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The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats
Audio CD (Live Oak Media, Feb. 28, 1982)The first book he both wrote and illustrated, this Caldecott Medal-winning classic by Ezra Jack Keats was inspired by the photograph of a small boy in Life Magazine which Mr. Keats hung on his studio wall. Full of wonder, this universal favorite captures the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall.
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Sammy Keyes and the Hollywood Mummy
Wendelin Vandraanen, Tara Sands
Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), Nov. 30, 2001)Sammy hops a bus to Hollywood and finds her mom in deeper trouble than she expected...
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Library Lion
Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes, Christine Marshall
Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), Dec. 31, 2007)Mia is not sure what to think when her Abuela comes to live with her family in the city. They share a bedroom but speak different languages and Abuela is sad about leaving her sunny house with wild parrots in mango trees. How Mia and Abuela develop their relationship while learning to communicate makes for a richly-told, uplifting story that lovingly blends generations and cultures.
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Sammy Keyes and the Psycho Kitty Queen
Wendelin Vandraanen, Tara Sands
Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), Jan. 1, 2006)The 13-year-old sleuth is up against a cat burglar--literally. Cats are disappearing and Sammy is finding some of them in neighborhood garbage cans, dead. Then Sammy's mother tells her she isn't really turning 14, so it's another year of unlucky 13. Maybe this is the year Sammy's luck will change!
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Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge, the
Hildegarde Swift, Lynn Ward, Jerry Terheyden
Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), April 30, 1992)Willie Colon, who narrated Chato y Su Cena, reprises his role as Chato, the hippest cat in East L.A. When a family of fat mice move into the house next door, Chato invites them to a neighborly "dinner" with a menu that includes chorizo con mice.
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Sammy Keyes and the Power of Justice Jack
Wendelin Vandraanen, Tara Sands
Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), Oct. 31, 2015)Award-winning narrator George Guidall's adept reading enlivens a text packed with information in this exploration of the life of the gray wolf (or timber wolf). Using her effective format of large color drawings and useful facts, Gail Gibbons once again provides an excellent resource for primary-grade students.
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Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd, Linda Terheyden
Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), March 30, 1984)The last place Andy Shane wants to spend Halloween is at Dolores Starbuckle's birthday party, but because his grandmother volunteered to help out, he has to go. Short chapters, comic moments, and real-kid characters and situations add up to a perfect book for beginning readers.
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Minnie and Moo the Attack of the Easter Bunnies
Denys Cazet
Paperback (Live Oak Media, Aug. 16, 2005)ISBN-10: 0439714710 ISBN-13: 978-0439714716
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Piper Green and the Fairy Tree
Ellen Potter, Qin Leng, Tavia Gilbert
Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), Sept. 30, 2015)"Narrator Robin Miles brings Molly Bang's version of this traditional southern folktale to life...Background harmonic and steel guitar music add authenticity and a down-home feeling to the nicely paced tale." - Booklist
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I Went Walking
Sue Williams, Julie Vivas, Bonnie Kelley-Young
Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), June 30, 2000)Convinced that he can outrun any danger, the freshly-baked gingerbread man fails to appreciate that a very fast runner is no match for a very sly fox.
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Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf
Wendelin Vandraanen, Tara Sands
Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), March 30, 2001)In this Christmas season story, several strange thiings are happening and Sammy is called upon to help out.
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Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night
Cynthia Rylant, Sucie Stevenson, Suzanne Toren
Audio CD (Live Oak Media (NY), Oct. 30, 2002)"Follows the boy-and-dog pair as they visit Big bear Lake on a family camping trip...This audio presentation enhances an already delightful story." --School Library Journal
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