Jennifer Shand
Jennifer Shand is an author who grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where she voraciously read fantasy and adventure stories and had fun going on adventures of her own. She enjoys reading, going for walks, hiking, taking bike rides, and traveling, but most of all, she loves to write. She resides with her husband in Virginia.
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How Do Bridges Not Fall Down?
- By: Jennifer Shand
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 15 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: February 22, 2021
- Language: English
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Have you ever wondered how bridges don’t fall down or how really old buildings stay standing up? Basic principles of architecture and engineering, including an introduction to bridges, locks, arches, columns, and skyscrapers, are explored in... Read more
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How Do Seesaws Go Up and Down?
- By: Jennifer Shand
- Narrator: Full Cast
- Length: 14 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: March 22, 2021
- Language: English
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Have you ever wondered how seesaws go up and down or how screws stay secure in walls? Beginning concepts of mechanical engineering, including levers, wedges, inclined planes, and more, are explored in this newest engaging addition to the How Do... Read more
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Little Red Riding Hood
- By: Jennifer Shand
- Narrator: Melora Hardin
- Length: 10 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: May 11, 2021
- Language: English
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This timeless tale about a kind young girl, her resourceful grandmother, and a big bad wolf told in this condensed version gives the story a new life. This story has been a family favorite for generations and this retelling is sure to continue the... Read more
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Down to the Sea
This epic story opens at the hour the Greatest Generation went to war on December 7, 1941, and follows four US Navy ships and their crews in the Pacific until their day of reckoning three years later with a far different enemy: a deadly typhoon. In December 1944, while supporting General MacArthur’s invasion of the Philippines, Admiral William “Bull” Halsey neglected the Law of Storms, ...
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Shelter Me
In the tradition of Marisa de los Santos and Anne Tyler comes a moving debut about a young mother’s year of heartbreak, loss, and forgiveness–and help that arrives from unexpected sources.
Four months after her husband’s death, Janie LaMarche remains undone by grief and anger. Her mourning is disrupted, however, by the unexpected arrival of a builder with a contract to add a porch onto her ...
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
A sweeping and revelatory new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists.
“THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY.” — Scientific American
The dinosaurs. Sixty-six million years ago, the Earth’s most fearsome creatures vanished. Today they remain one of our planet’s great mysteries. Now The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs reveals their extraordinary, ...
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Caretaker
Ethan Bryant was supposed to fall asleep on a ship leaving Earth and wake up fifty years later with his family on the planet Minea. Instead, after the ship’s caretaker-the lone human in charge of monitoring the ship’s vital systems-suddenly died, the ship’s computer locked Ethan out of his stasis chamber and gave him the job. That was five years ago. Five years of checking to make sure ...
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The Tsar’s Last Armada
On May 14-15, 1905, in the Tsushima Straits near Japan, an entire Russian fleet was annihilated, its ships sunk, scattered, or captured by the Japanese. In the deciding battle of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese lost only three destroyers but the Russians lost twenty-two ships and thousands of sailors. It was the first modern naval battle, employing all the new technology of destruction. The ...
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The Longest Hair in the World
Emily’s teacher has said that the girl with the longest hair will be the princess in the school play. So when Emily blows out the candles on her sixth birthday cake and makes a wish, she wishes for the longest hair in the world. Day by day, Emily’s hair grows. And grows. And grows. Of course she gets to play the princess, but that doesn’t mean her hair stops growing. For the rest of the ...
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The Crush
When Dr. Rennie Newton is summoned to jury duty, she brings to the courtroom the same level of competence that she displays in the operating room. Her commitment to precision compels her to deliver a not guilty verdict in the murder case against notorious contract killer Ricky Lozada. It will be the most regrettable decision in her life…because Rennie’s trial with Lozada doesn’t end with ...
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Silent Killer
A minister’s young widow is targeted by a small-town serial killer in the New York Times bestselling author’s Southern romantic thriller.
To most people, respected clergymen like Mark Cantrell are pillars of the community, and completely beyond reproach. But their killer knows better. They are sinners of the worst kind, and they must burn on earth before they burn in hell . . .
Eighteen ...
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Unspoken Lies
With demanding careers and two children, Cherise and Mason McKenzie find themselves spending more time apart than together, which allows infidelity with a trusted loved one to darken their doorstep. It is only through a series of near-tragic events that the couple are able to rebuild their lives and rekindle their love.
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Black Boy Smile
“This is, no doubt, an origin story for the ages.” –Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist At nine years old, D. Watkins has three concerns in life: picking his dad’s Lotto numbers, keeping his Nikes free of creases, and being a man. Directly in his periphery is east Baltimore, a poverty-stricken city battling the height of the crack epidemic ...
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