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Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
Peter Pan
The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. Read by Jim Dale
5 sound discs (5 hr., 14 min.) 2007
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Cooper, Susan
Over Sea Under Stone
Three siblings on vacation in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest that entraps them in the eternal battle between the forces of the Light and the Dark. Read by Alex Jennings.
6 sound discs (7 hr., 20 min.) 2007
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Cooper, Susan
The Boggart
Returning home to Toronto, Canada, after visiting the Scottish castle inherited by her family, twelve-year-old Emily finds that she has accidentally brought back with her a boggart, an invisible and mischievous spirit with a fondness for practical jokes. Read by David Rintoul.
4 sound discs (4 hr., 48 min.) 2009
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Creech, Sharon
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to work out some problems in her relationship with her best friend, Bailey, the boy next door. Read by Donna Murphy.
2 sound discs (1.75 hr.) 2003
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Curtis, Christopher Paul
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963. Read by LeVar Burton.
4 sound discs (4 hrs., 55 min.) 2003
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Fan, Nancy Yi
Swordbird
Warring factions of blue jays and cardinals call on Swordbird, the heroic bird of peace, to rescue them from the evil machinations of Turnatt, the tyrant hawk lord who plans to enslave them. Read by Colleen Delany. Includes an interview with the author.
4 sound discs (4 hrs.) 2007
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Funke, Cornelia Caroline
Inkheart
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can read fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service. Read by Lynn Redgrave.
14 sound discs (13 hrs., 35 min.) 2003
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Grahame, Kenneth
The Wind in the Willows
The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger. A BBC Radio full-cast dramatization.
2 sound discs (2 hr.) 2006
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Hardinge, Frances
Fly By Night
A twelve-year-old orphan, Mosca Mye, and her homicidal goose, Saracen, travel to the city of Mandelion on the heels of smooth-talking con-man Eponymous Clent, driven by her love of language to find a better life. Read by Jill Tanner.
12 sound discs (14 hrs.) 2006
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Hardinge, Frances
Well Witched
Ryan and his friends don't think twice about stealing some money from a wishing well. After all, who's really going to miss a few tarnished coins? The well witch does. And she demands payback: Now Ryan, Josh, and Chelle must serve her . . . and the wishes that lie rotting at the bottom of her well. Each takes on powers they didn't ask for and don't want. Read by Bianca Amato.
8 sound discs (9.25 hrs.) 2008
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Hesse, Karen
Witness
A series of poems express the views of various people in a small Vermont town, including a young black girl and a young Jewish girl, during the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to infiltrate the town. Read by a full cast.
2 sound discs (2 hr., 21 min.) 2001
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Hoeye, Michael
Time Stops for No Mouse : [a Hermux Tantamoq Adventure]
When Linka Perflinger, a jaunty mouse, brings a watch into Hermux Tantamoq's shop to be repaired and then disappears, Hermux is caught up in a dangerous search for eternal youth as he tries to find out what happened to Linka. Read by Campbell Scott.
5 sound discs (ca. 67 min. each) 2008
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Horvath, Polly
My One Hundred Adventures
Twelve-year-old Jane, who lives at the beach in a run-down old house with her mother, two brothers, and sister, has an eventful summer accompanying her pastor on bible deliveries, meeting former boyfriends of her mother's, and being coerced into babysitting for a family of ill-mannered children. Read by Tai Alexandra Ricci.
5 sound discs (5 hr., 29 min.) 2008
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Ibbotson, Eva.
Dragonfly Pool
Tally, a twelve-year-old English girl, and her classmates at Delderton, a progressive boarding school, help Karil, the young prince of Bergania, escape into England after the Nazis invade Bergania and kill the king. Read by Patricia Conolly.
9 sound discs (10 hr.) 2008
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Ibbotson, Eva.
The Beasts of Clawstone Castle
While spending the summer with elderly relatives at Clawstone Castle in northern England, Madlyn and her brother Rollo, with the help of several ghosts, attempt to save the rare cattle that live on the castle grounds. Read by Jenny Sterlin.
5 sound discs (6 hr.) 2006
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Korman, Gordon
Schooled
After his hippie grandmother ends up in the hospital, Cap Anderson is forced to leave the commune where he is homeschooled and attend Claverage Middle School, where his odd looks and behavior make him the target of bullies. Read by full cast.
4 sound discs (5 hr.) 2007
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Lach, William
Can You Hear It?
Introduces children to music through works of art. Pictures set the scene for the music and each image is accompanied by a CD track number as well as guided questions.
39 p. 2006
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Lowry, Lois
Gossamer
While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds. Read by Anne Twomey.
3 sound discs (2 hr., 43 min.) 2006
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Lowry, Lois
The Giver
Jonas learns the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. Read by Ron Rifkin.
4 sound discs (4 hr., 47 min.) 2006
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Nesbit, E. (Edith)
The Railway Children
A family with three children finds their lives drastically changed when they have to move from the city to the country, where the railway station becomes the focus of their lives. Read by Virgina Leishman.
5 sound cassettes (6.75 hr.) 1999
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