Respect

Nelson Mandela

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This is the story of a young boy who grew up to become president of South Africa. His lifelong quest was to establish equality for people of all colors.

Author:

Kadir Nelson

Grade Level:

Elementary

Length:

00:10

Coretta Scott

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This extraordinary union of poetic text by Ntozake Shange and monumental artwork by Kadir Nelson captures the movement for civil rights in the United STates and honors its most elegant inspiration,

Author:

Ntozake Shange

Grade Level:

Elementary

Length:

00:07

Bink and Gollie: Best Friends Forever

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Copies: 7

Our favorite heroines are back to ask some big questions. Does royal blood flow through Gollie's veins? Can Bink grow tall enough to reach the peanut butter? Can the two of them, together, astonish their friends and neighbors by breaking a world record?

Clever shenanigans abound in this third book starring the marvelous companions introduced in the New York Times best-selling and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning Bink & Gollie.

Author:

Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee

Lexile:

420L

Bink and Gollie: Two For One

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Copies: 7

Your favorite marvelous companions are back!

Meet them at the fair in this delightfully droll sequel to the New York Times bestseller and Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner Bink and Gollie.

The state fair is in town, and now Bink and Gollie -- utter opposites and best friends extraordinaire -- must use teamwork and their gray matter to navigate its many wonders. Will Bink win the world's largest donuet in the Whack-a-Duck game? Will Gollie wow the crowd in the talent show?

Author:

Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee

Lexile:

270L

Bink and Gollie: Two For One

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The fair is in town and these two very different girls -- but best friends extraordinaire -- use teamwork to navigate its many wonders.

Author:

Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:14

The Metamorphosis

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"When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis.

Author:

Franz Kafka

Grade Level:

High

Lexile:

1320L

Length:

02:15

Touching Spirit Bear (Unabridged)

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Within Cole Matthews lies anger, rage, and hate. Cole has been stealing and fighting for years. This time he caught Peter Driscal in the parking lot and smashed his head against the sidewalk. Now, Peter may have permanent brain damage - and Cole is in the biggest trouble of his life.

Author:

Ben Mikaelsen

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

670L

Length:

05:52

Flat Stanley Audio Collection (Unabridged)

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When Stanley Lambchop awakes one morning, his brother, Arthur, is yelling. A bulletin board has fallen on Stanley during the night, now he is only half an inch thick!

So begins a series of very funny, very unusual adventures.

This audio collection includes, Flat Stanley, Stanley, Flat Again, Invisible Stanley, and Stanley in Space.

Author:

Jeff Brown

Grade Level:

Elementary

Length:

02:49

Flat Stanley Audio Collection (Unabridged)

The Tail of Emily Windsnap (Unabridged)

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For as long as she can remember, 12-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has seemed anxious to keep Emily away from the water.

Author:

Liz Kessler

Grade Level:

Elementary

Lexile:

600L

Length:

04:36

Amazing Kids of Character Series (2008)

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This uplifting five-part series highlights crucial cornerstones of character courage, empathy, perseverance, respect and responsibility by showing real kids who achieved amazing results for themselves and their communities. Each character trait is represented with three different profiles of truly amazing kids and hosted by a diverse, multiethnic group of students from around the country.

Grade Level:

Elementary

Middle

Length:

00:52