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2) Animal farm
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English
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His simple and tragic fable, telling of what happens when the animals drive out Mr Jones and attempt to run the farm themselves, has since become a world-famous classic of English prose. 'Surely the most important fictional satire to be written in twentieth-century Britain' Malcolm Bradbury Includes Orwell's proposed preface that was discovered years after the first edition had been published, as well as his unique preface for the Ukrainian edition....
4) Flamingo boy
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Pub. Date
2018
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English
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There, a young autistic boy lives on his parents? farm among the salt flats, and the flamingos that live there. There are lots of things he doesn?t understand: but he does know how to heal animals. He loves routine, and music too: and every week he goes to market with his mother, to ride his special horse on the town carousel. But then the Germans come, with their guns, and take the town. A soldier shoots a flamingo from the sky, and it falls to earth...
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English
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Life on Earth, the series and accompanying book, fundamentally changed the way we view and interact with the natural world setting a new benchmark of quality, influencing a generation of nature lovers.Told through an examination of animal and plant life, this is an astonishing celebration of the evolution of life on earth, with a cast of characters drawn from the whole range of organisms that have ever lived on this planet. Attenborough?s perceptive,...
10) One snowy night
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Publisher
Stripes Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
On a snowy night, a boy befriends a yeti, and a rabbit helps Jack Frost sprinkle ice and snow.A collection of cosy animal stories, perfect for bedtime reading. Featuring much-loved authors including Holly Webb, Jeanne Willis and Linda Chapman.
11) The Gruffalo
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English
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This is a rhyming story of a mouse and a monster. Little mouse goes for a walk in a dangerous forest. To scare off his enemies he invents tales of a fantastical creature called the Gruffalo. So imagine his surprise when he meets the real Gruffalo.
12) Tyger
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English
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'There are three doors that I may show you. You will find a different kind of power behind each one ?' Adam has found something incredible in a rubbish dump in London. A mysterious, mythical, magical animal. A TYGER. And the tyger is in danger. Adam and his friend Zadie are determined to help, but it isn't just the tyger's life at stake. Their whole world is on the verge of destruction. Can they learn to use their powers before it's too late?.
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Publisher
David Fickling Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
ARMADILLO AND HARE live with their friends in the Big Forest. Hare loves dancing. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches. Hare loves playing the tuba. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches. Hare loves his best friend, Armadillo. Armadillo loves Hare - AND cheese sandwiches!.
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Series
Jasmine Green Rescues volume 8
Publisher
Nosy Crow
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Jasmine and Tom are excited to find a little barn owl in the woods near Jasmine's farm. But the owl is injured and starving. Will Jasmine and Tom be able to save him? And will Star every be strong enough to live in the wild again?.
Author
Series
Holly Webb Animal Stories volume 43
Publisher
Stripes Publishing
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Emily is delighted her lively new tabby kitten, Charlie, is settling in so well - if only he would just wear a collar! Then Emily is picked to join her school football team and suddenly she hardly has any time for entertaining a kitten. Charlie is bored now Emily has no time to play with him, so he ventures over the back wall to explore. There he meets a new friend, a cat-loving lady who makes lots of fuss over him. But Emily soon starts to notice...
Author
Series
Holly Webb Animal Stories volume 38
Publisher
Stripes Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Zoe offers to walk Scout in the park as she's worried the large, lively puppy isn't getting enough exercise or attention. Gradually she falls in love with Scout - but she knows that Scout belongs to Jack, even if his family don't have the time to give Scout the care he needs. How can she help Scout when he isn't her dog to help?.
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Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2014
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English
Description
SHADOW Aman and his mother live in war-torn Afghanistan. When a Western dog appears at the mouth of their cave, it soon becomes Aman?s constant companion, his shadow as he calls her. But life is becoming increasingly dangerous for Aman and his family? COOL! Michael Morpurgo?s inspiring new story of Robbie, a boy in a coma - victim of a car accident. Locked inside his own head, able to hear but not move or speak, Robbie tries to keep himself from slipping...
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Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
THE AMAZING STORY OF ADOLPHUS TIPS In 1943, Lily Treganza was living in a sleepy seaside village, scarcely touched by the war. But all that was soon to change? KASPAR Kaspar the cat first came to the Savoy Hotel in a basket - Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in. Johnny was a bellboy, you see, and he carried all of Countess Kandinsky's things to her room, including this very special cat! THE BUTTERFLY LION When Bertie is a...
19) Stone blind
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English
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'So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, our strength. They fear us, so they call us monsters.? Medusa is the sole mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her Gorgon sisters, she begins to realize that she is the only one who experiences change, the only one who can be hurt. And her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When the sea god Poseidon commits an unforgivable act in the temple of Athene,...
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