Theme: Toys

Nora’s Surprise

Nora’s outdoor tea party with her toys at the home of some friendly geese is disrupted by Benji, the greedy sheep from next door, but he eventually makes amends.

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Next Please

One by one, injured toys are called from the waiting room and sent out as good as new, until only the fifth one is left.

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I Am Pangoo the Penguin

Feeling neglected when Danny goes to sleep with his new stuffed animals rather than with him, Pangoo runs away to the zoo to live with the real-life penguins.

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My Little Train

A little train goes for a ride, taking all the stuffed animals where they want to go.

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I Like To Play

A celebration of the common love of play shared by children throughout the world is a lavishly photographed visual essay depicting young people from a diverse range of cultures engaged in activities from games and dancing to pretending and cuddling.

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While You Are Sleeping

A girl’s bedside toys go to great lengths to keep her safe at night while she is asleep.

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Brave Bitsy And The Bear

A small toy rabbit and a large woodland bear come to each other’s rescue during the winter

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Icefire

While researching the existence of dragons for an essay that could win him a trip to the Arctic, Chris realizes that an ancient treasure may exist there, guarded by bears, and that he has some role in its protection. Sequel to A fire within.

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A Girl Named Disaster

While fleeing from Mozambique to Zimbabwe to escape an unwanted marriage, Nhamo, an eleven-year-old Shona girl, struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits.

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On The Road

A mother and her two children load up the car and travel to the sea passing many other types of vehicles on their journey.

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