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  I Am Ingrid: The Adventures of...

  Aria Mia Loberti

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  This funny, adorable audiobook is based on the life of Ingrid, the real guide dog to actress, author, and UNICEF Ambassador Aria Mia Loberti! Ingrid knows she is fabulous. She flies around the world with her person, Aria. Working as a team, they navigate everything from college classes and ancient ruins to movie sets and red carpets. And Ingrid never goes anywhere without her string of pearls. But before Ingrid was the best guide dog there ever was, she was just a small, black puppy with very big paws.Growing up at Guide Dogs for the Blind, Ingrid saw lots of grown-up dogs wearing special harnesses. They were guide dogs, and they got to help people and go on adventures. Ingrid dreamed of being just like them. But becoming a guide dog isn't easy. It takes a lot of training and hard work. When they are wearing their harnesses, guide dogs must be focused and calm. That means no sniffing strangers, barking, or picking up food from the ground -- no matter how good it smells! But Ingrid was determined to complete her training and become the best guide dog in the world.This recording includes a standard audio track featuring the book’s main text, as well as an audio description track. This includes the complete text of the book accompanied by full, detailed descriptions of each and every illustration and photograph, all written and performed by Aria.With an original score and lots of exciting sound effects (including some provided by the real-life Ingrid herself), each element of this listening experience has been thoughtfully designed to be as inclusive and immersive as possible.Audio description is especially helpful for people with disabilities that affect how they see or understand pictures, including people who are blind or have low vision, or people with certain learning disabilities. But it’s also a fun and useful tool for everyone. It’s another way to enjoy the visual parts of a story.

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  Rock Harbor Search and Rescue

  Colleen Coble

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  In Rock Harbor Search and Rescue, a middle grade fiction novel based on Colleen Coble’s bestselling Rock Harbor series for adults, kids will enjoy the mixture of pets, adventure, suspense, and a mystery.  
  Emily O’Reilly is obsessed with all things Search and Rescue. She volunteers with the team and goes on rescue missions with her stepmom. She is even selling homemade jewelry to save up for her own Search and Rescue puppy. But when an expensive necklace is stolen from a renowned jewelry artist at Rock Harbor’s fall festival and Emily is accused of the crime, it looks like she’ll never get her puppy and be able to join the Rock Harbor Search and Rescue team.  
  Emily isn’t willing to give up on her Search and Rescue dreams that easily, and she sets out to find the real culprit and to restore her reputation. With a few suspects in mind, Emily is determined to uncover the truth, but she isn’t prepared for the secrets she and the Search and Rescue dogs sniff out in the process. This exciting mystery is filled with twists and turns that will keep readers on the edge of their seats and have them pining after a Search and Rescue puppy of their own! 
  "Colleen is a master storyteller."—Karen Kingsbury

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  A Hitch in Time

  Frederik Pohl

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  A Hitch in Time by Frederik Pohl - Young Thom Ra travels back to the hideous Venus-Earth war, and ventures peril to win lovely Elren Dri for his mate! 
  Obviously the man was dying, and there was no chance that he ever would be discovered. 
  I blessed the carelessness that had caused me to set the space-time dials a little off when I began this journey to the distant past. I had come to this barbaric era in the proper time, indeed, but millions of miles removed from it in space. It had been only after an annoying search that I had discovered Earth, jetted toward it in my space-drive suit and had come down out of the skies to land on this tiny, deserted island in the middle of an empty sea. 
  But it was incredible luck that had brought me there. For I had found exactly what I needed—a man who would give me information, clothing and an identity—and then die, and obliterate the record of my interference with the course of events! 
  I, Thom Ra, walked toward him. Feeble though he was, he opened his eyes and stared at me. 
  "Thank Heaven!" he whispered, in the thick, hideous language of that era. "I couldn't have lasted much longer if you hadn't found me." He fell back and smiled at me with heartfelt gratitude, and for a moment I felt a wild, fleeting impulse to help him, to save his life. But of course, I dared not interfere. For that would change the shape of the future, and that meant destruction for me.... 
  When I blasted off from the island, a little later, he was dead, and I was wearing his uniform—and his name. 
  He gave me information before he died, and I had no trouble locating the spot I wanted. I waited till dark before landing a few hundred yards from the war-dome. Then I hid my space-drive suit in a cluster of ancient trees, and walked into the building that housed the most murderous weapon of all time.

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  Grief Is an Elephant

  Tamara Ellis Smith

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  When Grief first arrives, it is an elephant—so big that there is hardly room for anything else. But over time, Grief becomes smaller and smaller—first a deer, a fox, then a mouse, and finally a flickering firefly in the darkness leading us down a path of loving remembrance. 
  This lyrical work is an empathetic and comforting balm for anyone experiencing grief—whether the loss of a loved one or the losses in the world around us. Its heartfelt message reminds us that there is no loss without love.

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  The Best New Neighbors Ever - A...

  Vincent W. Goett, Carolyn Larsen

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  The Bus Bunch is a group of kids that live in Brite Star and attend Brite Star School. They have become friends as they all ride the same bus to school each day. 
  The Bus Bunch stories are intended to teach and reinforce positive behavior to young children. 
  The Best New Neighbors Ever is about diversity. In this story a new family moves in next door and the kids learn they are not so different after all."

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  Black Boy Rise

  Brynne Barnes

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  A bold anthem that celebrates the power and potential of young Black boys by the award-winning creative author Brynne Barnes. 
    
  From the celebrated author of Black Girl Rising and Colors of Me, this is a book to read, share, and cherish across generations. 
    
  Black Boy, Rise combines gorgeous, moving text filled with lyrical references to poets and writers whose voices have lifted and defined the Black experience, including Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, W. E. B. Du Bois, and James Weldon Johnson, that powerfully reflect the soul and gloriousness of Black boys in all their brilliance: the rich legacy of their past, the grit and grace of their present, and the divine promise of their future. 
    
  BLACK JOY: This dynamic anthem speaks directly to the need of families, educators, and young readers to see the full beauty, richness, and complexity of Black boys' experiences reflected in thoughtful, empowering children's literature that positively portrays and celebrates Black boyhood. 
    
  AFRICAN AMERICAN BOOKS FOR KIDS: For fans of All Because You Matter and Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, Brynne Barnes brings a fresh spin with her rhythmic rhyming text that exhorts readers to 'Make beauty. Make joy. Make believe, and pretend. Make wonder. Makes wishes. Make magic begin.'

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