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A story about a driven little owl
who wants to make a difference.

Based on the Chinese mythology of goddess Nuwa.

This animated read-along ebook is available in
English+Chinese, English+French bilingual editions.

Suggested age: 5~8

Story Eva Lou

Illustration Elise Follin

Music Thomas Dorsch

Music Nicolas Leydenback

A story about how the willingness to try, to step out of one's comfort zone, can lead the way to success.

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Suggested age: 3~6

A modern fable for ice-cream lovers!

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Suggested age: 3~6

A story that helps cultivate a child's taste for classical music in this digital age.

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A story about beloved traditions on different continents, aimed at modern children who cross cultures.

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Suggested age: 5~8 years

An empowering story about a princess for the twenty-first century.

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A book worthy of the most fun holiday of the year - Halloween!

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A story about a driven little owl who wants to make a difference. Based on the Chinese mythology of goddess Nuwa. This animated read-along ebook is available in English+Chinese, English+French bilingual editions. Suggested age: 5~8 Story Eva Lou Illustration Elise Follin Music Thomas Dorsch Music Nicolas Leydenback A story about how the willingness to try, to step out of one's comfort zone, can lead the way to success.

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It's that time of the year again: the holidays are coming up! To ease your kid's anxiety (and your own), try the following 10 gems from our catalog.

There is nothing worse than having to stay at school during the holidays! The boring time expected by Gerald, James and Kathleen turns into a series of adventures in The Enchanted Castle, when they find a magical ring... Read the novel by Edith Nesbit to find out more.

Heidi also has lots of places to explore when her aunt brings her to the Swiss mountain hut where she will stay with her grandfather. The story is about how the lives of both Heidi and the Alm-Öhi change with her arrival - and is beautifully told by Johanna Spyri. This book is also available in French.

While Heidi soon settles in, Dorothy will try everything to return to Kansas. To do this, she must see The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and so she starts out on the yellow brick road... Read all about Dorothy and her new found friends in our dramatic reading of L. Frank Baum's classic for children.

How life was on a station more than 100 years ago is told by Mary Grant Bruce in A Little Bush Maid, which is set in Australia. The daily life and small adventures of Norah are interrupted by an extra enjoyable trip to see the circus...

Many people would certainly pay a lot of money to see My Father's Dragon. The book by Ruth Stiles Gannett starts when Elmer runs away to rescue a baby dragon from Wild Island. Will he succeed? And what will they be up to next?

Were the people who invented dragons aware of dinosaurs? While they could not breathe fire, those Mighty Animals would rule the Earth for millions of years before the mammals came, an impressive feat detailed in lovely small book by Jennie Irene Mix.

Before the discovery of America, numerous Indian Tribes inhabited the lands. Alexander Charles Eastman tells about their day to day lives of boys and girls in his childhood reminiscences Indian Child Life, when he was called Ohiyesa.

Not only his, but the whole Story of Mankind is highly interesting. Hendrik van Loon explains it all: from prehistoric man to the invention of Hieroglyphs, from the great nation of the Greeks to the crusades, from the reformation to the age of Science.

Jennie Hall picks a small part of that story. Her Viking Tales from Iceland focuses on the great sagas of King Halfdan and his son Harald, and who knows where the grain of truth is hidden there...

Telling the truth is generally a good idea, but somehow, being naughty seems to be more fun. What happens to naughty children is the topic of H einrich Hoffman's famous Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures. We also have a recording in the original German.

Enjoy - and Happy Holidays!

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It's that time of the year again: the holidays are coming up! To ease your kid's anxiety (and your own), try the following 10 gems from our catalog. There is nothing worse than having to stay at school during the holidays!

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Classic books in the public domain

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Children's literature is a literary genre whose primary audience is children, although many books within the genre are also enjoyed by adults.

-Excerpted from Children's literature on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

See also Scouts (Bookshelf)

Louisa May Alcott, 1832-1888

Links for Louisa May Alcott: Wikipedia

J. M. Barrie, 1832-1888

Links for J. M. Barrie: Wikipedia

Wikipedia: L. Frank Baum

Margery Williams Bianco 1880-1944

Links for Margery Williams Bianco: Wikipedia

John Brown (1810-1882)

Links for John Brown: Wikipedia

Thornton W. Burgess 1874-1965

Links for Thornton W. Burgess: Wikipedia

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)

Links for Frances Hodgson Burnett: Wikipedia

Dorothy Canfield (Fisher) (1879-1958)

Links for Dorothy Canfield (Fisher): Wikipedia

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898

Links for Lewis Carroll: Wikipedia

Susan Coolidge (1835-1905)

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Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

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A Christmas Carol (English)

illus by Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939 , illus by Williams, George Alfred, 1875-1932 , PG's first version, text-only , Audio, human-read , Another Audio, human-read

Links for Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty: Wikipedia

Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)

Links for Kenneth Grahame: Wikipedia

Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908)

Links for Joel Chandler Harris: Wikipedia

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

Links for Nathaniel Hawthorne: Wikipedia

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Links for Washington Irving: Wikipedia

Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)

Links for Charles Kingsley: Wikipedia

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

Links for Rudyard Kipling: Wikipedia

Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

Links for Andrew Lang: Wikipedia

Hugh Lofting (1886-1947)

Links for Hugh Lofting: Wikipedia

Links for Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth: Wikipedia

George MacDonald (1824-1905)

Links for George MacDonald: Wikipedia

Frederick Marryat (1792-1848)

Links for Frederick Marryat: Wikipedia

Links for Lucy Maud Montgomery: Wikipedia

Links for Dinah Maria Mulock: Wikipedia

E. Nesbit (1858 - 1924)

Links for E. Nesbit: Wikipedia

Ouida (Ramée, Louise de la) (1839-1908)

Links for Ouida (Ramée, Louise de la): Wikipedia

Christoph von Schmid, (1768-1854)

Links for Christoph von Schmid: Wikipedia

Anna Sewell (1820-1878)

Links for Anna Sewell: Wikipedia

Margaret Sidney (1844-1924)

Links for Margaret Sidney: Wikipedia

Johanna Spyri (1827-1901)

Links for Johanna Spyri: Wikipedia

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

Links for Robert Louis Stevenson: Wikipedia

A Child's Garden of Verses (English)

Illustrator: Mars, E. (Ethel), 1876- and Squire, Maud Hunt, 1873-

Illustrator: Robinson, Charles, 1870-1937

Illustrator: Myrtle Sheldon

Illustrator: Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935

Illustrator: Sowerby, Millicent, 1878-1967

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)

Links for Harriet Beecher Stowe: Wikipedia

Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923)

Links for Kate Douglas Wiggin: Wikipedia

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

Links for Wilde, Oscar: Wikipedia

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1. What have Daja and Frostpine been doing? Why is it so important?

2. What happens at the end of this chapter?  Did you expect it to happen?

3. Dedicate Crane develops a diagnosis oil for the blue pox.  What does this mean for Briar and Rosethorn?  How does it work? What connections can you draw between this and what’s going on today?

BONUS ACTIVITIES:
- Make your own box and decorate with symbols that are important to you.  Use cardboard and tape, learn how to fold one with origami – check the playlist on Youtube for tutorials.
- We may not have a diagnosis oil, but take some time to take care of yourself today - take a bath, put on some lotion, relax.

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1. Why does Briar think Flick is getting better?  Do you agree with him? Why or why not?

2. Why do Rosethorn and Briar have to go fix the medicines?  What happened to the good ones?  How does this situation relate to what we’re going through today?  Can you think of a specific example?

3. What does Briar ask Tris for?  Why?  Does it help?

BONUS ACTIVITY: Growing things are good for you. Take some time and garden, water some plants or go outside and spend some time in nature.

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1. Why is Tris not allowed to “muck with the weather” and why do you think that is?

2. Why does Niko ask Tris to try and stop the rain?  How is it connected to the blue pox?

3. What does Tris find when she looks into the storms?

BONUS ACTIVITIES:
- Look up storm systems.  Is the author’s description of storms accurate?
- Take a moment and fill a jar or pitcher with water, and stir it quickly until you make a whirlpool. How is this similar or different to storm systems?

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1. What does Dedicate Crane ask Lark and Sandry to do? Why is this job so important?  Can you think of anything people are doing now that relates to the job that Lark and Sandry are asked to do?

2. What is Rosethorn most worried about when it comes to treating Flick?

3. How does Henna treat the sick with magic?  What would happen if she tried to cure Flick or another patient completely?  Why doesn’t she do that?

BONUS ACTIVITIES:
- Using what you have around the house, see if you can make a mask for yourself.

- Count how much water you drank today.  Are you drinking enough?  Don’t dry out!
- Take a nap. Get some rest and take care of yourself.

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1. How is Rosethorn helping to find a cure to the blue pox while in quarantine?

2. How is disease spread?  How does the author describe germs and bacteria? What do you know about germs and bacteria?

3. Briar didn’t know how to read or write a year ago when he came to Winding Circle, but Tris taught him.  How does Briar feel about his skills in writing?  Why? Do you feel the same way?

BONUS ACTIVITY:
- Pick a bacteria/germ to learn about and research.
- Pick a plant that is used to treat the blue pox and look it up-see if what the book says they treat is actually what they used for. (Try willow/willowbark)

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1. Briar and Rosethorn are quarantined in this chapter.  Why is it so important that they quarantine themselves? What precautions does the Duke take? How is this similar or different to what we’re going through right now?

2. Alleypup runs away instead of going to quarantine with Flick like he’s supposed to.  How does this make you feel?  Why? Why do you think he ran off?

3. Tris is upset and says “It’s their own fault! What were they doing mucking about the Mire anyway? Everyone knows the poor breed disease!” What is Lark’s response? How would you respond if you were in conversation?

BONUS ACTIVITY: Write a letter to Tris explaining your response.

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1. If you had to pick a birthday like Briar, what day would you pick and why? Do you like your birthday?  What would it be like to not know when your birthday was?

2. Briar grew up on the streets of Hajra stealing to survive, but for the past year, he’s been living in Winding Circle and being taken care of.  How has this changed him?

3. Why do you think Briar and Flick are friends?  What do they have in common?  What do they not have in common?

BONUS ACTIVITIES: (do as many or as few as you like)
- Draw a picture of a scene in this chapter
- Create a Venn Diagram or comparison picture of Briar before Winding Circle (as Roach the street rat) and Briar after
- Color one of the pictures

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Briar's Book Activities and Discussion Questions

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Briar's Book Activities and Discussion Questions