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  A World of Beauty - Tales from...

  Vasily Sukhomlinsky

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  A World of Beauty: Tales from Pavlysh contains 19 charming little tales about the beauty of the natural world, and how nature supports all living creatures.  
  A chicken hatches some duck eggs. A rowan tree welcomes some beautiful, crested birds to feed on its berries. A blade of grass slumbers through the winter and awakens to joyfully greet the spring. In some of the stories, people engage with this beauty. A child admires the magic beauty of a snowflake, “a six-pointed star, so beautiful and shiny, that a fairy-tale master might have cut it from a plate of silver”. A boy is woken at dawn by his father, and together they go to a field so they can listen to the song of a lark, “sprinkling the field with magic sounds”. A young girl breaks the thorns off an acacia, so that a butterfly will not prick itself. In other stories, animals help each other. A hedgehog shares its winter shelter with a grasshopper. A squirrel shares a pinecone with a woodpecker. 
  All the stories, beautifully narrated by Jilly Bond, reflect the poetic vision of nature that Vasily Sukhomlinsky shared with students in his school in the Ukrainian village of Pavlysh. 
  The print and eBook editions of this audio book are beautifully illustrated by students from Ukraine and Belarus.

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  Multilingual Aesop Fables -...

  Mouna Carpenter

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  Aesop's Fables is a collection of fables credited to Aesop a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal register and in popular as well as artistic media.  
   This audiobook is one of several in a multilingual series consisting of 25 fables. Educators, translators, and second language acquisition experts collaborated to retell the fables in simplified language, with both form and content systematically adjusted and controlled by limiting the vocabulary, simplifying the syntax, and without digressing from he main story line. 
  Thank you for choosing Multilingual Aesop. 
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  Segregated Skies

  Michael H. Cottman

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  It was 1964 and black men didn't fly commercial jets. But David Harris was about to change that ... After years of flying B-52 bombers in the United States Air Force, David Harris applied to be a pilot for commercial airliners, an opportunity no other African American before him---not even the famed Tuskegee Airmen---had ever been afforded. After receiving rejection after rejection, he finally signed on with American Airlines in 1964. But this success was just the beginning of another uphill battle for equal treatment. It was the height of the civil rights movement, a time of massive protests as people struggled to end racial segregation and give Black people equal rights. As a light-skinned, light-eyed Black man, David was told by many people he could have "passed" for white. But he didn't do that. Instead, he made the bold decision to disclose his race to his employers and fellow airmen. He had experienced discrimination throughout his life, but this was different. He now carried the pride of his family and the hopes of future Black aviators on his shoulders. This gripping narrative, perfect for middle grade readers and Black History Month, follows Harris's turbulent path to become the first African-American commercial airline pilot in the U.S., presented against the backdrop of racial tensions, protests, and the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s. It's the story of a man who fought social injustice the only way he knew how---by succeeding. Don't miss Michael H. Cottman's other middle grade fan favorite, Shackles From the Deep, which Booklist called "rich with intrigue and poignant, thought-provoking questions ... Part mystery, part history, part self-discovery, a stunning trip well worth taking." (Starred review)

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  Return to the Wild

  Kira Freed

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  This book examines the consequences that an expanding human population has had on a number of animal species whose populations are shrinking. Captive breeding is presented as one way to save these endangered species.

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  Are You Listening? - Voices...

  Susan Markowitz Meredith

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  Highlights presents Are You Listening? written by Susan Markowitz Meredith. Maddie, an outgoing fourth grader, signs up for a video class at the 10th Street Community Center. At Maddie's suggestion, the class chooses to make their video project about the pending destruction of the old courthouse in town, something that is causing much controversy. Maddie is strongly opposed to the destruction of the historic building. Another girl, Carina, is in favor of tearing down the courthouse. Through their research for the project, the girls learn to appreciate each other's viewpoint and see opportunities for compromise on the issue.

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  Much Ado About Nothing - A Play...

  Luke Daniel Paiva, William...

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  Fall in love with this Shakespearean comedy about finding and losing love. A host of characters try to act as matchmakers for a young couple, while another couple is to be married. But everything doesn't go as planned when a meddling villain schemes to ruin the wedding.

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