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This deluxe volume brings all Beatrix Potter's 23 Peter Rabbit tales and verses together in one book. The texts are…
complete and unabridged. The stories are arranged in the order in which they were first published. Each story stands alone but several are linked together by events and characters. Grades P-2. 1997.By Jean Slaughter Doty. 1976
By Russell Banks. 2004
Hannah Musgrave, fifty-nine, former radical Weather Underground member, recounts life as a fugitive in 1980s Liberia. She recalls her chimpanzee…
sanctuary, her involvement with warlord Charles Taylor, her husband's beheading, and the defection of her sons as the country is devastated by internal strife. Some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence, and some strong language. 2004.By Mary Higgins Clark. 1980
While in Westlake Hospital, Katie DeMaio sees a woman's body being carried to a car in the middle of the…
night. The next day the woman is found dead and declared a suicide. 1980.By Robert Merle. 1969
By Dean R Koontz. 2008
Amy Redwing recklessly risks everything in her chosen field of dog rescue. When she confronts a violent drunk in order…
to rescue Nickie, a beautiful golden retriever, Amy has no misgivings. Dogs always do their best, and so will she. Whatever it takes. 2008.By Rachelle Delaney. 2013
JR the terrier and his embassy friends Robert, Pie, and Beatrix are on their way to Prague! Having solved the…
mystery of the missing dogs in Moscow, JR is ready for a vacation with his human, George, and George’s Russian girlfriend, Nadya. And where better to distract themselves than in Prague, taking in the sights and meeting Nadya’s brother, a circus performer. But something is amiss at the circus - the animals are unhappy. The boxing kangaroo doesn’t want to box, the dancing chimpanzee doesn’t want to dance. Not only that, but a fancy new circus is coming to town, threatening to put everyone out of a job. It’s up to JR and the embassy dogs to save the show, with the help of some unlikely accomplices. Grades 3-6. Sequel to "The metro dogs of Moscow". 2013.By Deborah Ellis. 2014
A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers.…
The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. Should she help him? After all, she's just a cat. Or is she? She was once a regular North American girl, but that was before she died and came back to life as a cat. When the little boy is discovered, the soldiers don't know what to do with him. It is not long before his teacher and classmates come looking for him, and the house is suddenly surrounded by Palestinian villagers throwing rocks, and the sound of Israeli tanks approaching. As the soldiers begin to panic and disaster seems certain, the cat knows that it is up to her to diffuse the situation. Grades 5-8. 2014.By Gillian Chan. 2001
Fifteen-year-old Callum has just arrived from Scotland when he hands over his savings to a stranger in exchange for a…
filthy, half-starved dog and a carved box that he has been warned never to open. Callum is unprepared for the grinding physical labour of working on a farm; his only source of comfort is Dog, who seems to know all his secret wishes and fears. Then the mysterious carved box accidentally breaks open, and Callum is faced with some astonishing revelations and difficult decisions. Grades 5-8. 2001.By Stephanie Simpson McLellan. 2001
Guinevere the hen looks after Merlin, an abandoned kitten. Even though she gives him up so he can be cared…
for properly, she never realizes that he will return one day to help her realize her dreams. Grades K-3. 2001. Taped with: Leon's song by Stephanie Simpson McLellan. Leon is an old frog who longs to sing beautifully. But when his friends are in danger, the old frog's bravery reveals talents that bring him more fame than he's ever dreamt of. Grades K-3. 2004.By Kristen Heitzmann. 2013
Morgan Spencer is shattered in the wake of his wife's death. After two years of mourning on his brother's ranch,…
Morgan meets Quinn Riley, and hope blossoms that he could love again. But Quinn is fleeing a dangerous man bent on revenge, and she won't risk the Spencer family's safety by sticking around. If Morgan is going to win Quinn's heart, he'll first have to keep her safe. Sequel to "The still of night". 2013.By Deric Longden. 1991
Longden didn't mean to steal the neighbour's kitten, but when he saw the wet, shivering creature in the back yard,…
he felt sorry for it. Anyone would feel the same and it wouldn't make him a cat lover, would it? Still, Longden wasn't expecting this scrap of a kitten to become king of all he surveyed. c1991.By Karin McQuillan. 1994
Jazz Jasper, American owner of a Kenyan safari company, sets out to solve a murder and protect an endangered species.…
She witnesses the gruesome death of investigative reporter Nick Hunter. Aided by Nick's widow, an animal-rights activist, and police detective Omondi, Jazz traces Nick's last moves, gradually discerning that whoever is behind his murder may also threaten the survival of the cheetah. Some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. Sequel to "Elephant's graveyard" (DC31008). c1994.By Jacqueline Wilson. 2002
Verity's old tabby cat, Mabel, might not be quite as lively as she used to be, but she really loves…
her. More importantly, Mabel once belonged to Verity's mum - not that Verity actually knew her mum because she died. So when she finds Mabel dead in the wardrobe, it seems to Verity that it would be much better to take a few lessons from the Ancient Egyptians - and mummify her. But things don't quite go as planned. Grade 3-6. 2002.By Polly Berrien Berends. 1973
By Anne McCaffrey. 1988
A saga of Ireland and the Irish, full of characters and, not least, horses. Cornanagh, the Carradyne family estate, is…
flourishing, and, under the sternly knowledgeable eye of her father, Michael, 13 year old Catriona is growing in stature as a rider. Behind the easy life an emotional abyss is to open however, as her mother slips over the edge into a shadowy world of fanaticism and madness. 1988.By Jack Tworkov. 1951
By Michael Morpurgo. 1996
Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld. They become inseparable but then Bertie is sent to…
boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to the circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see each other again. Grades 4-7. 1996.By Enid Blyton. 1963
By Peggy Christian. 1995
Cervantes is the mouse who lives behind a wall of reference books in an antiquarian bookstore. His problem is Milo,…
the cat, who is waiting to catch him. But Cervantes knows how to read and Milo does not, giving Cervantes an unexpected advantage. Grades 3-6. 1995.