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CLASSIC FICTION (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Following the initial success of The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling published the collection of parables Just So Stories. He first entertained his own children with these delightful and humorous tales before deciding to write them down for publication. The stories are written in the form of what came to be also known as pourqoui (French for "why") stories, each explaining how and why things came to be as they...

Learning Colors Has Never Been So Much Fun! Meet the Colors is a delightful series designed to teach babies and toddlers to identify colors. Children are introduced to colors through adorable characters that they will soon know and love. Preschool Prep Series™ have won hundreds of awards and are used in millions of homes and schools around the world. You will be amazed at how easily your little one can learn colors!™ Featuring: Red, Orange,...

Learning Letters Has Never Been This Easy!™ Meet the Letters makes learning letters fun and easy with adorable characters that your child will soon know and love! Children can easily learn to recognize all the upper and lowercase letters in a few weeks. Preschool Prep Series™ DVDs have won hundreds of awards and are used in millions of homes and schools around the world. You will be amazed at what your little one can learn!™ Featuring:...

An innovative picture book biography about an unsung hero of early animation.

"Max, a 10-year-old downtown girl learns from her grandmother, "don't let life happen to you, you happen to life." Shaken by a death in her family and made-fun-of at her new uptown school, Max finds an unlikely mentorship in an old chess-master. How can learning the game of chess help Max to understand how life changes and to be resilient?."--Container back.

Lena's overnight fame as an actress after being cast in a lead role in a film continues to pull her into the spotlight, while teaching her what it means to shine for God. And now she's faced with her biggest challenge yet. When Lena's favorite music artist, Mallory Winston, sends her a gift box filled with photos and memories of their time on tour together, she finds out that new friends from the children's hospital they visited need help, including...

The adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who lived happily in his comfortable home until a wandering wizard granted his wish. Bilbo Baggins was a hobbit who wanted to be left alone in quiet comfort. But the wizard Gandalf came along with a band of homeless dwarves. Soon Bilbo was drawn into their quest, facing evil orcs, savage wolves, giant spiders, and worse unknown dangers. Finally, it was Bilbo -- alone and unaided -- who had to...

Lena Daniels never thought she'd get the chance star in a movie. Headstrong and determined, she has her life planned out to the minute. But when her best friends, Savannah and Emma, tell her about an audition, she knows there's nothing else in the world she'd rather do. And now that she's gotten her wish, Lena finds that being in the spotlight is harder than it sounds. She got everything she never wanted! Her face turns up everywhere she goes, and...

While attending the Magical Congress of the United States of America in 1926, Newt Scamander is pursued by the wizarding authorities when dangerous beasts and their habitats escape from his magical briefcase.

On a snow-covered Christmas Eve, Little Nutbrown Hare and friends stumble across a little Brown Bear who is lost. Determined to return him to his mother in time for Christmas, Little Nutbrown Hare and Little Field Mouse venture bravely into the unknown woods while Little Redwood Fox and Little Grey Squirrel go to find Big Nutbrown Hare. But when night falls and snow covers their paw prints, they realize they are all lost. Now they face missing Christmas...