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By Ben M. Baglio. 2004
The Pet Finders are at their wits' end when a Dalmation disappears without a trace. The clues lead to the…
train station. They can only hope he didn't get on a train - or he could be anywhere by now.By Ben M. Baglio. 1998
Mandy finds a stray ferret under Lilac cottage. To make Freddie feel at home, she finds a way to include…
him in a school fundraiser. But then suddenly, Freddie is missing. Will he turn up in time for the ferret fun?By Ben M. Baglio. 1996
For Pet Day at school, James and Sarah each bring their new puppies. Quick as a flash, the two puppies…
run off together. Soon only one returns, and Mandy must help her friend find the missing pup.By Ben M. Baglio. 1998
Mandy and James are sad that their friend Wilfred Bennett has to sell his riding stables. Things get even worse…
when Sam Western turns the land into a campsite and wants everyone to forget that the stables ever existed.By Ben M. Baglio. 1998
By Jon Scieszka. 1991
After the frog turns into a prince, he and the princess do not live happily ever after and the Prince…
decides to look for a witch to help him remedy the situation.By Marcela Hubbard. 2013
Black Bear, a delightful tale for children, is the story of a little bear who misses out on dinner over…
and over again because he lets his friends talk him into eating dessert first-- blueberries! The blueberries are delicious, but they don't keep the bear's tummy full for very long, and by the time he has slept off dessert, the salmon are gone, and he is hungry long before it is dinnertime again. Black Bear, written by Marcela Hubbard and vividly illustrated by Ivonne Draper, is a story that will entrance the very young and charm the rest of us. Marthy W. Johnson, copy editor and writing instructor.By Ben M. Baglio. 1997
One night, Mandy finds a distressed golden retriever tied up outside Animal Ark -- with no sign of her owner.…
The dog is expecting puppies, and it doesn't look like there's long to wait! Who would abandon a mother-to-be?By Ben M. Baglio. 2006
By Richard W. Hatch, Marion Freeman Wakeman. 2018
An American Wind in the Willows, this charming tale of Mr. Lobster and his underwater and dry land friends celebrates…
curiousity and having an open mind, and will be sure to delight children and parents.Whether you are five or one hundred and five, chances are you’ve never met a lobster as learned and charming as Mr. Lobster—and he’d be the very first to tell you so. Mr. Lobster has evaded the fisherman’s trap for decades, but life in his corner of the ocean seems duller by the day. The time has come to seek new adventures, new friends, and even—gasp!—new, dry lands. Dry land is of course perilous for a saltwater-dwelling creature, as are the folks you can meet there, like badgers, bears, birds, and snakes. But Mr. Lobster has a way of turning every enemy into a dear friend and of escaping the scrapes his curiosity gets him into.An American Wind in the Willows, The Curious Lobster stories have been delighting a small and devoted fellowship of readers for going on eighty years. Sweet but not cloying, instructive but not didactic, they acknowledge the challenges of getting along with others and celebrate the possibilities of a life lived beyond the normal swim of things.This edition collects all of Richard W. Hatch’s Mr. Lobster stories, originally published in two volumes The Curious Lobster and The Curious Lobster’s Island.By Ben M. Baglio. 1996
When Penny Hapwell goes away for the weekend, Mandy and James are happy to look after her pet goose. But…
then Gussie disappears, and Mandy and James are off on a wild goose chase to get her back.By Ben M. Baglio. 1999
Mandy and her best friend James are used to dealing with animals in distress. But ghostly animals in distress are…
a different matter... One day, while out riding, Mandy gets separated from her cousin and lost in the fog.By Ben M. Baglio. 1994
The rescue of a baby badger leads Mandy and James to the discovery of a group involved in the cruel…
sport of badger baiting. Will the culprits be arrested before the baby badger is released back into the wild?By Ben M. Baglio. 1999
Mandy and her best friend James are used to dealing with animals in distress. But ghostly animals in distress are…
a different matter... Mandy is haunted by dreams of a mysterious cat.By Marguerite W. Davol. 1997
By Scott Ciencin. 1999
Since he was small, Marc has wanted to be a tightrope walker - even though he has no sense of…
balance and a fear of heights. His buddy Gentle, a Parasaurolophus, dreams of being a musician - even though his notes are wildly out of tune.By Ben M. Baglio. 1999
Mandy and James can hardly wait to accompany Mandy's father to Folan's Racing Stables. But when they arrive, they find…
that there is trouble. Some of the jockeys believe the stables are haunted by Tibor, a stallion who died in a race.By Scott Ciencin. 2001
By Ben M. Baglio. 1996
Mandy's class visits a farm to learn about the animals. But Mandy's partner is Dillon, the class bully. Will Dillon…
be mean to the animals? It's time for Mandy and a lamb named Snowy to teach Dillon a lesson.By Ben M. Baglio. 1999
When Mandy's dad diagnoses an Old English Sheepdog puppy as deaf, Mandy feels sorry for it. But it isn't until…
she finds another Sheepdog puppy weak and abandoned that she and James begin to get suspicious.