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Trouble
By Gary D Schmidt. 2008
Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his older brother Franklin's dying request, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his…
best friend and dog. But they encounter the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin--and learn that all is not as it seems. For junior and senior high readers. 2008Julia Gillian (Julia Gillian Ser.)
By Alison McGhee. 2008
Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear when she and her Saint Bernard, Bigfoot, take long walks through…
their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot summer. As she interacts with neighbors, Julia seeks the courage to finish reading a book that might have an unhappy ending. For grades 3-6. 2008Annie invites her cousin Henry, his family, and his big dog Mudge to dress up and celebrate Annie's birthday at…
her house with her father and her pet rabbit Snowball. But Annie and Henry have different ideas about the meaning of dress-up. Three short chapters. For grades K-3. 2007Doomwyte: A Novel of Redwall (Redwall)
By Brian Jacques. 2008
The Redwallers face dangerous villains in a treacherous hunt for long-lost treasure--the jeweled eyes of the great Doomwyte idol. The…
quest takes them into the caves beneath the wooded hill where Korvus Skurr, the black-feathered raven, dwells. For grades 5-8. 2008Annie wishes she had some friends to enjoy a dainty tea party with. Her cousin Henry helps her make a…
sign to start a club, and his idea works! Three short chapters. For grades K-3. 2008Houndsley likes the quiet of winter's first snow, but Catina worries they will be snowed in and miss the concert…
they have been practicing for. However, the two friends still plan ways to enjoy this snowy day together. Three short chapters. For grades K-3. 2008Annie and Snowball and the cozy nest: the fifth book of their adventures (Annie and Snowball)
By Cynthia Rylant. 2009
From the porch swing, Annie and her bunny Snowball spy a nest and watch to find out who is building…
it. Annie's father lifts her up to see the eggs inside. And finally one morning, they hear the baby birds chirping. Four short chapters. For grades K-3. 2009Houndsley and Catina
By James Howe. 2006
After Catina, a cat, writes a disappointing book and Houndsley, a dog, loses a cooking contest, the two best friends…
find the right things to say to each other, because that's what best friends do. Three short chapters. For grades K-3. 2006After noticing that a visiting hummingbird likes her pink petunias, Annie and her rabbit Snowball, with help from neighbor Henry…
and his dog Mudge, fill Annie's garden with pink things to attract more hummingbirds. Four short chapters. For grades K-3. 2008Houndsley and Catina and the birthday surprise (Candlewick Sparks Ser.)
By James Howe. 2007
Best friends Houndsley, a dog, and Catina, a cat, are both sad because they do not know when their birthdays…
are. Then each of them plans a surprise for the other. Three short chapters. For grades K-3. 2006Hairy Hezekiah
By Dick King-Smith. 2007
Looking for a friend, Hezekiah, a lonely camel, escapes from a zoo in England one night. He crashes through hedges…
and fences until some cows point him toward a safari park owned by a bushy-bearded gentleman, who figures out a way to help Hezekiah. For grades 2-4. 2005Eve of the Emperor penguin (Magic Tree House (R) Merlin Mission #40)
By Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 2008
The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie away to the super-cold continent of Antarctica, the home of penguins, to…
search for the fourth secret of happiness for Merlin. For grades 2-4. 2008The cats of Roxville Station
By Jean Craighead George. 2009
Thrown into a river by a cruel human, a tiger-striped kitten fights to survive among feral cats and other creatures…
that live near the Roxville train station. Mike, a foster boy who is forbidden to have any pets, calls her "Rachet" and gradually becomes her friend. For grades 3-6. 2009Hate that cat: A Novel
By Sharon Creech. 2008
Jack continues his study of poetry begun with Miss Stretchberry last school year in Love That Dog (BR 14137). Although…
he still misses his dog Sky, he writes poems about other things: words, sounds, silence, his mother's hand signs, and cats. A novel in verse. For grades 4-7. 2008Bambi: a life in the woods (Minstrel Book)
By Felix Salten. 2002
The story of Bambi, a deer, who grows up along the banks of the Danube. Bambi explores his world, makes…
friends, and learns life lessons from his mother and a great wise stag--none more important than to fear man above any other creature. For grades 4-7. 1928Chicken feathers
By Joy Cowley. 2008
The summer that Josh's mother spends in the hospital waiting for her new baby, Josh's father gives him a pet--a…
troublesome old hen named Semolina, who talks only to Josh. But then a fox attacks Semolina. For grades 3-6. 2008Together: a story of shared vision
By Tom Sullivan, Betty White. 2008
Colorado. Twenty-five-year-old Brenden McCarthy is a first-year medical resident and an avid mountain climber until a climbing accident blinds him.…
Now Brenden's widowed mother wants to care for him and his fiancée considers leaving him, while Brenden enters rehabilitation and gets a guide dog--thrice-rejected black Labrador Nelson. 2008Amanda Pig and the wiggly tooth (Oliver and Amanda)
By Jean Van Leeuwen, Ann Schweninger. 2008
Amanda enjoys wiggling her first loose tooth, but she does not want to pull it out because doing so might…
hurt. The tooth finally comes out without Amanda noticing and is lost. What can Amanda do about the Tooth Fairy? Four easy chapters. For grades K-3. 2008Chancey of the Maury River
By Gigi Amateau. 2008
Chancey, an albino Appaloosa left abandoned in a field, becomes a project for Claire, a ten-year-old rider who needs him…
as much as he needs her. As Chancey becomes increasingly blind, he and Claire leave show-jumping behind and make a new start as a therapeutic team. For grades 4-7. 2008Project Mulberry: a novel
By Linda Sue Park. 2005
While working on a project for an after-school club Korean American Julia and her friend Patrick learn about silkworms and…
also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Alternating with chapters are short dialogs between the author and Julia, the main character, about writing. For grades 4-7. 2005