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  Wolverines - Nature's Cleanup Crew

  Sandra Markle

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  Wolverines are excellent scavengers with a keen sense of smell and the skills to find meals. Learn about the lives of wolverines, including how they search for food, find a mate, and raise their young.

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  The Raider's Promise

  Lois Walfrid Johnson

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  During her years as a captive of Mikkel, the Viking raider, Briana O'Toole has longed to return to her family and resume her life in Ireland. Yet she has changed. Bree finds herself excited to be on Leif Erikson's ship and be part of the discovery and exploration of new lands.Mikkel's newfound Christian faith has changed him, too. Will he really take Bree home and keep his promise to give her freedom? Mikell has something else on his mind, too, a secret from when he first raided Ireland. Will his faith in God give him the courage to do the right thing?And will Bree and Devin's knowledge of this secret put them in danger? -------------------------The plot runs smoothly with plenty of twists and surprises to keep readers turning pages. Spiritual themes such as forgiveness, honesty, and trust are clearly and plausibly shown through the characters' actions and words." — Christian Library Journal

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  Beatrix Potter Tales Part 2 -...

  Beatrix Potter

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  Enjoy the fun adventures of Beatrix Potter's timeless tales, narrated by seasoned children's storyteller The Library Fairy®! Immerse in the magical journeys of The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck, The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies, The Tale of Ginger and Pickles, The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, The Tale of Mr. Tod and The Tale of Pigling Bland. Part two in a series of two.

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  The Man Without a Body - A Head...

  Edward Page Mitchell

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  The Man Without a Body is a pioneering science-fiction tale first published in The New York Sun in 1877. The story follows a brilliant but impatient scientist who invents a machine capable of transmitting matter through space — but when he tests it on himself, only his head makes the journey. What begins as a bold experiment quickly becomes a darkly humorous and unsettling lesson in the limits of human control over technology. Long before teleportation was a common idea in fiction, Mitchell explored it with a mix of curiosity, irony, and quiet horror. 
  The story feels modern in its themes: the danger of rushing scientific progress, the arrogance of invention without foresight, and the human cost of treating the body as just another machine. At the same time, its tone is playful, filled with dry wit and newspaper-style realism. It’s one of those rare early works that show how speculative ideas were taking shape decades before the “Golden Age” of sci-fi. 
  Edward Page Mitchell (1852–1927) was an American journalist and editor best known for his work at The New York Sun, where many of his early science-fiction stories first appeared anonymously. Long before writers like H. G. Wells and Jules Verne became household names, Mitchell was publishing stories about time travel, faster-than-light communication, cyborgs, matter transmission, and even invisibility. Because most of his tales ran without bylines, his influence went largely unrecognized until the 1970s, when scholars rediscovered his work. 
  Mitchell never thought of himself as a science-fiction author — he wrote these pieces as imaginative newspaper entertainment — yet he helped invent many of the genre’s core ideas. Today he is considered one of the forgotten founders of American speculative fiction, a writer whose playful imagination opened doors that later giants would walk through.

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  This Kitten

  Renee Conoulty

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  This kitten eats up all his food. 
  That kitten is in a crazy mood. 
  A fun, rhyming picture book for younger children.

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  Why Vanilla Ice Cream is My...

  Kimberlie Smith

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  Vanilla ice cream is plain and boring, right? Not at all! This fun, cold, and creamy confection has endless possibilities. Poetically written, Why Vanilla Ice Cream Is My Favorite is a witty description of all the unique ways that vanilla ice cream is not as dreary as one might have thought. 
  This tale features a young boy who is waiting in line with his friend to buy ice cream. He describes why vanilla ice cream is his favorite by grabbing the reader and transporting them into his imagination, which is filled with brightly colored illustrations of a candy land adventure, with candy bar and cupcake buildings, sugar cone mountains, chocolate rivers, and cotton candy- and cake-topped trees. It is a fantasy worthy of an extraordinary confectioner. 
  Why Vanilla Ice Cream Is My Favorite is a delightful and artistic tale filled with artistic images and fun, rhythmic poetry that inspires young, inquisitive minds to learn more about all the fun ways to eat vanilla ice cream. 
  Why Vanilla Ice Cream Is My Favorite is an excellent read for elementary-aged children.

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