Andrew Watts
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A Pakistani intelligence officer secretly communicates with a Mexican drug cartel. A lobbyist is assassinated in the suburbs of Northern Virginia. A US Senator receives death threats from a shadowy group. There is a connection. And Max Fend has only days to discover what it is. The chase leads CIA asset Max Fend from the Pacific coast of Mexico to the plains of Wisconsin, home of the largest air show in the world - Oshkosh. Beneath the drone of old...
4) Rrralph
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The narrator describes discovering how Ralph the dog can talk, appropriately saying words such as "roof," "rough," "bark," and "wolf."
5) Max's words
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Max books (Kate Banks) volume 1
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When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences and storytelling.
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When a circus ship runs aground off the coast of Maine, the poor animals are left on their own to swim the chilly waters. Staggering onto a nearby island, they soon win over the wary townspeople with their kind, courageous ways. So well do the critters blend in that when the greedy circus owner returns to claim them, villagers of all species conspire to outsmart the bloated blowhard.
8) Barbarians!
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"Kroll introduces four notable groups referred to by their enemies as barbarians: the Goths, the Huns, the Vikings, and the Mongols. In each case, he looks at the lives of common people within the group, their religious beliefs, their leaders, their history, and the results of their attacks on other civilizations"--Amazon.com.
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Adapting Nineteenth-Century France uses the output of six canonical novelists and their recreations in a variety of media to push for a re-conceptualisation of our approach to the study of adaptation. The works of Balzac, Hugo, Flaubert, Zola, Maupassant and Verne reveal themselves not as originals to be defended from adapting hands, but fashioned from the adapted voices of a host of earlier artists, moments and media. The text analyses re-workings...
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Dean Hale won widespread acclaim as coauthor of the award-winning graphic novels Rapunzel's Revenge and Calamity Jack. In his first beginning-reader book, Hale delivers a delightful, rhyme-packed tale sure to become a bedtime favorite. Being a goat isn't easy-especially in the Choat household. Petunia P. Oat (the goat) gets blamed for everything. If something goes missing, the members of family Choat invariably blame (you guessed it) the goat. But...
11) Wolf Pie
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Edgar Award-nominated author Brenda Seabrooke reimagines the tale of the three little pigs in this enchanting fable. Here James, Marvin, and Lester Pygg have just put the finishing touches on their new brick house when a knock sounds at the door. It's a wolf! But the Pyggs know better than to let a big, bad wolf in. So the wolf hatches a new plan-sit and wait until the Pyggs come out.
12) The Butt Book
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Popular children's author Artie Bennett penned this loving tribute to the rear end to shed some light on an oft-neglected body part. From human butts, to giraffe butts, to dog butts and more, The Butt Book celebrates them all with zany rhymes that will keep young listeners giggling for hours.
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Peter Bently's unique mix of rhyming verse, storytelling, and humor is a surefire hit with young readers. In King Jack and the Dragon, Jack, his toddler brother Caspar, and his friend Zack build a make-believe fort capable of stopping the attacks of fire-breathing dragons and all sorts of other beasties. But as playtime draws to a close and his knights get carried away by marauding parents, Jack discovers that defending a magical fort is more fun...
