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  The Buggy the bug's journey -...

  Alva Bjorkman

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  Follow the journey of Buggy on a tiny leaf as it floats through the autumn wind to the special tree where he can fall asleep until spring. Let us discover the magical garden..

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  Speed Demon

  Fred Bowen

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  A high school athlete must choose between track and football in this novel—perfect for fans of Mike Lupica and Tim Green—by the author of Perfect Game.Ninth-grader Tim Beeman is eager to find his place at his elite new school. When he breaks the record for the fifty-yard dash during the first week of classes, he reveals his special talent: speed. Before long, the track and football teams are both urging him to join their ranks. But where will he feel most comfortable, and be able to put his running skills to best use?Tim is torn. He would definitely be an asset to the track team, but he’s drawn to the more prestigious football program. He’s eager to join such a popular group and feels he has a lot to offer them, but he can’t shake a lingering fear of being injured. How can Tim make the most of his talents and at the same time satisfy his own needs?In Speed Demon, Fred Bowen, author and Washington Post KidsPost sports columnist, tackles relatable dual-athlete issues like making choices and maintaining friendships, meanwhile offering a serious exploration of the topic of player safety.Discussion Guide available

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  The Tale of Ginger and Pickles

  Beatrix Potter

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  In The Tale of Ginger and Pickles, Beatrix Potter introduces readers to the charming characters of Ginger, a dignified tabby cat, and Pickles, a friendly terrier dog. Together, they run a small village shop where all the animals come to buy their goods—often on credit! But running a shop isn’t easy, and soon the two friends find themselves in trouble when too many customers fail to pay. 
  Narrated by Tiffany Magnuson, this audiobook brings the humor and heart of Beatrix Potter’s timeless tale to life, capturing the essence of friendship, business woes, and the simple pleasures of village life.

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  Welcome to Paradise - The Cure...

  Allyn Donnelson

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  Joe Peters is an ordinary man with a steady job, a sore hand, and no interest in secrets. One night, a small mistake on the factory floor sends him somewhere he was never meant to go—and puts him face to face with a military project so guarded that only a handful of people on Earth know it exists. Joe isn’t trained, cleared, or prepared, but once he understands what he’s stumbled into, pretending ignorance is no longer an option. 
  What makes the discovery unbearable isn’t its scale, but its cost. While officials argue over clearance levels and security risks, people back home continue to suffer from illnesses that don’t have to be fatal anymore. Joe isn’t a scientist, a soldier, or a politician—he’s a taxpayer with a family history he can’t forget. The question he faces is brutally simple: stay quiet and stay safe, or speak up and force the truth into the open. 
  Welcome to Paradise is a sharp, accessible science fiction story that blends wonder, humor, and quiet outrage. It explores what happens when an everyday citizen learns something that should change everything—and realizes the system may not want it changed at all. 
  Allyn Donnelson is known today for a single published science fiction story, Welcome to Paradise, which appeared in the September 1954 issue of Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy. Beyond that appearance, little reliable information survives about Donnelson’s life or literary career. 
  Welcome to Paradise stands as a complete and self-contained contribution—an intact artifact from a moment when the genre was actively inviting new voices, even if only for a single appearance.

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  The Turnip

  Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

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  The word which means ‘fairy tale’ in Russian is transliterated into English as ‘skazka’. This term is used for a lot of forms, some Russian fairy tales do not include anything magical and tell a tale of everyday life, the other, however, are rather ballads. Russian fairy tales can be prosaic and in verse, be made up by the folk or by some authors. The Turnip is a tale of a family trying to pull a turnip out. In the beginning they can’t do it, for the turnip is enormously big, with time, however, they get more and more helpers of a quite unusual kind. Will they finally do it? Read the story and get to know it. The fairy tale will cheer your child up and teach him or her importance of little things and how close an aim can be, if a man doesn’t surrender and tries just a little bit more.

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  Napoleon and the French Revolution

  Jim Weiss

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  Jim Weiss guides listeners on a journey to encounter the fascinating people, high ideals, and bloody battles of the French Revolution and Napoleon's empire.  Enter the whirlwind of the French Revolution and follow Napoleon's relentless march of conquest. From the burning desert sands of Egypt and the frozen plains of Russia to the lush jungles of Haiti and the sweeping prairies of North America, Jim Weiss guides listeners through the story of a tumultuous worldwide struggle for liberty. Along the way, he profiles the witty Madame de Stael, the brave Toussaint Louverture, and the fierce Robespierre, as well as Napoleon himself.   Ages 10 and up.  Track/Chapter list:  1. Opening Credits  2. Revolution!  3. "To the Bastille!"  4. Five Revolutionaries  5. Who Was Napoleon?  6. The Two Napoleons  7. Fall and Downfall  8. Revolution Returns to the Americas  9. A Woman of France: Madame de Stael  10.Closing Credits

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