Unabridged by Eve Bunting. Narrated by Gamalla Pharms

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Mr. and Mrs. Bear have never celebrated St. Valentine’s Day because they hibernate during the winter.

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Length: 11 min.
Release date: 15. Jul 09
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

New York Times

'Bear and Bee' and 'Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?' New York Times ... without slipping into saccharine gauziness. In two new picture books, one written and illustrated by Ruzzier, the other written by Eve Bunting, Ruzzier's spare pen-and-ink pictures charmingly enliven animal stories in just the way preschoolers like.

Calcutta Telegraph

Sorry, Emma, Bapsy beat you to the draw Calcutta Telegraph Within a few weeks of the wedding, the Marquess had abandoned Bapsy in favour of the alternative attractions of a certain Eve Fleming. The Mrs Fleming being in this case none other than the mother of the author Ian Fleming, creator of ... There wasn't ...

LA Weekly (blog)

New Book Looks at How Banksy Got So Big LA Weekly (blog) Although the author personally saw Slave Labor (Bunting Boy), a scene that depicts a boy at work on a sewing machine with two British flags near him -- the piece removed from a wall and recently withdrawn from the Miami auction -- he didn't know much ...

Around Town 3/18/2013 ReporterNews.com Both crafts go along with the books “Emma's Turtle” by Eve Bunting and “Yertle the Turtle” by Dr. Seuss. Full episodes of the program are available online in the library's YouTube account. All of the books featured in each episode of “Crafty Creations ...

Punk Hits Accidentally Making a Case for Astros Fandom Baseball Prospectus Highlighting one game on the night before Opening Day focuses national attention on a single matchup, making it feel special, like the single present your parents let you open on Christmas Eve. As a brand-new Astros fan, I was especially excited about ... and more »

Unabridged by Tanya Robyn Batt. Narrated by Tanya Robyn Batt

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Professional faerie and storyteller Tanya Robyn Batt lifts the veil between the faerie world and our own, introducing a variety of faerie folk through stories, poems, and snippets of lore from Britain and Ireland.

Introductions to each story are filled with fascinating historical and literary details about faerie customs, along with the showers of pixie dust, glittery stars, and fluttery dragon flies. In this recording, you will learn about all kinds of ethereal creatures, from sprites and elves to leprechauns and hobgoblins! A valuable learning tool as well as an enchanting journey into the mystical faerie realm, this charmed collection will appeal to children and adults who love faeries for their magic and mischief.

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Length: 51 min
Release date: 09-MAY-07
Publisher: Barefoot Books

Unabridged by Laura Hopkinson, Amanda Hyatt, Claire Nixon, John Priest. Narrated by Sue Powell-Reed

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Little Prickles
A delightful children’s story about a little hedgehog who ventures out into the big wide world for the first time.

The Magic Show
Jack is mesmerised by magic and there’s a surprise at School but an even bigger surprise at home!

Tabitha And The Pirate
Jim The Pirate takes Tabitha on an exciting adventure.

Tales for Tiny Tots
A collection of four short stories for those little Tiny Tots, Ben’s Friends, Don’t Be a Moaner, Romona!, Benjamin Goes “Hopping-hopping”, Do I Live Here?

Fun times for short journeys or bedtime stories!

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Length: 48 min
Release date: 09-MAR-09
Publisher: Vibe TV

Unabridged by Esther Forbes. Narrated by Grace Conlin

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A story filled with danger and excitement, Johnny Tremain tells of the turbulent, passionate times in Boston just before the Revolutionary War.

Johnny, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught with Otis, Hancock, and John and Samuel Adams in the exciting operations and subterfuges leading up to the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington. As Johnny is forced into the role of a full-grown man in the face of his new country’s independence, he finds that his relations with those he loves changes for the better as well.

Johnny Tremain is historical fiction at its best, portraying the living drama of Revolutionary Boston through the shrewd eyes of an observant boy.

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Length: 8 hours and 43 min.
Release date: 20. Apr 09
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Lane closures start Thursday on Geogetown's Inner Loop Austin American-Statesman By Esther Robards-Forbes. Drivers on Georgetown's Southeast Inner Loop will be dealing with long-term lane closures starting Thursday. The S.E. Inner Loop will drop to one lane between Austin Avenue and the southbound frontage road of Interstate 35 for ...

Record Number of Women Give Tech Talks at PyCon 2013 Forbes Self-taught Python and Django developer Esther Nam from Santa Monica, California provides an introduction to the practice of exception handling. Novices to Python will learn Python-specific techniques that make use of built-in exceptions and the ...

It's WW III and Big Brains are Working on Small Things Forbes The most interesting idea I've heard in my healthcare career comes from Esther Dyson. Anyone who has been in the tech industry knows of Esther and how forward-looking and prescient she has been. I asked her to describe what a new financial instrument ...

North Austin police station named for fallen officer Austin American-Statesman By Esther Robards-Forbes. American-Statesman Staff. One year to the day after Senior Officer Jaime Padron was shot and killed in the line of duty, his colleagues in the Austin Police Department and members of the Lamplight Village community honored him ...

Leander reinstates curfew for minors Austin American-Statesman By Esther Robards-Forbes. The Leander City Council has reinstated a nightly curfew for residents 17 and younger. The council voted unanimously Thursday to set the curfew at midnight on weeknights and 1 a.m. on weekends. The same curfew had expired ...

Unabridged by Wendy Mogel, Ph.D.. Narrated by Carrington MacDuffie

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All parents hope their child will be self-reliant, optimistic, and well mannered, but this has become particularly challenging in our current culture. Clinical psychologist and Jewish educator Wendy Mogel distills the ancient teachings of the Torah, the Talmud, important Jewish thinkers, and contemporary psychological insights into nine blessings that address key parenting issues. She covers realistic expectations for each child, respect for adults, chores, mealtime battles, coping with frustration, developing independence and self-control, and resisting over-scheduling and over-indulgence.

The Blessing of a Skinned Knee guides us toward effective, enlightened parenting in an increasingly speedy, material, and competitive age.

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Length: 8 hours and 17 min.
Release date: 25. Apr 07
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Unabridged by James Baldwin. Narrated by Bobbie Frohman

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Here are 50 famous stories of long-ago times, retold in a short form for all young people. These are tales of valor, bravery, and kindness, as well as high adventure. Included:

“King Alfred and the Cakes”, “King Alfred and the Beggar”, “King Canute of the Seashore”, “The Sons of William the Conqueror”, “The White Ship”, “King John and the Abbott”, “The Story of Robin Hood”, “Bruce and the Spider”, “The Black Douglas”, “The Three Men of Gotham”, “Other Wise Men of Gotham”, “The Miller of the Dee”, “Sir Philip Sidney”, “Ungrateful Soldier”, “Sir Humphrey Gilbert”, “Sir Walter Raleigh”, “Pocahontas”, “George Washington and His Hatchet”, “Grace Darling”, “The Story of William Tell”, “Arnold Winkelreid”, “The Bell of Atri”, “How Napoleon Crossed the Alps”, “The Story of Cincinnatus”, “The Story of Regulus”, “Cornelia’s Jewels”, “Androclus and the Lion”, “Horatius at the Bridge”, “Julius Caesar”, “The Sword of Damocles”, “Damon and Pythias”, “A Laconic Answer”, “The Ungrateful Guest”, “Alexander and Bucephalus”, “Diogenes the Wise Man”, “The Brave Three Hundred”, “Socrates and His House”, “The King and His Hawk”, “Doctor Goldsmith”, “The Kingdoms”, “The Barmecide Feast”, “The Endless Tale”, “The Blind Men and the Elephant”, “Maximilian and the Goose Boy”, “The Inchcape Rock”, “Whittington and His Cat”, “Casabianca”, “Antonio Canova”, “Picciola”, and “Mignon”.

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Length: 3 hour 25 min
Release date: 16-DEC-08
Publisher: Alcazar AudioWorks

Los Angeles Dodgers prospect James Baldwin looks for comfort zone with Great ... The Saginaw News CEH_Loons03.JPG View full size James Baldwin returns to the Great Lakes Loons after hitting .209 for the Loons last season. The Saginaw News | File. MIDLAND, MI — James Baldwin is comfortable, if not entirely happy. The Los Angeles Dodgers prospect ...

On James Baldwin The New York Review of Books I had no idea why I was so absorbed in James Baldwin's novel, Giovanni's Room, but everyone else in the car knew. My father had been driving for so long he gripped the wheel with paper towels. It was 1967 and we were days from Indianapolis on our way ...

New owners, new menu on tap for Fan bar RichmondBizSense ... at 2619 W. Main St. (Photo by David Larter). An institution in the Fan bar scene has a new owner. Walied Sanie and James Baldwin last week bought Avalon Restaurant & Bar at 2619 W. Main St., and they plan to spend about $50,000 to spruce up the joint.

John Junor: 'A bigot and blatant hypocrite who lost 2.5m sales over 32 years' Press Gazette A memorable JJ cock-up occurred in January 1968, when he sent me to interview the tiny, toothy, pop-eyed, chain-smoking, Scotch-swigging, fast-talking, forty-three-year-old American writer James Baldwin. When I delivered the article there was a long, ...

Independent Online

A drive to see the world Independent Online The last time I was travelling I took some Yeats, the Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen and also Just Above My Head by James Baldwin.I also walked from Liverpool to Morecambe Bay on a fund-raiser recently and downloaded the e-book of Anna Karenina, ...

Unabridged by Vivien Alcock. Narrated by Carole Hayman

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‘I’m an only child.’ Or so Kate Seton thinks until she discovers that she has a sister. Two years before Kate was born, her mother had left her first baby, Emma, in her pram outside a dress shop. When she came out, the baby was gone. Now, 12 years later, a girl appears on the Setons’ doorstep with a note claiming that she is Emma. She has come home not the cuddly baby Kate has always wanted but a thin, spiky teenager with hard eyes. But is she Emma?

A gripping psychological thriller from best-selling author Vivien Alcock.

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Length: 4 hour 21 min
Release date: 22-OCT-09
Publisher: AudioGO Ltd.

Seaforth Storm U16A win provincials Mitchell Advocate Team members are (back row, left to right): Craig Hennessy (coach), Avery Wedow, Kim Alcock, Amanda Verbeke, Alli Van Bakel, Frank Verbeke (trainer), Lindsay Foran-Govers, Amanda Hodgert, Melissa Riley, Jordyn Farquharson. Front row ... “We've got a ... and more »

Seaforth Storm U16A win provincials Mitchell Advocate Team members are (back row, left to right): Craig Hennessy (coach), Avery Wedow, Kim Alcock, Amanda Verbeke, Alli Van Bakel, Frank Verbeke (trainer), Lindsay Foran-Govers, Amanda Hodgert, Melissa Riley, Jordyn Farquharson. Front row ... “We've got a ... and more »

Seaforth Storm U16A win provincials Mitchell Advocate Team members are (back row, left to right): Craig Hennessy (coach), Avery Wedow, Kim Alcock, Amanda Verbeke, Alli Van Bakel, Frank Verbeke (trainer), Lindsay Foran-Govers, Amanda Hodgert, Melissa Riley, Jordyn Farquharson. Front row ... “We've got a ... and more »

Seaforth Storm U16A win provincials Mitchell Advocate Team members are (back row, left to right): Craig Hennessy (coach), Avery Wedow, Kim Alcock, Amanda Verbeke, Alli Van Bakel, Frank Verbeke (trainer), Lindsay Foran-Govers, Amanda Hodgert, Melissa Riley, Jordyn Farquharson. Front row ... “We've got a ... and more »

Seaforth Storm U16A win provincials Mitchell Advocate Team members are (back row, left to right): Craig Hennessy (coach), Avery Wedow, Kim Alcock, Amanda Verbeke, Alli Van Bakel, Frank Verbeke (trainer), Lindsay Foran-Govers, Amanda Hodgert, Melissa Riley, Jordyn Farquharson. Front row ... “We've got a ... and more »

Unabridged by Rick Yancey. Narrated by Paul Michael

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Alfred Kropp was just trying to survive high school when his guardian uncle gets him roped into a suspicious get-rich-quick scheme that changes his life forever: stealing Excalibur, the legendary sword of King Arthur. But after Alfred unwittingly delivers the sword into the hands of a man with enormously evil intentions, he sets off on an unlikely quest to try to right his wrong and save the world from imminent destruction. This gripping, fast-paced, hilarious novel is both a thrilling adventure story and an engaging account of one boy’s coming of age.

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Length: 7 hours
Release date: 26. Jan 06
Publisher: Listening Library

What's killing all the people in this exclusive book trailer for Rick Yancey's ... io9 Rick Yancey's The Fifth Wave is one of the summer's buzzed-about young-adult debut novels, and we're debuting an exclusive book trailer right here on io9. The "first wave" wiped out half a million people. And you can see here what the second wave does.

'The 5th Wave' exclusive trailer: Is this the Next Big Thing? Entertainment Weekly (blog) It seems like the majority of high-concept young-adult novels boast some comparison to Harry Potter, Twilight, or The Hunger Games. Judging from the pre-publication buzz for Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave (May 7), this alien invasion page-turner has a ...

Finding 'Firsts' at the Bologna Book Fair Publishers Weekly “I came almost entirely because of The 5th Wave,” he said – the Rick Yancey property he represents, which Penguin will launch in the U.S. and U.K. on May 7. Rights to the sci-fi trilogy, about a girl on the run after an alien invasion, have already ... and more »

Legislative roundup: How Catawba County's representatives voted last week in ... Hickory Daily Record Yes: Mark Hollo, Edgar Starnes, Andy Wells; excused absence: Mitchell Setzer. --HB 199 _ Jurisdictional Amount/District Court: Increases the amount in controversy for civil actions in district court to $25,000. Introduced by Rep. Rick Glazier, D ...

WTSP 10 News

Feds raid Universal Health Care in St. Pete, launch fraud case WTSP 10 News Michelle Yancey, who is also an employee, told 10 News, "This is just crazy. There are good ... There are numerous photographs of him featured on the internet with those famous politicians, among other ones with him and Governor Rick Scott. Universal ... Federal agents raid Universal Health Care headquarters in St. PetersburgTampabay.com all 56 news articles »

Unabridged by Jack Prelutsky. Narrated by Jack Prelutsky

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What do you get when you cross…a toaster with a toad? A tuba with a baboon? A clock with an octopus? A hat with a chicken? An umbrella with an elephant?

Why, a pop-up toadster, a tubaboon, the clocktopus, a hatchicken, and the bold umbrellaphant.

And what do you get when you cross this book with a kid? Why, a happy kibook!

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Length: 23 min.
Release date: 10. Jul 07
Publisher: Harper Audio

Dream, love, smile, cry, rejoice, fear ... all through poetry Northwest Herald (Joy) “I Have a Lamb” by Jack Prelutsky, our nation's first Children's Poet Laureate: “I have a lamb that loves to dance, it dances every day, and every time it has a chance, it practices baaaaa-let.” (Gratitude) “The Reading Mother” by Strickland ... and more »

New Children's Picture Books To Pick Up This Month Huffington Post Pick up either “The New Kid on the Block” or “... and more »

Billerica Library Lowdown Billerica Minuteman ... of poetry including a number of poet laureates such as Philip Levine and Kay Ryan or brave the children's collection for such greats as "Hallowilloween," nefarious silliness from Calef Brown and "The Dragons Are Singing Tonight" by Jack Prelutsky.

Unabridged by Kathryn Lasky. Narrated by Pamela Garelick

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It began as a dream, a quest for the Great Ga’Hoole Tree, a mythic place where each night an order of owls rises to perform noble deeds. There Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger hope to find inspiration to fight the evil that dwells in the owl kingdom.

The journey is long and harrowing. When Soren and his friends finally arrive at the Great Ga’Hoole Tree, they will be tested in ways they never dreamed and face challenges they never imagined. If they can learn from their leaders and from one another, they will soon become true Ga’Hoolian owls, honest and brave, wise and true.

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Length: 6 hours and 4 min.
Release date: 10. Aug 06
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Sydney Morning Herald

Entertainment Editor, smh.com.au Sydney Morning Herald Tasked with adapting novelist Kathryn Lasky's fantasy series about owls, Guardians of Ga'Hoole, into a children's animated film, 300 and Watchmen director Zack Snyder somehow produced this ode to militarism, which is easily the most violent film ever ... and more »

Celebrate National Reading Month in Brookline Patch.com NEA also has booklists for every state, including "Night Raiders Along the Cape" by John Waters, "She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head" by Kathryn Lasky, "An Island Far From Home" by John Donahue and, of course, one of the finest classics, "Make Way ...