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Listen TogetherSummer 2014
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Check out these family favorites, which parents and children can enjoy together while driving or on vacation.
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Geronimo Stilton. Books 1-3
by Geronimo Stilton
Collects three stories featuring Geronimo Stilton, including "The Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye," in which Geronimo Stilton joins his sister Thea on a treasure hunt
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The Gooney Bird collection [sound recording]
by Lois Lowry
Collects four of the author's Gooney Bird Greene stories about the hilarious antics of this second-grader, and includes Gooney Bird Greene, Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, Gooney the Fabulous, and Gooney Is So Absurd. Books available.
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Lost and found [sound recording]
by Andrew Clements
After moving to a new town, twins Ray and Jay Grayson learn that a clerical mistake at their new school finds only one attending, which puts these clever boys into a most fun--and dangerous--situation. Simultaneous.
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Mary Poppins : Library Edition
by P. L. Travers
An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences
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The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane [sound recording]
by Kate DiCamillo
Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories. Jr Lib Guild. Teacher's Guide available. Simultaneous.
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Nate the great collected stories. Volume 1
by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
A selection of four fun mystery stories starring kids' favorite detective Nate the Great and his sidekick Sludge includes Nate the Great, Nate the Great Goes Undercover, Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt, and Nate the Great and the Monster Mess. Read by John Lavelle. Books available.
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The one and only Ivan [sound recording]
by Katherine Applegate
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life
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Ramona and her mother [sound recording]
by Beverly Cleary
Now that her father has a job, seven-year-old Ramona hopes that her mother will stop working, so that she won't have to stay with Howie's grandmother after school while her mom is away, and that her parents won't be so tired and irritable. Read by Stockard Channing. Book available.
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Return to the Hundred Acre Wood [sound recording]
by David Benedictus
Eighty years ago, at the end of The House at Pooh Corner, Christopher Robin said good-bye to Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood; now they are back in new adventures, for the first time approved by the Trustees of the Pooh Properties, in this companion volume that truly captures the style of the A. A. Milne classic. Read by Jim Dale. Simultaneous. Book available.
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Ten in a Bed
by Allan Ahlberg
When Dinah Price goes up to bed each night she finds a fairy tale character in her bed -- first three bears, then a witch, then a giant; and so on. Now she needs to find a way to get rid of them?
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The twits [sound recording]
by Roald Dahl
Includes the misadventures of two terrible old people who enjoy playing nasty tricks and are finally outwitted by a family of monkeys. Read by Simon Callow. Book available.
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