Big Mouth is a quirky, creatively animated short about a girl who his brutally honest. Be sure to read the review of this DVD from National Film Board of Canada..
Pick of the Day: Anna and the Cupcakes (Audio)
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The Bari Koral Family Rock Band offers a delightful collection of 10 child-friendly songs in Anna and the Cupcakes. Be sure to read the starred review.
Pick of the Day: Big Test Success (DVD)
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The 15 brief episodes in Big Test Success: Motivational Videos for Kids focus on how young children can become successful test takers by learning to relax, maintaining a positive attitude, eating healthy foods and exercising, and realizing that they don’t have to be perfect. Be sure to read the DVD review.
Pick of the Day: Fangirl
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This charming coming-of-age novel tells the story of a painfully shy teen who prefers the fantasy world of fanfiction to reality.
Pick of the Day: Joshua Dread (Audio)
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Find out what happens when Joshua, a sixth grader, becomes “gyfted” with the power of spontaneous combustion in Joshua Dread, a starred audiobook review. Narrator Maxwell Glick perfectly captures the comic antics of author Lee Bacon’s superheroes and villains.
Pick of the Day: Moo!
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Punctuation, repetition, and rhythm give the word “moo” multiple meanings in this bold and funny picture book.
Pick of the Day: Monkey Monkey Music (DVD)
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Meridith LeVande’s DVD, Monkey Monkey Music: Let’s All Make a Circle, features 15 original songs that will get children up and moving.
Pick of the Day: Deep Sea Diver (Audio)
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Performed by Recess Monkey, Deep Sea Diver is an ocean-themed album of terrific songs for kids, set in a submarine, that travels the seven seas discovering musical treasures. Check out the starred review.
Pick of the Day: Outfoxed
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A clever duck manages to avoid a fox’s cookpot
Pick of the Day: The Last Flight of Petr Ginz (DVD)
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The Last Flight of Petr Ginz is a unique biography of a Czech boy living during the Nazi occupation. The film is a powerful testament to a positive and talented young man.
Pick of the Day: Sure Signs of Crazy
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A lonely girl shares her feelings with an idealized father, Atticus Finch
Pick of the Day: I Like Everything About You (Yes I Do!) (Audio)
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I Like Everything About You (Yes I Do!), performed by the Crosspulse Percussion Ensemble, features melodies, rhythms, and instruments from around the world, with an emphasis on African Music. Check out the starred review of this unique album.
Pick of the Day: Doll Bones (Audio)
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Be sure to check out the starred audiobook review of Holly Black’s Doll Bones, a tale of friendship and the trials of growing up set against the backdrop of a spooky ghost story. Nick Podehl expertly voices all the characters.
Pick of the Day: LMNO Peas (DVD)
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Never has the alphabet been more entertaining than in the animated DVD version of Keith Baker’s picture book, LMNO Peas. Be sure to check out the starred review.
Pick of the Day: The Year of Billy Miller
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A chapter book about a second grader at Georgia O’Keeffe Elementary School in a small Wisconsin town
Pick of the Day: The Central Park 5 (DVD)
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Filmmaker Ken Burns turns his talents to the beating and rape of a white woman in New York’s Central Park during racial and class strife in the late 1980s. Be sure to read the starred review of The Central Park Five, a moving documentary.
Pick of the Day: Sophie’s Squash
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Lessons on life, love, and vegetable gardening
Pick of the Day: Bomb (Audio)
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Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon, Steven Sheinkin’s stellar nonfiction account, captures the science, technology, logistics, and politics of the race to build the first atomic bomb. Read the starred review of the audiobook.
Pick of the Day: YERT:Your Environmental Road Trip (DVD)
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Three friends take off in a hybrid car to tour America in order to discover how we are saving or destroying our planet in YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip. Read the starred review.
Pick of the Day: Golden Boy
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Habo, an albino youth, seeks dignity and respect in Tanzania.
