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By Anna Dewdney. 2005
In this infectious rhyming read-aloud, Baby Llama turns bedtime into an all-out llama drama! Tucked into bed by his mama,…
Baby Llama immediately starts worrying when she goes downstairs, and his soft whimpers turn to hollers when she doesn't come right back. But just in time, Mama returns to set things right. Grades K-3. 2005.By Anna Dewdney. 2011
Llama Llama's mother takes good care of him when he has to stay home from school because he is sick,…
but when Mama Llama begins to feel sick, too, Llama Llama knows how to take care of her. Grades K-3. 2011.By Laura McGee Kvasnosky, Kate Harvey McGee. 2017
Little Wolf can hardly wait. Tonight he will howl at the moon to the top of the sky. First, Big…
Wolf demonstrates traditional howling form: AAAAAAAAAAOOOOOooooooooo. Then it's Little Wolf's turn. He's sure he is ready, but when the big moment comes, something happens. Something unexpected, something wild, something unbe-beep-bop-believable! Grades K-3.By Hans De Beer, Rosemary Lanning. 1999
Lars, the Little Polar Bear, rescues a husky puppy who is trapped in a deep crack in the ice. The…
two animals have to work together so that the puppy can safely return to his home. Grades K-3. 1999.By Divya Srinivasan. 2011
Little Owl enjoys a lovely night in the forest visiting his friend the raccoon, listening to the frogs croak and…
the crickets chirp, and watching the fog that hovers overhead. Grades K-3. 2011.By Frank Asch, David Kirk, H. A Rey, Jeanne Modesitt. 2001
Biddle Pig thinks she is much too clean and pretty to play in the mud with the other piglets, but…
being the cleanest one isn't much fun - it's lonely. Grades P-2. 2001. Taped with: Mama, if you had a wish by Jeanne Modesitt. Little Bunny asks his mother: if she had one wish, would she wish that Little Bunny never got mad, or sad, or that he looked different? Grades P-2. 1999. Taped with: Whiteblack the penguin sees the world by H. A. and Margaret Rey. Whiteblack the Penguin has run out of stories for his radio show, so he decides to travel the world in search of new tales. Grades P-2, 2000, c1937. Taped with: Ziggy Piggy and the three little pigs by Frank Asch. When the wolf starts blowing down the houses of the three little pigs, it's up to the fourth pig, Ziggy, to save the day. Grades P-2. 2001.By Johanna Kerby. 2010
Pink, a piglet who is the runt of the litter, is adopted by Tink, a dachshund who is nursing a…
litter of her own, and Pink is raised in the house along with the puppies. Based on a true story. Grades K-3. 2010.By Keith Du Quette. 2007
Bored, Little Monkey sets out to find adventure in the jungle and meets nine different kinds of monkeys who teach…
him fun new things, but not how to get home. Includes facts about the New World Monkeys featured. Grades K-3. 2007.By Olivier Dunrea. 2012
What's an Old Bear to do when he finds a Little Cub all alone and afraid of the dark? Adopt…
him, of course! And help him try to get over his fears. Companion to “Old Bear and His Cub”. Grades K-3. 2012.By Elizabeth McPike. 2016
By Else Holmelund Minarik. 1957
Presents stories of the adorable bear cub and his loving mother, as well as their friends Hen, Duck, and Cat.…
K-3. 2007, c1957. Little Bear -- Father Bear comes home -- Little Bear's friend -- Little Bear's visit -- Kiss for Little Bear.By Yann Martel. 2001
Piscine Molitor Patel, nicknamed Pi, lives in India, where his family runs a zoo. They decide to emigrate to Canada,…
but their boat, carrying some of their animals, sinks on the way. Left in a lifeboat are Pi, a hyena, a zebra, an orang-utan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger named Robert Parker. With intelligence, daring and inexpressible fear, Pi, with his devout belief in three religions at once, manages to keep his wits about him as the animals begin to assert their places in the food chain. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2003. 2002 Man Booker Prize. 2001.By Daniel Kirk. 2012
Sam the library mouse and his friend Sarah visit a museum so that Sam can sketch in his explorer's journal.…
Sarah doesn't understand how explorers can possibly have the time - or the desire - to keep a journal. So Sam shows her how a journal can contain so much more than just writing. As the friends search the museum, they see many new things - and make an unexpected friend. Grades K-3. 2012.By Natalie Savage Carlson. 1975
By W. H Beck. 2012
Malcolm, a smaller than average rat, loves life at McKenna School and the secret society of classroom pets that keep…
children out of trouble, but when Aggy the iguana disappears Malcolm must use all of his ratty persistence to prove his innocence and save her. Grades 3-6. 2012.By Bernard Waber. 1966
By Jessica Scott Kerrin. 2012
Graeme knows every inch of his fishing community. When Graeme's dad catches a gargantuan lobster with antennae the size of…
bicycle spokes, Graeme is fascinated. His dad promises to put the creature up for auction at the town's annual lobster festival and, if it gets the highest bid, use the prize money to take Graeme to a marine research aquarium. But what if the right thing would be to set the lobster free? Followed by "A narrow escape". Grades 2-4. 2012.By David Ezra Stein. 2011
Mouserella misses her grandmouse, so she writes her a letter. At first she can't think of anything to say, but…
once she starts, the news begins to flow — she found a cat whisker at the zoo, she taught her ladybug to fetch, she made shadow puppets with Dadmouse during a blackout — and just like that, the events of the past few days come to vivid life in her letter, as does her love for Grandmouse. Grades K-3. 2011.By Simon Puttock. 2009
A farmyard story introducing a wonderful new character -- Louisa the letter-writing pig! Louisa the pig is not happy with…
her living conditions, so she writes an anonymous letter of complaint to Farmer Giles. But no matter what the poor farmer does to make improvements, nothing is ever quite good enough for Louisa, who sends note after note with increasingly extravagant demands. Whatever will Louisa do when the farmer finally gives up and writes a rude message back? Grades K-3. 2009.By Jean Little. 1985
When Lucy's family moves to a new town, Lucy is lonely until she finds a friendly stray dog. Her parents…
let her keep the dog until they find the owner, but Lucy begins to hope he has no owner. Grades 3-6. 1985.