Bertie was a Watchdog


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Bertie, a dog as small as a watch, outsmarts an overconfident robber.




The Watchdog That Didn't Bark


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Looks at the reasons why the mainstream media didn't see 2008's financial crisis coming.




More Family Storytimes


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This new book from best-selling author Rob Reid features stories, fingerplays, songs, and movement activities to enhance the time families spend at the library. Brimming with all new material, More Family Storytimes offers practical, creative, and active storytime programs that will captivate audiences of all ages.




On Account of Conspicuous Women


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Four friends share a relationship during the women's suffrage movement in early twentieth-century North Carolina, including opinionated women's rights advocate Bertie, stylish dinner-party hostess Guerine, quiet farmer's daughter Doodle, and city debutante-turned-country schoolteacher Ina.




Best Books for Children


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The Spider and the Fly; or, An Undesired Love


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The Spider and the Fly is a story by Charles Garvice. In this vibrant old school romance we find a girl and her beloved horse on an adventure that culminates in an unsecure marriage.




Oppenheim Toy Portfolio


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As featured on the TODAY SHOW! Parents turn to the experts at the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, the nationally recognized independent consumer organization, for reviews of the best (and worse) products in children's media. The Oppenheims help guide parents to find the best designed and most educational toys, books, recordings, videos and software for kids from infancy to age 10. More than 1,000 products reviewed as well as chapter for kids with special needs. Oppenheims are contributors to NBC's TODAY Show.




How to Get Your Child to Love Reading


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Offers advice and guidelines on how to expand a child's world through books and reading, introducing three thousand teacher-recommended book titles, craft ideas, projects, recipes, and reading club tips.




The Spider and the Fly


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The Women of Eden


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