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Belinda in Paris

cover of Belinda in Parisauthor: Amy Young
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asin: 0670036935
binding: Hardcover
list price: $15.99 USD
amazon price: $10.87 USD


All of Paris was abuzz with the news-Belinda the ballerina was coming to town! But when Belinda's extra-large ballet shoes wind up in Pago Pago by mistake, she and a young ballerina must hit the streets to look for a new pair. Along the way, Belinda befriends a trio of Parisians, each with his or her own problem. Can Belinda save the day and still find ballet shoes before her performance that night? New and old fans alike will cheer magnifique! for Amy Young's big-footed (and big-hearted) ballerina, as she wins over the City of Lights.

Boom Town

SarahKate's Notes:

A great story about a resourceful young lady who creates a bakery in the family kitchen. Amanda encourages many people to begin their own businesses too, inspiring a whole town to spring up around her! A fabulous can-do book.

cover of Boom Townauthor: Sonia Levitin
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asin: 0439643945
binding: Paperback
list price: $6.99 USD
amazon price: $6.99 USD


Bored by cabin life in the sparse settlement, Amanada figures out how to bake a gooseberry pie in the family's crude wood stove. Soon prospectors are paying for her pies, and her business success spills over to the other folks who've decided to settle there.

The Wheel on the School

SarahKate's Notes:

We listened to the audio version of The Wheel on the School (320 pages), a 1955 Newberry Winner that had all of us interested in riding in the car so we could hear it. It was really neat to hear about life in Holland, during a time when the village school had only 6 children, with only one girl - Lina. She surprises the teacher by independently writing a short composition, wondering why storks don't nest in their fishing village of Shora but they nest in all the neighboring villages. This inspires them to figure it out and they are are encouraged to spend their school time to work out the solution. It sounds dry but this is a very exciting book! This is a fantastic book about the power of hope, and the idea that it take a village to raise a child.

cover of The Wheel on the Schoolauthor: Meindert Dejong
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asin: 0064400212
binding: Paperback
list price: $6.95 USD
amazon price: $6.95 USD


Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. And sometimes when you begin to wonder, you begin to make things happen. So the children set out to bring the storks back to Shora. The force of their vision put the whole village to work until at last the dream began to come true. Winner, 1955 Newbery MedalNotable Children's Books of 1940–1970 (ALA)1963 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

Up the Chimney

no imageauthor: Margaret Hodges
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asin: 0823413543
binding: Hardcover
list price: $15.95 USD
amazon price: $15.95


The tale of a courageous girl with quick feet and a generous heart.

The Curious Garden

SarahKate's Notes:

We had a garden this year and it has been wonderful. I got several books about the joy of gardens and this is one we like - The Curious Garden by Peter Brown. What happens when someone helps nature reclaim an old elevated railway? It's beautiful.

cover of The Curious Gardenauthor: Peter Brown
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asin: 0316015474
binding: Hardcover
list price: $16.99 USD
amazon price: $11.55 USD


One boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time.

While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world.

This is an enchanting tale with environmental themes and breathtaking illustrations that become more vibrant as the garden blooms. Red-headed Liam can also be spotted on every page, adding a clever seek-and-find element to this captivating picture book.

Puppy Too Small (Golden Naptime Tales)

SarahKate's Notes:

Our (then) 2 year old loved to hear book over and over, and I loved to read it. It starts out, " 'I'm too small!' wailed Puppy. 'I can't reach the doorknob.' 'But you can reach the cookies on the table,' said Mouse. 'Please share one with me.' And Puppy did." The whole book is like that, one situation after another where puppy feels he is too small to do something, but there is something helpful he can do, and he does it. The ending is a sweet acknowledgment by Mama. This is a gentle message of empowerment.

no imageauthor: Cyndy Szekeres
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asin: 0307122018
binding: Board book
list price: $4.19 USD
amazon price: $4.19


Madeline's Christmas

cover of Madeline's Christmasauthor: Ludwig Bemelmans
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asin: 0670806668
binding: Hardcover
list price: $15.99 USD
amazon price: $10.87 USD


Puffin continues to update the Puffin Storytapes™ audio program and convert the cassette tapes to compact discs. This season, we’re adding two more titles to our list of Puffin Storytime™ packages. Madeline’s Christmas, Ludwig Bemelmans’ classic tale of a little French girl named Madeline as she celebrates Christmas, is perfect for this holiday season.These Puffin picture books will be accompanied by a compact disc that features a professional reading of the unabridged story. Perfect for road trips or quiet bedtime reading, as well as story time, preschool, and home school,Puffin Storytime: Madeline’s Christmas is sure to please children and parents alike.

A Little House Christmas Treasury: Festive Holiday Stories

SarahKate's Notes:

I bought this book for our Christmas Collection and I am so grateful I did. I love to hear these stories of the simple Christmases long ago, when children were thrilled to get a penny in their stocking. Each story if from a different time in Laura's life and paints such a beautiful picture of their lives.

cover of A Little House Christmas Treasury: Festive Holiday Storiesauthor: Laura Ingalls Wilder
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asin: 0060769181
binding: Hardcover
list price: $12.99 USD
amazon price: $27.15 USD


Celebrate the holidays with Laura and her family with stories from the beloved Little House books!

Fairy Tales for the New Age

SarahKate's Notes:

In my opinion this is one of the finest collections of fairy tales
I've read. They aren't syrupy and super-positive. They are gentle,
original stories of children overcoming their fears, learning powerful
lessons, and meeting magical spirits. We savor this book and I read
the a story from it every few weeks and it is a real treat the whole
family enjoys.

cover of Fairy Tales for the New Ageauthor: Arlene Williams
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asin: 0960544445
binding: Paperback
list price: $12.95 USD
amazon price: $12.95


A collection of twelve original fairy tales with a gentle, sensitive flavor. There are no wicked witches threatening to cook and eat small children, no big, bad wolves devouring your grandma. You will find instead, stories in which good things happen to characters who work at making their lives and relationships better--with and without magic.

One Morning in Maine

cover of One Morning in Maineauthor: Robert McCloskey
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asin: 0670526274
binding: Hardcover
list price: $17.99 USD
amazon price: $12.23 USD


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