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  Fireside Reading of The Jungle Book

  Rudyard Kipling

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  Experiencing a story read out loud is one of the oldest forms of entertainment there is.  
  
  Fireside Reading is a way to slow down, reconnect with the timeless wisdom of great books and rediscover the simple pleasure of being read to.
  
  Join Gildart Jackson in front of a cozy fire as he reads The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling to you and your family from beginning to end.

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  A Loveliness of Ladybugs

  Kathy Broderick

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  Want a  delightful way to unpack the meaning of unusual figures of speech. This imaginative book takes a closer look at the fanciful, and sometimes curious, words we use to describe groups of animals.

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  The Blue-Footed Booby

  Rob Biddulph

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  A new book by the bestselling and award-winning Rob Biddulph, the creative star behind the viral and phenomenal #DrawWithRob! 
  Let’s follow the footprints! 
  Let’s hunt for some clues! 
  Left footprint! Right footprint! 
  No time to lose! 
  As everybody knows, Red-Footed Boobies are fabulous bakers. But when Desmond’s frangipane tart goes missing amidst a flurry of footprints, the Blue-Footed Booby becomes the chief suspect. But all is not as it seems… 
  Featuring one of the stars of Draw With Rob (video number 24), this is a gloriously silly rhyming story about the perils of jumping to conclusions. Perfect read-aloud fun for children aged 3+! 
  The book is a delightful mix of fiction and nonfiction, presenting facts about birds and cooking in a fun, engaging manner. The author, a winner of many accolades, has crafted a story that is short-listed to be a favourite among juvenile readers. 
  For fans of Peter Brown (The Wild Robot), Katherine Rundell (The Explorer), Brendan Wenzel (They All Saw a Cat), Karen Inglis (Walter Brown and the Magician's Hat), and A. G. Ford (Three Cheers for Kid McGear!). 
  HarperCollins Children's 2022

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  Thanku - Poems of Gratitude

  Miranda Paul

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  How do you give thanks? 
  
   
  Gratitude isn't something we need to save up for a special holiday. What are you grateful for right now, today? 
   
  This anthology brings together a diverse group of poets who express gratitude for everything from a puppy to hot cocoa to the sky itself. Each writer uses a different poetic form, and readers will encounter a concrete poem, a sonnet, a pantoum, a sijo, and much more. 
   
  Contributors include Kimberly Blaeser, Sun Yung Shin, Naomi Shihab Nye, Charles Waters, Janice Scully, Jane Yolen, Traci Sorell, JaNay Brown-Wood, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Margarita Engle, and more. Stunning illustrations from Marlena Myles invite close examination, making this a collection to return to and savor again and again. 
   
  A portion of the proceeds from this anthology will be donated to We Need Diverse Books.

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  Meddler

  Philip K. Dick

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  The Meddler by Philip K. Dick - The hardest part of the "preordained" thesis to grasp is that the thesis itself is part of what must and shall be. Will time travel cause the end of the human race? Or will it allow them to fix the future? 
  They entered the great chamber. At the far end, technicians hovered around an immense illuminated board, following a complex pattern of lights that shifted rapidly, flashing through seemingly endless combinations. At long tables machines whirred -- computers, human-operated and robot. Wall-charts covered every inch of vertical space. Hasten gazed around him in amazement. 
  Wood laughed. "Come over here and I'll really show you something. You recognize this, don't you?" He pointed to a hulking machine surrounded by silent men and women in white lab robes. 
  "I recognize it," Hasten said slowly. "It's something like our own Dip, but perhaps twenty times larger. What do you haul up? And when do you haul?" He fingered the surface-plate of the Dip, then squatted down, peering into the maw. The maw was locked shut; the Dip was in operation. "You know, if we had any idea this existed, Histo-Research would have --" 
  "You know now." Wood bent down beside him. "Listen. Hasten, you're the first man from outside the Department ever to get into this room. You saw the guards. No one gets in here unauthorized; the guards have orders to kill anyone trying to enter illegally." 
  "To hide this? A machine? You'd shoot to --" 
  They stood, Wood facing him, his jaw hard. "Your Dip digs back into antiquity. Rome. Greece. Dust and old volumes." Wood touched the big Dip beside them. "This Dip is different. We guard it with our lives, and anyone else's lives; do you know why?" 
  "This Dip is set, not for antiquity, but -- for the future." Wood looked directly into Hasten's face. "Do you understand? The future." "You're dredging the future? But you can't! It's forbidden by law; you know that!"

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  Picco And Wren Three - A...

  Catherine Ann Russell

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  Best Friends Bring Out Our Best 
  Wrens are born to sing! So, what do you do when you are a wren who can only squeak? Poor little Wren Three had this very problem. Though Mamma Wren and her other siblings, Wren One and Wren Two, loved her very much, Wren Three could not sing like they could. One day, Wren Three makes a new friend: Picco, the piccolo, and they soon share their talents with each other. Will Wren Three ever be able to sing? What could possibly turn Wren Three’s squeak into a song? Perhaps true friendship holds the key to success. 
  Picco and Wren Three is a children’s picture book for ages 1-7 and their parents. 
  Proceeds from book sales support emergency famine relief for infants and children! Find out more at www.basketfulreliefproject.com 
  For meaningful quality time with your child, why not buy a copy today!

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