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The Rain Train

A talented New Zealand duo teamed up to produce this disarmingly simple ode to nighttime acoustics. Two children lay awake in a sleeper car while they “Whistle past rivers / Whoosh through the tunnels / Roar down the plains / And all... Read More

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Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji

When Aneel’s grandparents come from India to live with his family, he delights in their customs and stories about distant lands. He dreams of the villagers and animals introduced to him and is impressed with how his Dadi-ma chants... Read More

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Flip-O-Storic

Remember the Icarochenis? How about the Gaslodon? Don’t worry; neither does anyone else. In Flip-O-Storic, the heads, bodies, and tails of ten actual prehistoric beasts—the popular woolly mammoth and saber-tooth tiger among... Read More

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Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site

A cement mixer, a bulldozer, and a crane: not your average bedtime protagonists. This sweet rhyming narrative that celebrates the day’s end in an unconventional yet everyday place will convince listeners that there’s a kind of... Read More

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Merit Badges

by Diane Gardner

Memories consist of momentary flashes, glimpses of the profound and mundane events that became more than mere moments in time; they defined us. "Merit Badges", an unconventional read by Kevin Fenton, feels like rummaging through... Read More

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Relationships 911

by Barry Silverstein

It’s a sobering but widely known statistic that Dr. William Small cites in the introduction to "Relationships 911": fifty-three percent of marriages in America end in divorce. That likely explains the huge business in books, DVDs, CDs,... Read More

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