title: Noelle's Treasure Tale: A New Magically Mysterious Adventure
author:  Gloria Estefan 
description: PreSchool-Grade 1With clunky logic and rhyme, Estefan creates a tale of a homely little bulldog's quest for treasure. After listening to her owner read about sunken Spanish galleons and a crown lost at sea, Noelle decides that she will find it during the family's vacation at the beach. Various creatures help her search, to no avail. The dog settles down for a nap and dreams about a turtle that reveals clues about the treasure's whereabouts. Noelle follows the instructions, which lead to a mound filled with newly hatched sea turtles. She protects the creatures from hungry predators and points them in the right direction. After they are safe, she digs up the lost crown. Though the author wants readers to recognize the turtles and their rescue as the true treasure, the inclusion of the crown's discovery dilutes the impact of the message. The colorful digital art is attractive but unmemorable. The CD featuring a bouncy song extolling the virtues of life around us as the real reward is the best part of this package.<i>Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha Public Library, WI</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  The Brande
  
  
  Legacy
  
  
  By Alicia
  
  
  Hope
  
  
    
  
  
  Book One in the Brande
  
  
  Legacy Series
  
  
  (revised since first release)
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  A legacy can be a
  
  
  gift ... or a curse.
  
  
    
  
  
  While holidaying at
  
  
  Lorienne castle, Claire-Rose Brande becomes embroiled in an age-old
  
  
  mystery that touches her life, and her heart, in more ways than
  
  
  one....
  
  
  Does she dare expose
  
  
  what lurks in the shadows?
  
  
  Can she really put an
  
  
  end to an age-old wickedness?
  
  
  And what does a
  
  
  holiday flirtation hold in store for Byron McAlister, handsome
  
  
  co-owner of the castle?
  
  
    
  
  
  Mysteries swirl
  
  
  wraith-like within the castle’s walls, chilling all they
  
  
  touch.
  
  
  Are they imprisoned
  
  
  beneath the stone battlements forever, or will love triumph over
  
  
  the darkness, the deceit ... and the bitterness?
  
  
    
  
  
  The Brande Legacy (2