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The Perilous Performance at Milkweed Meadow

by Elaine Dimpoulos

In this delightful sequel to The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow, Butternut the rabbit relates the hair-raising tale of what happens when a band of traveling turkeys arrives at the meadow with plans to put on an extravagant summer show. The denizens of the meadow are invited to audition and excitement is running high as the animals prepare for their performance.

Alas, Butternut stumbles into a lie that endangers her relationship with all her friends. So when she realizes what is really going on, how can she get anyone to believe her? This dazzling story of lies and truth, treachery and betrayal, honor and bravery will enchant children and any grownups who happen to be listening along!

 

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The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow

by Elaine Dimpoulos

Butternut is a young rabbit who loves storytelling, is prone to adventures, yet troubled by dark fears that she refers to as her “brambles.” Despite her mother’s advice to stick to her own kind, when Butternut befriends an exuberant young robin named Piper, the two companions soon find themselves growing ever more ready to help creatures in trouble.

Reminiscent of the beloved classics WATERSHIP DOWN and RABBIT HILL, but utterly unique in its vision, this tough and tender novel is illuminated by a love for the natural world as seen through a rabbit’s eyes. Audie Award winning narrator Tavia Gilbert provides a warm and joyful performance for this charming tale of courage, compassion, and community

 

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WILD LIFE

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by Cynthia DeFelice

Erik is preparing for his first-ever hunting trip when he learns that his parents are being deployed to Iraq. A few days later, Erik is shipped off to North Dakota to live with Big Darrell and Oma, grandparents he barely knows.

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Hobart

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by Anita Briggs

Hobart is a little pig with a big dream: he wants to be a tap dancer. There’s just one problem; Hobart and his talented siblings Wilfred, Violet, and Byron are scheduled for a trip to the City Meat Company, where they may meet their fate at the sausage machine.Continue reading→

Space Station Rat

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by Michael J. Daley

There’s not much true science fiction available for the intermediate grades, so we were delighted to find this terrific outer space adventure. Though it is humorous and exciting, it takes its science quite seriously, as any good SF novel should.

This is a solo read, provided by our own Dan Bostick, who was named one of the five best voices in Children’s Audio last year by AudioFile Magazine.

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Great Christmas
  Kidnapping Caper, The

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by Jean Van Leeuwen

When Merciless Marvin the Magnificent finds his way into Macy’s department store, he thinks he’s discovered the best deal a mouse could wish for. Soon Marvin and his pals Raymond the Rat and Fats the Fuse are cozily settled into a dollhouse in the toy department; before long they’ve even made friends with the store’s beloved Santa.

Then, to their dismay, Santa goes missing.

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