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Title: Kakapo Rescue

Subtitle: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot

Author: Sy Montgomery

Narrator: Andrea Gallo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-27-14

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. These trusting, flightless, and beautiful birds - the largest and most unusual parrots on earth - have suffered devastating population loss. Now, on an island refuge with the last of the species, New Zealands National Kakapo Recovery Team is working to restore the kakapo population. With the help of 14 humans who share a single hut and a passion for saving these odd ground-dwelling birds, the kakapo are making a comeback in New Zealand. Follow intrepid animal lovers Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop on a 10-day excursion to witness the exciting events in the life of the kakapo.

Members Reviews:

fantastic photos! Wow

I just finished reading this book aloud over lunch to my kids (six of them, ages 13 to 2) and I would say that it was a hit, overall. As you might expect with that age range, there were various degrees of "getting it" amongst the kids! However, we have also watched a DVD series called *Last Chance to See* that originally introduced us to the Kakapo, so that helped.

Pros: fantastic photos! Wow! The text is enthusiastic, beautifully descriptive and has some nicely placed tongue-in-cheek parts. I was particularly interested in the sidebar piece on the original New Zealand conservationist, Richard Henry, and have assigned my 13yo the work of doing a report on him...seems like a great story waiting to be written by someone.

Cons: Perhaps I was looking (personally) for some bits of more adult 'depth' to the writing and that would have been out of place for the overall work and it's anticipated audience; I'm not sure. I was greatly saddened by the unspoken but clear ENORMOUS amounts of money spent on each Kakapo alive. I would not want any species to go extinct, but - ouch! - so much on this bird species. However super-cool they are, they do not have the value of human life. Sometimes it's hard to get the right balance.

You'll Fall In Love

Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot should have been sub-titled Saving the World's Most Endearing parrot. They are so cute, fascinating, and lovable. And endangered. As of the publication date, there were 93 left - all on one island, Codfish Island, south of New Zealand. The book, from Scientists in the Field, is the story of the people trying to save the Kakapo and the fascinating facts we are learning about this bird and the other unusual inhabitants on Codfish Island. All tween readers (and adults) will love this story and want to volunteer to camp out on Codfish Island to be a nest-minder. The beautiful photos will hold the attention of even the most reluctant reader and all readers will be crossing their fingers for a happy ending for the eggs of Rakiura and Cyndy (only one ends happily). All readers will fall in love with Sirocco the kitten-like old Kakapo who wants, and desperately tries, to get human companionship. Hopefully, all readers will have a better understanding of how fragile our Eco-system is. A great read for 10-14 year old who think they don't like non-fiction or science books.

Wonderful book to discover about the Kakapo parrot!

This is a wonderful book! Saving this species of parrot, which I didn't know existed, from extinction is such a worthy cause.

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Title: The Mystery of the Traveling Tomatoes

Subtitle: The Boxcar Children Mysteries, Book 117

Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner

Narrator: Aimee Lilly

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-23-14

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

When the Boxcar Children help out in a local garden, they dig up one strange thing after another! First, the tomato plants seem to move every day. How can that be? Then the Aldens follow the clues to an unsolved bank robbery, and it's clear that a very big mystery is growing in Greenfield.

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Title: The Dominion Key

Author: Lee Bacon

Narrator: Maxwell Glick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-13-14

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

The third book in the series! The summer is coming to an end and Joshua - along with his friends Sophie, Milton, and Miranda - are about to begin seventh grade. But when a trip to the mall turns into an attack by nFinity and a couple of Phineas Vex's goons, it becomes clear that they're no longer safe in Sheepsdale. To ensure their safety, Joshua and his friends must enroll in Alabaster Academy, a school for Gyfted kids. Located on an isolated island where there are only two types of weather (rainy and very rainy), Alabaster is filled with every kind of superpowered student you can imagine - not to mention a whole new species of bully. But when Alabaster comes under attack, Joshua and his friends are forced to escape once again. Their only hope for survival is to find a mysterious key that will enable complete world domination for whoever possesses it. But what if Phineas Vex finds the key first?

Members Reviews:

Another fun story!

I've been looking forward to "Joshua Dread: The Dominion Key" for several months now. Like the two previous Joshua Dread books it's a fun teenage super-hero story where the characters are trying to deal with growing up & Joshua had to deal with parents who are villians. Here they go to a school for super heroes & villians and find out what their arch-enemy is up to & have to get help from a number of sources to win the battle. It's a fun story and I recommend it for kids and adults a-like.

Joshua Dread: The Dominion Key

This is a book that intrigues everyone.

From the very first word Lee Bacon just captures your attention with is super technique if writing. Basically anyone can read this book.

Superb.

Joshua dread the dominion key

I liked that it was filled with action and and adventure, I would recommend this book to anyone who has read the first two books before this. And if you like superheroes you'll like this book

Awesome job on this series. The best of all the series I've read.

I want everyone to read the series of Joshua dread because it is awesome, unbelievably awesome and the best of all the series.

Son loves this

Son loves this series. And wishes there were more of them

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Title: Annie

Author: Thomas Meehan

Narrator: Annie Potts

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-10-14

Publisher: Listening Library

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

It's a hard-knock life for America's favorite orphan! Everyone knows the story of the irrepressible Annie, who lives at Miss Hannigan's orphanage until she beats the odds and finds a new life with the benevolent and wealthy Daddy Warbucks. Annie has enchanted millions of fans from her original comic strip appearance to the hit Broadway musical. Now, with a Tony-nominated revival playing on Broadway, Puffin is reissuing this novelization of the classic story, with a new introduction by Tony and Emmy Award-winning author Thomas Meehan. This is an adaptation that delves even deeper into Annie's story, as she lives on the streets during the Great Depression, finds Sandy the dog, and encounters characters both familiar and new.

Members Reviews:

If you like the Broadway stage Musical, this is a MUST HAVE

This edition is a reprint of the extremely rare "Annie: An Old Fashioned Story," and I am very glad to see this book reprinted for new generations of Annie fans young and old to read and enjoy! This edition includes a new introduction by author Thomas Meehan, and it's nice to hear in Mr. Meehan's own words how he developed the story of the Broadway Stage Musical (which of course was adapted for movie and tv in 1982, 1999, and 2014). This novel contains many scenes and characters which had to be cut from the stage musical, which are interesting to read and imagine what they might have been like on the stage. Many times Mr. Meehan cleverly adapts the song lyrics into his prose; an "Easter Egg" for those who know the Broadway songs very well.

There are no illustrations in this book, which the original 1980 edition had, but maybe that is best so the reader is left to picture his/her own images of the scenes and characters. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book to any age fan of the "Annie" stage show and movie versions.

My daughter really enjoyed this book

My daughter really enjoyed this book. However, she is very fond of Ms. Hannigan. In the 1982 movie version of the Broadway musical, viewers see Ms. Hannigan, whose character has a change of heart at the end when she tries to save Annie from Rooster, at the celebratory party at Mr. Warbucks house; she's seen riding the elephant. Although I hardly noticed this detail years ago, my daughter noticed it and, thus, viewed her as a vindicated character. So, if your child entertains a similar perception of that character, they might be disturbed to see her in handcuffs being "sent to jail" with Rooster and Lilly. We just simply returned the book and purchased a used copy of the storybook, which accompanied the 1982 film.

It was hard to stop reading!

After watching the movie on Netflix, I became curious if a book had been written, since many movies had a bigger broader story that is only told in novel form. I was thrilled to find this book version of Annie! I didn't buy it right off, but after dreaming of buying it the other night, I finally did and I was not disappointed! This version follows the movie and play of Annie, but has more scenes and in my opinion, a better version of the ending! Having knowledge of these new or rather, removed scenes from the movie and play, give more depth to the story and interest to the character! It's an easy read, and a good read. Yes it's a bit expensive to purchase, for ebook standards, but it's worth it!

Tomorrow indeed!!!

Adorable book.

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Title: Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Subtitle: The Secret Files

Author: Marvel Press

Narrator: Tom Taylorson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-07-14

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 218 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Steve Rogers, known to the world as Captain America, continues his affiliation with S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury and the Avengers. But Steve struggles to fit in the modern world, and now his past will come back to haunt him.

Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier continues the big-screen adventures of super-soldier Captain America as he battles with modern times and villains that threaten the safety of his country...and even the world!

Members Reviews:

what?

Not a novelization of the movie. this is a summary of the first and first half of the second movie.

Just give your kid the movie.

This book faithfully reproduces the first third of the movie, then abruptly ends very unsatisfying without ever seeing the majority of what made Winter Soldier an amazing film. Unlike, say, the Frozen junior novelization, which fairly accurately told the complete Frozen story.

Short, too short.

I was expecting a full story retelling the movie. This stops at about halfway into the movie. I did enjoy the story, just ended leaving you wanting more.

Not the whole story

Any additional comments?

My kids and I were disappointed that this book only covers the first half of the movie. We enjoyed what was there, but feel cheated that it was only half the story.

A inferior book version of only half the movie

I thought this book was a sequel to the movie but instead it was just the first half of the movie retold in book format.

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Title: The Billie B Brown Collection

Author: Sally Rippin

Narrator: Eloise Mignon

Format: Unabridged

Length: 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-14

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Meet Billie B Brown! Do you know what the B stands for? It's for Brave, Brilliant, and Bold! The Billie B misadventures have quickly become favourites for girls all over the world. This audio collection brings together five favourite Billie B Brown audiobooks in one volume.

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Title: Cinderellis and the Glass Hill

Author: Gail Carson Levine

Narrator: Jorjeana Marie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-21-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 17 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Ralph said, "Rain tomorrow." Burt said, "Barley needs it. You're covered with cinders, Ellis." Ralph thought that was funny. "That's funny." He laughed. "That's what we should call him - Cinderellis." Burt guffawed.

In this unusual spin on an old favorite, Cinderlla is a boy! He's Cinderellis, and he has two unfriendly brothers and no fairy godmother to help him out. Luckily, he does have magical powders, and he intends to use them to win the hand of his Princess Charming - that is, Marigold. The only problem is - Marigold thinks Cinderellis is a monster!

Gail Carson Levine is the author of Ella Enchanted, a spirited retelling of the "real" Cinderella fairy tale and a 1998 Newberry Honor Book. In this fourth of her Princess Tales, Levine brings new life and new fun into a little-known tale and proves that determination, imagination, and kindness can carry the day.

Members Reviews:

Entertaining Tale

Would you consider the audio edition of Cinderellis and the Glass Hill to be better than the print version?

Yes, the narrator made this a delightful listen.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Cinderellis and the Glass Hill?

The main characters were cute.

Any additional comments?

A sweet, easy listen and an enjoyable tale.

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Title: The Princess Test

Author: Gail Carson Levine

Narrator: Jorjeana Marie

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-12-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Gail Carson Levine charmed the world with Ella Enchanted, her spirited retelling of the Cinderella story. Now this award-winning author turns her attention to two more classic fairy tales, and deftly turns them upside down and inside out with her trademark wit and hilarity.

In The Fairy's Mistake, two very different sisters have two very different encounters with the fairy Ethelinda. Rosella is kind and helpful. Her reward: Jewels and gems tumble out of her mouth whenever she speaks. Myrtle is rude and spiteful. Her punishment: Bugs and vipers slither out of her mouth. The fairy Ethelinda feels she's meted out justice just right - until she discovers Rosella has been locked up by a greedy prince and Myrtle is having the time of her life!

In The Princess Test, King Humphrey has decided its time for his son, Prince Nicholas, to marry. But he must make sure the bride is a real princess. So he devises a series of princess tests, designed to weed out the phonies and the fakes. Meanwhile, Nicholas has fallen in love with Lorelei, a mere blacksmith's daughter. She's no princess, but he wants to marry her all the same - but how will she ever pass the terrible tests?

In these first two delightfully entertaining, laugh-out-loud Princess Tales, Gail Levine gently spoofs the notion that fairies are always right and that tests can never prove a person's worth, but holds fast to the notion that true love will always win in the end.

Members Reviews:

Zzzzz

I found it boring I knew the ending when I still had 2 chapters left

Another twist from The Princess And The Pea

I have low expectation while purchase this audio, but then I'm happy I did it. The story idea turn out very different from what I assumed. I love to purchase all By Gail Carson Levine works. The narrator is also perfect LOVE LOVE IT!

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Title: The Game Store Mystery

Subtitle: The Boxcar Children Mysteries, Book 104

Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner

Narrator: Tim Gregory

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-31-13

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

When a new store called The Game Spot opens in their town, the Aldens are thrilled. But its not fun and games when the other shops at Crossroads Mall are robbed. Whats more, letters are disappearing from the sign in front of the shopping center! It all seems to spell a new mystery for the Boxcar Children....

Members Reviews:

The Gamestore Mystery

For someone who doesn't like to read, my 9yr old son really liked this book. When it came time to read, he didn't complain but was eager to continue with the story.

I love how its so mysterious

I love how its so mysterious the ending was surprising and the book was so detailed, I would definitely recommend this book

Written by a 9 year old

poor

I hated my book.

It was so bad and ugly.

I will never get it again.

My kids should never see it.

Fun and Mysterious

The Alden help Queenie opening her new store, The Game Spot. However, someone robbed stores in the new mall including Queenie's store. As more stores were robbed, violet found patterns that lead to the conclusion of two thiefs with different motives. The ending was excellent, the children slept in car, taking turns watching the mall and they eventually catched the thief.

best book

Best book because you wonder the whole time who did it ? I love your books!!!! so please keep writeing so you neeeed ot read this book.

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Title: Leopards' Gold

Subtitle: Chronicles of the Red King #3

Author: Jenny Nimmo

Narrator: John Keating

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-01-13

Publisher: Scholastic Audio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Many years have passed since the end of Book Two, and we now must meet Timoken's children, who, with their own magical endowments, stand divided between the forces of good and bad. Toung Petrello and Tolomeo must fight to protect their siblings and their kingdom as an evil force invades the oncepeaceful Red Castle. Embark on one last adventure in the thrilling finale to Jenny Nimmo's extraordinary trilogy!

Members Reviews:

Excellent

I love Petrello and Tomeo endowments. They are sweet little boys and much loved by their good family members. Great little series.