New Children's Books-on-CD

It's the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There's Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who's having a hard time fitting in; Alexia, a bully, your friend one second, your enemy the next; Peter, class prankster and troublemaker; Luke, the brain; Danielle, who never stands up for herself; shy Anna, whose home situation makes her an outcast; and Jeffrey, who hates school. Only Mr. Terupt, their new and energetic teacher, seems to know how to deal with them all.

"Florence, Italy, 1944: The city is under heavy Nazi occupation, but for thirteen-year-old Paolo, war is a long and boring wait. Too young to fight for the resistance, yet desperate for action and adventure, he sneaks out each night to ride his bicycle along the darkened city streets. For Paolo, the risk is thrilling. But when he is accosted by Partisans-- covert members of the anti-Nazi movement-- thrilling quickly becomes dangerous as Paolo and his family are thrust into a terrifying and impos

Jack McKinley is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary problem. In a few months, he is going to die. He needs to find the seven magic loculi that, when combined, have the power to cure him. The loculi are relics from a lost civilization that has not been seen in thousands of years. And in order to find them, Jack will have to travel to the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

After Andy and his friend Delores Starbuckle organize a barn sale to raise money for a case for Granny Webb's favorite binoculars, they discover that the binoculars have disappeared.

Splat the cat is worried that he has not been good enough to deserve a visit and a present from Santa Claus.

Introduces black holes, describing their physical features, how they were discovered, what causes them, and where they exist in space.

Andy Shane hates school, mainly because of a tattletale know-it-all named Dolores Starbuckle, but Granny Webb, who has taken care of him all his life, joins him in class one day and helps him solve the problem.