Author Patrick Carman has collected dozens of awards for his best-selling children's books. With Saving Mister Nibbles! he begins a delightful new series starring a resourceful squirrel and his furry friends. From his treehouse in a city park, Elliot takes pride in solving problems. But when a squirrel named Mister Nibbles is given to a human as a birthday gift and taken to a house near the park, Elliot isn't sure what to do. Everyone knows squirrels don't belong indoors, but how can Elliot and his friends rescue the trapped rodent?
Sara Crewe is the 1888 serialized story Frances Hodgson Burnett eventually turned into the popular novel ""A Little Princess"", which was published in 1915.
Much of the plot is the same, a little girl with a wealthy father is left at a boarding school in London, while he goes abroad. Sara is a charming and popular girl who's fortunes reverse when her father dies, apparently without money. Sarah is treated cruelly by the headmistress of the school, but her fortunes take another turn when a watchful neighbor takes an interest in her.
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Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was an English-born author of romances and books for children. After moving to America in 1865 she established a popular reputation with the publication of That Lass o’Lowries in 1877. She is best known for such stories as Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Little Princess, and The Secret Garden. "
It's nearly Christmas and everyone at Silver Shoe Farm is excited about the Olympia horse show - especially Tilly. It's a chance to see some of the top show jumpers in the world, as well as some wonderful displays. But her enthusiasm is overshadowed when her favourite horse, Magic Spirit, gets ill and needs every possible attention. Then, at Olympia a chance encounter with Samson, a highly-strung stallion, means Tilly's special gift with horses is not only in demand at home, but at the show too!
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Meet the Salty Splashes—a cast of cartoons characters loaded with spunk and personality. They have a knack for finding comical adventure all around their cool, beachy world—a fictional version of the magical coast of central California, America’s Riviera. Hear their lyrical, rhyming stories come to life with surf music, animated dialogue, and funny cartoon sound effects. It’s the most fun you can have in one hour without getting into trouble!
The first three books in the Salty Splashes Collection are packaged in one audiobook for an exciting, fully dramatized hour of humor, action, and adventure. Colorful narrative and voice-overs by Shawn Willms, accompanied by author J. Z. Bingham, bring this cartoon world to life with character acting, continuous sound effects, and music. Dreamy Drums: Trouble in Paradise introduces our cartoon cast as Sammy the spunky puppy is delivered to his waiting family and their sunny village by the sea. Sammy soon instigates a series of antics that lead to an unexpected adventure at sea. Isle of Mystery: Eyes of the King finds our cartoon cast stranded on a seemingly deserted island, where they have spooky encounters with yellow-eyed island denizens before making a friend and settling down for the night with a warm campfire. Gansevort: The King and His Court steps up the action as the cast’s plan to sail back home is interrupted by an unexpected meeting with the island’s ornery king and his tribe. Their clever plan of escape is loaded with humor and a climactic ending.
Yankel loves to tell stories, as long as they are someone else's. He does not see the hurt that his stories cause, the way they spread and change. Then the rabbi hands him a bag of feathers and tells him to place one on every doorstep in the village. Yankel is changed by what happens and finds himself with his best story yet, one of his very own.
Runny Babbit lent to wunch
And heard the saitress way,
"We have some lovely stabbit rew --
Our Special for today."
From the legendary creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and The Giving Tree comes an unforgettable new character in children's literature.
Welcome to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Rirty Dat, Dungry Hog, Snerry Jake, and many others who speak a topsy-turvy language all their own.
So if you say, "Let's bead a rook
That's billy as can se,"
You're talkin' Runny Babbit talk,
Just like mim and he.
Tilly spends every spare minute at Silver Shoe Farm getting to know Magic Spirit and discovering more about her special gift with horses. But she longs for a pony of her own, and often helps her friends Cally and Mia take care of their pony, Rosie. Then Cally has some news and though it takes everyone by surprise, Tilly realises that sometimes good things happen when you least expect.
For every girl who has ever longed for a pony of her own, these delightful, warm and engaging stories are packed with Pippa's expert advice on everything you ever wanted to know about horses.
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Rosie is in trouble at school again, just because she struggles with reading. When she picks up an old watch in an antique shop, it transports her to a World War I Red Cross hospital. As a nurse Rosie listens to the men's' stories and meets Edith Cavell - who helps soldiers to escape from the Germans. When Rosie learns of Edith Cavell's arrest, she has to make a tricky decision.
Winner of the prestigious Golden Kite Award, author Katherine Applegate delivers the sixth amusing tale from her popular Roscoe Riley series. A new fad has broken out in Roscoe's class'sneakers with built-in walkie-talkies. Roscoe is lucky enough to own a pair, but his buddy Gus isn't so fortunate. Gus' mom won't buy him new shoes until his old ones are worn out. Good thing for Gus, Roscoe is an expert at destroying old shoes.
Daisy has more toys than she knows what to do with. In this story, inspired by an Eastern European folktale about a house that's too small, Daisy thinks she needs a bigger bedroom for all the gifts on her birthday list.
Her clever mom helps her realize less is more, and Daisy decides to donate many of her things to a Mitzvah Day rummage sale. In the process, Daisy learns about sharing and the satisfaction that comes from choosing what's important.
