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LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (LF), the leader in learn to read solutions, and Listening Library, an imprint of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, the world's largest English language trade publisher, today announced a partnership to bring Listening Library's extensive library of children's audio books to the LeapReader^TM platform. Listening Library's audio books are now available for download via LeapFrog's App Center for LeapReader, the new learn to read and write system. 

House to provide children with access to literary favorites including Nate the Great, Arthur and The Magic Tree Houseseries," said Greg Ahearn, chief marketing officer at LeapFrog.  

For Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS) founder Leonard Riggio to take his bookstores private, he may need to write a check for more than the entire company’s market value.

Riggio said yesterday that he will offer to buy the retail stores and website of the New York-based company he started more than 40 years ago, leaving shareholders with Barnes & Noble’s college book and Nook e-reader businesses. The retail chain alone is worth about $1 billion, according to the average of four analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg…