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  Billy the Kid: A heartwarming...

  Michael Morpurgo

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  Read by the inimitable Richard Attenborough. Billy was a champion soccer star, playing for Chelsea in the 1930s. But that was before war broke out… 
  Billy the Kid is told through the voice of an 80 year old man, who looks back on his life as Chelsea’s champion striker until the outbreak of war in 1939 and on through his subsequent life. Billy joins Chelsea as a football apprentice, rises through the reserves to become a real champion. His passion for football sees him through the war years – even as a prisoner of war he organises a friendly against the Italians – but, having been injured by a mine he cannot play for Chelsea on his return to England. Billy turns to vagrancy and alcohol and for years he wanders up and down the country. he re-settles in London in a derelict house and is befriended by a family who move him to a shed in their garden. He, in turn, helps their son with his football who in his turn becomes a Chelsea player. Billy becomes a Chelsea Pensioner and his 80th birthday is celebrated when Chelsea play at home. A novel for both children and adults which deals with some difficult issues. Michael Morpurgo’s storytelling is superb. 
  This bestselling book by Michael Morpurgo, the Sunday Times bestselling author, is a riveting blend of action, adventure, and emotion. Billy's life, marked by the highs of football stardom and the lows of vagrancy, is a compelling narrative that will captivate both children and adults. 
  For fans of R. J. Palacio (White Bird), Rosemary Wells (Charlotte’s Web), Anait Semirdzhyan (The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale), Madeleine L'Engle (A Wrinkle in Time), and Gary Paulsen (How to Train Your Dad).

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  Unicorn Princess and Her...

  Kimberlie Smith

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  The Unicorn Princess; And Her Birthday Cake is the first book in a series about a unicorn princess and is an enchanting adventure for ages 0-8. 
  The Unicorn Princess is setting up for her birthday party and realizes that she has forgotten the cake. She grabs her mother's recipe card to make her favorite cake and all the necessary ingredients, except she finds she doesn't have her favorite berries and heads to town to buy her favorite berries by way of the scary Zorak forest. The Unicorn Princess isn't scared or alone for long because she meets some new friends along the way who help her reach the town to buy the berries for her cake. Grateful for her newfound friends, she invites them to her birthday party. There's great fun at the birthday party with singing, dancing, games, and even a fun surprise by the fairy that leaves everyone laughing and jumping around in glee. A lesson was learned by the Unicorn Princess when she realized that friendships are far more important than any gift in a box. 
  The author has included a fun gift of coloring pages for your enjoyment, which is located at the back of the book.

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  Mikka's Magical Surprise...

  Zanni Louise, Kyla May

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  A series about friendship, having fun and making mischief. Plus a sprinkle of adorable magic! A sparkling new illustrated series for fans of PRINCESS IN BLACK and PEARL THE UNICORN! 
    
  Princess Mikka has a palace, a dress for every occasion and even her own water slide, but there's one thing she wants more than anything else: a pet. 
  So when her parents surprise her with her very own unicorn called Marshmallow, all her dreams come true. That is, until Marshmallow's magical horn ZAPs everything in sight! 
  Can Mikka help Marshmallow manage her magic, or will the kingdom be covered in orange juice, floating sheep and dancing teapots forever?

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  Spooky Classics for Children

  Jim Weiss, Rudyard Kipling

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  Master storyteller Jim Weiss brings you suspense, laughter, and plenty of plot twists. Spooky, not scary!  An ancient ghost tries to frighten a new family away from his castle. A scientist's potion reveals old secrets. And a street magician has one last trick up his sleeve. Beloved storyteller Jim Weiss retells these spooky tales from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rudyard Kipling, and Oscar Wilde.

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  The Wizard of Sound - A Story...

  Barbara Mitchell

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  In 1877 a young man developed a way to reproduce sounds so they could be heard again and again. This young man, Thomas Edison, has since been heralded as one of the world's greatest inventors. This inspiring biography details the creation of Edison's favorite invention, the phonograph. Young readers will also discover that Edison did not allow his handicap (he was hard of hearing) to slow him down.

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  I Like Your Shoes

  R. Stim

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  Crazy things are about to happen to 12-year-old Frankie Jackson after she signs on to compete in a reality TV show. Not only does she have to win a televised pitching competition, but she also has to figure out who burned down an abandoned houseboat and how come a 15-year-old con artist wants to become her BFF. And weirdest of all—why is she getting phone calls from someone claiming to be the “real” Frankie Jackson? I Like Your Shoes, the third book in the Frankie Jackson mystery series, takes place on the Sausalito houseboat docks.

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