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Do you ever have trouble getting someone to agree with you on something? Reaching your goals can sometimes be hard if someone doesn't see eye-to-eye with you! Learn some tips to improve your persuasion skills as you follow along with two children as they try to convince their parents to get a family pet.

What are stars? Who invented dogs? Why is chocolate so tasty? Join Grandpa and his grand-kids on a joyful audio adventure as he "answers" their curious questions with fantastical tales...more or less. Luckily his friend Halifax the rabbit is also on hand to help with the answers. The World According to Grandpa audio series features the wonderfully unique audio from the much-loved TV show, developed into an entertaining spatial audio production.

Before Stinkville, Alice didn't think albinism - or the blindness that goes with it - was a big deal. Sure, she uses a magnifier to read books. And a cane keeps her from bruising her hips on tables. Putting on sunscreen and always wearing a hat are just part of life. But life has always been like this for Alice. Until Stinkville.

Heungbo and Nolbo are not only brothers, but also friends—until their father passes away. Overcome by greed, Nolbo turns Heungbo away and refuses to help him when Heungbo loses his crops. Can Heungbo forgive Nolbo? Will they learn to be a family again?

While on a road trip with his know-it-all dad, all Trev wants to do is read about his favorite cowboy, the Cactus Kid. His dad just won’t stop talking! When they stop at a horse ranch to go horseback riding, though, Trev learns that his dad might not be all talk after all.

It is time for the Chinese emperor to choose his successor. Instead of one of his lazy sons, he decides to choose someone who is not from the royal family and devises a special test. Who will be worthy to become the next emperor?

Aunt Tonya is coming to visit! Viv wants to surprise her with a drawing, but she doesn’t think she is very good at art. Together with her brother, Emmett, they plot to create a map of memories and take Aunt Tonya on an adventure! Along the way, Viv discovers that perhaps she is an artist, after all!

Grace and Alice are helping their family make maple syrup! After making mistakes all day, Grace wants to prove she is responsible enough to help mix the syrup all night. Will Grace be able to help make the syrup and get to have the first taste? After all, the first taste is always the best taste!

Helen and her father are collecting the rent from their family's rental properties so they will have money for the month. As Helen and her father visit each apartment, she learns how the Depression is affecting other families. When the pair meets the Katz family, Helen learns how generosity and kindness is always the right choice at the end of the day.

A young girl named Annushka is helping her Mommika Grandma make plum dumplings when she finds an incomplete set of Hungarian nesting dolls. The set of three dolls were a gift to Annushka’s mother from her great-grandmother. Where could the other two dolls be?

In this funny story, Mr. Spuffington cuts his finger, bumps his head, and falls asleep in the sun with his cat, Pablo. With each injury, he fears the worst and is quick to call Dr. John. Kids will enjoy learning about how the human body responds to injuries and begins to heal itself.

Natou and Korotoumou, two cousins from the village of Bougouni, Mali, are supposed to share their family chores. When their aunt decides to take one of them to the big city of Bamako to live with her, they learn about responsibility and the consequences of their actions—good and bad.

Two brothers, Heung Bu and Nol Bu, lived as neighbors. One spring day when the brothers were out planting, Heung Bu finds a wounded swallow. He nurses it back to health and is rewarded with a single pumpkinseed. Heung Bu plants the seed and is rewarded for his kindness. Nol Bu, jealous of his brother’s good fortune, seeks out a wounded swallow of his own. Will he be rewarded like his brother?

Oh no, seven years of bad luck! When Lola cracks a mirror that Abuelita gave her, she isn’t worried...at first. After all, superstitions aren’t real. Or are they?

Emma is excited about Izzie's birthday party. But she's also nervous. Is her dress too fancy? Will she know anyone else at the party? Did she buy the right gift? Will Emma's worries ruin her chance to have fun?

Ricky and Nicky are twins. They do everything together and look a lot alike. How can you tell these twins apart?

Grandpa is having a birthday party, and it's Meg's job to do the grocery shopping. Will she find her way through the maze of aisles and rows using Mom's map? Or will she and her list get lost?

While describing his extended family, Matthew shows us where families are the same, even if they look different from the outside. Divorce, step-families, grandparents, adoption, siblings, and pets all make up part of Matthew's family.

The first children’s book from multi-genre artist Brontez Purnell, a 2018 winner of the Whiting Award, sweetly portrays a common but rarely narrated childhood experience - having a single parent and taking care of a younger sibling. The Nightlife of Jacuzzi Gaskett recounts 11-year-old Jacuzzi’s evening activities while he cares for his baby brother and waits for mama’s arrival home. He ponders his dad, school, and his future - and when his brother wakes up, Jacuzzi knows just how to get him back to sleep.

Taking on task after task in her willingness to please the well-paying Cheplin family, baby-sitter Stacey experiences an elated sense of achievement, until her jobs interfere with the rest of her schedule.