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  Friends for Life (Melrose and Croc)

  Emma Chichester Clark

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  READ BY EMILIA FOX. Melrose and Croc return in style in this beautiful picture book and audio adventure, all about being the very best of friends. From the creator of the Blue Kangaroo series, these adorable characters will soon be your best friends too! 
  READ BY EMILIA FOX. Melrose and Croc are the best of friends. They love all the things about each other that make them who they are. 
  So when Melrose or Croc feels that nothing they do is good enough, they always know how to cheer each other up – it’s easy: they remind one another of ALL the different things that make them special – unique and totally loveable! 
  The universal theme of friendship and understanding is sure to touch every heart, as Melrose and Croc show how to love others and also yourself. 
  Short-listed for its engaging content, this children's fiction book explores the emotions and feelings of animals, specifically dogs and crocodiles. The social themes and the portrayal of friendship make it a winning choice for kids. 
  For fans of Axel Scheffler (Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes), Jim Field (The Christmas Pig), Tom Percival (Finn's Little Fibs), Rachel Bright (The Whale Who Wanted More), and Peppa Pig (Peppa Pig).

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  Andrew and the Midnight Ape

  David Horan

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  Most children in the world like to play and have fun. Many children have pets that they like to play with, usually a dog, a cat, a hamster, or a guinea pig. 
  Some lucky children even have a horse or a pony to play with. 
  But what if you were a nine-year-old boy or an eight-year-old girl, and you had a big, male silverback gorilla to play with? What would you do? Where would you go? 
  Well, this dream becomes a reality for Andrew Tyler and his sister Gemma. 
  Their adventure of a lifetime began when they went to stay with their grandparents, as they often did. You see, Andrew’s grandad has a menagerie in his back garden, a large and exotic menagerie. 
  However, there was a secret enclosure in the garden, which contained a big, hairy surprise for Andrew and Gemma… 
  …A large male gorilla named Fudge. 
  So now, at the stroke at midnight, the children secretly go outside and have the times of their lives with their new friend Fudge…

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  Invasion of the Road Weenies -...

  David Lubar

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  Watch out for the road weenies! A town is overrun by road weenies?a.k.a. joggers?who never smile. A girl thinks she's too old for Halloween...until she finds a special pair of gloves. A boy takes a shortcut to an unexpected place. A mummy takes his revenge, one little piece at a time.... Welcome to the weird and wacky world of award-winning storyteller and master of the macabre, David Lubar. These thirty-five tales ranging from the silly and offbeat to flat-out horrifying are just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark. As an added bonus at the end of the book, David answers the question most frequently asked of writers with a behind-the-scenes look at the various ways he got the ideas for the stories in this collection. Don't be a weenie. Read these stories. If you dare!

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  The Daisy

  Hans Christian Andersen

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  Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. This title is part of Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, published by Dreamscape Media. LLC.

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  Sign of the Four The (Easy...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,...

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  An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery – at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages! 
   'Be at the third pillar from the left outside the Lyceum Theatre tonight at seven o’clock. You are a wronged woman and shall have justice. Do not bring police. If you do, all will be in vain.'
  When Holmes is asked to look into a cryptic message received by Mary Morstan, neither he nor Watson expect to be drawn into a decades-old web of betrayal. Soon they’re conducting dangerous moonlit expeditions to uncover the meaning of the sign of the four, and resolve a long-buried crime.

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  The Slave Trade - Black Lives...

  Elliott Smith

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  Racism and profit were driving forces in the growth of slavery. The transatlantic trade of enslaved people saw millions of kidnapped Africans sent around the world, many of them to the Americas. Even after the importation of enslaved people was banned in 1808, slavery did not end in the US. Read this book to learn about the Middle Passage, the triangular trade, and the people who continued fighting for change after the importation of enslaved people was banned.Read Woke™ Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian. Inspired by a belief that knowledge is power, Read Woke Books seek to amplify the voices of people of the global majority (people who are of African, Arab, Asian, and Latin American descent and identify as not white), provide information about groups that have been disenfranchised, share perspectives of people who have been underrepresented or oppressed, challenge social norms and disrupt the status quo, and encourage readers to take action in their community.

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