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Happy Holidays from Perma-Bound Canada!

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Wishing you a safe and happy holiday!   All the best from your friends at Perma-Bound Canada!   Please enjoy this reading of "The Polar Express" by Chris Van Allsburg  (Read by Liam Neeson) The Polar Express  (Includes Ornament) Van Allsburg, Chris School Discount Price: $29.51 Annotation:  A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus. Genre:   Fantasy fiction Catalog Number:  #108699 Format:  Perma-Bound Edition from Publisher's Hardcover

The Good Egg and The Bad Seed

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You've met the Bad Seed.... but do you know the Good Egg?  The Good Egg By Jory John and Pete Oswald Catalogue #: 173015 School and Library Discount $28.72 When the other eggs in his carton behave badly, the good egg feels that he needs to be perfect. Starred Review for Kirkus Reviews Being a good egg can be eggs-cruciatingly stressful. This earnest counterpart to John and Oswald's hilarious  The Bad Seed  (2017) opens with a direct address from an oval-shaped saint to readers: "Oh, hello! I was just rescuing this cat. Know why? Because I'm a good egg." Just how good is this egg? " Verrrrrry  good." Without hesitation, the bespectacled egg offers to help others with carrying groceries, painting houses, and changing tires. The good egg even tries to "keep the peace" among the other 11 eggs in its dozen, who forgo their bedtime, eat sugary cereal, and break stuff. Rotten eggs indeed! When the pressure of being good proves too much