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The puppets of Spelhorst / by DiCamillo, Kate,author.; Corduner, Allan,narrator.; Morstad, Julie,illustrator.; Playaway Products, LLC,issuing body.;
Narrated by Allan Corduner.Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friendsa king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owlbicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room in the home of two little girls, the truth is more astonishing than any of them could have imagined. A beloved author of modern classics draws on her most moving themes with humor, heart, and wisdom in the first of the Norendy Tales, a projected trio of novellas linked by place and mood, each illustrated in black and white by a different virtuoso illustrator. This first tale is one that promises to soothe and strengthen us on our journey, leading us through whatever dark forest we find ourselves in.Grades 3 - 6.
Subjects: Novellas.; Fairy tales.; Action and adventure fiction.; Children's audiobooks.; Book plus audio.; Dyslexia-friendly books.; Puppets; Friendship; Toys; Storytelling;
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The secret book of Flora Lea : a novel / by Henry, Patti Callahan,author.;
"When a woman stumbles across a mysterious children's book, long-held secrets about her missing sister and their childhood spent in the English countryside during World War II are revealed"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Books; Children's books; Guilt; Missing children; Sisters; Storytelling;
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The Beatryce prophecy / by DiCamillo, Kate.; Blackall, Sophie.;
When a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing, Brother Edik nurses her back to health, but when he uncovers her dangerous secret, she is sent away into the world with a goat and a boy.LSC
Subjects: Orphans; Storytelling; Goats; Monasteries; Prophecies; Middle Ages;
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Mother Goose remembers [sound recording] / by Townsend, Dave.; Beaton, Clare; Butler, Caroline.;
A collection of well-loved rhymes set to music.Sung and played by Caroline Butler ... [et al.].
Subjects: Nursery rhymes; Children's poetry;
© p2001., Barefoot Audio Books,
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Life of Pi : a novel / by Martel, Yann.;
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years.
Subjects: Fiction.; Shipwreck survival; Human-animal relationships; Storytelling; Teenage boys; Ocean travel; Zoo animals; Orphans; Tiger; Human-animal relationships.; Ocean travel.; Orphans.; Shipwreck survival.; Storytelling.; Teenage boys.; Tiger.; Zoo animals.;
© 2011, ©2001., Vintage Canada,
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A grandmother begins the story / by Porter, Michelle,author.;
"Five generations of Métis women argue, dance, struggle, laugh, love, and tell the stories that will sing their family, and perhaps the land itself, into healing in this brilliantly original debut novel. Carter is a young mother, recently separated. She is curious, angry, and on a quest to find out what the heritage she only learned of in her teens means. Allie is trying to make up for the lost years with her first born, and to protect Carter from the hurt she herself suffered from her own mother. Lucie wants the granddaughter she's never met to help her join her ancestors in the Afterlife. Genevieve is determined to conquer her demons before the fire inside burns her up, with the help of the sister she lost but has never been without. Mame, in the Afterlife, knows that all these stories began with her, and that she must hold on to the tellings until all her daughters and their daughters find the paths they need to be on. This extraordinary novel, told by a chorus of distinctive, sharp, funny, confused, wise characters that include the descendants of the bison that once freely roamed the land, heralds the arrival of a stunning new voice in literary fiction."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Conflict of generations; Grandmothers; Intergenerational relations; Métis; Mothers and daughters; Storytelling; Women;
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The 156-story treehouse : holiday havoc! / by Griffiths, Andy,1961-; Denton, Terry.;
Andy and Terry live in a 156-story treehouse. (It used to be a 143-story treehouse, but they added 13 more levels.) It has a wishing well, a super-stinky stuff level, a bouldering alley (it's just like bowling, except you use boulders instead of balls), an enigma engine, a TV quiz show level hosted by Quizzy the quizzical robot, and the amazing mind-reading sandwich-making machine that knows exactly what sort of sandwich you want and makes it for you. It's the night before Christmas but Andy and Terry aren't ready yet! They haven't written their letters to Santa, they haven't sung any carols or hung their stockings, and now Mr. Big Nose wants their next book done by tomorrow. When Santa Claus's sleigh crash-lands in the treehouse, the reindeer become tangled in the branches and Santa falls into the cloning machine. With dozens of Santas running around and no way to tell which one's the real one, who's going to deliver all the presents? It's up to Andy, Terry, and Jill to work together to save Christmas--and maybe even finish their book on time!
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Authors; Tree houses; Imagination; Books and reading; Storytelling; Illustrators;
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Every rising sun : a novel / by Ahmed, Jamila,author.;
"In twelfth century, Persia, clever and dreamy Shaherazade stumbles on the Malik's beloved wife entwined with a lover in a sun-dappled courtyard. When Shaherazade recounts her first tale, the story of this infidelity, to the Malik, she sets the Seljuk Empire on fire. Enraged at his wife's betrayal, the once-gentle Malik beheads her. But when that killing does not quench his anger, the Malik begins to marry and behead a new bride each night. Furious at the murders, his province seethes on rebellion's edge. To suppress her guilt, quell threats of a revolt, and perhaps marry the man she has loved since childhood, Shaherazade persuades her beloved father, the Malik's vizier, to offer her as the next wife. On their wedding night, Shaherazade begins a yarn, but as the sun ascends she cuts the story short, ensuring that she will live to tell another tale, a practice she repeats night after night. But the Malik's rage runs too deep for Shaherazade to exorcise alone. And so she and her father persuade the Malik to leave Persia to join Saladin's fight against the Crusaders in Palestine. With plots spun against the Seljuks from all corners, Shaherazade must maneuver through intrigue in the age's greatest courts to safeguard her people. All the while, she must keep the Malik enticed with her otherworldly tales-because the slightest misstep could cost Shaherazade her head. This suspenseful first-person retelling is vividly rendered through the voice of a fully imagined Shaherazade, a book lover whose late mother bestowed the gift of story that becomes her power. Created over fourteen years of writing and research, Jamila Ahmed's gorgeously written debut is a celebration of storytelling and a love letter to the medieval Islamic world that brings to life one of the most enduring and intriguing woman characters of all time"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Malik-Shāh, Sultan of the Seljuks, 1055-1092; Scheherazade, Queen, consort of Shahryar, King of Persia (Legendary character); Crusades; Seljuks; Storytelling; Women storytellers;
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Back home : story time with my father / by Casimir, Arlène Elizabeth.; Daley, Ken,1976-;
"Lune loves hearing her daddy's stories-the funny ones, the sad ones, the ones with lessons about truth and love. Whether evoking an ill-fated climb up a mango tree or life after a hurricane, flying over magical mountains or the healing power of a mother's love, all of Daddy's stories begin with "lakay"-back home-and each one ushers Lune to Haiti, her father's homeland, a place she doesn't know but can see, hear, and feel when she closes her eyes. Daddy is her favorite book, and sometimes she stays up late just to hear another story when he gets home from work. Everyone has stories, her mommy tells her, so Lune begins to wonder: could she have stories of her own, too? Author Arlène Elizabeth Casimir offers a love letter to her parents' birthplace and to the ways storytelling can bring us together, illustrated in lush, enchanting colors by acclaimed artist Ken Daley. Included is a glossary and two author's notes-one to caregivers and teachers, one to kids-providing ideas and encouragement for sharing the power of story"--
Subjects: Picture books.; Fathers and daughters; Fathers; Storytelling; Haitian Americans;
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I broke my trunk! / by Willems, Mo.;
Gerald the elephant tells his best friend Piggie a long, crazy story about how he broke his trunk."Ages 4-8"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Gerald (Fictitious character : Willems); Piggie (Fictitious character : Willems); Elephants; Swine; Storytelling; Pigs;
© c2011., Hyperion Books for Children,
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