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Squirlish: The Girl in the Tree

by Ellen Potter

When a squirrel named Shakespeare finds a baby under a bush in Central Park, he does the only thing that makes sense – he gets some pigeons to fly the infant to his nest and raises her. Fortunately, he has the help of a wise and friendly park groundskeeper named Viola Berry. Cordelia is perfectly happy with her life in the trees, but when she pursues someone who has stolen Shakespeare’s nut stash she ends up dealing with the human world – with hilarious results!

 

This funny, warm-hearted book is narrated by Ellen Potter herself, supported by the voice artists of the Full Cast Audio Family – including a brief special appearance by the great Tamora Pierce!

 

  1. Sample Full Cast Audio 0:48

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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!

 

  1. Perilous Performance at Milkweed Meadow Sample One Voice feat. Tavia Gilbert 1:04

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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

 

  1. Remarkable Rescue Sample One Voice feat. Tavia Gilbert 1:28

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Of Salt and Shore

by Annet Schapp

Lampie is expected to keep the lighthouse her father tends supplied with matches. But one careless mistake on the night of a massive storm leads to disaster for a ship . . . and also for Lampie.

 

  1. Of Salt and Shore Sample

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The Thief of Worlds

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by Bruce Coville

The wind has stopped, just stopped, all across the world. As panic begins to build one boy, storm-born Hurricane Smith, is especially affected. After all, the wind has always been his friend, always had his back. Hurricane’s despair only increases when his mother’s breathing problem lands her in the hospital. That night, alone in their apartment, a strange man appears to him, with an even stranger message: “I am Zephron Windlord, and I need your help to rescue the wind.”

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Left Out

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by Tim Green

Landon Dorch longs to play football, and he is definitely built for the game. Unfortunately two things stand in his way: his mother’s worries and the fact that he is deaf. Landon hopes that the family’s move to a new town will offer him a fresh start and that he can leave behind the teasing and taunts that marred life at his former school. But his speech problems and his cochlear implants seem to invite bullying.Continue reading→

Almost Zero
  Dyamonde Daniel: Book 3

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by Nikki Grimes

Dyamonde Daniel has her eye on a new pair of red high-top sneakers. Following some bad advice from a classmate, she thinks she has the right idea to go about getting them – by demanding her mother buy them! Unfortunately for Dyamonde, Mrs. Daniel doesn’t appreciate being told what to do and decides to teach her daughter a lesson. Soon Dyamonde finds herself in a clothing crisis, with almost zero to wear! Dyamonde is furious. But she begins to realize that some people have troubles much greater than hers…including her friend, Isabel Martinez, whose family has suffered a real crisis. Deciding she must she must help the Martinez family, Dyamonde enlists the aid of everyone she knows to do so. Witty and endearing, this heart-warming tale – told by Nikki Grimes herself – beautifully displays the difference between “wanting” and “needing.”Continue reading→

Rich
  Dyamonde Daniel: Book 2

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by Nikki Grimes

Dyamonde Daniel’s best friend, Free, thinks he’s poor because he can’t buy a new video game. So when their teacher announces a poetry contest with a $100 prize, Free decides he’ll try to win it. But Free is not the only poet in the class. Before the contest is over everyone will know a little more about what being rich and being poor are really all about.
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