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A boy different from his classmates, his disability makes him talk like a river. I Talk Like a River is the debut book of the Canadian poet Jordan Scott, which won the New York Times’ Best Children’s Book of 2020. The boy wakes up and faces the challenges of the day, unable to vocalise the sounds around him – his…
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A fable-like tale, “the Wolf the Duck & the Mouse,” takes the reader on an unusual journey. “Oh, woe! said the mouse.” as he appears in the wolf’s stomach, eaten by the beast. To the mouse’s surprise, the duck sleeps there and is not pleased to find his new visitor. But gradually, the relationship between duck and mouse warms up…
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Izzy Gizmo is invited to the annual Invention Convention with four other contestants to compete for a badge at Genius Guild. After a challenging journey with her grandad and Fixer (a purple crow), Izzy arrives at the Technoff Isle to meet the judge, who wishes the children to build a stand-out machine. Unlike the other participants, Izzy is modest but…
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