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{"id":6582703521851,"title":"Rex Zero and the End of the World","handle":"rex-zero-and-the-end-of-the-world","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's the summer of 1962, and to twelve-year-old Rex the world is starting to look like a pretty scary place. On TV there are reports about the Russians and a nuclear war. Some people in his new neighborhood are even building bomb shelters in their backyards. Rex learns that there's trouble closer to home as well. A black panther has escaped from a zoo and he and his friends are sure they have spotted the creature in their local park -- and it is Rex who comes up with a plan to trap it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this smart, vivid and touching novel, Tim Wynne-Jones explores the time and place of his own childhood when a kid could spend an entire summer below the radar of adults. But it was also a time of great uncertainty and menace, when memories of an old war were still fresh, and fears of a new one were looming.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-05-13T13:02:29-04:00","created_at":"2021-05-13T13:02:29-04:00","vendor":"Groundwood Books Ltd","type":"","tags":["age range 9 - 12","By (author) Wynne-Jones Tim","Childrens Accessible ebooks","Groundwood Books","pub date: 2006-09-01","Rex Zero"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39403380113467,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554980345","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Rex Zero and the End of the World - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554980345","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":39412088995899,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781554986484","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Rex Zero and the End of the World - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781554986484","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d6a95aff-f875-4157-bd3e-9f4fc5326485.jpg?v=1723951949"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d6a95aff-f875-4157-bd3e-9f4fc5326485.jpg?v=1723951949","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24743114440763,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.65,"height":611,"width":397,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d6a95aff-f875-4157-bd3e-9f4fc5326485.jpg?v=1723951949"},"aspect_ratio":0.65,"height":611,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d6a95aff-f875-4157-bd3e-9f4fc5326485.jpg?v=1723951949","width":397}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIt's the summer of 1962, and to twelve-year-old Rex the world is starting to look like a pretty scary place. On TV there are reports about the Russians and a nuclear war. Some people in his new neighborhood are even building bomb shelters in their backyards. Rex learns that there's trouble closer to home as well. A black panther has escaped from a zoo and he and his friends are sure they have spotted the creature in their local park -- and it is Rex who comes up with a plan to trap it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this smart, vivid and touching novel, Tim Wynne-Jones explores the time and place of his own childhood when a kid could spend an entire summer below the radar of adults. But it was also a time of great uncertainty and menace, when memories of an old war were still fresh, and fears of a new one were looming.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Rex Zero and the End of the World
Tim Wynne-Jones explores the time and place of his own childhood when a kid could spend an entire summer below the radar of adults.
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{"id":6582692610107,"title":"Kabungo","handle":"kabungo","description":"\u003cp\u003eTen-year-old Beverly is an ordinary girl with an extraordinary best friend. Her name is Kabungo, and she lives in a cave on Main Street. No one knows where she comes from or who she really is, but life is never dull when Kabungo is around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeverly tries to teach her friend about the ways of the modern world — the importance of teeth brushing, understanding strange holidays like Halloween, learning how to read. But Kabungo doesn’t take well to being civilized, and she can be stubborn, bossy, and plain infuriating. Sometimes Beverly gets so mad that she just wants to move to Cincinnati.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides, Kabungo is a skittish cavegirl, and it takes a while to win her trust, even among Star City’s eccentric denizens, such as Mr. Gobshaw, who owns the local drug shop (“We have everything!”) where you’ll find the stuffed tigers right next to the breath mints. 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He has illustrated over fifty children's books including \u003cem\u003eSon of Happy\u003c\/em\u003e by Cary Fagan, \u003cem\u003eThe Boy Who Invented the Popsicle\u003c\/em\u003e by Anne Renaud, and \u003cem\u003eMoon Wishes\u003c\/em\u003e by Guy and Patricia Storms. He created the lyrical wordless picture book \u003cem\u003eSonata for Fish and Boy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Illustrated by","Contributor_0":"Rolli (CA)","Contributor_1":"Pavlović, Milan (CA)","Description":"\u003cp\u003eTen-year-old Beverly is an ordinary girl with an extraordinary best friend. Her name is Kabungo, and she lives in a cave on Main Street. No one knows where she comes from or who she really is, but life is never dull when Kabungo is around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeverly tries to teach her friend about the ways of the modern world — the importance of teeth brushing, understanding strange holidays like Halloween, learning how to read. But Kabungo doesn’t take well to being civilized, and she can be stubborn, bossy, and plain infuriating. Sometimes Beverly gets so mad that she just wants to move to Cincinnati.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides, Kabungo is a skittish cavegirl, and it takes a while to win her trust, even among Star City’s eccentric denizens, such as Mr. Gobshaw, who owns the local drug shop (“We have everything!”) where you’ll find the stuffed tigers right next to the breath mints. And there is Ms. VeDore, who seems to float as she walks around her decrepit mansion, and who throws the most amazing Halloween parties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, just when you least expect it, Kabungo will do something surprising (and when you’re best friends with a cavegirl, you’re not easily surprised). 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It's comical in its word play, likeable in its characters . . . and entertaining in its short stories.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_1":"It's a warm and rewarding account of a very unconventional friendship.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_2":"Fresh and original, this appealing account of friendship celebrates differences and community.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_3":"Oh my, is this a funny book—and an especially entertaining read-aloud for children.","OtherText_Review_0":"Fresh and original, this appealing account of friendship celebrates differences and community.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW","OtherText_Review_1":"Rolli has written a witty story . . . 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ages 7
to 10
/ grades 2
to 5
Kabungo
When your best friend is a cavegirl, every day is an adventure.
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{"id":6582692511803,"title":"Just So Stories, Volume I","handle":"just-so-stories-volume-i","description":"\u003cp\u003eRudyard Kipling's \u003cem\u003eJust So Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the best-loved story collections ever written for children. Now Ian Wallace, one of Canada's most accomplished children's book illustrators, reinterprets the famous tales with his vibrant art, bringing Kipling to a whole new generation of young readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eKipling wrote the stories for his young daughter, who would only sleep if they were told “just so.” The first edition was published in Great Britain in 1902, along with black-and-white illustrations by the author himself. The stories have remained in print ever since, delighting young readers all over the world. Many of the tales are origin stories, explaining how an animal came to be the way it is. They are ripe with imagination, inventive vocabulary and word play. 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and up
/ grades K
and up
Just So Stories, Volume I
Rudyard Kipling's all-time favorite classic story collection, stunningly illustrated by Ian Wallace.
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ages 9
to 12
/ grades 4
to 7
Some of the Kinder Planets
Nine stories full of humor, surprise, fear and wonder, peopled by characters who are just like you, and yet very, very different.
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The Myth of Ability
John Mighton’s revolutionary bestselling guide to how every child can learn math through his groundbreaking JUMP program.
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Sky
This moving book is based on true stories told to the author by her friend, a Metis whose people lived with the Blackfeet Nation in Montana.
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/ grades 4
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Spud in Winter
Spud can't get get the killing he witnessed out of his mind. Should tell the police? He decides to take on the task of helping solve the crime.
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Mistik Lake
A stunning novel about what happens when you don't follow your heart, and the lies and secret suffering that can continue to haunt you.
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The Law of Dreams
The Law of Dreams follows Fergus O'Brien from Ireland to Liverpool and Wales during the Great Potato Famine of 1847, and then beyond.
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Die With Me
A page-turning mystery in the tradition of Ruth Rendell, Die With Me is the first novel in the bestselling Mark Tartaglia series by Elena Forbes.
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{"id":6818365898811,"title":"Queen of Hearts","handle":"queen-of-hearts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award, and an American Library Association Notable Children's Book and a Kirkus Reviews Best Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIt's 1941, and Canada is two years into World War II. Meanwhile, in rural Manitoba, fifteen-year-old Marie-Claire Cote begins a war of her own as she and her brother and sister, all stricken with tuberculosis, are taken by their anguished parents to \"chase the cure\" at nearby Pembina Hills Sanatorium.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhile her roommate retains a dogged cheerfulness that is both heroic and irritating, Marie-Claire resists with all of her prideful strength while she fights her own illness and tries to seek privacy where there is none. Her father, overwhelmed by fear and guilt, never visits. 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Queen of Hearts
Set in a TB sanatorium during World War II, this is a haunting and ultimately joyful novel from Governor General's Award winner Martha Brooks.
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ages 4
to 7
/ grades P
to 2
Book of Big Brothers
A hilarious look at the life of three brothers, told by the youngest (and most often terrorized) brother.
