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CELA's audiobooks and magazines are available in Direct to Player and downloadable formats. We no longer mail out CDs. Please contact us for more information.
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By Wendy McLeod MacKnight. 2018
Don't let anyone know the paintings are alive. Thirteen-year-old Mona Dunn has followed that rule for almost one hundred years,…
ever since she was painted by William Orpen and her portrait was hung on the walls of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. So when the gallery director's son, Sargent Singer, discovers Mona is alive, she's sure she's just exposed the gallery's biggest secret. But Sargent, an aspiring artist himself, just wants to know more about the world beyond the frames. When Mona and Sargent suspect shady dealings in the gallery, they set out to find the culprit. Grades 5-8. 2018.By Patrick Dillon, Stephen Biesty. 2014
From the pyramid erected so that an Egyptian pharaoh would last forever to the dramatic, machine-like Pompidou Center designed by…
two young architects, Patrick Dillon's stories of remarkable buildings--and the remarkable people who made them--celebrates the ingenuity of human creation. For grades 5-8By Suana Verelst, Elizabeth Suneby. 2013
By EOne. 2023
Peppa and George are going on a cruise vacation in this adorable audiobook! Anchors away! Join Peppa and her family…
on a cruise ship adventure with lots of fantastic stops along the way. What will Peppa and George discover on their trip? This audiobook is based on the hit television show, as seen on Nick JrBy Margy Burns Knight. 2023
Enter into the daily lives of children in the many countries of modern Africa. Countering stereotypes, Africa Is Not a…
Country celebrates the extraordinary diversity of this vibrant continent. This edition includes updates to the text, statistics, and illustrations to reflect Africa in the 2020s. "A lovely book about Africa that gets the issue of its enormous diversity right." -Barbara Brown, Director, Africa in our Schools and Community Program, African Studies Center, Boston University "A book every school must have as we emerge into the global village. Gives good insights into Africa's many cultures, with a balance of the contemporary and traditional that is the way of life now." -Oscar Mokeme, Director, Museum of African Tribal Art, Portland, MaineBy Chris Kurtz. 2013
Flora, the firstborn of a litter of piglets, loves to explore and dreams of grand adventures. When Luna the cat…
stops by the pen one day, Flora learns about an incredible world with sled dogs--and can't wait to join them. For grades 3-6. 2013By Astrid Lindgren. 1959
Pippi takes her friends Annika and Tommy with her to Kurrekurredutt Island in the South Seas, where her father is…
king. Sequel to Pippi Longstocking (BR 16298). For grades 3-6. 1959By Rekha S Rajan. 2022
"This accessible nonfiction compendium explores the creation of 10 global landmarks, from the first spark of an idea to the…
final layer of paint. Acclaimed educator Rekha S. Rajan encourages readers to see themselves as the engineers, builders, architects, and more through interactive stories and a unique structure." -- Provided by publisherBy Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin. 2017
This is a powerful and timely story about one boy's epic journey across Africa to Europe, a graphic novel for…
all children with glorious colour artwork throughout. From Eoin Colfer, previously Irish Children's Laureate, and the team behind his bestselling Artemis Fowl graphic novels. Ebo: alone.His sister left months ago. Now his brother has disappeared too, and Ebo knows it can only be to make the hazardous journey to Europe. Ebo's epic journey takes him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of Tripoli, and finally out to the merciless sea. But with every step he holds on to his hope for a new life, and a reunion with his sister.*Winner of the Judges' Special Award at the Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year Awards*'Beautifully realised and punchily told.' Alex O'Connell, The Times Children's Book of the Week'A powerful, compelling work, evocatively illustrated ... It would take a hard heart not to be moved by this book.' Financial TimesHow did a whale go up the Himalayas?Where would you find a spider shaped like the Sorting Hat in Harry…
Potter stories?On which peaks and slopes can you find both snow and coffee beans sometimes?Up which hill is the observatory that helped to sight a super-Neptune-sized planet?Put on your climbing boots to find out hundreds of fascinating facts about our country's best-known mountain ranges - the Himalayas, the Trans-Himalayas, the Aravallis, the Vindhyas, the Satpuras, the North-east mountains, the Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats.Find out how each range was formed, discover the plants, trees and wildlife on them, and do your bit to save them from getting destroyed. Meet amazing communities who live in harmony with nature even now. Clap for the scientists who look under rocks and into tree holes for new species of flora and fauna. And once you have worked up an appetite, the yummy dishes of the hills will fill you right up (bamboo biryani, anyone?).From ice stupas and battles in the snow to floating schools and Titanosaurus eggs, from wool gatherers and medicine makers to the fastest diving bird and a tiger that could win the 'Best Dad' award - this book, filled with photos and illustrations, will take you on an exciting climb up and down the mountains of India.By David Groff, Sarah Fabiny, Daniel Colon. 2016
Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is...? title.Human…
beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the "population" of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life--animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated 390 billion individual trees, 2.5 million species of insects, and hundreds of amazing creatures and plants that can either cure diseases, or, like the poison dart frog, kill with a single touch. Where Is the Amazon? reveals the amazing scale of a single rainforest that we are still trying to understand today and that, in many ways, supports our existence on this planet.By Ian Schoenherr, Wendy McLeod MacKnight. 2018
When Sargent Singer discovers that the paintings in his father’s gallery are alive, he is pulled into a captivating world…
behind the frame that he never knew existed.Filled with shady characters, devious plots, and a grand art heist, this inventive mystery-adventure celebrates art and artists and is perfect for fans of Night at the Museum and Blue Balliett’s Chasing Vermeer. There’s one important rule at the Beaverbrook Gallery—don’t let anyone know the paintings are alive. Mona Dunn, forever frozen at thirteen when her portrait was painted by William Orpen, has just broken that rule. Luckily twelve-year-old Sargent Singer, an aspiring artist himself, is more interested in learning about the vast and intriguing world behind the frame than he is in sharing her secret.And when Mona and Sargent suspect shady dealings are happening behind the scenes at the gallery, they set out to find the culprit. They must find a way to save the gallery—and each other—before they are lost forever. With an imaginative setting, lots of intrigue, and a thoroughly engaging cast of characters, The Frame-Up will captivate readers of Jacqueline West’s The Books of Elsewhere.By Astrid Lindgren. 1989
When Pippi&’s father, the king, sends for her, she decides to take her best friends Tommy and Annika with her…
to Kurrekurredutt Island. The island is fantastic and Pippi has one crazy adventure after another! Pippi is even made a princess---Princess Pippilotta. But will Pippi and her friends really want to live on the island forever, never to return to Villa Villekulla? "Any reappearance of the irrepressible Pippi Longstocking is cause for celebration. This installment is no exception." -The New York TimesBy National Geographic Kids. 2017
Kids will have fun learning about every U.S. state in this amazing atlas, packed with maps, stats, facts, and pictures.…
National Geographic's world-renowned cartographers have paired up with education experts to create maps of the 50 states, U.S. territories, and Washington, D.C., that pinpoint the physical features, capitals, and towns and cities of each state. Discover the latest data and trends along with colourful photography of each state and the people who live there. Key points reflect the latest information about land and water, people, and places. Lively essays cover each region of the country. Eight specially themed maps on nature, population, energy, climate, and more, delve deeper into key issues. State birds and state flags add to the high visual interest. This is a great reference for home and school with all the basics kids need to know to succeed in middle school, high school, and beyond.