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Bilal Cooks Daal
By Aisha Saeed, Anoosha Syed. 2019
DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Family stories, General fiction, Friendship stories
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019 An Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book 2019 Six-year-old Bilal introduces…
his friends to his favorite dish—daal!—in this charming picture book that showcases the value of patience, teamwork, community, and sharing.Six-year-old Bilal is excited to help his dad make his favorite food of all-time: daal! The slow-cooked lentil dish from South Asia requires lots of ingredients and a whole lot of waiting. Bilal wants to introduce his friends to daal. They’ve never tried it! As the day goes on, the daal continues to simmer, and more kids join Bilal and his family, waiting to try the tasty dish. And as time passes, Bilal begins to wonder: Will his friends like it as much as he does? This debut picture book by Aisha Saeed, with charming illustrations by Anoosha Syed, uses food as a means of bringing a community together to share in each other’s family traditions.
Pippi in the South Seas (Pippi Longstocking Ser.)
By Astrid Lindgren. 1959
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Humourous fiction, Adventure stories, Classic fiction, Historical fiction, General fiction
Human-transcribed braille
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. 1959
Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (Écoutez lire)
By Jules Verne. 2019
DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Classic fiction, General fiction
Human-narrated audio
En 1872, Phileas Fogg, un riche gentleman londonien, parie la moitié de sa fortune qu'il fera le tour du monde…
en quatre-vingts jours! Accompagné de son valet de chambre, le dévoué Passepartout, il quitte Londres pour une formidable course poursuite. Phileas Fogg a quatre-vingts jours pour prouver que par la terre, par les airs et par la mer, l'audace abolit les frontières. Mais nombreux sont les périls qui l'attendent sur la route des Indes, de la Chine et des Amériques ! Bernard Pivot est la voix du narrateur dans "Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours". Accompagné de quatre comédiens, il nous fait revivre la folle course contre la montre de Phileas Fogg et Passepartout. Une lecture haletante pour une aventure palpitante et pleine de suspens
Pippi in the South Seas (Pippi Longstocking)
By Astrid Lindgren. 1989
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY Audio (Direct to Player), DAISY Audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip)
Classic fiction, Historical fiction, Humourous fiction
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
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 Times