children's stories

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children's stories

A wish-for dinosaur

a just-for-fun book
"A boy meets a wish-for dinosaur who agrees to be his pet for the day."--Provided by publisher.
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Act 3

Jack and Louisa attend Camp Curtain Up and return home to find local auditions for "The Sound of Music" beginning. But Jack is focused on a drama competition that would reunite the pair with their camp friends--if he can convince Louisa to skip auditions and let him direct her. Meanwhile, both friends must handle encounters with their crushes.
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Fox 8

a story
Presents a dark comic fable about the unintended consequences of mankind's attempt to tame the natural world. A fox named Fox 8 is dismissed as a dreamer until he develops the skill of speaking "Yuman" by listening to children's bedtime stories outside the window. This only adds to his curiosity of people until a new shopping mall interrupts Fox 8's food supply and sends him on a quest to save his pack. On his mission he sees the best and worst of humanity.
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One little chicken

Retells a story in the Talmud about a family that cares for a lost chicken, turning its eggs into a profit which they later give to its owner.
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Butterfly express

a book about life cycles
"A child finds a caterpillar in a field one day and brings it home, where she watches it undergo an amazing transformation"--Provided by publisher.
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Ice cream cows and mitten sheep

a book about farm animals
"A child visits a farm and finds out what each of the animals does to make our lives better"--Provided by publisher.
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The Storm Keeper's Island

2018
Fionn Boyle, terrified of the sea, must spend the summer with this older sister, Tara, and their grandfather on Arranmore, an island that has been known to make people disappear, and seems to be restless again.
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Rumpelstiltskin =

Rumpelstiltskin
A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
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The girl with the lost smile

Chloe Long has lost her smile. She's looked everywhere for it. Under her pillow. Under her bed. Under her nose. Obviously. She's tried everything to bring it back. Her favourite cake. Her favourite gran. Her favourite joke. Obviously. But nothing seems to be working! Until one night, something utterly magical happens - and Chloe finds herself on an adventure that is out of this world ...
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