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6022) Summer Cat Blues
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English
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Sometimes a cat just needs to get away from it all-but humans and their murderous misbehaviour will get in the way . . .
The children of Sir William Pelham are less than pleased when their father and his new wife decide to turn the family home into a hotel and spa. So when they gather to celebrate their father's birthday, old resentments fester and tensions bubble to the surface.
Blissfully unaware of the trouble brewing at the main house,...
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This biography tells of the life of a Czech airman who escapes from the Nazi invasion, fights with the French and finally arrives in Britain to fly as an air-gunner with the RAF during World War II. He returns to his homeland after World War II but escapes back to the UK again when the communists gained control. Again he joins the RAF and rose to the rank of Warrant Officer The unique part of this is that from his time in France, throughout World...
6024) The wolf of Cape Fen
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English
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Baron Dire haunts Cape Fen, striking magical bargains, demanding unjust payment, and sending the Wolf to hunt those who do not pay, but Eliza and Winnie Serling are determined to stop him.
6025) Itty-bitty kitty rescue
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Publisher
Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
Description
After finding a lost kitten, the PAW Patrol works to keep her safe until she can be returned to her owner.
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English
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"Using the structure of "The House that Jack Built" and the example of the gray wolf reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park, the interconnectedness of the wildlife that lives in a place and how the presence (or absence) of a single species can impact an ecosystem is explained"--
6027) Isle of dogs
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In a near-future dystopian Japan where all dogs have been banished to a trash island after a flu outbreak, twelve-year-old Atari sets out for the island to find his lost dog Spots.
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English
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Dog Soldiers tells the story of two brave young 'dog soldiers' (Army bomb dog handlers), killed in action in Afghanistan with their dogs by their side, through the inspirational words of their mothers. Lance Corporal Kenneth Rowe and Lance Corporal Liam Tasker were both dog lovers from boyhood and went on to do the job they had always wanted to do. Through the soldiers' mothers, Lyn Rowe and Jane Duffy, the book will take the reader on a journey and...
6029) Earning My Spots
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English
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Sam and his family are the only werehyenas in their town, and they do their best to keep up their cover in front of the humans while the other more aggressive shifters mock the werehyena family for being weak and passive. But Sam sees no other life for himself, as he believes what he is told: he is inferior to the other shifters.
One night, a pack of shifters raids Sam's house and takes his family, leaving him all alone. With the help of some new...
6030) Kizzy Ann Stamps
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English
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In 1963, as Kizzy Ann prepares for her first year at an integrated school, she worries about the color of her skin, the scar running from the corner of her right eye to the tip of her smile, and whether anyone at the white school will like her. She writes letters to her new teacher in a clear, insistent voice, stating her troubles and asking questions with startling honesty. The new teacher is supportive, but not everyone feels the same, so there...
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English
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Five-year-old Pearl claims that a pirate stole the rare Blushing Diamond. But everyone's a pirate on Halloween.
Dogwalker Stephen Noble has been recruited to walk his five-year-old reading buddy, Pearl Lebel, to and from school while her mother is away and her father is ill. He's sure that this will be easier than walking canine clients Ping and Pong - until Pearl locks herself in the house, runs away from home, and loses her family's rare pink diamond...
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Bob was an average-looking collie puppy in every way, except for his bobbed tail . . . and maybe that's why the Brazier family named him Bob, or Bobbie.
But he was average in no other way.
In 1923, Bobbie joined Frank and Elizabeth Brazier for a cross-country drive from Silverton, Oregon, to Indiana, Frank's home state, where they planned to visit family. During a stop in Indiana, Bobbie was chased off by loose dogs, and after a week of searching...
6033) Endal
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English
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The remarkable story of Endal, voted 'Dog of the Millennium', and how, through his remarkable skills, companionship and unstinting devotion, he gave Allen Parton a reason to live again. Allen Parton was seriously injured while serving in the Gulf War. He lost the use of both of his legs, plus all memories of his children and much of his marriage. He was left unable to walk, talk or write - isolated in his own world. After five years of intensive therapy...
6034) I'm Still Up!
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English
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A soothing and humorous bedtime story with a baby who is still up! This is the ideal book for baby to read before lying down to sleep.
6035) I'm up!
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English
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"There is so much to see when you are up: The birds. The park. The pup. And some very sleepy parents! I'm Up! is an ode to a new day, and a celebration of everything and everyone that gets up each morning"--
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Del autor de su libro de memorias, Hasta Martes. Un guerrero herido y el Golden Retriever que lo salvó, nos llega una historia de amor eterno entre un soldado veterano de guerra y su inseparable amigo, Tuesday. En Español.
Todas las mañanas, Tuesday ayuda a Luis a ponerse los zapatos, primero uno y luego el otro. Le recuerda tomarse las medicinas y le acerca el bastón. Pero he aquí lo curioso: Tuesday no es una persona, ¡es un perro de asistencia!
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How Do We Live Together: Coyotes, opens young eyes to the bustling world around them and gently encourages early learning. Boys and girls will see how coyotes care for their young, and find out where they live, what they eat and how they behave. Readers are encouraged to think critically about how we share our backyards with these wonderful animals.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A secluded school for magicians faces danger from a fantastical flying creature outside and sinister forces inside. While visiting Velma's sister Madelyn, who's enrolled at the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy, the gang gets lots more than a rabbit emerging from a hat. A greedy ice-cream mogul wants to close the place, a screaming banshee gives everyone the creeps and a mythological half-dragon, half-lion animal known as a gryphon seems all to real. Now...
6040) Mom's the word
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Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a little puppy tries to find the word that feels like a cuddle and is as warm as a good-night kiss, he discovers that the world is...Mom! A heartwarming story about the relationship between mother and child."--P. [4] cover.
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