Children’s DAISY Audio Books and Online Digital Audio
Adventure
DC33946
Captain Clawbeak and the Red Herring by Anne Morgan.
1 disc. Narrated by Stephen Phillips.
Jack is trying to write a pirate story - it's a school project. But he doesn't know any pirates and his dad won't even let him have a parrot. Then he meets Captain Clawbeak and soon he has more of a story than he ever imagined, with a pirate treasure map thrown in. Grades 2-4. Followed by "Captain Clawbeak the one and only". 2006.
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Cookbooks
DC29653
The Anne of Green Gables cookbook by Kate Macdonald.
1 disc. Narrated by Maureen McAdams.
A collection of 25 recipes inspired by passages from the Anne books, by the granddaughter of L. M. Montgomery. Includes cooking tips and definitions of important terms, and each recipe comes with a list of utensils needed. Enjoy a non-alcoholic "Diana Barry's Favourite Raspberry Cordial", and "Marilla's Plum Pudding" - without the mouse! Grades 4-7. 2003.
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Fantastic Fiction
DC33952
The story house by Vivian French.
1 disc. Narrated by Stanley McGeagh.
Mum and Julius, Tia and Tim the twins, Jason, Daisy B Ross and Grannie Annie all live in the Story House, along with their pet dogs, cats, Roly the rat and lots of goldfish. Little Ghost and Big Ghost live there too, and every week Little Ghost flits in to hear a new story from Big Ghost. Some are about the family, some are about the other inhabitants - mice who live under the floorboards, creepy-crawlies in the garden, and toys who come to life at night. There's also the story about the 'kitten with no name' who finds out just who he is by the end of the book. Grades 2-4. 2004.
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Historical Novels
DC30404
Dark water rising by Marian Hale.
1 disc. Narrated by Al Redmond.
In 1900, sixteen-year-old Seth's father moves the family to the booming port city of Galveston, Texas, for better opportunities. After a destructive hurricane, Seth joins the reconstruction efforts, deepening his resolve to be a carpenter like his father rather than to attend college. Grades 5-8. 2006.
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Mysteries (Fiction)
DC13620
Best of enemies by Carolyn Keene.
1 disc. Narrated by Kerry Cundiff.
Frank and Joe Hardy have come to Memphis to help an American spy stationed in the former East Berlin come home. A man named Pritchitt has promised to turn the agent over -- for a price. Nancy Drew is in Memphis to aid Beau Davis, an overzealous Elvis fan accused of stealing his guitar. Now Davis has become the prime suspect in the murder of Pritchitt, and the sleuths team up to solve the case. Grades 4-7. 1991. (Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys)
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School Stories
DC29990
The joke's on us by Gordon Korman.
1 disc. Narrated by Greg Cymbalist.
Just as the Headmaster, William "The Fish" Sturgeon, is about to retire, a wave of practical jokes hits school. Bruno and Boots are the main suspects, but believe it or not, they're innocent while there's a phantom practical joker on the loose. With time running out, Bruno and Boots try to find out who's trying to frame them before they get expelled from Macdonald Hall. Grades 4-7. 2004, c1995. (MacDonald Hall ; 7)
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Suspense (Fiction)
DC36026
The wide window by Lemony Snicket.
1 disc. Narrated by Jeff Harding.
In this sequel to "The reptile room" (DC29701) the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live with Aunt Josephine, who worries about everything, especially Lake Lachrymose and its loathsome leeches. The unhappy youngsters encounter cold soup on a rainy day, a hurricane, and a villain with a peg leg. Followed by "The miserable mill". Grades 4-7. Bestseller 2000. (A series of unfortunate events ; 3)
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War Stories
DC33950
Emil and Karl by Yankev Glatshteyn ; translated by Jeffrey Shandler.
1 disc. Narrated by Humphrey Bower.
In Vienna, Austria, in 1940, two nine-year-old boys, one Jewish and one Aryan, are classmates and best friends when events of the Nazi occupation draw them even closer together as they fight to survive and escape together. Grades 4-7. 2006.
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