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BBC Audio
Pub. Date
2007
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Dramatised
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English
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The second instalment of Tolkien's epic tale, adapted from the original BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Having fled the Shire in their escape from Sauron's Dark Riders, Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring have journeyed to Rivendell and beyond. Their mission is to reach the Mountain of Fire in Mordor, where the Ruling Ring can be destroyed, but already their campaign is in jeopardy. Gandalf has fallen into an abyss, and Boromir has fatally
...2) Powwow Day
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River wants so badly to dance at the powwow as she does every year. But she's recovering from illness and can't this time. Will she ever dance again? Follow River's journey from feeling isolated after an illness to learning the healing power of community. Additional information explains the history and functions of powwows, which are commonplace across the United States and Canada and are open to both Native Americans and non-Native visitors. Author...
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Alone they may be weak, but with strength in numbers, some African creatures are deadly. Wild dogs the size of household pets conquer prey more than ten times their size, and the tiny mongoose's tight family unit keeps it out of trouble. Buffalo travel in herds up to 1,000 strong, and when threatened, they attack in force. During the annual Sardine Run, a super-pod of common dolphins up to 5,000 rely on their military precision to outmaneuver sharks...
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The alienlike jaws of a moray eel and the remarkably fast strike speed of a puff adder are just two of the deadly weapons featured in Africa's Deadliest: Lethal Weapons. During mating season, male elephants duke it out with their massive tusks that grow to ten feet long. A moray eel uses a second set of jaws in the back of its throat to snatch prey. The octopus camouflages itself until a hapless victim wanders too close.
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Predators specialize in different strategies of killing techniques. From silent, unseen ambush assassins to immense power, stealth, and camouflage, these creatures are at the top of their game. Equipped with super-senses, ingenious strategies, lightning-fast reactions, and incredible physiological adaptations that have been perfected over millennia, their prey doesn't stand a chance.
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In Planet Earth, Our Home, viewers will learn all about recycling and what we can do to help the environment. Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with a Purpose! philosophy has helped...
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In Engineering is Everywhere, viewers will explore how force affects us every day and how technology has helped lead us to new discoveries! Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with...
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In Energy and How We Use It, viewers will learn about electricity, wind power, and even robots! Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with a Purpose! philosophy has helped children grow...
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In A Year Around the Sun, viewers will explore the seasons and how the earth is constantly changing. Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with a Purpose! philosophy has helped children...
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It's science time! Highlights Explore & Learn! videos combine educational segments with entertaining storytelling that will encourage young children's curiosity around science topics. In How Our Bodies Work, viewers will explore the human body and all of the amazing things that it can do! Highlights is an essential part of childhood, inspiring memorable experiences for generations of families. Highlights' Fun with a Purpose! philosophy has helped...
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They're not called wild dogs for nothing, but they're also loving, caring, and protective. They look after their young, injured, and elderly. More than anything else, they're a team. They live together, hunt together, and are completely dependent on each other. There are no outsiders. The gang is one big family. They are led by an alpha male and an alpha female. We follow a gang in the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana as they are forced to migrate...
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The Okavango Delta in Botswana is so large it's visible from space. This is home to an alphabet of wild animals, from aardvarks to zebras, and some of the smallest mammals live here. Meet the mongoose gang. They may look cute and cuddly, but they'll do whatever it takes to protect themselves, which is a never-ending battle. Snakes, birds of prey, and other predators are always lurking, dive-bombing, or attacking. Survival is tenuous-especially being...
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Madagascar's creatures have developed some of the strangest survival methods and physical adaptations Mother Nature has to offer. Rare and spectacularly striking, this curious collection of odd critters is unlike anything else on Earth. Thriving everywhere from the tangled forests of the east to the arid plains of the west, these wonderful creatures raise the bar for the meaning of bizarre.
14) Mossflower
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Redwall volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Martin the warrior mouse and Gonff the mousethief set out to find the missing ruler of Mossflower, while the other animal inhabitants of the woodland prepare to rebel against the evil wildcat who has seized power.
15) The Bellmaker
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Redwall volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Worried about his daughter Mariel, Joseph the Bellmaker is led by a dream from Redwall Abbey to Southsward, where he is caught up in the battle between Squirrelking Gael and the vicious Foxwolf Nagru.
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His dark materials volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 26
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English
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Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.
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Enchanted forest chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Bored with her proper, circumscribed life as a princess, Cimorene runs away to join a powerful, fascinating dragon named Kazul and encounters a host of adventures along the way.
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 8
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English
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An international cast of suspects, all passengers on the crowded train, are speeding through the snowy European landscape when a bizarre and terrible murder brings them to an abrupt halt. One of their glittering number lies dead in his cabin, stabbed a mysterious twelve times. There is no lack of clues for Poirot - but which clue is real and which is a clever plant? Poirot realises that this time he is dealing with a murderer of enormous cunning
...20) Triss
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Redwall volume 15
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Brian Jacques gives us another tales of Redwall, filled with “The Knights of the Round Table with paws” (The Sunday Times) along with their friends and enemies.
Brave squirrelmaid Triss plans a daring escape from the enslavement of the evil ferret King Agarnu and his daughter Princess Kurda…
Brave squirrelmaid Triss plans a daring escape from the enslavement of the evil ferret King Agarnu and his daughter Princess Kurda…