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Hope triumphs over fear in this poignant and impactful true story of the Holocaust—a delicate introduction to World War Two history for older audiobook listeners. During World War Two, in the concentration camp Terezin, a group of Jewish children and their devoted teacher planted and nurtured a smuggled-in sapling. Over time, fewer and fewer children were left to care for the little tree, but those who remained kept lovingly sharing their water with it. When the war finally ended and the prisoners were freed, the sapling had grown into a strong five-foot-tall maple.

Ms. Rachel—the fastest-growing phenomenon in children’s educational entertainment—brings her signature teaching style to her debut picture book, adapted for audio! With favorite songs and language development techniques from her videos, Ms. Rachel asks young listeners to help her find a very special surprise just for them. Ms. Rachel is looking for something very special, and she needs your help finding it! With more than 20 important milestones featured—including gestures and speech—Ms. Rachel brings educational expertise to her debut picture book.

From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist comes a fresh new audiobook that empowers parents and children to uproot racism in our society and in ourselves, now with added discussion prompts to help listeners recognize and reflect on bias in their daily lives. Featured on Good Morning America, NPR's Morning Edition, CBS This Morning, and more! Take your first steps with Antiracist Baby! Or rather, follow Antiracist Baby's nine easy steps for building a more equitable world.

The clever and hilarious star of the Geisel Award winners Fox at Night, Fox the Tiger, and Fox Has a Problem is back in another I Can Read adventure. There's only one Fox . . . except when there are two! Will Fox outfox this new fox? Or will he make a new friend? Carefully crafted using basic language, word repetition, and sight words, Fox versus Fox is ideal for sharing with your emergent reader. The active, engaging My First I Can Read stories have appealing plots and lovable characters, encouraging children to continue their journey.

A Geisel Award winner! In his next I Can Read adventure, Fox—the hilarious trickster character featured in previous Geisel Award winners Fox at Night and Fox the Tiger—learns to solve a problem in an unexpected way. Fox has a problem: His kite is stuck in a tree! But every clever plan creates even more problems for him—and for all his friends. Can they work together to fix things before it's too late? Carefully crafted using basic language and word repetition, Fox Has a Problem is ideal for sharing with your emergent reader.

After their olive crop fails, Maria fears that her family will have to abandon their farm on the new island colony. Then, one night she dreams of a mysterious beautiful lady shrouded by trees with branches hung with hundreds of little suns. They are oranges like the ones Maria's parents once ate in their homeland, Valencia, Spain. That very day Maria and her family plant the seeds that soon yield a magnificent orange grove and save the farm. But who was the mysterious lady who appeared in her dream and will Maria ever find her again?

A touching, playful exploration of empathy and interdependency from an acclaimed author and illustrator. I'm afraid, said the leaf. / You're not alone, said the tree. But who will comfort a nervous bird, a lonely crab, a lost wolf? How can a horse find warmth, a snail some cheer, a child some rest? Through a series of amusing and soothing exchanges, this deceptively simple and profound picture book depicts different pairings to celebrate interconnectedness and underlines the importance of caring for every living organism to ensure a strong and healthy natural world.

Learn about the life cycles of different kinds of bees in this enlightening picture book. As flowers and trees begin to bud and bloom, Nox Ap, the bee mother, emerges from her winter sleep. To the Gitxsan, she is nature's gardener. Without her hard work as a pollinator, we could not enjoy the fruits of strawberries and huckleberries. Follow her life from the first thaw of spring to the end of autumn. In the seventh book of Hetxw'ms Gyetxw (Brett D.

From the creator of Small in the City and the illustrator of Town Is by the Sea and Sidewalk Flowers, comes a moving look at how memories are made. Tucked in bed at a new apartment, a boy and his mother trade memories. Some are idyllic, like a picnic with Dad, but others are more surprising: a fall from a bike into soft piled hay, the smell of an old oil lamp when a rainstorm blew the power out. Now it's just the two of them, and the house where all of those memories happened is far away.

Un jour, une illustratrice rencontre les élèves d'une petite école pour leur parler de son métier. Quelle surprise de constater qu'il leur est tous arrivé des choses incroyables! Ronny raconte qu'il a un hamster géant comme animal de compagnie, Youri prétend avoir construit une fusée, Antonietta avoir reçu un dragon en cadeau d'anniversaire. De retour à son atelier, Caroline commence à mettre en images les anecdotes que lui ont confiées les enfants. Voici donc réunis les étonnants récits de cette classe à l'imagination bien foisonnante...