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How do we know it's spring? The sun shines, and rain falls. Baby animals are born, and flowers bloom. This book shows young listeners how to recognize the changes that happen in spring.

With the first ice - a skim on a sheep pail so thin it breaks when touched - one family's winter begins in earnest. Next comes ice like panes of glass. And eventually, skating ice! Take a literary skate over field ice and streambed, through sleeping orchards and beyond. The first ice, the second ice, the third ice...perfect ice...the last ice.... Twelve kinds of ice are carved into twenty nostalgic vignettes, illustrated in elegantly scratched detail by the award-winning Barbara McClintock.

Learn all about the Savage Stone Age, with all the nasty bits left in. You probably thought that Stone Age people spent all their time standing stones up on one end and rubbing sticks together to make fires.

Laugh along with the Bad Seed, the Good Egg, and the Cool Bean in this collection of three early readers in one!

You could have a Harvard degree or a lifetime’s experience as a librarian, and you still wouldn’t have come across some of the facts found in Interesting Facts for Smart Kids. But after a few rounds of listening to some of the most bizarre things you’ll ever learn about the world, you’ll have a family of experts in, well, everything!

This audiobook introduces some common objects that are brown in color including grocery bags, footballs, and teddy bears.

Award-winning author Laurence Pringle gives an accurate account of York's life - before, during, and after the expedition. Using quotations from the expedition's journals, he tells how York's skills, strength, and intelligence helped in the day-to-day challenges of the journey. Artists Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu consulted with a Lewis and Clark expert to create thoroughly researched and stunning watercolor paintings of York's life.

Jesus Listens, the bestselling 365-day prayer devotional from Sarah Young, is now available for children. This book invites your children (and you) into an ongoing conversation with God, growing a meaningful prayer life and closer relationship with Him. In this inspiring 365-day book of prayers, Sarah Young, author of Jesus Calling, helps children talk to God every day. Kids will learn how to pray honest prayers and know that Jesus is always listening to them.

Bedtime can be full of big emotions for kids! Calm anxious, busy thoughts with this body scan meditation designed to prepare kids for sleep. This mindfulness practice will help children let go of worries, stress, and excitement as they listen to their hearts beat a reassuring cadence. Britney Winn Lee brings another powerful book for helping children navigate stress, form positive self-perceptions, and strengthen their hearts and minds. Good Night, Body echoes the comforting chants of Goodnight Moon as it leads children in greeting, moving, and relaxing each body part.

Our kids face more pressure and stress than ever before. Issues such as fear, jealousy, loneliness, and anxiety seem like giants standing in the way of the joy-filled childhood and adolescence we want them to have. In Goliath Must Fall for Young Readers, pastor Louie Giglio shows kids that only God can help them defeat those giants — and he will.

Spending time with your children, teaching them how to pray and speak to the Lord is priceless, quality time spent together. This book touches on various prayers...such as saying grace, being worried, praying for friends, celebrating Christmas, Easter, and more! Referring to different circumstances allows children to know, learn, and understand that they can speak to God about anything. Speaking to God, hearing what he says and turning to him first will forever stand your children in good stead.

Transform your children’s experience of life in this sad, wonderful world as they journey home to God by following scripture’s epic story. Author Jeremy Pierre wants to awaken children to a brave journey - a journey home. This beautiful tale traces the theme of God’s presence through the storyline of scripture. People were created to be with God but lost their nearness to him at the fall. So God sent his son Jesus Christ to cross that distance, making a way for people to follow him on their own journey home.

Would You Rather? Superhero Edition is an interactive gamebook jam packed with more than 126+ challenging choices, funny jokes, silly scenarios, fascinating superhero trivia, and contains hours of hilarious family fun! It all starts with this question: Would you rather…be a superhero - or - a super-villain?

Do you have a favorite color? Put your seeking skills to the test with Color Camouflage.

Oh my darling, Clementine! Listen to the lyrics and learn about the origins of this traditional song.

This audiobook uses a field trip to the zoo to introduce various zoo animals, their habitats and recreation, and their care.

This audiobook describes some of the different kinds of gloves that people wear.

A lot happens in a month! As the moon makes one trip around Earth, plants grow and you do too. Find out more in How Long Is a Month?

How many hours do you sleep? How many minutes does it take to eat your cereal? Learn how clocks and calendars help you tick off the seconds, hours, days, and years.

Comb your hair. Pick out an outfit to wear. What else can you do in a minute? Learn how to understand and make the most out of this unit of time.