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  Diamond Willow

  Helen Frost

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  Award-winning author Helen Frost takes us into the breathtaking Alaskan winter landscape in this thrilling adventure with a touch of fantasy. Twelve-year-old Willow—whose heritage is both Athabascan Indian and European—wants nothing more than to mush the sled dogs to her grandparents’ home. After pressing her parents for some time, she is finally allowed to go alone. But when she commits a critical mistake, Willow wonders how she’ll ever make things right again.

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  Just So Stories (version 4)

  Rudyard Kipling

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  The Just So Stories for Little Children are among Kipling's best known and loved works. This recording aims to be the first complete audio book of this title with nothing left out. 
  The Nobel prize-winning author's enjoyment in playing with the sounds and meanings of words is very evident throughout, and adds to adults' enjoyment of these stories for children. This playfulness is also dramatically present in the plotting. For both reasons these stories been loved by generations of children and adults alike. Because the writing plays with sound and meaning the Just So Stories are best enjoyed when read aloud. 
  As we all are, Kipling was a child of his time and social setting, so for example in "How the Leopard Got his Spots" he uses what one recent reviewer called "the N word" to refer to the Ethiopian. Each listener will need to examine critically both Kipling's attitudes and their own. 
  This recording of the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling includes Kipling's descriptions of the pictures he drew for the book.

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  What Can You See?

  Jason Korsner

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  Look at the table.
  What can you see?
  A fruit bowl, a cake
  and a big cup of tea.
  
  A gentle rhyming text encouraging young children to look at the world and relish in the objects around them, from everyday items found in the home to more far-off places, like the jungle and sky. Young children will love pointing out all the things mentioned in the text in Hannah Rounding's detailed illustrations.
  
  Written by Jason Korsner and illustrated by Hannah Rounding.
  
  'The gentle rhyme leads the reader through the world, asking you to observe, to look closer, find the great variety of things that whirl past our vision daily. It's a perfect book to interest even babies and the youngest children to look more carefully.' Mary Esther Judy, Fallen Star Stories
  
  '…invites little ones to develop their observation skills as they focus on in turn a table laid for tea, a lounge, the garden, the sky, the jungle, a flower and a host of other focal points to locate the objects named in the relevant verse in Hannah Rounding's delectable illustrations.' Jill Bennett, Red Reading Hub
  
  'A collection of gently rhyming verses which encourage the young to look at the world around them. Children and adults will have great fun spotting themes and will be inspired to play spot the object. What's on your plate, in the bathroom, lounge or garden? A fun way to play a game, explore your home and take a break from the digital world if necessary. Gorgeous pen and wash illustrations make this a treat.' Zoe James-Williams, South Wales Evening Post

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  Higher Steeper Faster - The...

  Lawrence Goldstone

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  Discover the daring aviation pioneers who made the dream of powered flight a reality, forever changing the course of history. Aviator  Lincoln Beachey broke countless records: he looped-the-loop, flew  upside down and in corkscrews, and was the first to pull his aircraft  out of what was a typically fatal tailspin. As Beachey and other  aviators took to the skies in death-defying acts in the early twentieth  century, these innovative daredevils not only wowed crowds, but also  redefined the frontiers of powered flight. Higher, Steeper, Faster takes  listeners inside the world of the brave men and women who popularized  flying through their deadly stunts and paved the way for modern  aviation. With heart-stopping accounts of the action-packed race to  conquer the skies,  this book will exhilarate listeners as they fly through the history.

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  The Star That Always Stays

  Anna Rose Johnson

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  "Growing up on Beaver Island, Grand-père told Norvia stories—stories about her ancestor Migizi, about Biboonke-o-nini the Wintermaker, about the Crane Clan and the Reindeer Clan. He sang her songs in the old language, and her grandmothers taught her to make story quilts and maple candy. On the island, Norvia was proud of her Ojibwe heritage. Things are different in the city. Here, Norvia’s mother forces her to pretend she’s not Native at all—even to Mr. Ward, Ma’s new husband, and to Vernon, Norvia’s irritating new stepbrother. In fact, there are a lot of changes in the city: ten-cent movies, gleaming soda shops, speedy automobiles, ninth grade. It’s dizzying for a girl who grew up on the forested shores of Lake Michigan. Despite the move and the looming threat of world war, Norvia and her siblings—all five of them—are determined to make 1914 their best year ever. Norvia is certain that her future depends upon it…and upon her discretion. But how can she have the best year ever if she has to hide who she is? Sensitive, enthralling, and classic in sensibility (perfect for Anne of Green Gables fans), this coming-of-age story about an introspective and brilliant Native American heroine addresses assimilation, racism, and divorce, as well as everygirl problems like first crushes, making friends, and the joys and pains of a blended family. Often funny, often heartbreaking, The Star That Always Stays is a fresh, vivid story directly inspired by Anna Rose Johnson’s family history."

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  High-Flying Simone Biles

  Marty Kaminsky

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  Gymnast Simone Biles is reaching great heights at a young age thanks to her work ethic and positive outlook.

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