Enhanced podcast version. One book is the movie storybook with text and illustrations directly from the movie and the other is a cine-manga version. The penguin moves through the manga format of comic book frames and speech bubbles.

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Audio only. Two books that allow the favorite movie to be in the hands of readers so they can feast their eyes on pictures and enjoy the story again and again. The one book is based on the movie directly. It has a fair amount of reading involved, but lots of illustrations. The second book is a cine-manga version. The famous penguin is set in comic book format with speech bubbles and the other features of the manga world.
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Enhanced podcast. Four in All is a poem word study, by Nina Payne that leads the reader to some new understanding of the relationship between words. Adam Payne illustrated the poem.

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Audio only. Nina Payne writes a poem of four words in each line that takes the reader on a word study that is quite engaging. The beautiful illustrations were rendered by Adam Payne.
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Enhanced podcast version. Ms. Niner uses a simple story line of a student in the family/classroom setting to explain the “tics” exhibited by Tourette Syndrome. Meryl Treatner illustrated this story.

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Audio only version. Holly Niner puts together a simple story to explain Tourette Syndrome for children to understand the ramifications of this disease. Meryl Treatner illustrated the book.
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Enhanced Podcast version. Illustrator Mark Graham takes the story of Joyce Carol Oates featuring a tiny kitten, lost, then found, and always in the spotlight.

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Audio only. Joyce Carol Oates puts the story line together of a lost kitten finding a loving family. Mark Graham provides the endearing illustrations that fits the mood of the story perfectly.
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Enhanced podcast form. Often we wonder how to use literature to support math. In this bright and colorful book, Anne Miranda uses a car race to help kids learn to recognize numerals on the cars through an engaging simple story. David Murphy is the illustrator.

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Audio only format. Anne Miranda with illustrator David Murphy put together an exciting book to encourage the recognition of numbers in a fun “off the track” experience for the beginning reader.
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