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L?zaro, a Salamanca town crier, relates the story of his struggle out of poverty, beginning with his widowed mother who apprenticed him to a cunning, blind beggar, and leading to his efforts at outwitting a variety of disreputable masters before getting married to the mistress of a local churchman. Contains audio CD.

Through the use of die-cutting, tells the classic counting nursery rhyme about ten little monkeys who jump on the bed. Includes a CD with a sing-along version and instrumental.

Olivia, upset to learn there will be no band at the evening's fireworks display, decides to form one of her own with herself as the only musician and some rather unusual instruments. Includes a CD.

In this retelling of the original 1816 German story, Godfather Drosselmeier gives young Marie a nutcracker for Christmas, and she finds herself in a magical realm where she saves the nutcracker and sees him change into a handsome prince.

An illustrated collection of animal poems, written to accompany composer Camille Saint-Saens' "The Carnival of the Animals." Includes an audio CD of author Jack Prelutsky reading the poems with the musical accompaniment.

Collects literacy programming for bilingual speakers, with large-motor activities; tips for musical instrument exploration; translated Mother Goose on the Loose songs; traditional Spanish songs; and other resources to help with literacy in both Spanish and English. Includes CD-ROM.

King Lear foolishly disinherits his favorite daughter when she speaks out against him and splits his kingdom between his other two daughters who are secretly plotting against him.

A magical, darkly humorous play focusing on Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan and his control of natural forces, who is exiled on a remote island with his daughter Miranda who falls in love with Ferdinand, the prince of Naples, who is shipwrecked on their island.

Fifteen-year-old Camilla gains new maturity through her relationship with her best friend's brother and the growing realization that her parents are fallible individuals.

While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.