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Fabian: Developing Critical Thinking Through Fairy Tales
By Joan M. Wolf, Joan M Wolf. 1997
DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Friendship stories, Animal storiesCriticism, General non-fiction, Writing
Human-narrated audio
A children's book about a young fox named Fabian and a young schoolboy named Robert, who become friends. For grades 3-5
Damselfly: a novel
By Chandra Prasad. 2018
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Suspense and thrillers, Adventure stories, Animal stories, General fiction, Friendship storiesEnvironment, Social issues
Human-transcribed braille
When the Drake Rosemont Academy fencing team's Tokyo-bound plane crashes on a jungle-choked island, the teens hope for rescue but…
will need to use all their ingenuity to survive the deadly jungle. Violence and strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018Summer of the war
By Gloria Whelan. 2006
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Family stories, Historical fiction, War stories, Friendship stories, General fictionWar, Police and military
Human-transcribed braille
Michigan, 1942. With their parents working for the war effort, Mirabelle and her siblings travel to live with their grandparents…
on Turtle Island. Fourteen-year-old Belle is resentful when her more sophisticated fifteen-year-old cousin Caroline joins them, but during the summer they become real family. For grades 6-9. 2006A Bucket of Stars
By Suri Rosen. 2023
Electronic braille (Uncontracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip), DAISY text (Direct to player), DAISY text (Zip), Word (Zip), ePub (Zip), Braille (Uncontracted)
Friendship stories, General fiction, Animal stories, Disabilities fictionSocial issues, Parenting, Environment
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
A story of two kids trying to save the world they know and heal the families they have.It’s the summer…
of 2003 and thirteen-year-old astronomer Noah Cooper has just moved to Queensport, a small town with a vast amateur sky full of stars. There he meets Tara Dhillon, a lonely girl and aspiring filmmaker. When the two team up to produce an astronomy movie and enter a film contest, they discover a secret plan to turn their rural hamlet into a huge subdivision.Noah and Tara must use their unique skills to identify the culprits who plan on paving over the historic county — and try to save the infinite beauty of the stars. As if that’s not enough to have at stake, Noah needs to win the prize money to buy a new telescope for his unemployed father — an ex-astronomer who’s almost given up on the stars, as well as life on earth.Touching on themes of activism, environmental anxiety and mental health, A Bucket of Stars will have readers cheering for Noah, a boy whose head is in the stars, and Tara, a girl who lives in a world of digital images — and their special bond that just might mend the world around them.