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Folk songs such as “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the
Mountain," “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad,” and
“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” take on lives of
their own, becoming stand-alone stories featuring
several zany characters, including an acrobatic pink-haired
roller-skater girl, a straw hat-wearing unshaven hillbilly
astronaut, a banjo-playing cow-loving weasel, and a hard-working
monkey who happens to love dumplings! The accompanying recordings
of these popular sing-along songs for kids highlight gifted singers
and seasoned musicians, producing a fresh original sound for a new
generation. A unique code for the digital download of the
recordings is also included.
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Helen's Birds (Hardcover)
Sara Cassidy; Illustrated by Sophie Casson
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R383
Discovery Miles 3 830
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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From Sara Cassidy, acclaimed author of A Boy Named Queen, comes a
stunning wordless graphic novel about friendship, loss and hope.
For as long as Saanvi can remember, she has been friends with her
elderly neighbor Helen. They play cards and garden together and,
especially, care for the wild birds that visit Helen's yard. When
Helen dies suddenly, a "For Sale" sign goes up, and movers arrive,
emptying the house of its furniture and stripping the yard of its
birdfeeders. The sparrows and hummingbirds disappear. Soon a
bulldozer tears down Helen's house. All winter, Saanvi walks numbly
past the property as developers begin to build condos. Then one
spring day, amid the dust and turmoil of construction, she finds a
weathered playing card wedged between two rocks. She holds it to
her chest, and finally sobs. After a tearful night, Saanvi wakes
inspired. She slathers peanut butter on pinecones to hang from tree
branches, hammers together a birdhouse from scrap wood and drags a
kitchen stool outside to hold a bowl of water. Finally, she
retrieves a nest that has been unraveling on Helen's old property
and places it in a tree in her own yard. Saanvi's yard soon fills
with Helen's birds. They have a home again. This beautifully
illustrated, wordless graphic novel shows Saanvi's journey through
close friendship, then hollowing loss and change, until she finally
finds hope. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in
English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1 Refer to details
and examples in a text when explaining what the text says
explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
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Artist and Me (Hardcover)
Shane Peacock; Illustrated by Sophie Casson
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R496
R423
Discovery Miles 4 230
Save R73 (15%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Toby's parents think he worries too much and they want to get
something that will be good for him. He's very pleased when they
get him a dog who can be his companion. They sit up half the night
looking at the snowstorm.
In the morning Toby and his friends make a snow fort. In his
excitement, he forgets about his puppy. His friend takes care of
the puppy. Toby learns how people care for one another.
On the morning after Christmas, Toby's family begins the day like
any other holiday. All of a sudden everything changes when someone
phones to tell them that Toby's aunt has died in a car accident.
They pack up and drive to his grandparents' house in the country
where all the family are gathered. After the ceremony at the
funeral home, everyone goes to the family home. Toby notices that
although everyone is very sad, they are also able to smile, chat
and even sing. He wonders why people can be both happy and sad. He
also wants to know what happens when a person dies. This story
brings out all the questions a curious child might ask when someone
dies in a family.
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