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The Georges and the Jewels (Horses of Oak Valley Ranch. #1.)
By Jane Smiley. 2014
Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt grows up on her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, learning to train the horses her…
father sells and trying to reconcile her strict religious upbringing with her own ideas about life. Followed by "A good horse". Grades 5-8. 2014.The giant jumperee
By Julia Donaldson. 2017
Rabbit arrives home one day to hear a loud voice coming from inside his burrow: "I'm the Giant Jumperee and…
I'm scary as can be!" shouts the stranger. Rabbit's friends Cat, Bear, and Elephant come to help, but they're no match for the mysterious, booming voice. But who is the Giant Jumperee? Grades K-3. 2017.The great kapok tree: a tale of the Amazon rain forest
By Lynne Cherry. 1990
When a man walks into the rain forest and begins to chop down a great kapok tree, all the different…
animals that live in the tree try to convince him of the importance of sparing their home. Grades K-3 and older readers. 1990.The Giggler treatment
By Roddy Doyle. 2000
The small furry Gigglers' favourite punishment for adults who are unfair to children is to place dog poo in their…
path. Now the Gigglers are after Mr. Mack and plan to use his family's dog, Rover (who can talk), to supply the poo. But perhaps they are making a mistake. Grades 2-4. 2000.The giraffe, and the pelly and me
By Roald Dahl. 1985
A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team of a giraffe, a pelican,…
and a monkey. Together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true. Grades 3-6. 1985.The frogs wore red suspenders: rhymes
By Jack Prelutsky. 2002
A collection of rhyming poems set in such places as Tuscaloosa, Tucumcari, and the Grand Canyon. These funny verses are…
about people and animals, often doing unusual things, like "Seven snails and seven snakes/ swam around the five Great Lakes." For grades K-3. 2002.The finest creation
By Jean Rabe. 2004
Long ago, the Creators established the Finest Court, a race of intelligent, moral horses that names shepherds to secretly guide…
and guard the Fallen Favorites. Young Gallant-Stallion, a newly-appointed shepherd, escapes the violent massacre of the prince's wedding party, carrying away 13-year-old Meven, the new prince, and Meven's younger sister, Kalantha. Gallant-Stallion and his charges know that the assassins, directed by an evil avian mastermind, are tracking them, and embark on a series of adventures as they as they try to set things right - and stay alive. For junior and senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2004.The Firework-maker's daughter (Arthur A Levine Novel Bks.)
By Philip Pullman. 1999
In order to become a master maker of fireworks like her father, Lila runs away to seek royal sulphur from…
a sacred volcano. But her father did not reveal all his secrets, and only the timely arrival of her friend Chulak and his white elephant, Hamlet, saves her. Grades 3-6. 1999.The fire within (The last Dragon Chronicles Ser. #1)
By Chris D'Lacey. 2005
When college student David Rain rents a room in an unusual boardinghouse full of clay dragons, he has no idea…
that they, along with some lively squirrels, will help jumpstart his writing career. Grades 5-8. 2005, c2001.The equal sky
By Stephen Reardon. 2007
1886. The winter floods bring to light the remains of a long-dead Icenian warrior. Henry Turner, the son of a…
farm bailiff, gifted with an intuitive understanding of their heavy work horses, feels he is unaccountably chosen for a mysterious purpose. Turning his back on the Cambridgeshire village and the future everyone assumes he has with Annie Lilley, Henry Turner is taken on as a groom by a former army officer with an estate in turbulent Ireland and a sinister past. While in the officer's London house, Henry befriends a Sioux Indian with similar gifts to his own. Together they seek to understand the mind of the Icenian warrior as he compels them to fulfil his purpose and, in doing so, discover their own destinies. For junior high and older readers. 2007.The dog with golden eyes (Milkweed Prize For Children's Literature Ser.)
By Frances Wilbur. 1998
When lonely thirteen-year-old Cassie finds a large white dog in her backyard, she begins to feed him secretly. She does…
odd jobs for her neighbours to earn dog-food money. Then she discovers that her pet is really a wolf and determines to save it from capture. Grades 4-7. c1998.The cuckoo child
By Dick King-Smith. 1993
Jack Daw has always loved birds. When his class visits Wildlife Park and he sees an ostrich for the first…
time, Jack is fascinated by the huge bird. He steals an ostrich egg marked for snake food. At home he slips his prize under an unsuspecting goose and, forty-one days later, Oliver hatches. Although his surrogate parents are confused by his odd appearance, Oliver soon becomes the pride and joy of his goose mother and Jack. Grades 3-6. 1993.The education of Mr. Whippoorwill: a country boyhood
By David Zieroth. 2002
The tales that come with growing up on a prairie farm, and then leaving it for the big city, are…
recounted. Included are such happenings as a calf getting hit by lightning, a bag of squirming kittens, and the aftershocks of war passed down through the generations. For junior high readers. 2002.The house at Pooh Corner
By A. A Milne. 2003
The horse in the attic
By Eleanor Lowenton Clymer. 1983
Caroline is exploring her new country home when she discovers an old painting of an extraordinary horse. Her whole family…
becomes involved in unraveling the mystery of the animal's identity and fascinating history. For grades 4-7. 1983.The Hoboken chicken emergency
By Daniel Manus Pinkwater. 1999
The great race
By David Bouchard. 1997
A Chinese fable about the origins of the zodiac. The Great Buddha sends eleven animals and one dragon on a…
great race to the gates of the Jade City. The order that they arrive in, not who wins the race, is what becomes important. Grades 2-4. 1997.The great London adventure
By Neil Shaw Larkman. 2001
Inspired by the ravens of The Tower of London, Shaw-Larkman began to piece together stories around two comical ravens, and…
elf-like creatures known as Gronkiedoddles, who live in London's disused tube tunnels and only come out at night to help the homeless and do battle with evil. Grades 3-6. 2001.The gruffalo
By Julia Donaldson. 1999
When Mouse takes a stroll through the woods, he meets a fox, an owl, and a snake who all want…
to eat him! So Mouse invents a gruffalo, a monster with "terrible tusks and terrible claws, terrible teeth, and terrible jaws." But will Mouse's frightful description be enough to scare off his foes? After all, there's no such thing as a gruffalo... is there? Grades K-3. 1999.The goatnappers
By Rosa Jordan. 2007
15-year-old Justin is overjoyed to be the only freshman accepted on his Florida school's baseball team, but getting to and…
from practice is a problem. He sells his goat to pay for a bicycle, but when he and his siblings find out the animal is being mistreated by the new owner, they plan to "goatnap" Little Billy. Then the kids' dad turns up after a four-year absence, and Justin is tempted to go off with him. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "Lost Goat Lane" (DC27601). 2007.