New Guinea

Lulu is a little girl with a very big dream: She wants to be on Broadway. She wants it more than anything in the world. As it happens, she lives in Broadway's Shubert Theatre; so achieving her dream shouldn't be too tricky, right? Wrong. Because the thing about Lulu? She's a little girl mouse.

This audiobook is about living as a young white woman with a tribe in pre-independence Papua New Guinea where the tribe had limited European contact but welcomed me to share their village life, customs, travels by outrigger canoe, and ceremonies. Their coastal language was only spoken within a small radius, with each tribe having its own totems and traditions. The story tells of a Romeo and Juliet-style suicide tragedy, but also highlights the joys....

Mole discovers his pants and shirts have holes in them. Turns out, moths have made holes in Mole's clothes. So Mouse does what a good friend should do and takes Mole to the store. The latest adventure of Mouse and Mole shows that sometimes it's fun to try something new - and sometimes it isn't

Little Elliot, the polka-dotted elephant, and his friend Mouse go to the amusement park to see the sights and ride the rides - water chutes, roller coasters, carousels, and more. But Elliot isn't having much fun - the rides are too wet, too fast, too dizzy, and just plain too scary - until Mouse figures out a way to help him overcome his fears. Together, Mouse and Little Elliot can do anything!

Mildred and Sam live in a tiny burrow underneath the daffodil roots. Sam is happy, but Mildred dreams of a bigger house. Will her dream come true?

After the first day of first grade, Henry's not sure how he feels about it. The teacher isn't like his kindergarten teacher, and the fifth-graders hog the monkey bars. But as Henry tells his mother about a new friend who likes soccer and about how he'll learn to read books, he begins to realize that maybe first grade won't be so bad after all.