New Books on Tape - Heartland AEA Al Capone Does My Shirts
072396 345 min ij A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards’ families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.Reading level 6.5. Interest level: 5-8. Unabridged audio book. Narrated by Johnny Heller. Includes 5 audio cds (5 hr. 45 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004;Books On Tape)
Bear Snores On
072406 15 min p On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun. Reading level: 1.7. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by John McDonough. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.): and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004; Books On Tape)
Big Al and Shrimpy
072409 15 min p Shrimpy becomes friendly with Big Al after playing tag, and the larger fish helps him do things he could never do on his own. One day, Big Al’s fin gets stuck in a crack in a rock, and it’s clever Shrimpy who comes up with a plan to save him. Can be used in units on differences or size doesn’t matter. Reading level: 3.4. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Kevin Free. Includes 1 audio CD (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2003)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
072401 15 min p On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too. Reading level: 3.9. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Johnny Heller. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.): and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1999;Books On Tape)
Bear Wants More
072407 15 min p When spring comes, Bear wakes up very hungry and is treated to great food by his friends. Reading level 3.8. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Side B has page-turn signals. Narrated by John McDonough. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004;Books On Tape)
Blackwater
072411 180 min ij When a boy and girl are drowned in the Blackwater River, thirteen-year-old Brodie must decide whether to confess that he may have caused the accident. Reading level: 5.0. Interest level: 5-8. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Jeff Woodman. Includes 3 audio CDs (3 hr.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2000)
Amazing Grace
072402 15 min p Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do. Reading level: 4.1. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Andrea Johnson. Includes 1 audio CD (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2000;Books On Tape)
The Bears On Hemlock Mountain
072405 45 min p A young boy sent on an errand over Hemlock Mountain is not so sure he likes going alone, because there may be bears on the mountain, but with the help of the big iron pot he borrows, he completes his errand. Newbery Honor book. Reading level 3.5. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by John McDonough. Includes 1 audio cassette (45 min.); and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1999;Books On Tape)
Boxes for Katje
072414 15 min p After a young Dutch girl writes to her new American friend in thanks for the care package sent after World War II, she begins to receive increasingly larger boxes. Reading level: 4.5. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Christina Moore. Includes 1 audio CD (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004)
Amelia Bedelia and the Baby
072403 20 min p Amelia Bedelia follows to the letter the list of instructions for looking after the Lanes’ baby. Reading level 2.0. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audio book. Narrated by Barbara Caruso. Includes 1 audio cassette (20 min) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1995;Books On Tape)
Beetle McGrady Eats Bugs!
072408 15 p. p During Fun with Food Week in her school science class, second-grader Beetle McGrady tries to work up the courage to eat an ant. Reading level: 2.5. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Side B has page-turn signals. Narrated by Jessica Almasy. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2005)
Busybody Nora
072415 75 p. pi Relates the adventures of an inquisitive little girl who lives in a large apartment building in New York with her parents and little brother Teddy. Reading level: 2.6. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Barbara Caruso. Includes 1 audio CD (1 hr. 15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1995;Books On Tape)
April’s Kittens
072397 30 min p Three new kittens are too many for a one-cat apartment, but Daddy finds a solution to the problem. Reading level: 4.9. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Barbara Caruso. Includes 1 audio cassette (30 min) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (1997;Books On Tape)
The BFG
072495 240 min pi Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants. Reading level: 4.9. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Natasha Richardson. Includes 3 audio cassettes (4 hr.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2002;Books On Tape)
The Canada Geese Quilt
072416 60 p. pi Worried that the coming of a new baby and her grandmother’s serious illness will change the warm familiar life on her family’s Vermont farm, ten-year-old Ariel combines her artistic talent with her grandmother’s knowledge to make a very special quilt. Reading level: 4.7. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan. Includes 1 audio cassette (1 hr.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1998;Books On Tape)
Babushka’s Doll
072404 15 min p A little girl gets a doll that turns out to be twice as rambunctious as her owner, teaching the girl a valuable lesson about consideration for others. Reading level: 2.3. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Barbara Caruso. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1997;Books On Tape)
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New Books on Tape - Heartland AEA The Chalk Box Kid
072417 30 min p Nine-year-old Gregory’s house does not have room for a garden, but he creates a surprising and very different garden in an unusual place. Reading level: 3.2. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Johnny Heller. Includes 1 audio cassette (30 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2001;Books On Tape)
The Field of the Dogs
072424 75 min pi Being new to school is bad enough, but now the school bullies have decided that Josh is their favorite target. Then one day while trying to find his dog, Manch, in the woods, Josh discovers a secret. Manch and his friends can talk! Not only that, but they’re also faced with a bully problem -a pack of dogs running wild in the area. Josh thinks he can solve the dogs’ problem and his own with a single solution. The only hitch to Josh’s plan is that it’s dangerous. Reading level: 4.8. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Johnny Heller. Includes 1 audio CD (1 hr. 15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2001;Books On Tape)
Get Well, Good Knight
072430 15 min p A Good Knight helps three little dragons who are in bed with a cold. Reading level: 2.4. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Side B has page-turn signals. Narrated by L.J. Ganser. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2003)
Class clown
072418 60 min p Lucas Cott, the most obstreperous boy in the third grade, finds it very hard to turn over a new leaf when he decides to become the perfect student. Reading level: 4.6. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Barbara Caruso. Includes 2 audio CDs (2 hrs.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1995;Books On Tape)
Going North
072431 15 min p A young African American girl and her family leave their home in Alabama and head for Lincoln, Nebraska, where they hope to escape segregation and find a better life. Reading level: 2.8. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Side B has page-turn signals. Narrated by Myra Lucretia Taylor. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2005)
The Firekeeper’s Son
072425 15 min p In eighteenth-century Korea, after Sang-hee’s father injures his ankle, Sang-hee attempts to take over the task of lighting the evening fire which signals to the palace that all is well. Reading level: 4.2. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Norm Lee. Includes 1 audio CD (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004;Books On Tape)
The Day I Had to Play With My Sister
072419 15 min p A young boy becomes very frustrated when he tries to teach his little sister to play hide-and-seek. Reading level: 2.5. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Jeff Woodman. Includes 1 audiocassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2000;Books On Tape)
The Golly Sisters Ride Again
072432 20 min p The Golly sisters, May-May and Rose, share further adventures as they take their traveling show through the West. Reading level: 2.0. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by C.J. Critt. Includes 1 audio cassette (20 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1997)
Food for Life
072426 30 min p This is a simple introduction to nutrition and good eating habits. Reading level: 5.3. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Includes 1 audio cassette (30 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2003;Books On Tape)
Don’t Fidget a Feather!
072420 15 min p Their contest to decide who is the champion of champions almost has disastrous consequences for Gander and Duck. Reading level: 2.5. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by John McDonough. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1998;Books On Tape)
Gossie
072433 25 min p Gossie is a gosling who likes her red boots and wears them every day.Reading level: 2.5 Interest level: K3. Unabridged audiobook. Side B has page-turn signals. Narrated by Linda Stephens. Includes 1 audio cassette (25 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2003)
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation
072368 360 min js The stories of Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Eliza Pinckney, Mary Bartlett and Martha Washington among others are highlighted in this social history of early American women patriots. It chronicles the adventures and contributions of numerous women of the era between 1740 and 1797. Roberts includes a surprising amount of original writings, but uses modern language and spellings to enable readers to enjoy fully the wit and wisdom of these remarkable individuals. 360 minutes on 5 CDs. Unabridged audiobook. Interest level: 9-12. (2004;Books On Tape)
Eleanor
072421 15 min p This narrative is the story of Eleanor Roosevelt’s life from her unhappy childhood through her British boardingschool years to the years as First Lady. Reading level: 4.2. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Christina Moore. Includes 1 audio CD (15 mins.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2000;Books On Tape)
Gossie and Gertie
072434 30 min p Two goslings are best friends who go everywhere together, with Gossie leading sometimes and Gertie leading others. Reading level: 2.5. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Side B has page-turn signals. Narrated by Linda Stephens. Includes 1 audio cassette (30 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2003)
Epossumondas
072422 15 min p A retelling of a classic tale in which a well-intentioned young possum continually takes his mother’s instructions much too literally. Reading level: 3.3. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Cynthia Barlow. Includes 1 audio CD (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004;Books On Tape)
Froggy Eats Out
072429 15 min p Froggy is going out to dinner with his parents for their anniversary. He’s hoping for burgers and flies, but Froggy’s mother tells him Chez Yum is a very fancy restaurant. Reading level: 4.3. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by John McDonough. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2001)
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
072367 999 min ij Harry searches for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort, and thereby finds what may be his only vulnerability. (2005)
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New Books on Tape - Heartland AEA Henry and Mudge and the Best Day of All
072437 15 min p Henry and his big dog Mudge, celebrate Henry’s birthday with a pinata, a lively birthday party, and a cake shaped like a fish tank, making May first the best day ever. Reading level: 3.1. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by George Guidall. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1997)
I Dream of Trains
072445 15 min p The son of a sharecropper dreams of leaving Mississippi on a train with the legendary engineer Casey Jones. Reading level: 3.5. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Side B has turn-page signals. Narrated by J.D. Jackson. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004)
Jamica’s Find
072451 15 min p A little girl finds a stuffed dog in the park and decides to take it home. Reading level: 3.7. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Kim Staunton. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1998)
Jitterbug Jam Ice-Cream Cones for Sale!
072446 30 min p Reveals who really invented the ice cream cone, before the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair where five people claim they did so. Although no one knows how the idea came about, this is the story of how it might have happened. Reading level: 4.1. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Side B has turn-page signals. Narrated by Tom Stechschulte. Includes 1 audio cassette (30 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2003) 072452 15 min p Grandpa Boo-Dad not only believes that Bobo has seen a pink-skinned boy with orange fur on his head hiding under the bed, he knows exactly how a little monster can scare off such a horrible creature. Reading level: 3.1. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Norm Lee. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. Side 2 has turn-page signals. (2005;Books On Tape)
Henry and Mudge and the Tall Tree House
072438 15 min p Henry is excited when his Uncle Jake builds him a tree house but worries that his dog Mudge will not be able to enjoy it with him. Reading level: 3.3. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by George Guidall. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2005)
Hey, New Kid!
072439 75 min pi Third-grader Jeremy dreads going to a new school when his family moves, so he decides to reinvent himself, hoping his new classmates will be impressed. Reading level: 3.5. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Johnny Heller. Includes 1 audio cassette (75 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2000)
In the Deep
072447 30 min p Describes some of the types of marine life found in the deep parts of the oceans. Reading level: 5.7. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Christine McMurdo-Wallis. Includes 1 audio cassette (30 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2003)
Judy Moody
072453 105 min pi Third grader Judy Moody is in a first day of school bad mood until she gets an assignment to create a collage all about herself and begins creating her masterpiece, the Me collage. Reading level: 3.6. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by C.J. Critt. Includes 2 audio CDs (105 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2001)
How I Became a Pirate
072441 15 min p Jeremy Jacob joins Braid Beard and his pirate crew and finds out about pirate language, pirate manners, and other aspects of their life. Reading level: 4.2. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Johnny Heller. Includes 1 audio CD (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004)
Iris and Walter
072448 30 min p When Iris moves to the country, she misses the city where she formerly lived; but with the help of a new friend named Walter, she learns to adjust to her new home. Reading level: 3.5. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Barbara McCulloh. Includes 1 audio CD (30 min.): and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2004)
Knots on a Counting Rope
072454 15 min p A grandfather and his blind grandson, Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses, reminisce about the young boy’s birth, his first horse, and an exciting horse race. Reading level: 2.8. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by John Archambault. Includes 1 audio CD (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2005)
The Hundred Dresses
072443 60 min pi In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson. Reading level: 3.8. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Christina Moore. Includes 1 audio CD (1 hr.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1998)
Iris and Walter, True Friends
072449 15 min p Walter shows Iris how to make friends with his horse Rain, and in turn, Iris helps Walter deal with a problem at school. Reading level: 2.5. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Barbara McCulloh. Includes 1 audio CD (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2004)
The Know-Nothings
072455 25 min p Four friends, called The KnowNothings because they don’t know very much, decide to make lunch. Reading level: 2.5. Interest level: K-3. Narrated by John McDonough. Includes 1 audio cassette (25 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1998)
I am Rosa Parks
072444 15 min p The African American woman whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama, explains what she did and why. Reading level: 2.8. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Patricia R. Floyd. Includes 1 audio CD (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2001)
Jackalope
072450 30 min p A jackrabbit who wishes to be feared asks his fairy godrabbit for horns and becomes the first jackalope, but there’s one condition: he must not tell lies. Reading level: 3.5. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook with page-turn signals. Narrated by Tom Stechschulte. Includes 1 audio CD (30 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004)
Lentil
072456 p Lentil’s harmonica playing saves the day when calamity threatens the homecoming celebration for the leading citizen of Alto, Ohio. Reading level: 3.8. Interest level: K-3. Narrated by Johnny Heller. Includes 1 audio CD (25 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2001)
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New Books on Tape - Heartland AEA Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Leader
072530 225 min ij Examines the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his struggle for civil rights for Afro-Americans. Unabridged audiobook. Reading level: 7.0. Interest level: 5-8. Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez. Includes 3 audio cassettes (3 hrs. 45 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2001)
My Brother, Ant
072461 15 min p In four separate stories, Ant’s older brother gets rid of the monster under Ant’s bed, forgives Ant for drawing on his homework, tries to read a story, and helps Ant write a letter to Santa. Reading level: 2.2. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Jeff Woodman. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1998)
Ollie
072466 15 min p Ollie is an egg that does not want to hatch until Gossie and Gertie sit on him and use reverse psychology. Reading level: 1.4. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Side B has turn-page signals. Narrated by Linda Stephens. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.): and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004)
Mr. Putter & Tabby Write the Book
072457 15 min p During a big snow, Mr. Putter decides to write a mystery novel, but what he ends up with is entirely different. Reading level: 2.2. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Side B has page-turn signals. Narrated by John McDonough. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2005)
The Mysterious Tadpole
072462 15 min p It soon becomes clear that Louis’s pet tadpole is not turning into an ordinary frog. Reading level: 3.7. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Side B has page-turn signals. Narrated by Kevin R. Free. Includes 1 audio CD (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2003)
Ollie the Stomper
072467 15 min p Three goslings named Gertie, Gossie, and Ollie have fun stomping around in their bright rubber boots. Reading level: 2.4. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Side B has page-turn signals. Narrated by Linda Stephens. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004)
Nature Did it First Mrs. Mack
072458 45 min p The author remembers the summer when she was ten years old and staying with her father in Michigan where she took riding lessons and became best friends with a perfect horse. Reading level: 2.8. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Kate Forbes. Includes 1 audio cassette (45 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2000) 072463 30 min p The author shows how people have taken inspiration from animal and plant adaptations for inventions of their own: Velcro from burdock plants and sonar from dolphins, among other examples. Each explanation is followed by a brief description of a scientist working on a nature-inspired invention. Reading level: 5.8. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Includes 1 audio cassette (30 min) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2003)
On Sand Island
072468 15 min p In 1916 on an island in Lake Superior, Carl builds himself a boat by bartering with the other islanders for parts and labor. Reading level: 4.8. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Tom Stechshulte. Includes 1 audio CD (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm
072496 210 min pi Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is back with special cures for the not truthful, the pet forgetter, the fraidy-cat, the destructive child, and the child who continually says, "I can’t find it." Unabridged audiobook. Reading level: 4.7. Interest level: 3-6. Narrated by John McDonough. Includes 3 audiocassetees (3 hrs. 30 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2000;Books On Tape)
The Other Side
072469 15 min p Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town. Reading level: 2.4. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook with pageturn signals. Narrated by Susan Spain. Includes 1 audio CD (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2003)
Night Journeys
072534 195 min jsa In the spring of 1768, twelve-year-old Peter, living with his Quaker guardian near the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border, joins in the search for two runaway indentured servants. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Jeff Woodman. Includes 3 audio cassettes (3 hrs. 15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. Interest level: young adult. (1997)
Poppy
072470 240 min pi Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas. Reading level: 5.8. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by John McDonough. Includes 4 audio CDs (4 hrs.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading.
Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm
072459 15 min p Tired of being washed by Mrs. WishyWashy, a cow, pig, and duck leave her farm and head for the city. Reading level: 2.5. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Christina Moore. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2003)
No Dogs Allowed
072464 120 min pi Five-year-old Edward and his older brother Jason find themselves in such wild predicaments as surviving a motorcycle convention and confronting the three-headed mysteries of their own backyard. Reading level: 4.9. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Johnny Heller. Includes 2 audio cassettes (2 hr) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1996)
Muggie Maggie
072460 45 min pi Maggie resists learning cursive writing in the third grade, until she discovers that knowing how to read and write cursive promises to open up an entirely new world of knowledge for her. Reading level: 5.1. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Kate Forbes. Includes 1 audio CD (45 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2000)
The Poppy Seeds
072471 15 min pi A young boy’s attempts to grow poppies in his drought parched village soften the heart of the grouchy old man who has the village’s only spring in his back yard. Reading level: 3.7. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Robert Ramirez. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1998)
Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade
072465 205 min pi A fifth grade class, repelled by the overweight new student who has serious home problems, finally learns to accept her. Reading level: 5.2. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by C.J. Critt. Includes 3 audio CDs (3 hr. 25 min) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1998)
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New Books on Tape - Heartland AEA Precious and the Boo Hag
072472 15 min p Home alone with a stomachache while the family works in the fields, a young girl faces up to the horrifying Boo Hag that her brother warned her about. Reading level: 3.2. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Sisi Aisha Johnson. Includes 1 audio CD (15 min). and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2005) the diary entries of freezing, sick, and poorly clad soldiers, he allows the reader to experience vicariously their hardships. 720 minutes on 10 CDs. Unabridged audiobook. Interest level: 9-12. (2005;Books On Tape)
Surviving the Applewhites
072395 300 min ij Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family’s Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had. Unabridged audiobook. 4 audiocassettes (5 hrs.) and 1 copy of the book. Reading level: 5.7. Interest level: 5-8. (2003)
Sojourner Truth
072535 135 min ij Traces the life of the former slave who could neither read nor write, yet earned a reputation as one of the most articulate and outspoken antislavery and women’s rights activists in the United States. Unabridged audiobook. Reading level: 7.2. Interest level: 5-8. Narrated by Caroline Clay. Includes 2 audio cassettes (2 hrs. 15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2001)
Rats!
072475 135 min pi Fourth-grader Jason and his younger brother Edward shop for school clothes, get ready for Halloween, acquire a couple of pet rats, and deal with not-birthday presents from Aunt Bea. Reading level: 5.9. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridge audiobook. Narrated by Johnny Heller. Includes 2 audio cassettes (2.25hr.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1996)
Thunder Rose
072484 30 min p Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building metal structures, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado. A Coretta Scott King Honor book. Reading level: 4.9. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Lizan Mitchell. Includes 1 audio CD (30 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004)
Strega Nona
072480 15 min p When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works. Reading level: 4.4. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by John McDonough. Includes 1 audio CD (15 mins.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1998;Books On Tape)
Rufus M
072477 300 min pi These are the adventures of sevenyear-old Rufus Moffat, living with his widowed mother and older siblings including his encounter with an invisible piano player and his attempts at ventriloquism. Reading level: 5.9. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Christina Moore. Includes 4 audio cassettes (5 hr.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2004)
Tikki Tikki Tembo
072485 15 min p When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names. Reading level: 3.7. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Side B has pageturn signals. Narrated by Dion Graham. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2004)
Strega Nona: Her Story
072481 15 min p Grandma Concetta heals everyone with her remedies and advice, and when she retires, she leaves Nona her magical pasta pot with it’s secret ingredient. Reading level: 4.3. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook with page-turn signals. Narrated by John McDonough. Includes 1 audio CD (15 mins.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1999;Books On Tape)
Sam, Bangs, & Moonshine
072478 15 min p Relates the experiences of a little girl as she learns to tell the difference between makebelieve and real life. Reading level: 3.9. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Richard Poe. Includes 1 audiocassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2005)
The Toughest Cowboy, or, How the Wild West was Tamed
072486 30 min p Grizz Brickbottom, the toughest cowboy ever, realized that he was missing something on the long cattle drives...a dog! Companionship with the new friend brings about many positive changes in Grizz and his fellow cowboys. Reading level: 3.8. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Includes page-turn signals. Narrated by Ed Sala. Includes 1 audio CD (30 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2005)
The Sun is so Quiet
072482 15 min p A collection of poems primarily about nature and the seasons but also concerned with chocolate and scary movies. Reading level: 2.5. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Kim Staunton. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (1997)
Sammy the Seal
072479 15 min p Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with children but decides that there really is no place like home. Reading level: 3.9. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Johnny Heller. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2000)
Surviving Brick Johnson
072483 75 min pi Afraid of getting maimed for making fun of Brick, the husky new kid in his fifthgrade class, Nick decides that even his baseball collection will not protect him so he signs up for karate class, despite his little brother’s reassurances that Brick is not a bully. An ALA Notable for Children. Reading level: 3.5. Interest level: 3-6. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Joel Leffert. Includes 1 audio CD (1.25 hr.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004)
1776
072369 720 min js Drawn from primary-source materials collected at more than 25 libraries, archives, special collections, and historic sites, this study offers fresh insights and a deeper appreciation of the Continental Army’s tribulations during the disastrous year of 1776. McCullough opens with Washington’s unexpected victory during the Siege of Boston and then examines the illconceived New York campaign and the retreat across New Jersey. Through
Trouble in the Barkers’ Class
072487 30 min p When a new girl in the Barkers’ class, Carole Anne, acts like a bully, the students try talking to her and ignoring her until Morgie finally discovers what is wrong and finds a way to fix it. Reading level: 3.7. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Includes page turn-signals. Includes 1 audio CD (30 min.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004)
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072488 15 min p A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like the older snakes he sees in the tropical jungle where he lives. Reading level: 4.8. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Kevin Free. Includes 1 audio CD (15 mins.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2003;Books On Tape)
Zak’s Lunch
072494 15 min p Rather than eat his boring old ham and cheese sandwich, Zak conjures up Lou, a waitress who serves him a delectable feast for the imagination. Reading level: 2.8. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Jeff Woodman. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1999;Books On Tape)
Walter the Baker
072489 15 min p By order of the Duke, Walter the baker must invent a tasty roll through which the rising sun can shine three times. Reading level: 3.5. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by John McDonough. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 mins.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (1998;Books On Tape)
The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig
072490 15 min p An orphan girl discovers that she shares her grandfather’s gift for finding things when their very clever pig disappears. Reading level: 4.2. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Jennifer Ikeda. Includes 1 audio cassette (15 mins.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2004;Books On Tape)
Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail
072492 15 min p Epossumondas’s mother tells him a story about how his great-greatgrandfather became the first possum to have a hairless tail. Reading level: 3.0. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Cynthia Darlow. Includes 1 audio CD (15 mins.) and 2 hardcover books for shared reading. (2005;Books On Tape)
Wildfires
072491 30 min p Brief introduction to forest fires, what causes them, what their effects are, and how they are fought and prevented. Reading level: 5.6. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by L.J. Ganser. Includes 1 audio cassette (30 min.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2003;Books On Tape)
Wolves
072493 30 min p Describes the hunting habits and social behavior of wolves, as well as misconceptions about these creatures and threats to their future. Reading level: 5.6. Interest level: K-3. Unabridged audiobook. Narrated by Richard Ferrone. Includes 1 audio cassette (30 mins.) and 2 paperbacks for shared reading. (2003;Books On Tape)
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