All Carry-Along Book and Cassette Favorites come in a resealable package with a paperback book and a two-sided cassette tape. Each audio production includes lively sound effects, original music, and professional narrators. Side one includes page-turn signals; side two features an uninterrupted reading.

Hardcover book and audio packages (with CD and/or cassette) are indicated.

Curious George Goes to a Chocolate Factory
Written and illustrated by H. A. and Margret Rey
Read by George Capaccio
• 17 minutes
When George and the man with the yellow hat stop to shop at a chocolate factory store, George becomes curious about how the chocolates are made. Though he begins to follow the factory tour, soon he is off to investigate on his own.

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Fireman Small
Written and illustrated by Wong Herbert Yee
Read by Robert Saoud
• 17 minutes
"Young children will enjoy the drama of this plucky firefighter's rescue missions and the coziness of his dollhouse-like quarters . . . Fireman Small and his faithful dalmation make a charming pair, and this simple rhyming story is endearing." — School Library Journal

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Maybelle the Cable Car
Written and Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton
Read by Peter Kovener
• 34 minutes
By recounting actual events in San Francisco's effort to keep the city's cable cars running, this classic story illustrates how the voice of the people can be heard in the true spirit of democracy.

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Curious George
by H. A. Rey
Read by Don Wescott
• 27 minutes
The first book of adventures about the curious monkey and his friend, the man with the yellow hat.

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Mike Mulligan Y Su Máquina Maravillosa
Spanish edition of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Written and Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton
Read by Diego Archiegas (side 2 in English read by Eric Dikenson)
• 44 minutes
A modern classic that no child should miss, now on tape to be shared by Spanish-and English-speaking children.

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Not So Rotten Ralph
Written by Jack Gantos and Illustrated by Nicole Rubel
Read by the author
• 19 minutes
Ralph is sent to feline finishing school in this episode of the series about the beloved rotten red cat.

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Sami and the Time of the Troubles
Written by Florence Parry Heide, Judith Heide Gilliland, and illustrated by Ted Lewin
• 15 minutes
A ten-year-old Lebanese boy living in Beirut goes to school, helps his mother with chores, and plays with his friends on the days when his city isn't a combat zone.

"Unforgettable." — School Library Journal, starred review

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The Polar Express
Written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg
Read by Liam Neeson
• Hardcover book, CD, and cassette
• 33 minutes
Actor Liam Neeson gives a dramatic reading of this beloved holiday classic about a magical train ride on Christmas Eve. A Caldecott Medal book.

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Friday Night at Hodges' Cafe
Written and Illustrated by Tim Egan
Read by George Capaccio
• 24 minutes
"One of the most exceptional and offbeat stories in some time." — Kirkus Reviews, pointer

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