The Sandal Artist Storytelling World Award Honor Roberto a struggling young artist learns to see beauty in a new way after a cobbler who is mending his shoes whispers to him "There are some who say that if you wear another man's shoes, you will see the world with his eyes and feel it with his heart." Read more...

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Raj the Bookstore Tiger Bank Street Best Book, Cardoza Award finalist When Felicity Fotheringham brings Raj home to live with her, in her attic above the bookstore she owns, he becomes the bookstore tiger.* Every day he patrols the storerooms, greets the customers, and, best of all, he gets to join the children for afternoon story time. Read more...

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Magnus Maximus, A Marvelous Measurer Bank Street Best Book, Colorado Book Award Magnus Maximus is a marvelous measurer. He measures wetness and dryness, nearness and farness, and everything in between... All is well until the day Magnus accidentally breaks his glasses... Read more...

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Inventor McGregor Bank Street Best Book Inventor McGregor can invent most anything that needs inventing, from a barking bag for the postman to bouncing boots for wee Willie. At his home workshop, McGregor never knows when inspiration will hit. Then he is invited to work in the city by the president of the Royal Society of Inventors. So why, in his new laboratory, is McGregor unable to think of a thing? Read more...

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The Giant King NAPPA storytelling award (for cd narration) Rabbie says he works from his heart, carving not what is, but what could be. When he comes across a fierce and destructive giant, the townspeople despair until Rabbie makes an unusual suggestion... Read more...