Barroux
1) The run
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A boy dawdling in the bathroom to read is taken by surprise when the characters in his book come to life in this quirky picture book perfect for young readers with a silly sense of humor or beginning potty training! A young boy takes a new book into the bathroom to read. But what a strange story! One by one, all sorts of animals-a cow, a polar bear, a lion, and more-race across the pages. But where are they running to? Then, the boy's reading is interrupted...
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Sometimes we are lucky enough to receive a gift that exceeds all the rest and Ivy is one of those gifts! Ivy is a plant, but not just any a plant, an exotic one that needs care and attention every day. Hopefully, on Monday when the family is away, our sister can take care of Ivy. On Tuesday, our sister has disappeared, and our grandfather takes care of Ivy. On Wednesday, when our sister and grandfather have both disappeared, our grandmother takes...
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One winter's morning, illustrator Barroux was walking down a street in Paris when he made an incredible discovery: the diary of a soldier from the First World War. Barroux rescued the diary from the rubbish and subsequently illustrated the soldier's words. We have no idea who our soldier is or what became of him. We just have his own words about the first two months of the war, and Barroux's accompanying images.
6) Welcome
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After the ice they're living on breaks, three polars drift away and must find a new home.
12) Lucy rescued
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When Lucy is first adopted from a shelter she seems like the perfect puppy, but soon nothing can make her stop howling--not even a visit to a dog psychologist--until her new owner discovers that Lucy needs a stuffed friend.
13) Sometimes a wall
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"A day at the playground starts out with a chalk wall to draw on, a water wall to splash in, a climbing wall to clamber up, and a wall of kids playing an all-in-good-fun game. But it isn't long before one child is excluded, as another child leads the rest in building a castle wall that comes between them and the child they are leaving out. There are other unkindnesses, and of course, hurt feelings. But when the bully bellows "MINE," declaring the...
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The nuns of the Abbaye de Notre-Dame de l'Annonciation, from a remote region of France near Avignon, won a worldwide search to find the finest female singers of Gregorian chant. This is their debut recording. The nuns' beautiful chants will transport you into a world free from the stresses of life.