Friendship

Room One: A Mystery or Two (Unabridged)

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Ted Hammond loves a good mystery, and in the spring of his fifth-grade year, he's working on a big one. How can his school in the little town of Plattsford stay open next year if there are going to be only five students? Out here on the Great Plains, in western Nebraska, everyone understands that if you lose the school, you lose the town.

Author:

Andrew Clements

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

840L

Length:

02:54

Lunch Money (Unabridged)

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Greg Kenton has always had a natural talent for making money, despite the annoying rivalry of his neighbor Maura Shaw. Then, just before sixth grade, Greg makes a discovery: Almost every kid at school has an extra quarter or two to spend almost every day.

Author:

Andrew Clements

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

840L

Length:

05:03

Boxes for Katje

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After World War II, there is little left in Katje’s town of Olst in Holland.

Author:

Candace Fleming

Grade Level:

Elementary

Length:

00:19

What I Call Life

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When Cal Lavender's mother has an unfortunate "episode" in the library, a police officer takes Cal to the "Pumpkin House"—a group home where Cal must stay until her mother is able to care for her again. Stranded with four hurt, troubled girls and an eccentric old woman known as "the Knitting Lady", Cal thinks this can't possibly be her real life. Or can it?

The Girls

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Maya thought she had the greatest friends in the world. But suddenly, BAM!, she's out of the group, with no idea of why her friends have dropped her. The listener will find out, though, as the story of why Maya has been shunned unfolds through five skillfully intertwined, sometimes scorching, first person narratives.

With uncanny precision and unsparing accuracy, Amy Goldman Koss explores the world of middle school cliques, and exposes the "mean girl" phenomenon in this insightful look at the real world behind the headlines.

Wallace's Lists

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Wallace, a mouse, can do almost anything, as long as he has a list.

Author:

Bottner, Barbara and Gerald Kruglik

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:15

My Senator and Me

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Senator Ted Kennedy and his dog, Splash, invite children along on a typical whirlwind day on Capitol Hill.

Author:

Kennedy, Edward M.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:23

Leonardo the Terrible Monster

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Leonardo is terrible at being a monster. He can't seem to frighten anyone. Then he comes up with a plan to find the perfect nervous little boy and scare the tuna salad out of him.

Author:

Mo Willems

Grade Level:

Primary

Length:

00:08

Cliques, Phonies & Other Baloney (2004)

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Using hilarious real life situations, Trevor helps kids understand the difference between a clique, or group of friends, and an exclusive or mean clique. Being part of a clique is okay, but excluding others and putting people down is not.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Middle

Length:

01:20