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Trouper
Meg Kearney - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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A moving story of a three-legged stray dog who finds a loving boy to call his own--illustrated by Caldecott Honor Book artist E.B. Lewis. Based on a true story.Trouper ran with a mob of mutts who tripped over trash cans and pawed the cold streets for bones. They howled and cried and wished... |
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Jangles: A Big Fish Story
David Shannon - Blue Sky Press
Format: Book
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Bestselling storyteller David Shannon instantly hooks readers with this stunning, highly entertaining tour-de-force--his best book ever!Breathtaking oil paintings bursting with energy pullreaders along into Big Lake, the home of Jangles, thebiggest fish anyone has seen. Fishing alone at dusk,a... |
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Painter and Ugly
Robert J. Blake - Philomel Books
Format: Print book
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Painter and Ugly are best friends. They run together, they swim together, they eat out of the same dinner bowls. When one calls out, "Yip," the other answers back. They are inseparable! That is, until they are forced apart and put on two different teams for the junior Iditarod.... |
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Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle
Brian Dennis - Little
Format: Print book
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Nubs, an Iraqi dog of war, never had a home or a person of his own. He was the leader of a pack of wild dogs living off the land and barely surviving. But Nubs's life changed when he met Marine Major Brian Dennis. The two formed a fast friendship, made stronger by Dennis's willingness to share... |
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Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival
Kirby Larson - Walker
Format: Book
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Bobbi and Bob Cat are the best of friends. When their hometown of New Orleans was struck by Hurricane Katrina, many lost everything. But not Bobbi and Bob Cat -- they still had each other. Only by staying together could they survive. This is the story of their remarkable friendship. |
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Some Dog!
Mary Casanova - Farrar
Format: Print book
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George was once a bouncy pup; now his pace is steady and slow. Still, he feels special. Then - "Ya-yippity, yappity, yeep-yeep-yeep!" - a stray dog bristling with energy lands on George's doorstep and wiggles himself right into George's family. Full of tricks, this new dog,... |
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Hero Cat
Eileen Spinelli - Marshall Cavendish
Format: Print book
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Five tiny kittens cry for their mama, as smoke begins to fill the abandoned warehouse that has been their home. But Mother Cat has left her cozy heap of kittens to go in search of food.Determined to save her babies, Mother Cat dashes into the burning building and follows the sounds of frightened... |
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Magnus at the Fire
Owen Smith - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Magnus lives and works at the Broadway Firehouse. He knows that when the fire alarm clangs, he and his partners, Billy and Sparks, are supposed to spring into action. Without them the firemen would never be able to move the gigantic steam pumper. And without a pumper the crew wouldn't be able... |
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Police Cat
Enid Hinkes - Albert Whitman & Co.
Format: Paperback
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"This story about animals on patrol features a crime-fighting cat, Noodles, who sniffs, 'Police dogs are nothing but squirrel chasers.' Although Noodles sleeps at the police station, he enjoys few of the police dogs' honors and comforts....Hinkes tells a lively, engaging story about... |
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The Great Fuzz Frenzy
Janet Stevens - Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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Deep, deep down in their underground town, the prairie dogs live in harmony--until a mysterious, fluorescent, very fuzzy thing (otherwise known as a tennis ball) rolls down their hole. When the prairie dogs discover that they can pluck and pull the fuzz into fabulous fashions,... |
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Arrowhawk: A True Survival Story
Lola M Schaefer - H. Holt
Format: Hardcover
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Familiar hands tossed him gently into the winter air. Hawk flapped his wings and skimmed the earth. Then he beat his wings harder, rose, and flew over the trees. And straight as an arrow, Hawk soared into the wild.The story of an injured red-tailed hawk's survival and freedomA hungry... |
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Bad Boys
Margie Palatini - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Paperback
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Wally and Willy are on the lam again. But as Willimina and Wallanda, they're free and clear . . . or are they? These cleverly disguised wolves think they can fool an entire flock with their womanly wool-wear, but three savvy sheep expose their plan. It looks like another close shave for these... |
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Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail
Coleen Salley - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook on CD
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Epossumondas has a very important question: "Mama, why don't I have hair on my tail?"And wouldn't you know it, Mama can tell him exactly why possum tails are all pink and naked and funny looking. Her story's a doozy! It goes way back to Epossumondas's great-great-grandpa, Papapossum.... |
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The Frog Principal
Stephanie Calmenson - Scholastic Press
Format: Book
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When Marty Q. Marvel the magician accidentally turns Mr. Bundy into a frog, the students of P.S. 88 dont know what to do! Its not always easy having a slimy, green-skinned amphibian for a principal. Even worse, Mr. Bundy has started playing leapfrog, swimming in the kindergarten sink, and eating... |
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Go Home!: The True Story of James the Cat
Libby Phillips Meggs - A. Whitman
Format: Print book
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James has been lost for a long time. He's grown old and tired and slow. One day he finds a house where a kind family lives, but they decide he must belong to someone because he wears a collar. So James is left to survive a dry summer and a bad storm. |
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Hooway for Wodney Wat
Lynn Munsinger - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Book
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Poor Rodney Rat can't pronounce his R's and the other rodents tease him mercilessly. But when Camilla Capybara joins Rodney's class and announces that she is bigger, meaner, and smarter than any of the other rodents, everyone is afraid. It seems she really is bigger, meaner, and smarter... |
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Raising Dragons
Jerdine Nolen - Harcourt Brace
Format: Book
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When a dragon hatches on her pa's farm, a young girl finds a best friend. At first Ma and Pa are wary of Hank, but it's not long before they see him as their daughter does--and welcome the baby dragon into their family. As it turns out, Hank is not cut out for farm life, but still, he warms... |
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Verdi
Janell Cannon - Harcourt Brace
Format: Print book
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Young Verdi doesn't want to grow up big and green. He likes his bright yellow skin and sporty stripes. Besides, all the green snakes he meets are lazy, boring, and rude. When Verdi finds a pale green stripe stretching along his whole body, he tries every trick he can think of to get rid of it--and... |
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