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After Freddie the frog eats 100 flies, he feels terrible and asks his friends for help.

Imagine having a grandfather who claims he not only herded dinosaurs but he also was a rodeo dino buster way back when. Well that's what Billy's grandfather maintains. Could it really be true? This story takes place in the Canadian Badlands of Drumheller, Alberta. During the Cretaceous Period, this region was home to a great variety of dinosaurs whose fossils can be found there today.

Penny's grandfather is aware of the importance of conserving wildlife and its habitat. He enjoys sharing his love of nature with his granddaughter. Through his words and actions, he passes on to her an appreciation for the environment and a desire to do whatever she can, even at her young age, to protect our world's valuable natural resources. In this story, Grandpa takes Penny to visit Oak Hammock Marsh to do some bird-watching at this world-famous birding hotspot and teaches her about some of the birds, other animals, and plants that make their homes in this wetland habitat.

A young girls learns the ins and outs of getting along with others, and the rewards of listening to her mother.

Zip and zoom with Mary, a mischevious yet particularly practical eight-year-old with a magical atlas. Marvellous critters, such as a flying bison named Bou, help Mary as she searches for the Golden Boy's torch that has been carried off by the tricky North Wind. Join in the adventure as Mary meets Manitoba!

How do you know someone loves you? dance, bake, frolic in the leaves and journey with one granddaughter as she discovers all the ways she can know her grandma's love.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a puppy? I can be fun and esciting and scary and lots of things, let me tell you my story.

This is a story for young children that describes the experience of Lucille, a girl from a big city, who visits her Métis cousin in the village of St. Laurent and goes ice fishing on Lake Manitoba.

Maxine aime se promener dans la forêt ancienne de Carmanah. Avec son père elle participe à la construction de sentier. Le coeur de Maxine se remplit de chagrin, lorsqu’elle constate la coupe à blanc dans Carmanah. Pourra-t-elle sauver la forêt ancienne? Un petit bijou d’album qui sensibilise l’enfant sur le rôle des arbres et du maintien de l’écosystème.

National Book Award?winning and New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi ( How to Be an Antiracist , Antiracist Baby ) returns with a new picture book, adapted for audio, that serves as a modern bedtime classic. As children all over the world get ready for bed, the moon watches over them. The moon knows that when we sleep, we dream. And when we dream, we imagine what is possible and what the world can be. ? With poetic prose , Goodnight Racism delivers important messages about antiracism, justice, and equality in an easy-to-listen format that empowers listeners both big and small.