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  • Jubilee

    The First Therapy Horse and an Olympic Dream

    by KT Johnston ...
    Illustrated by Anabella Ortiz ...
    Lis Hartel became paralyzed after contracting polio in 1944. Her dreams of riding horses and competing in the sport of dressage were shattered. After months in the hospital, doctors told her she’d never ride again. Lis tried anyway. How do you stay on a horse without using your legs? How do you give the subtle cues needed in dressage with limited mobility? With hard work—and an unlikely horse ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Railway Jack

    The True Story of an Amazing Baboon

    by KT Johnston ...
    Illustrated by César Samaniego ...
    Jim was a South African railway inspector in the late 1800s who lost his legs in an accident while at work. Unable to perform all his tasks with his disability but desperate to keep his job, Jim discovered a brilliant solution, a baboon named Jack. Jim trained Jack to help him both at home and at the depot. But when the railway authorities and the public discovered a monkey on the job, Jack and ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Jubilee

    The First Therapy Horse and an Olympic Dream

    by KT Johnston ...
    Narrated by Piper Goodeve ...

    Unabridged

    19 min

    Lis Hartel became paralyzed after contracting polio in 1944. Her dreams of riding horses and competing in the sport of dressage were shattered. After months in the hospital, doctors told her she'd never ride again. Lis tried anyway. But how do you stay on a horse without using your legs? How do you give the subtle cues needed in dressage with limited mobility? With hard workand an unlikely horse ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

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  • African Nursery Rhymes

    Popular rhymes for South African children reworked and illustrated by Liz Mills

    by Liz Mills ...
    This delightful collection of 55 nursery rhymes, specially reworked and adapted for South African children, is a must for every young adult’s bookshelf or e-Book collection. Nursery rhymes are an essential part of a child’s development, teaching youngsters rhythm and rhyme as well as word skills and improving memory. They are also useful tools for helping to teach vocabulary and learning to count. ... Read more

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  • THE THREE SILLIES - An English Fairy Tale with a moral

    Baba Indaba Childrens Stories Issue 009

    by Anon E. Mouse, Narrated by Baba Indaba ...
    Series Book 9 - Baba Indaba Children's Stories
    ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 09In issue 9 of the Baba Indaba children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the old English story about a young man who sets off to find fame and fortune. Along the way he meets three groups of silly people, each group sillier than the last which leaves him scratching his head wondering at just how silly some people can be.So what did these groups of silly people each do? Well, ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building

    by Deborah Hopkinson ...
    Illustrated by James E. Ransome ...
    This Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book and ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book provides a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. It’s 1930 and times are tough for Pop and his son. But look! On the corner of 34th Street and 5th Avenue, a building straight and simple as a pencil is being built in record time. Hundreds of men ... Read more

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  • You Are You, I Am Me

    Understanding Diversity

    by Cynthia Geisen ...
    Illustrated by R. W. Alley ...
    Series series Elf-help Books for Kids
    In You Are You, I Am Me, author Cynthia Geisen helps children reflect on how we can appreciate—and even celebrate—the diversity in the world around us while also helping them to recognize those things that we all share. ... Read more

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    by Laurence Anholt ...
    Illustrated by Sheila Moxley ...
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    $4.99 CAD

  • A LOST PARADISE - An Old English Folk Tale

    Baba Indaba Children's Stories Issue 71

    by Anon E Mouse ...
    Series Book 71 - Baba Indaba Children's Stories
    In Issue 71 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates an old English folk tale about the poor charcoal burner and his wife who are on the brink of starving. Their King takes pity on them and gives them shelter but lays down one condition. If the condition is broken they will lose all they have been given. What was the condition and was it broken? To find out the answers to this ... Read more

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  • Sky High: George Ferris's Big Wheel

    by Monica Kulling ...
    Illustrated by Gene Barretta ...
    Series series Step into Reading, Step 3
    This fascinating Step 3 History Reader describes the invention of the first Ferris wheel—an engineering marvel. The 1893 World’s Fair organizers wanted something big to draw people to Chicago . . . something that would rival the Eiffel Tower. George Ferris, an American engineer, had the idea for an observation wheel that passengers could ride on. People laughed at his idea. They said it would ... Read more

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  • THE SLEEPING BEAUTY - the Classic Children's Fairy Tale

    Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories - Issue 328

    by Anon E. Mouse ...
    Series Book 328 - Baba Indaba Children's Stories
    ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 328In this 328th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale "SLEEPING BEAUTY”.ONCE upon a time, long, long ago and far, far away, there lived a king and queen who had no children; and this they lamented very much. But one day, as the queen was walking by the side of the river, a little fish lifted its head out of the water, and ... Read more

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