and climb? Or what makes kittens specially equipped for the dark? Or why kittens play so much? Explore this delightful book for answers to questions you’ll be glad we asked.

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  The Listening Tree Befriending...

  Martha Begley Schade

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  The crowds cheer as the President of Ireland welcomes the beautiful Johanna onto the stage in Eyre Square in Galway, Now rich and world famous, she ponders on how she came to be in this position. She thinks back to when she was growing up and how she had a source of great advice in the Listening Tree in Merlin Woods. She remembers fondly the advice she received from her friend and how she took it all on board. With old Irish sayings interweaved, this quaint story shows the importance of finding that source of advice you can follow in life - and to know the difference.  
  Galway Fairytales are a range of books that aim to nurture children's wellbeing through Irish storytelling. These books enable discussions on topics such as bullying, friendships, kindness, teamwork, finding your source of good guidance in life, persevering as a friend, the importance of saying sorry and owning up to wrongdoing, the limits to pranking others, social inclusion, family breakup and coping with anxiety. Each story comes complete with a discussion list and sets of interesting facts about some character or aspect in the story.  
  The Listening Tree is the fourth book of the Merlin Woods Series and comes complete with a discussion list as well as interesting ideas about how good trees are for us.  
  Social-emotional learning through enjoyable Irish stories. "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." Albert Einstein

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  The Spaceship With a Human Brain...

  Philip K. Dick

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  It was all very confusing, the reasons for the war, the nature of the enemy. The Yucconae had been contacted on one of the outlying planets of Proxima Centauri. At the approach of the Terran ship, a host of dark slim pencils had lifted abruptly and shot off into the distance. The first real encounter came between three of the yuk pencils and a single exploration ship from Terra. No Terrans survived. After that it was all out war, with no holds barred. Now though, the Yucks had made their mine fields sentient, they could seek out and destroy Terran ships. The only response was to put a human brain into a ship. The results were, to say the least, surprising to everyone. No one expected what would happen. Least of all the generals who thought up the idea. The human brain in the spaceship had ideas of his own and they did not include listening to the generals.

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