The Adventures of Norbert Mouse


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This delightful tale centers around a young naive mouse, named Norbert. He lives with Mom, Dad, and little sister, Marshy, under the roots of an old weathered tree stump. It's cold winter time, and Norbert thinks the family should move to a better place. He is quickly out-voted by his parents, and stubbornly takes matters into his own hands. By light of moon, Norbert slips out into the world to find the family a new home. He soon meets and befriends Lucky, a small lost spider. After danger presents itself, Norbert realizes his error in judgment, and the following morning, hurries back home ... with Lucky. Winter turns to spring, and talk turns to a more important search. With reluctant approval from Norbert's parents, the two friends set out to find Lucky's family. Along the way, Norbert and Lucky meet friend and foe alike. Norbert and Lucky also struggle against Mother Nature, braving unfriendly weather and a perilous vegetable garden. In the midst of these harrowing experiences, a rainbow appears with the promise of hope, optimism, and a treasure greater than all the gold on earth!







Scaredy Mouse


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Squeak is a scaredy-mouse, but his sister convinces him to go to the kitchen with her to get some chocolate cake. What if he gets lost, though, or comes face-to-face with the big orange cat? With a piece of string tied to his waist so that he will be able to find his way home, Squeak sets out into the dark, shadowy hall....




Oh, Murderer Mine


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Doan, a chubby private eye with a fondness for weak women and strong drink, and Carstairs, his enormous Great Dane sidekick, have been hired by 54-year-old but still glamorous beauty maven Heloise of Hollywood to make sure that no young lovely tries to steal her 26-year-old hunk of a husband, Eric Trent. Originally published in 1946.




A Nose for Adventure


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In this hilarious sequel to The Nose from Jupiter, Alan is to take his first airplane ride. He is off to New York, where his father will meet him for some “quality time” together. There are one or two snags, though. First, his father isn’t at the airport. Then there’s his cranky seatmate, Frieda, who is almost kidnapped while she’s waiting for her wheelchair at the baggage claim. Sally, an abandoned mutt, joins the scene. And finally, Norbert is back. He is an alien from Jupiter who had previously taken up residence in Alan’s nose when he was on a fact-finding mission to Earth. Alan had been, to say the least, an unwilling host to Norbert, but when you’re lost in New York City being chased by bad guys, you need all the help you can get!




Not So Normal Norbert


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A kooky kid is banished to another planet in this hilarious adventure about a futuristic world where different is dangerous, imagination is insanity, and creativity is crazy! Norbert Riddle lives in the United State of Earth, where normal means following the rules, never standing out, and being exactly the same as everyone else, down to the plain gray jumpsuits he wears every day. He's been normal his whole life -- until a moment of temporary hilarity when he does a funny impression of their dictator, Loving Leader . . . and gets caught! Now, Norbert's been arrested and banished to planet Zorquat 3 in the Orion Nebula, where kids who defy the rules roam free in the Astronuts camp. Norbert has been taught his whole life that different is wrong, but everyone at Astronuts is crazy, creative, and insane! Norbert wants nothing more than to go back to earth where things are awful but at least they're familiar. But he soon realizes that being different could be better -- and maybe the crazy farm is exactly where he belongs after all.




The Great Monster Hunt


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As part of the new Let's Read Together collection, this humorous story of friendship encourages language development in young readers. Early one morning, a funny noise wakes up Duck. It sounds like pshhh-pshh, and it is coming from right under her bed! Duck is not quite sure what it is, and she is too afraid to look... Let's Read Together is an ideal series to share special reading time with a child while introducing important gentle lessons. The series explores a variety of topics, including friendship, acceptance, teamwork, and empathy, all the while encouraging the development of language and reading skills.




Doan and Carstairs


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Education Manitoba


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The Lion of Mars


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Life on Mars is pretty standard…. until a mysterious virus hits. Don’t miss this timely and unputdownable novel from the bestselling author of The Fourteenth Goldfish. Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid--he loves cats and any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't they have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell--a regular kid in a very different world--to uncover the truth and save his family...and possibly unite an entire planet. Mars may be a world far, far away, but in the hands of Jennifer L. Holm, beloved and bestselling author of The Fourteenth Goldfish, it can't help but feel like home.