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Take a trip to the Peace Garden State! Learn about North Dakota's history, geography, weather, people, and more in this book that's all about our 39th state.

Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a compilation of powerful tales from multiple tribes like the Cheyenne and the Lenape.

Join Winnie the Pooh and his friends as they gather for an outdoor adventure in search of the North Pole. This LibraryCall adaptation comes from A. A. Milne’s first Winnie-the-Pooh story collection, published in 1926.

This audiobook examines how summer brings observable changes in weather, nature, and people.

Who were Pocahontas and the Powhatan Indians? They were the Native Americans living in Virginia who met the English settlers when they arrived in 1607. Learn about their culture and how they celebrated their harvest every year!

In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schools had to allow Black students to attend previously all-white schools. On September 4, 1957, nine Black students were set to attend Little Rock Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. But when they arrived, an angry mob of white people spat at them and hurled racist insults. They were also prevented from entering the school by the National Guard. After they were finally allowed in weeks later, they faced even more abuse from white students and staff.

Oswin Fields ha llegado a Tundra, el último lugar habitable en un mundo cubierto de hielo. Ahí lo han salvado de una muerte segura por hambre y frío. Tuvo suerte: casi nunca dejan entrar a un extranjero. Aun así, Oswin es visto con recelo o franca repulsión. Hasta que lo llaman a la Escuela de Hechiceros del Hielo. Ahí habría podido vencer los prejuicios y demostrar su valía, pero lo que era una prueba para ganarse a sus compañeros se ha convertido en una lucha de vida o muerte para salvarse y salvarlos a ellos.

Freddy is certainly an extraordinary pig by all accounts. Although he spends his time oversleeping and overeating just like a normal pig, he also finds the time to daydream, enterprise, and even write poetry! Always full of new ideas, he proposes that the animals of Bean Farm start a tour company.

Set in Detroit, Michigan, the sixth book in the American Horse Tale series follows the story of a young girl who has to learn to juggle her social life and horse-riding ambitions with her responsibilities as a working student. Even though she can only afford to take lessons once a week...

While exploring, True finds the new kid, Kyler, playing tenderly with a litter of newborn kittens in an old barn. Kyler knocked out Dakota Sullivan’s tooth during a fight and has a reputation of being a bully, so True waits until he’s gone before approaching the kittens. The smallest kitten, the runt of the litter, looks sickly and has been abandoned by the mama cat. True names her Teacup; she knows exactly how it feels to not have a mom around when you need her most. As Teacup’s health worsens, True attempts to nurse the cat back to health by herself.

The North Tyneside Sound Walk is an alternative audio guide to North Tyneside, made up of three chapters taking you from North Shields, past the mouth of the River Tyne, and along the North Tyneside coast line. Everything in these sound walks has been researched, written, composed and recorded by 30 Year 7 pupils from Marden High School.The North Tyneside Sound Walk is brought to you by Hand Of. Hand Of is a charity that blends heritage, education and the arts to create opportunities for children and young people to achieve amazing things. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...

The Wishing Star. Katy, Cassie and Zia venture into outer space. With the help of Katy's cat, Thunder, they navigate their way to the Wishing Star. But as they prepare to make their wishes, the friends see the destruction happening back home and realise they have a greater mission: to save the Earth! The North Pole. Winter has arrived, and the girls decide to picnic at the North Pole. But before they can enjoy snowflake-shaped sandwiches and mountains of ice cream, they must first win the trust of the Arctic Queen and discover why the North Pole is melting.

The Dragon of the North is an Estonian fairy tale of a terrible dragon who devoured all in his path on his way from the north. One brave man sets out to find a way to conquer him and protect the people of his home. The man consults a magician, who tells him to seek the aid of birds. With the help of the birds, he discovers a witch-maiden who can help him, but whom he mistakenly crosses. The young man must then deal with the consequences of his actions.

When Theo and Zara make a bedtime wish to visit Santa in the North Pole, an elf magically appears at their window. The two children join the elf on a nighttime adventure and discover Santa’s garden full of sweet Christmas treats.

Join Geek Alabama every Christmas season for Christmas From The North Pole: Christmas Countdown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Growing up and learning to be a North Shores fairy is an exciting but slightly scary time for Whisper Wings. She's a little different from all her fairy friends, and she doesn't know whether she will ever fit in. But with the help and love of her friends and teachers, Whisper Wings is about to discover something amazing about herself, and learn an important lesson at the same time.

These laugh-out-loud stories from New Hampshire and Vermont are set during the four seasons of the year. The storyteller in his appealing dialect tells little-known tales, among them "Mothah Skunk" and the night she had to move out with her kits because Sherman Curtis smelled so bad; the...

Meet Priya, a kind and thoughtful panda who worries her dyspraxia makes her different. As we learn more about her condition, her friends help her realize she has nothing to worry about, and that she is brilliant just the way she is.

Meet Emma, a kind and sensitive elephant who worries her epilepsy makes her different. As we learn more about her condition, her friends help her realize she has nothing to worry about, and that she is brilliant just the way she is.

Meet Ollie, a clever and hard-working otter, who worries his OCD makes him different. As we learn more about his condition, his friends help him realize he has nothing to worry about, and that he is brilliant, just the way he is.