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Spot goes to the library
By Eric Hill. 2011
Spot and his friends spend the day at the library searching for books with the help of Ms. Lion. The…
fun only increases when they take the books home to act them out. Grades P-2. 2011.Solo's journey
By Joy Smith Aiken. 1988
This story tells of the life and adventures of Solo who, orphaned as a kitten, has a tremendous fight to…
survive within the community of feral cats to which he belongs. Destruction threatens the group and Solo realises he must find a new home for them all, and so the great trek starts. Grades 4-7. 1988.Sounding
By Hank Searls. 1982
Obsessed with the desire to communicate with man, an aging sperm whale cruises into the vicinity of a Russian nuclear…
submarine stranded 600 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. 1982.Son of a trickster (Trickster trilogy. #1.)
By Eden Robinson. 2017
Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary…
mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. Jared does smoke and drink too much, and he does make the best cookies in town, and his mom is a mess, but he's also a kid who has an immense capacity for compassion and an impulse to watch over people more than twice his age, and he can't rely on anyone for consistent love and support, except for his flatulent pit bull, Baby Killer, and now she's dead. Bestseller. 2017.Snowy River brumby
By Elyne Mitchell. 1981
Through an accident when he is young Nooroo, the beautiful brumby son of Buzz, comes to a caring family and…
a loving little girl. In spite of the friendship and the excitement he finds there, he knows that at heart he will always belong to the Snowy River Mountains. Grades 3-6. 1981.Smells like dog (Smells Like Dog #1)
By Suzanne Selfors. 2010
When farm boy Homer Pudding's explorer-uncle dies and leaves him a droopy dog with a mysterious coin hidden on its…
collar, it leads him to The City, where they meet Madame La Directeur, the conniving head of the Natural History Museum, who is trying to steal the coin and take Homer's place in a secret society of adventurers. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. 2010.Slave of the Haida
By Doris Andersen. 1974
Kim-Ta, son of a Salish chief, is captured by the Haidas. Afraid that he may become a sacrificial victim at…
one of their feasts, Kim-Ta plans his escape. Grades 4-7. 1974.Sing down the moon
By Scott O'Dell. 1994
Skeleton man (Skeleton Man #1)
By Joseph Bruchac. 2001
A strange "great-uncle" takes charge of Molly after her parents disappear. She doesn't trust him and must rely on her…
dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety--and maybe even for her life. Grades 5-8. 2001.Simon Jesse's journey
By Stan Dragland. 1983
Silverwing
By Kenneth Oppel. 1997
When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in…
ways that prepare him for even greater journeys. Prequel to "Sunwing" (DC19512). Winner of the 1999 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Winner of the 1998 Silver Birch Award. Grades 4-7. 1997.Sauvez ma Babouche! (Premier roman ; #PR 10)
By Gilles Gauthier. 1991
Babouche a disparue. Carl et son copain Garry se lancent à sa poursuite. Ils ratissent le quartier en tous sens…
et retrouvent finalement la vieille chienne à la fourrière. Pour Carl, sa Babouche semble avoir trouvé un second souffle. Années 2-4. 1991.Sam's ride (Orca echoes)
By Becky Citra. 2009
Sam, a nine-year-old boy, is devastated when his mother drops him off for two weeks on his grandfather's ranch. Grandpa…
has a lot of rules, and Sam isn't happy about having to stay with him, but it isn't all bad - he learns to ride a horse and also discovers some surprising things about his father, who died when Sam was a baby. When Sam is forced to overcome his fear of riding in order to help rescue Grandpa, Sam grows to appreciate both his grandpa and life on the ranch. Grades 2-4. 2009.Saving Mister Nibbles (Elliot's park.)
By Patrick Carman. 2008
Sanaaq: an Inuit novel (Contemporary studies on the north ; #4)
By Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, Bernard Saladin D'Anglure, Peter Frost. 2014
An Inuit family negotiates the changes brought into their community by the coming of the qallunaat, the white people, in…
the mid-nineteenth century. 48 episodes recount the daily life of Sanaaq, a strong and outspoken young widow, her daughter Qumaq, and their small semi-nomadic community in northern Quebec. Here they live their lives hunting seal, repairing their kayak, and gathering mussels under blue sea ice before the tide comes in. Marriages are made and unmade, children are born and named, violence appears in the form of a fearful husband or a hungry polar bear. The spirit world is alive and relations with non-humans are never taken lightly. And under it all, the growing intrusion of the qallunaat and the battle for souls between the Catholic and Anglican missionaries threatens to forever change the way of life of Sanaaq and her young family. 2014. Uniform title: Sanaaq.Salmon fishing in the Yemen
By Paul Torday. 2007
When he is asked to become involved in a project to create a salmon river in the highlands of Yemen,…
fisheries scientist Dr Alfred Jones rejects the idea as absurd. But the proposal catches the eye of several senior British politicians. And so Fred finds himself forced to set aside his research and instead figure out how to fly ten thousand salmon to a desert country - and persuade them to swim there. 2007.Sammy Keyes and the psycho Kitty Queen (Sammy Keyes mystery. #Bk. 9)
By Wendelin Van Draanen. 2004
Sammy's never been what you might call lucky, but finding a dead cat on her birthday ranks right up there…
on her list of top-ten unluckiest moments. That sets off a chain of wacky events, like getting hosed down by a crazy cat lady who blames Sammy for the death of her pet, being chased through a back alley by a guy with a cleaver, and getting thrown into the ring by a cranky pro wrestler named El Gato. All because Sammy and her friend Holly are trying to find out why cats are suddenly mysteriously disappearing in Santa Martina. Some violence. Grades 5-8. 2004.Salamandastron: a tale of Redwall (Redwall ; #5)
By Brian Jacques. 1992
When the mountain stronghold of Salamandastron, ruled with a paw of iron by Lord Urthstripe the Strong, is under siege…
from the weasel, Ferahgo the Assassin, the destinies of five creatures - Samkin and Arula from Redwall Abbey, Mara and Pikkle of Salamandastron, and Klitch, son of Ferahgo - become intertwined. Can the good creatures triumph over Ferahgo the Assassin? Grades 5-8. 1993, c1992. (Redwall ; 5)Sandeagozu: a novel
By Janann V Jenner. 1986
An animal fantasy, in the tradition of "The incredible journey." A 30-foot Burmese python and other escapees from a New…
York pet shop travel across the U.S. to the San Diego Zoo which they imagine is a paradise. 1986.Ritou, le raton qui n'aimait pas la pluie (Estime de soi)
By Gilles Tibo. 2008
Ritou n’aime pas du tout la pluie. Il tente par tous les moyens de ne pas l’entendre, mais rien n’y…
fait. Il décide donc de trouver une invention qui lui permettra de jouer sous la pluie sans se faire mouiller. D’invention en invention, Ritou réussira à trouver des solutions pleines d’imagination. Années 1-3. 2008.