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PODCAST

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast Group

Designed to help young readers and their families choose books they want to read, the Scholastic Book Fairs team offers short audio clips for many titles offered at the Book Fair.

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1:56

Third Grade Mermaid

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/24

Cora is a small mermaid with a BIG personality. But like so many mermaids in school, she is struggling to truly be herself. She wants to be like the Singing Sirens, the most glamorous swim team in the sea. Unfortunately, an annoying seablock keeps getting in her way. When Cora fails her spelling test, her coach says she can’t be on the team unless she gets an A on the next one! Can Cora conquer her spelling test, make the swim team, AND stay true to herself at the same time?

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2:12

Frogkisser!

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/24

Poor Princess Anya. Forced to live with her evil stepmother and stepstepfather, plagued with an unfortunate ability to break curses with a magic-assisted kiss, and forced to go on the run when her stepstepfather decides to make the kingdom entirely his own. Aided by a loyal talking dog, a boy thief trapped in the body of a newt, and some extraordinarily mischievous wizards, Anya sets off on a quest that, if she plays it right, will ultimately free her land - and teach her a thing or two about the

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2:30

Abraham

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/24

This visual tour de force, based on historical documents, chronicles Honest Abe's life from boyhood to his extraordinary leadership position as the sixteenth President of the United States of America.

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1:36

Meet the Bobs and Tweets

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2017/02/24

On Bonefish Street live two very different families: the Bobs, who are messy, and the Tweets, who are neat. How can these two strange families get along in the same neighborhood? And are all the Tweets really neat and all the Bobs slobs? This is the first book in a brand-new series of full-color, high-interest rhyming stories that's just right for reluctant readers.

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1:42

Cleo Edison Oliver in Persuasion Power

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2017/02/24

Cleopatra Edison Oliver and her best friend Caylee are going to take the world by storm with their personalized barrettes. All they need now is their big break. So when successful businesswoman Fortune A. Davies announces a new website where "kidpreneurs" can upload ads for their businesses, Cleo invites all of her customers to film an ad for FortuneTube. But making a commercial is different from running a business, and Cleo may lose her chance to shine!

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2:11

Take the Key and Lock Her Up

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/24

Centuries ago, the royal family of Adria was killed, or so everyone thought. Now Grace Blakely knows the truth: There was one survivor, and that survivor’s blood runs through her veins. This simple fact could cause a revolution, which is why some people will stop at nothing to keep it from coming to light. There is only one way for Grace to save herself, save her family, and save the boy she loves. She must outmaneuver her foes, cut through the web of lies that has surrounded her for years, and go

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1:54

Happy Dreamer

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/17

In his Scholastic debut, picture book and creativity guru Peter Reynolds brings us a universally poignant celebration of the colorful spectrum of what it means to dream and the many ways to find happy! While the world tells us to sit still, to follow the rules, and to color inside the lines, HAPPY DREAMER celebrates all those moments in between when the mind and spirit soar and we are free to become our own true dreamer maximus! In Peter's signature voice and style, this empowering picture book

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2:12

The Rooster Who Could Not Be Quiet

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/17

La Paz is a happy, but noisy village. A little peace and quiet would make it just right. So the villagers elect the bossy Don Pepe as their mayor. Before long, singing of any kind is outlawed. Even the teakettle is afraid to whistle! But there is one noisy rooster who doesn't give two mangos about this mayor's silly rules. Instead, he does what roosters were born to do. He sings: "Kee-kee-ree-KEE!" Carmen Deedy's masterfully crafted allegory and Eugene Yelchin's bright, whimsical mixed-media

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1:38

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/17

As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed eleven times before her fifteenth birthday, Lowery fought alongside Martin Luther King, Jr. for the rights of African-Americans. In this memoir, she shows today's young readers what it means to fight nonviolently (even when the police are using violence, as in the Bloody Sunday protest) and how it felt to be part of changing American

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1:18

Once Upon a Jungle

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2017/02/17

Step inside the wild and colorful jungle with this striking and richly illustrated book that introduces the food chain concept through simple, poetic language. Learn how the circle of life allows the jungle ecosystem to flourish and see how many animals you can spot hiding in the leaves along the way.

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2:08

Prisoner of War

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/17

When 15-year-old Henry Forrest lies about his age to enlist in the Marines, he thinks it's his ticket to adventure. But when he's shipped off to the Philippines, the brutality of World War II's Pacific front is unfathomable. When the Japanese invade, Henry and the remaining members of his battalion become their prisoners. Henry will have to endure the Bataan death march, overcrowded prisons, and the Japanese factory where he is sent as slave labor. Henry's friends know he's young, and they also know

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1:49

Beware the Wild

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/17

The swamp in Sterling's small Louisiana town proves to have a power over its inhabitants when her brother disappears and no one but Sterling even remembers that he existed. Now Sterling, with the help of brooding loner Heath, who's had his own creepy experience with the swamp, must fight back and reclaim what - and who - the swamp has taken. MATURE THEMES: This book contains language or subject matter that may be considered objectionable. We believe this book makes a valuable contribution to

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1:43

Ghost

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/17

Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team—a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics if they can get their acts together. They all have a lot to lose, but they also have a lot to prove - not only to each other, but to themselves.

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Keena Ford and the Field Trip Mix-Up

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/17

Keena Ford is so excited to go on a field trip to the United States Capitol with her second-grade class! At school, she is running for a spot on the student council, and on the field trip she's going to meet a real live U.S. representative. The only trouble is, mean Tiffany Harris keeps teasing Keena and taking the best place in line. Keena doesn't mean to get into trouble, but trouble seems to find her anyway!

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Serafina and the Twisted Staff

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/17

Serafina finds herself caught between two worlds: she's too wild for Biltmore Estate's beautifully dressed ladies and formal customs but too human to fully join her forest kin. Late one night, she encounters a strange and terrifying figure, and then she's attacked by the vicious wolfhounds under his control. Even worse, she's convinced that the stranger is not alone, that he has sent his accomplice into Biltmore in disguise. A mysterious series of attacks test Serafina's role as Biltmore's

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1:23

Harlem Charade

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/17

Harlem is home to all kinds of kids. Jin sees life passing her by from the window of her family's bodega. Alex wants to help the needy one shelter at a time but can't tell anyone who she really is. Elvin's living on Harlem's cold, lonely streets, surviving on his own after his grandfather was mysteriously attacked. When these three strangers join forces to find out what happened to Elvin's grandfather, their digging leads them to an enigmatic artist whose missing masterpieces are worth a fortune

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1:37

Zoe in Wonderland

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/17

Zoe considers herself “Just Zoe", never measuring up to her too-perfect older sister or her smarty-pants little brother. Truthfully, she’d rather just blend in with the plants at the family nursery. Her one friend, Q, is moving away, leaving Zoe to fend for herself. That is, until a stranger comes to the nursery looking for a Baobab tree. His visit makes Zoe long for real adventures, not just imaginary ones, and shows her that perhaps her first real adventure is finally beginning.

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2:08

Short

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/17

Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of THE WIZARD OF OZ, she’ll realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn’t thought of herself as a performer, but when the director casts her as a Munchkin, she begins to see herself in a new way. As Julia becomes friendly with Olive, one of the adults with dwarfism who has joined the crew, and Mrs. Chang, her artistic neighbor, Julia’s sense of self grows. Soon, she doesn’t want to fade into the background because her

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2:19

The Forgetting

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/17

Nadia lives in the city of Canaan, where life is safe and structured, hemmed in by white stone walls and no memory of what came before. But every twelve years the city descends into the bloody chaos of the Forgetting, a day of no remorse, when each person's memories - of parents, children, love, life, and self - are lost… unless they have been written. In Canaan, your book is your truth and your identity, and Nadia knows exactly who hasn't written the truth. Because Nadia is the only person in

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Raymie Nightingale

Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast ·

2017/02/17

Raymie Clarke has come to realize that everything depends on her. And she has a plan. If Raymie can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father will see her picture in the paper and come home. To win, not only does Raymie have to do good deeds and learn how to twirl a baton; she also has to contend with Louisiana Elefante, who has a show-business background, and stubborn Beverly Tapinski, who’s determined to sabotage the contest. But as the competition approaches, the three

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