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My father's dragon volume 1
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English
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A young boy runs away from home to rescue an abused baby dragon held captive to serve as a free twenty-four hour, seven-days-a-week ferry for the lazy wild animals living on Wild Island.
4) The doghouse
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English
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Cow, Pig, Duck, and Mouse are afraid to retrieve their ball when it goes into the dog's house, but when they do go in they are pleasantly surprised.
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This nonfiction picture book uses a playful guessing game to introduce eight different ocean animals and some unique aspects of their bodies. There's also a brief description of the animal's traits with a special emphasis on the featured body part. Young children will recognize that every animal has its own distinctive features and body parts that help it survive. Author Stacey Roderick has created a perfect beginning exploration of the physical traits...
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Wild robot volume 1
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
8) Pip & Pup
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Publisher Annotation: Across the barnyard, Pip the chick spots a new friend to play with?Pup! But Pup isn't sure he likes how Pip plays?too rough. These two friends will weather the storm though. A bright, fun celebration of spring and friendship! 32pp., Color Ill.
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One and only Ivan stories volume 2
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English
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Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
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Animal Books and Anne Caroll Moore
Anne of Green Gables: Further Reading
What Staff is Reading TODAY: Thanksgiving Edition
Anne of Green Gables: Further Reading
What Staff is Reading TODAY: Thanksgiving Edition
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These are the escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.
12) How to be a cat
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In this tender board 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 the kitten's attempts to imitate an adult cat's mastery of each skill. At times, the kitten triumphantly succeeds, and at other times the kitten struggles, in vignettes that range from whimsical to profound....
13) The road home
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow birds and woodland creatures as they journey to the nests and burrows they call home, past predators and other dangers.
14) Landfall
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Guardian Herd volume 3
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English
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Nightwing quickly gathers an army, while a seriously injured Star races to maintain peace among the pegasi and stop a war that could take his life and leave Anok in ruins.
15) The Bad Guys
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Bad guys (Aaron Blabey) volume 1
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English
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The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry.
17) We all play
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Greystone Books
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English
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From Julie Flett, the beloved author and illustrator of Birdsong, comes a joyous new book about playtime for babies, toddlers, and kids up to age 7. Animals and kids love to play! This wonderful Own Voices book celebrates playtime and the connection between children and the natural world. Beautiful illustrations show: birds who chase and chirp! bears who wiggle and wobble whales who swim and squirt! owls who peek and peep! and a diverse group of kids...
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Mary Roach meets Bill Bryson in this "surefire summer winner" (Janet Maslin, New York Times), an uproarious tour of the basest instincts and biggest mysteries of the animal world
Humans have gone to the Moon and discovered the Higgs boson, but when it comes to understanding animals, we've still got a long way to go. Whether we're seeing a viral video of romping baby pandas or a picture of penguins "holding hands," it's hard for us...
Humans have gone to the Moon and discovered the Higgs boson, but when it comes to understanding animals, we've still got a long way to go. Whether we're seeing a viral video of romping baby pandas or a picture of penguins "holding hands," it's hard for us...
19) Spark
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Naturally quiet since birth, Mina and her stormbeast, Pixit, lead others like themselves in defying authority and attempting to spread the truth that Alorria's idyllic weather comes at a steep cost.
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