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  Dream by Dream - The Story of...

  Geri Kolesar

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  As a child, Isaac Mayer Wise loved to study. Words were like magic keys that could unlock new worlds. He had big ideas and big dreams. Becoming a rabbi, he thought some long-held traditions needed changing, but some of his ideas were unpopular with European Jews. He decided to go to America, where he had heard Jews were more open to new ideas – and they were. He started a Jewish newspaper to share his new ideas and built a synagogue across the street from Cincinnati’s City Hall, inspiring a new kind of Judaism. He founded a seminary where both women and men could study, inspiring a new kind of Judaism, dream by dream.

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  Thomas Edison - Inspiration and...

  Janet Benge, Geoff Benge

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  With only three months of formal education, Thomas Edison grew up to be one of the most successful inventors of all time. Applying scientific principles to practical use, he made scores of inventions and held over thirteen hundred patents, from improvements on the telegraph and phonograph to the development of the incandescent lamp and a whole system for distributing electricity. Edison's rise from humble beginnings and his unceasing struggle to overcome obstacles illustrate the spirit of America. His genius and investigative methods shaped the future and continue to influence new generations.

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  The Animals Speak - The Lakota...

  S.D. Nelson

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  Award-winning Lakota author-artist S. D. Nelson shows what wisdom can be learned from animals in this universal, strikingly illustrated picture book about connecting with the natural world. 
   
  Lakota translation by Dakota Goodhouse 
   
  From our animal brothers and sisters, young readers can learn the Lakota Way, an ancient principle that transmits the virtues and values we should all strive to include in our own lives. If we watch and listen to their teachings, they will prepare us as we make our way through the joys and challenges of our mysterious, wondrous world. 
   
  Award-winning author and illustrator S. D. Nelson conveys the concept of the Lakota Way through energetic illustrations and a simple text that names each animal in both English and Lakota, helping children to embrace these Indigenous principles in their daily lives. 
   
  Mother Bear watches over her cubs, guiding us to walk with strength and protect those who need protecting. 
  Otter, the playful swimmer, reminds us that games and laughter are good for our hearts. 
  And as Tadpole transforms into Frog, he demonstrates we’ll make changes in our lives too.

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  Wing & Claw #1: Forest of Wonders

  Anonymous

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  From Newbery Medal-winning author Linda Sue Park, this is a captivating fantasy-adventure about a boy, a bat, and an amazing transformation. The first book in an enchanting trilogy, Forest of Wonders richly explores the links between magic and botany, family and duty, environment and home. 
  Raffa Santana has always loved the mysterious Forest of Wonders. For a gifted young apothecary like him, every leaf could unleash a kind of magic. 
  When an injured bat crashes into his life, Raffa invents a cure from a rare crimson vine that he finds deep in the Forest. His remedy saves the animal but also transforms it into something much more than an ordinary bat, with far-reaching consequences. 
  Raffa’s experiments lead him away from home to the forbidding city of Gilden, where troubling discoveries make him question whether exciting botanical inventions—including his own—might actually threaten the very creatures of the Forest he wants to protect.

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  The Secret Tunnel - Hazel Tree Farm

  Alma Jordan

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  As summer ends on Hazel Tree Farm, the Farrellys have a lot on their minds.
  Kate is doing her best to inspire the people of Ballynoe with her 'Operation Plan Bee', a scheme to protect the precious insect population. Meanwhile, Mam and Dad are hoping a new herd of giddy Angus heifers will improve the farm finances.
  Peter dreads going back to school, especially now he knows that rude Simon Sinclair, who has moved into the big house down the road, will be in his class. When Simon goes missing, Kate, Peter and their loyal sheepdog Blue rush to help with the search. But are they too late?
  The next instalment in the Hazel Farm series, following the adventures of Peter and Kate Farrelly, their parents and neighbours and a host of furry and feathered friends!

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  A Little Journey

  Ray Bradbury

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  A Little Journey by Ray Bradbury - She'd paid good money to see the inevitable... and then had to work to make it happen! 
  There were two important things—one, that she was very old; two, that Mr. Thirkell was taking her to God. For hadn't he patted her hand and said: "Mrs. Bellowes, we'll take off into space in my rocket, and go to find Him together." 
  And that was how it was going to be. Oh, this wasn't like any other group Mrs. Bellowes had ever joined. In her fervor to light a path for her delicate, tottering feet, she had struck matches down dark alleys, and found her way to Hindu mystics who floated their flickering, starry eyelashes over crystal balls. She had walked on the meadow paths with ascetic Indian philosophers imported by daughters-in-spirit of Madame Blavatsky. She had made pilgrimages to California's stucco jungles to hunt the astrological seer in his natural habitat. She had even consented to signing away the rights to one of her homes in order to be taken into the shouting order of a temple of amazing evangelists who had promised her golden smoke, crystal fire, and the great soft hand of God coming to bear her home. 
  None of these people had ever shaken Mrs. Bellowes' faith, even when she saw them sirened away in a black wagon in the night, or discovered their pictures, bleak and unromantic, in the morning tabloids. The world had roughed them up and locked them away because they knew too much, that was all. 
  And then, two weeks ago, she had seen Mr. Thirkell's advertisement in New York City: 
  COME TO MARS! 
  Stay at the Thirkell Restorium for one week. And then, on into space on the greatest adventure life can offer! 
  Send for Free Pamphlet: "Nearer My God To Thee." Excursion rates. Round trip slightly lower.

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