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Pick of the Day: When Life Gives You OJ (Audiobook)
When Life Gives You O.J. By Erica S. Perl. 4 CDs. 4:47 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2012. ISBN 978-0-385-39326-3. $30. Gr 4-6–Zelly Fried has problems. Her...
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Pick of the Day: Home of Song (DVD)
Home of Song. Performed byPaulSpring. CD. 34 min. CDBaby.com. 2013. ISBN unavail. $14.99. PreS-Gr 3–Hailing from central Minnesota, Paul Spring’s second album is his first for families. Filled with...
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Pick of the Day: Wild Kratts: Rainforest Rescue (DVD)
Wild Kratts: Rainforest Rescue. DVD. 55min. Prod. by Wild Kratts/9 Story Entertainment. Dist. by PBS Dist. 2013. ISBN 978-1-60883-865-3. $9.99. Gr 1-4–Brothers Martin and Chris Kratt continue their...
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Pick of the Day: Sha Doo Be Doop (Audio)
Sha Doo Be Doop. Performed by Miss Nina. CD. 33 min. Little Monster Records. 2013. ISBN unavail. $15.98. PreS-Gr 1–Singer/songwriter Nina Stone hits all the right notes with her second album. Her voice...
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Pick of the Day: Doll Bones (Audio)
Doll Bones. By Holly Black. 5 CDs. 5:12 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2013. ISBN 978-0-8041-2292-4. $35. Gr 5-8–Black’s tale (Margaret K. McElderry Books,...
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Pick of the Day: I Like Everything About You (Yes I Do!) (Audio)
I Like Everything About You (Yes I Do!). Performed by Crosspulse Percussion Ensemble. CD. 42 min. Crosspulse Media. 2013. ISBN unavail. $15. Gr all levels–This outstanding first album for children and...
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Pick of the Day: Deep Sea Diver (Audio)
Deep Sea Diver. Performed by Recess Monkey. CD. 42 min. Recess Monkey. 2013. ISBN unavail. $14.99. PreS-Gr 3–This ocean-themed album, set in a submarine, travels the seven seas discovering musical...
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Pick of the Day: Monkey Monkey Music (DVD)
Monkey Monkey Music: Let’s All Make a Circle. DVD. 45 min. with tchr’s. guide. Monkey Monkey Music. 2013. ISBN unavail. $19.99. PreS-K–Star of PBS Television’s Monkey Monkey Music, Meredith LeVande...
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Pick of the Day: Joshua Dread (Audio)
Joshua Dread. By Lee Bacon. 5 CDs. 5:46 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2013. ISBN 978-0-8041-2185-9. $45. Gr 4-7–Sixth grader Joshua Dread’s life is far from...
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Pick of the Day: Anna and the Cupcakes (Audio)
Anna and the Cupcakes. Performed by TheBariKoral Family Rock Band. CD. approx. 32 min.BariKoral. 2012. ISBN unavail. $13.57. PreS-Gr 2–In this follow-up to their 2010 album, Rock and Roll Garden,...
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Pick of the Day: Listen to the Birds (Audio)
Listen to the Birds: An Introduction to Classical Music. CD. 26 min. with book. TheSecretMountain. 2013. ISBN 978-1-923163-89-5. $16.95. K-Gr 2–The London Symphony Orchestra, the Radio Symphony...
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Pick of the Day: Darius & Twig (Audio)
Darius and Twig. By Walter Dean Myers. 4 cassettes or 4 CDs: 4:15 hrs. Recorded Books. 2013. cassette: ISBN 978-1-4703-6203-4, CD: ISBN 978-1-61976. $46.75. Gr 8 Up–Darius and Twig both dream of...
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Connections That Count: Audiobooks that Highlight Kids’ Meaningful...
Illustration by E. B. Lewis from Jacqueline Woodson’s The Other Side.Courtesy of Weston Woods. Another school year is on the horizon and our focus this month highlights the relationships that children...
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Pick of the Day: Orphan Train Rider (Audio)
Orphan Train Rider: One Boy’s True Story. By Andrea Warren. 2 CDs. 1:26 hrs. AudioGo. 2013. ISBN 978-0-7927-9640-4. $29.95.” Gr 4-7–Using one young man’s journey as her focus,Warren tells about the...
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Pick of the Day: Janie Face to Face (Audio)
Janie Face to Face. By Caroline B. Cooney. 9 cassettes or 9 CDs. 11 hrs. Recorded Books. 2013. cassette: ISBN 978-1-4703-6246-1, CD: ISBN 978-1-4703-5116-8. $77.75. Gr 7 Up–Cooney wraps up her popular...
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Singing the Story: Musical Audiobook Read-alongs | Listen In
Librarians are keenly aware of the key role they play in early childhood education; engaging children and involving their adult caregivers in the serious business of introducing books, rhymes, and...
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Capstone Adds YA Imprint; Ezra Jack Keats Awards Announced | News Bites
Capstone adds YA “Switch Press” Imprint Capstone Young Readers is set to launch its fifth imprint, Switch Press, in August, as reported by Publishers Weekly. Switch Press will release young adult...
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Free Booktrack Education Tool: Engage Students with a Soundtrack to Stories
Global technology company Booktrack has released a dedicated education platform, Booktrack Classroom, which gives students free access to hundreds of soundtracked ebooks suitable for curriculum text...
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SYNC Offers Free Audiobooks All Summer Long
June’s “Audiobook Month” is just ending, and what better way to extend it than to participate in SYNC’s free audiobook program for teens? Now in its fourth year, this program offers young adults the...
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Supporting Common Core Standards with Audiobooks| Listen In
Key Ideas and Details CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3...
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