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The Children's Bookshelf: This is the Planet Where I Live - March 19, 2023
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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This is the Planet Where I Live written by K. L. Going and illustrated by Debra Frasier adds material to the story with each new page much like the...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Untold Story of GREAT Theatre's 25th Season with Executive Director Lacey Schirmers
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with GREAT Theatre’s new Executive Director Lace...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2022
  • Length: 26:00
Magician Joshua Jay’s “How Magicians Think. Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This book, “How Magicians Think. Misdirection, Deception, and Why Magic Matters,” is my love letter to magic,” says Jay, ”and it answers the questi...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 09:51
Sharing a Smile 5-17
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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Sharing A Smile written by Nicki Kramar and illustrated by Ashley Evans is about how little Sophie solves her hesitancy about wearing a mask when g...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Glass Town
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës by Isabel Greenberg is a stunning graphic novel about the childhood play of siblings Charlotte, Anne...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Ruby Bridges This is Your Time
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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Ruby Bridges: This Is Your Time written by Ruby Bridges is a beautiful telling of her experience when she was 6 years old and was selected to be th...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1
Letters from Father Christmas
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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LETTERS FROM FATHER CHRISTMAS: Centenary Edition written by J.R.R. Tolkien and edited by Baillie Tolkien is as full of fun as it was one hundred ye...

Bought by WTIP and KRPS


  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Witches
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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THE WITCHES: The Graphic Novel by graphic artist Penelope Bagieu is an energetic and clever version of this dark classic written by Roald Dahl in 1...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
Counting Kindness
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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COUNTING KINDNESS: Ten Ways to Welcome Refugee Children written by Hollis Kurman and illustrated by Barroux is a darling counting book with a genu...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Dec 07, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Eleanor Makes Her Mark
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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ELEANOR MAKES HER MARK: How Eleanor Roosevelt Reached Out, Spoke Up, and Changed the World written by Barbara Kerley and illustrated by Edwin Fothe...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Little Mermaid
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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The Little Mermaid told and illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney is an enchanting picture book inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen c...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Eric
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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Eric written and illustrated by Tan Shaun is now available in a new stand-alone edition. The story revolves around one family’s experience hosting ...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 15, 2020
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Wild Symphony
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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WILD SYMPHONY written by Dan Brown and illustrated by Susan Batori is a lively picture book full of visual and auditory delight for readers 4-8 yea...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 09, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Farmer and the Monkey
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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The Farmer and the Monkey by Marla Frazee is the second of the wordless picture books in the Farmer Trilogy. It starts were the highly praised firs...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dissenter on the Bench
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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DISSENTER ON THE BENCH: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work written by Victoria Ortiz is a wonderfully researched book for readers 13 and up. The s...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
I am Benjamin Franklin
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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I Am Benjamin Franklin written by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos is another in the terrific Ordinary People Change the Wor...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Oct 19, 2020
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
16 Words
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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16 WORDS: William Carlos Williams and “The Red Wheelbarrow” written by Lisa Rogers and illustrated by Chuck Groenink is a gently told and illustrat...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Oct 12, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sing Some More!
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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SING SOME MORE written by Deborah Diesen and illustrated by Howard Gray is a fun-filled picture book for children 3-7 years of age about a happy qu...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Oct 05, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Silver Arrow
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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THE SILVER ARROW written by Lev Grossman is an exciting novel about a magical train with a cargo of animal. Kate gets a steam engine from her uncle...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Sep 28, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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THE GIRL WHO DREW BUTTERFLIES: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science written by Joyce Sidman is a gorgeous biography of this 17th Century artist a...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Construction People
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE, poems selected by the late Lee Bennett Hopkins and illustrated by Ellen Shi is a lively step by step picture book for 4-8 year...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Sep 14, 2020
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
Tune It Out
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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TUNE IT OUT written by Jamie Sumner is an interesting and engaging novel for middle grade readers 10-14 years of age about a girl named Lou who has...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Sep 07, 2020
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
When Grandma Gives You A Lemon Tree
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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When Grandma Gives You A Lemon Tree written by Jamie Deenihan and illustrated by Lorraine Rocha is a fun-filled picture book for ages 3-7 about a l...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Memoirs of a Tortoise
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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Memoirs of a Tortoise written by Devin Scillian and illustrated by Tim Bowers is a gentle story about friendship and loss. Oliver the Tortoise is t...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Feed Your Mind
From: WCMU Michigan
Series: The Children's Bookshelf
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FEED YOUR MIND: A Story of August Wilson written by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Cannaday Chapman is a fascinating picture book for older children...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Aug 17, 2020
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 1