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Horse tales, aloud

Posted on March 27, 2017 Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for audiobooks that have adventure, nail-biting excitement, friendship, courage and loyalty, look no further than these three, great, horse-tales.  Read more…Horse tales, aloud

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Filed Under: Audiobooks Tagged With: 10yr+, 11yr+, 12yr+, 13yr+, 14yr+, 9yr+, adventure, animals, audiobook, courage, historical fiction, homeward bound, horses, male protagonist, pets, war

Audiobook review: The Star of Kazan

Posted on November 24, 2016 Leave a Comment

Title: The Star of Kazan
Author: Eva Ibbotson
Narrator: Patricia Connolly
Length: 10h 15m
Format: Full length story
Age group: 9+

When Sigrid and Ellie, maids for a family of Austrian musicians, find a baby abandoned at a small church among the Alps, they are utterly bewildered. They bring the foundling home to Vienna and eventually raise her as their own. All is well until Annika, now a young girl, unexpectedly inherits a box of costume jewelry, and a mysterious German aristocrat emerges claiming to be Annika’s long-lost mother.  Read more…Audiobook review: The Star of Kazan

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Filed Under: Audiobooks, Reviews Tagged With: 10yr+, 12yr+, 9yr+, adventure, audiobook, courage, female protagonist, friendship, horses, mystery

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Books dominated the gifts my boys received this Christmas 2018. Between aunts and uncles, grandparents, parents and Santa, the boys made out like very successful book bandits indeed. I would have been very jealous about their haul, except that my own gifts included some great books too. Read more…Book Bonanza 2

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Give me Smore: a science magazine for girls (and boys)

Magazine subscriptions are a great way to engage reluctant readers. Magazines provide content in bite-sized chunks; almost always contain wonderful photographs, graphics, and comics; and include ideas for hands-on activities. There’s also nothing quite like the feeling of getting something fun in the mail every month with your name on it.

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Meet Salva Dut, refugee, reformer

These are troubled times. Turn on the news and our children are just as likely as we are to be barraged and confused by the turmoil around the world. The word refugee comes up often in this context, and raises many questions for kids: Who are refugees? How do they come to be in such a desperate state – displaced, on the run, seeking respite anywhere they can find it?

By telling the true story of Salva Dut, A Long Walk to Water presents parents and kids a chance to understand some of the forces and faces behind one particular refugee crisis. Read more…Meet Salva Dut, refugee, reformer

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