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1) Life of Pi
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Emotional thematic content throughout and some scary action sequences and peril.
Based on the bestselling novel by Yann Martel. A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the only survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Includes special features.
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Based upon the best-selling novel. The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them.
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Marty Bronson raises his son and daughter on his own. He has to sell his homey motel to Barry Nottingham who promises to make Marty's son manager. But, Nottingham pulls down the motel and builds a pricey hotel. Now grown up, Marty's son, Skeeter, works as a janitor and general servant. He still dreams of becoming the manager. When Nottingham announces a brand-new hotel, built on an existing school's property, he makes his future son-in-law, Kendall,...
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"The octopus Grandma is cooking has grown to titanic proportions. ¡Tenga cuidado! Ramsey shouts. Be careful! But it's too late. The octopus traps Grandma! Ramsey must use both art and intellect to free his beloved abuela. Then the story takes a surprising twist. And it can be read two ways. Open the fold-out pages to find Ramsey telling a story to his family. Keep the pages folded, and Ramsey's octopus adventure is real. This beautifully illustrated...
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"A girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person...
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Marty Bronson raises his son and daughter on his own. He has to sell his homey motel to Barry Nottingham who promises to make Marty's son manager. But, Nottingham pulls down the motel and builds a pricey hotel. Now grown up, Marty's son, Skeeter, works as a janitor and general servant. He still dreams of becoming the manager. When Nottingham announces a brand-new hotel, built on an existing school's property, he makes his future son-in-law, Kendall,...
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This little fish has a very big imagination! Every day, Tiddler is late for school, and every day he has another tall tale for his teacher. But did he really ride a seahorse? Did he really meet a mermaid? And who will believe him when he really does get captured in a net?
10) Braids
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Isabella loves spending time with Abuela, especially when the two share stories while Abuela braids Isabella's hair.
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De Cenicienta, El gato con botas o La bella durmiente del bosque, a cuentos menos populares como Riquete el del Copete o Los tres deseos, pasando por Barba Azul o Pulgarcito, esta es una antología de cuentos clásicos con toda la magia que supo otorgarle su autor: Charles Perrault.
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Una niña curiosa escucha con atención la historia que le cuenta su abuela. Es una historia que le enseña que, aunque con el paso del tiempo cambien muchas cosas, el amor siempre se mantiene igual; tal y como sucedía años atrás, seguimos anhelándolo y queremos rodearnos de aquellos que nos quieren.
A curious girl attentively listens to her grandmother's stories. She learn that, even though the passage of time changes much, love always remains....
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Librarians are experts when it comes to books and reading! Readers will enjoy following the narrator as they attend story time at their community library. The narrator explores new books and learns a lot from listening to the librarian read. Just as the library’s books fascinate the children in the text, this book will engage children with its illustrations and familiar story. This book fosters an emerging reader’s excitement about reading, and...
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Gris sólo quiere sentirse integrado. Pero el resto de los colores SIEMPRE lo excluyen, así que ha decidido llevar a cabo su propio proyecto: un libro que será totalmente gris. Había una vez, un lobo, un gatito y un hipopótamo ... Gris está convencido de que será un libro genial. Pero cuando empieza a escribir, aparecen los colores primarios ... ¡y no precisamente para ayudar! Un libro dentro de otro libro. Esta colorida historia explora la...
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"Los fantasmas y demonios abundan en esta colección de historias espeluznantes para niños. Elige entre una variedad de historias espeluznantes e insólitas que ocurren en mazmorras llenas de telarañas, casas embrujadas y sótanos cubiertos de baba. Descubre lo que se oculta entre las sombras de la noche y disfruta de emociones escalofriantes."--Cover page 4.
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