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A rainy day brings Katie and the rest of the neighborhood to the library. The librarian, Miss Bliss, is the best at finding the perfect book for each listener. But it’s almost time to go, and Katie still doesn’t have a book. What super-duper books will she find?

Sing and play with a special toddler today! Everyone will have great fun with this new collection of 60 songs selected especially for your children!

Slime. Ice cream. Crayons. Kids come across these things and more in everyday life. Bring familiar and favorite nouns to young learners, and watch their vocabularies grow!

What does it mean to stay private online? Why is privacy important? Even the youngest learners need to know this important concept. Give listeners the tools they need to be successful and safe users of all types of media.

Here is a timeless and wonderful collection from the best sources of fairy tales: Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Antoine Galland.

Have you ever seen a Shakespeare play and come away without fully understanding it? Or wished you had known the basis of the plot before seeing a play by Shakespeare? Are you studying Shakespeare? Would you like to increase your knowledge of the plays without reading the originals? Then these are the recordings for you!

This book looks at the rich diversity of clothes around the world. It introduces children to similarities found in clothes in different cultures, and honors differences.

Poetry is more than rhyming words on a page. A poem is crafted by carefully selecting each word and rhythm. But how does a poet get started? Finding inspiration is as easy as looking at a picture.

Fun sound effects and sweet music will have little ones laughing as they listen to the sound of an elephant, bee, kangaroo, chimpanzee, lion, sheep, and hippopotamus. “Mommy Loves Me!” is a perfect introduction for babies and toddlers to learn animal sounds and the simple truth that mommies love their babies!

Help baby learn playtime words with this adorable audio book. Includes the following early learning words: ball, car, rattle, teddy bear, blocks, boat, doll, and truck. Other books in the Baby’s First Learning Book series include: My Day, “Ruff” says the Dog, and “Splash” goes the Hippo.

Pinocchio is a naughty, disobedient wooden puppet that longs to grow up and become a real boy, but as long as he misbehaves and disappoints his father, old Gepetto, he is doomed and his dream will never be realized.

Wie die kleine Fern das Schweinchen Wilbur mit der Flasche aufzieht. Das aufregende Leben mit den anderen Tieren und die wunderbare Freundschaft zwischen Wilbur und der klugen Spinne Charlotte, die sogar dafür sorgt, daß Wilbur im ganzen Land berühmt wird.

Es gibt ein Land, in dem die Menschen fast gar nicht reden. In diesem sonderbaren Land muss man die Wörter kaufen und sie schlucken, um sie aussprechen zu können. Der kleine Paul braucht dringend Wörter, um der hübschen Marie sein Herz zu öffnen. Aber wie soll er das machen? Denn für all das, was er ihr gerne sagen würde, bräuchte er ein Vermögen... Ulrich Noethen entführt uns mit seiner warmen Erzählstimme in das Land der Wörterfabrik.

Newbery Medal-winning author Avi completes the Crispin saga with this third installment of the riveting trilogy. In 14th-century England, Crispin has embarked on one adventure after another since discovering that he, once known only as “Asta’s son,” has a much grander future than he ever could have imagined. Encountering such trustworthy souls as Bear during the course of his travels, Crispin teeters on the brink of fulfilling his destiny in this stunning tale of the Middle Ages.

Mr. Hall surveys his class to find out how many people walk, take the bus, or take a car to get to school. Watch as he makes a circle graph with his data.

Winnie Perry went through a lot when she was 11, from shifting friendships to her teenage sister's mood swings. But now that Winnie is 12, and one step closer to being a teenager herself, there is so much more to deal with. Will her new friendship with Dinah last? Can she handle the pressures of junior high? And, most important, will Winnie survive bra shopping (in public!) with Mom?

Compare and contrast different animals through predictable, rhyming analogies. Find the similarities between even the most incompatible animals...bat is to flit as eagle is to soar; dog is to bark as lion is to roar. Comparisons include sounds, physical adaptations, behaviors, and animals classes and are so fun, listeners learn without even realizing it! Animalogy is to fun as animals are to nature.

Mutter zu seiner ihm unbekannten Oma nach Brandenburg auf einen kleinen Bauernhof abgeschoben. Doch auch bei ihr ist der Junge unerwünscht...

Der Holunderweg im Wechsel der Jahreszeiten! Das ganze Jahr über haben die besten Freunde Ida, Lennart, Ella, Malte und Bruno aus dem Holunderweg 7 alle Hände voll zu tun: Ob an Fasching unerwartet Verwechslungsgefahr besteht, sie beim Sommerstraßenfest für Rambazamba sorgen, im Herbst ein verlassenes Igelkind vor dem Verhungern retten oder am ersten Advent Notfalladventskalender aufgetrieben werden müssen - alles, was die Jahreszeiten schön und spannend macht, finden Kinder in diesen turbulenten Geschichten.

Irgendetwas stimmt an diesem Morgen nicht: Florians Eltern sitzen im Wohnzimmerschrank und weigern sich, zur Arbeit zu gehen, Lenchens Vater flutet die Wohnung, weil er Papierschiffe versenken will, und die Rentner aus dem Altenheim eröffnen einen Discobus. Sogar der unfreundliche Herr Wiener wirkt wie ausgewechselt, während er im geblümten Bademantel über den Bordstein balanciert. Zuerst sind Florian und seine Freunde ziemlich ratlos.