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Absolutely No Worries

by Laurel Gale ...

Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf ...

**With an emergency parachute in her pocket and zombie self-defense skills under her belt, Emma is prepared for any catastrophe . . . so why does she still feel afraid?This reassuring social-emotional picture book for young readers ages 4 - 8 shows kids that they are bigger than their fears.**Emma needs to make sure she’s prepared for whatever disasters may lie beyond the front door. A ladder to ... Read more

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**With an emergency parachute in her pocket and zombie self-defense skills under her belt, Emma is prepared for any catastrophe . . . so why does she still feel afraid?This reassuring social-emotional picture book for young readers ages 4 - 8 shows kids that they are bigger than their fears.**Emma needs to make sure she’s prepared for whatever disasters may lie beyond the front door. A ladder to
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Dead Boy

by Laurel Gale ...

Fans of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book will embrace this darkly funny novel!Crow isn't like the other kids. He stinks. He’s got maggots. His body parts fall off at inopportune moments. (His mom always sews them back on, though.) And he hasn’t been able to sleep in years. Not since waking up from death.But worse than the maggots is how lonely Crow feels. When Melody Plympton moves in next door, ... Read more

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Fans of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book will embrace this darkly funny novel!Crow isn't like the other kids. He stinks. He’s got maggots. His body parts fall off at inopportune moments. (His mom always sews them back on, though.) And he hasn’t been able to sleep in years. Not since waking up from death.But worse than the maggots is how lonely Crow feels. When Melody Plympton moves in next door,
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Robots Don't Make You Go to Bed

A Picture Book

by Laurel Gale ...

Illustrated by Susanna Covelli ...

**OCTOBER 2024 HOT OFF THE PRESS CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL PICKIn this quirky picture book by author Laurel Gale and illustrator Susanna Covelli, join Owen as he learns that a robot mother might seem like a good idea, but there are a few screws loose**When Owen wins a build-a-robot kit, he assembles what he hopes will be the perfect mother. Robots don’t make you eat your breakfast. Robots don’t make ... Read more

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**OCTOBER 2024 HOT OFF THE PRESS CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL PICKIn this quirky picture book by author Laurel Gale and illustrator Susanna Covelli, join Owen as he learns that a robot mother might seem like a good idea, but there are a few screws loose**When Owen wins a build-a-robot kit, he assembles what he hopes will be the perfect mother. Robots don’t make you eat your breakfast. Robots don’t make
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Absolutely No Worries

by Laurel Gale ...

Narrated by Laura Knight Keating ...

Unabridged

5 min

With an emergency parachute in her pocket and zombie self-defense skills under her belt, Emma is prepared for any catastrophe … so why does she still feel afraid?This reassuring social-emotional book for young readers ages 4–8 shows kids that they are bigger than their fears.Emma needs to make sure she’s prepared for whatever disasters may lie beyond the front door. A ladder to escape from ... Read more

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With an emergency parachute in her pocket and zombie self-defense skills under her belt, Emma is prepared for any catastrophe … so why does she still feel afraid?This reassuring social-emotional book for young readers ages 4–8 shows kids that they are bigger than their fears.Emma needs to make sure she’s prepared for whatever disasters may lie beyond the front door. A ladder to escape from
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Monster, Human, Other

by Laurel Gale ...

For readers of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and Jonathan Auxier’s The Night Gardener comes a perfectly peculiar tale that shows the scariest monsters are often the ones we create for ourselves.MONSTER.Isaac Read doesn’t feel like a monster. He’s just like every other kid on his block—as long as he tapes down his tail, that is!HUMAN.Wren wishes her adopted family would stop teasing her abou... ... Read more

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For readers of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and Jonathan Auxier’s The Night Gardener comes a perfectly peculiar tale that shows the scariest monsters are often the ones we create for ourselves.MONSTER.Isaac Read doesn’t feel like a monster. He’s just like every other kid on his block—as long as he tapes down his tail, that is!HUMAN.Wren wishes her adopted family would stop teasing her abou...
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Story Magic

by Laurel Gale ...

Girls are forbidden to practice story magic. Only bad things happen when they do. Everyone knows this, but that doesn’t stop twelve-year-old Kaya A’Dor from learning the basics from her older brother Hob. The trick is to sense a listener, one of the magical beings that inhabit the world, and tell it a story. If the listener is pleased and likes the story, it will allow the storyteller to work ... Read more

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Girls are forbidden to practice story magic. Only bad things happen when they do. Everyone knows this, but that doesn’t stop twelve-year-old Kaya A’Dor from learning the basics from her older brother Hob. The trick is to sense a listener, one of the magical beings that inhabit the world, and tell it a story. If the listener is pleased and likes the story, it will allow the storyteller to work
... Read more

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Dead Boy

by Laurel Gale ...

Narrated by Robbie Daymond ...

Unabridged

5 hours 59 min

Fans of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book will embrace this darkly funny novel!Crow isn't like the other kids. He stinks. He’s got maggots. His body parts fall off at inopportune moments. (His mom always sews them back on, though.) And he hasn’t been able to sleep in years. Not since waking up from death.But worse than the maggots is how lonely Crow feels. When Melody Plympton moves in next door, ... Read more

$18.00 USD

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Fans of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book will embrace this darkly funny novel!Crow isn't like the other kids. He stinks. He’s got maggots. His body parts fall off at inopportune moments. (His mom always sews them back on, though.) And he hasn’t been able to sleep in years. Not since waking up from death.But worse than the maggots is how lonely Crow feels. When Melody Plympton moves in next door,
... Read more

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Zona Gale - A Short Story Collection

The first woman to win the Pulitzer prize

by Zona Gale ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow, Eric Meyers, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

2 hours 24 min

Zona Gale was born on 26th August 1874 in Portage, Wisconsin. She was exceptionally close to her parents and later used them as the basis for characters in her works.She wrote and illustrated her first story at the age of 7 and by 16 she was being paid for stories from the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.After studies at the University of Wisconsin, where she received a degree and two master's, she ... Read more

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Zona Gale was born on 26th August 1874 in Portage, Wisconsin. She was exceptionally close to her parents and later used them as the basis for characters in her works.She wrote and illustrated her first story at the age of 7 and by 16 she was being paid for stories from the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.After studies at the University of Wisconsin, where she received a degree and two master's, she
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Story Magic

by Laurel Gale ...

Narrated by Ferdelle Capistrano ...

Unabridged

6 hours 29 min

Girls are forbidden to practice story magic. Only bad things happen when they do. Everyone knows this, but that doesnt stop twelve-year-old Kaya ADor from learning the basics from her older brother Hob. The trick is to sense a listener, one of the magical beings that inhabit the world, and tell it a story. If the listener is pleased and likes the story, they will allow the storyteller to work ... Read more

$19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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Girls are forbidden to practice story magic. Only bad things happen when they do. Everyone knows this, but that doesnt stop twelve-year-old Kaya ADor from learning the basics from her older brother Hob. The trick is to sense a listener, one of the magical beings that inhabit the world, and tell it a story. If the listener is pleased and likes the story, they will allow the storyteller to work
... Read more

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Dance, The

A group of elderly people try to expand their social circle

by Zona Gale ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

30 min

Zona Gale was born on 26th August 1874 in Portage, Wisconsin. She was exceptionally close to her parents and later used them as the basis for characters in her works.She wrote and illustrated her first story at the age of 7 and by 16 she was being paid for stories from the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.After studies at the University of Wisconsin, where she received a degree and two master's, she ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Zona Gale was born on 26th August 1874 in Portage, Wisconsin. She was exceptionally close to her parents and later used them as the basis for characters in her works.She wrote and illustrated her first story at the age of 7 and by 16 she was being paid for stories from the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.After studies at the University of Wisconsin, where she received a degree and two master's, she
... Read more
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Neglected Authors, The - Women - Volume 1

Celebrated in their time, forgotten in ours

by Gertrude Atherton, Lady Augusta Gregory, Aphra Behn, Helena Blavatsky, Marjorie Bowen, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, D K Broster, Rhoda Broughton, Mary Butts, Mary Cholmondeley, Mrs Craik, Isabella Valancy Crawford, Bithia Mary Croker, Ella D'Arcy, E M Delafield, Maria Edgeworth, Dorothy Edwards, Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Lettice Galbraith, Zona Gale ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow, Richard Mitchley, Amanda Weston ...

Unabridged

10 hours 44 min

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
... Read more
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Prodigal Guest, The

An early feminist story of activism and poverty

by Zona Gale ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

12 min

Zona Gale was born on 26th August 1874 in Portage, Wisconsin. She was exceptionally close to her parents and later used them as the basis for characters in her works.She wrote and illustrated her first story at the age of 7 and by 16 she was being paid for stories from the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.After studies at the University of Wisconsin, where she received a degree and two master's, she ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Zona Gale was born on 26th August 1874 in Portage, Wisconsin. She was exceptionally close to her parents and later used them as the basis for characters in her works.She wrote and illustrated her first story at the age of 7 and by 16 she was being paid for stories from the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.After studies at the University of Wisconsin, where she received a degree and two master's, she
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