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Finding Zasha
Randi Barrow - Scholastic Press
Format: Book
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Randi Barrow is back with another gripping heroic World War II story about a boy and his best friend, a German shepherd!In 1941, the Germans began the long, bloody siege on Leningrad. During the chaos, twelve-year-old Ivan is sent to live with relatives when his mother's job is moved to the mountains.... |
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Stripes of All Types
Susan Stockdale - Peachtree
Format: Print book
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In Stripes of All Types, author and illustrator Susan Stockdale brings to life a patterned parade of animals, showing young readers some of the many reasons stripes are found so often in nature. Bouncy, alliterative rhyme and simple phrases keep readers entertained, while a glossary at the back... |
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How to Be a Cat
Nikki McClure - Abrams Appleseed
Format: Book
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In cut-paper artist Nikki McClure's latest picture book, a kitten practices the basics of feline behavior over the course of a day. A single word of text per spread teaches readers "how to be a cat" - how to stretch, clean, pounce, feast - while the striking paper cuts illustrate... |
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Kitty Corner: Domino
Ellen Miles - Scholastic
Format: Paperback
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From the bestselling author of THE PUPPY PLACE!Mia and Michael Battelli would love a kitty of their very own. But until their family is ready for a full-time pet, they foster cats and kittens. They give them lots of love and attention, and help these cute kitties find the perfect home.On... |
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Calendar Mysteries #7: July Jitters
Ron Roy - Random House
Format: Book
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It's a mystery every month from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy!July is for Jitters... In the seventh book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early chapter book mystery series featuring the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries detectives - the mayor is having a special Fourth of July... |
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School Days According to Humphrey
Betty G. Birney - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: eBook
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Humphrey is excited to get back to Room 26 and see all his old classmates. But on the first day of school, a bunch of strange kids arrive and no matter how loudly he squeaks up, they don't realize they're in the wrong room! Once Humphrey gets over the shock of being with a whole new group... |
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The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy
Dori Hillestad Butler - Albert Whitman & Co.
Format: Print book
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"My name is King. I am a dog. I am also a detective."King has a very big mystery to solve. His family is missing, and he's been put in the P-O-U-N-D. Why doesn't his beloved human (Kayla) come to get him? When King is adopted by Connor and his mom, things get more confusing.... |
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Survivors #1: The Empty City
Erin Hunter - Harper
Format: Print book
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From the #1 nationally bestselling author of Warriors comes an action-packed animal fantasy series that shows readers the world through the eyes of dogs. Survivors is full of wild and wonderful adventure (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) that will thrill fans of Spirit Animals and Wings... |
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Return to the Willows
Jacqueline Kelly - Henry Holt
Format: Hardcover
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Mole, Ratty, Toad, and Badger are back for more rollicking adventures in this sequel to The Wind in the Willows. With lavish illustrations by Clint Young, Jacqueline Kelly masterfully evokes the magic of Kenneth Grahame's beloved children's classic and brings it to life for a whole... |
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Dogs of the Drowned City #1: The Storm
Dayna Lorentz - Scholastic
Format: Print book
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Warriors and Guardians of Ga'Hoole fans have a new animal adventure series to sink their teeth into!When a hurricane forces his family to evacuate without him, Shep the German Shepard is confused. Where is his boy? Will he ever return? And what will Shep do in the meantime, now that the extra... |
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Secrets at Sea
Richard Peck - Puffin Books
Format: Book
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The adorable tale of a family of mice stowaways on an adventurous ship's journey In the beloved tradition of The Borrowers, The Tale of Despereaux, and The Cricket in Times Square, here is an irresistible adventure story about the tiny creatures who secretly live among... |
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Nightshade City
Hilary Wagner - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover
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Deep beneath a modern metropolis lies the Catacombs, the kingdom of remarkable rats of superior intellect. Juniper and his maverick band of rebel rats have been plotting ever since the Bloody Coup turned the Catacombs, a once-peaceful democracy, into a brutal dictatorship ruled by decadent... |
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The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate - Harper
Format: Book
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Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller, this stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendships. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated... |
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Nuts
Kacy Cook - Marshall Cavendish Children
Format: Book
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An eleven-year-old girl cares for two orphaned squirrels |
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Tua and the Elephant
R. P. Harris - Chronicle Books
Format: Book
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Ten-year-old Tua - Thai for "peanut" - has everything she needs at home in Chiang Mai, Thailand, except for one thing she's always wanted: a sister. In the market one day, Tua makes an accidental acquaintance - one with wise, loving eyes, remarkable strength, and a very curious... |
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Ghost Dog Secrets
Peg Kehret - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback
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Each day, sixth-grader Rusty feeds a dog that's left chained in the frigid weather with no shelter, food, or water. When he realizes the dog has been injured, he tries to have Animal Control help - but when that fails, Rusty and his friend Andrew unchain the dog and take it. With the dog in their... |
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The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester
Barbara O'Connor - Farrar
Format: Print book
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An amazing secret has tumbled off a freight train into Carter, Georgia, and Owen Jester is the only person who knows about it. If he can simply manage to evade his grandfather's snappish housekeeper, organize his two best friends, and keep his nosy neighbor, Viola, at bay, he just might... |
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Animal Rescue Team: Gator on the Loose!
Sue Stauffacher - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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Meet the Carters: Mr. and Mrs. Carter, 10-year-old daughter Keisha, five-year-old Razi, baby Paolo, and Grandma Alice. Together, they run Carters' Urban Rescue, the place you call when you've got an animal where it shouldn't be. In their first adventure, there's a baby alligator at the city... |
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Tumtum & Nutmeg: The Rose Cottage Tales
Emily Bearn - Little
Format: Print book
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Tumtum and Nutmeg just want to live out their comfy lives in peace, unbothered by anything as distracting as an adventure. But the holidays are upon them, and it seems to be the time of year when Arthur and Lucy, the disheveled human children of Rose Cottage, and bumbling veteran hero General... |
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Chomp
Carl Hiaasen - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook
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The hysterical #1 New York Times bestseller from Newbery honoree Carl Hiaasen featuring gators, snakes, bats that bite, and reality show hosts gone wild! When Wahoo Cray's dad - a professional animal wrangler - takes a job with a reality TV show called Expedition Survival!,... |
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Spunky Tells All
Ann Cameron - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Book
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Spunky the dog would be happy to share all of his secrets, if only his human family spoke his language. But no matter how hard he tries to talk, it's all "yerf!" to them. Through a series of unfortunate miscommunications, his family decides that Spunky wants a friend--specifically,... |
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Labracadabra
Jessie Nelson - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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Zach isn't impressed with his new dog, Larry, at first. He'd hoped for a chocolate lab or a spaniel, not this funny looking mish-mash of a dog with a great long tail. And who names a dog "Larry," anyway? But Zach discovers that when Larry twirls that ridiculously long tail - Labracadabra!... |
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The Worm Whisperer
Betty Hicks - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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You've heard of Horse Whisperers and Dog Whisperers, but Ellis thinks he might be a Worm Whisperer! Ellis Coffey loves animals. He spends so much time outdoors that sometimes he thinks he can talk with them. When he discovers a caterpillar that seems to follow his directions, he knows he has a chance... |
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Following Grandfather
Rosemary Wells - Candlewick
Format: Print book
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Invisible to humans exists a parallel world of mice, where young Jenny misses her cherished grandfather so much that she begins to see him everywhere.Jenny is as close to her grandfather as a small mouse can be. Grandfather shows Jenny how to button her buttons and how to write her name.... |
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