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Author
Series
Dog Diaries volume 3
Publisher
Cornerstone Digital
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
You'll never guess what, my person-pal... I'M GOING TO HOLLYWOOD! And, what's even better? All my best mutt-mates are coming with me! But my dreams of being talent-spotted while walking down streets paved with sausage meat don't quite come true... And when the vacation takes a VERY unexpected turn, I'll need to find a way to escape a LIVING NIGHTMARE and get us all home!.
Author
Series
Holly Webb Animal Stories volume 38
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
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?.
23) Flight
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jakob hides from them, but has to watch the officer shoot one of his beloved Lipizzaner horses just for spite. Jakob and his guardian know they must get the other horses away, but is it possible to get them all over the mountains to safety? A fleeing Roma girl, Kizzy, joins them, but they face one gruelling trial after another as they try to cross the Austrian mountains, through Nazi territory. Can they do it, and what will be waiting on the other...
Author
Series
Tom Gates volume 12
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Working HARD on my school project, I?ve found out ALL kinds of interesting FACTS I wasn?t expecting to. STUFF like: ? Mum and Dad got together because of cake. (full story inside). ? Cats sleep for 70% of their lives. ? Peppermint ice cream is JUST WRONG. (TRUE.).
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Evie has a talent. A SUPERTALENT. A talent that can let her HEAR the thoughts of an elephant, and make friends with a dog and a sparrow. The only problem is, this talent is dangerous. VERY dangerous. That's what her dad says. So when she frees the school rabbit from its tiny hutch, she vows to keep her talent a secret. But after a face-to-face encounter with a lion, things start to go very wrong. Her dad - and every animal in town...
26) The storm dog
Author
Publisher
Stripes Publishing
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Tilly is going to stay with her gran and great-gran in Wales. She's got a big school project about the Second World War to do and Gran, who was evacuated herself during the war, has promised to help. Travelling on the train for the first time alone, Tilly falls asleep and wakes up to discover she's travelled all the way back to World War II. She's being evacuated to Wales with her two younger brothers. Stern Mr Edwards offers to give them a home on...
27) Stoat on stage
Author
Series
The Travels of Ermine volume 2
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Ermine the Determined is off to explore AUSTRALIA! She can't wait to have fun in the sun, climb Sydney Harbour Bridge, and star in Australia's Most Awesome Animal competition. But things hot up when someone gets a sniff of Ermine's act ... Will it be curtains before Ermine gets to the stage?.
28) Believe in magic
Author
Series
Unicorns of Blossom Wood volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
When cousins Cora, Isabelle and Lei discover magical hoof prints in the ground, they're whisked away to an amazing land where they're no longer girls ? they're unicorns! But the animals in Blossom Wood don't believe in unicorns! Can the three cousins change their minds - with the help of a little magic?.
29) Boogie Bear
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Up at the North Pole, a big furry polar bear is swimming, fishing and eating. But when she nods off and finds herself far from home, she thinks things can?t get any worse.But they can?Much worse!An outrageously funny picture book with an incredibly heartwarming message about celebrating difference - in all its forms.
30) The Gruffalo
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The complete story and original illustrations from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's bestselling picture book, 'The Gruffalo', have been specially designed into an early reader format. Created with expert advice from a literacy consultant, this new version is intended to help and encourage children who are growing in reading confidence.
31) The paw house
Author
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Hamish's summer isn't going as planned. First, his parents left him to go on a business trip to Japan, and now he's found himself stuck in the Scottish highlands with an aunt he's never met, a grumpy girl called Izzy, and a lot of animals. He's never even stroked a dog - what on earth is he supposed to do here? Before long Hamish finds himself taking the dogs for walks, adopting a piglet, even rescuing a tiny puppy in the dead of night. But something's...
Author
Series
Willoughby City Council?s Wildlife Story Book volume 2016
Publisher
Willoughby City Council
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
This book of short stories and poems is part of an educational project designed to facilitate ?kids teaching kids? about local wildlife in the Willoughby Local Government Area. For this book, year 5 students from primary school across Willoughby were asked to focus on and research a local wildlife species that has become rare over the years. The students shared their knowledge by writing these short stories and poems on their chosen animal.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Alfie is everyone?s favourite cat. A big ball of grey fur who changes the lives of every family he meets. Alfie is firm friends with the Clover family - especially eight-year-old Stanley Clover and his sister Viola. But he?s still a bit upset when he accidentally falls asleep in the back of the Clovers? van and unexpectedly finds himself far from home on their family holiday. But when he notices that Viola isn?t getting into the holiday spirit he...
Author
Series
Mr Dog volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollinsChildren?sBooks
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
A brand new young fiction series by TV broadcaster and intrepid explorer Ben Fogle, inspired by his real-life animal experiences?Co-written with best-selling children?s author Steve Cole and illustrated throughout with beautiful black and white illustrations by Nikolas Ilic.You can always count on Mr Dog to help an animal in trouble?When a mother rabbit is captured in a trap, he ends up playing bunnysitter?But someone wants rid of All the rabbits,...
35) The flock factor
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Fans of CBBC?s Shaun the Sheep will adore the 1st novel in the Tales from Mossy Bottom Farm series, which is based on characters from the top-rated TV show by Aardman (the creators of Wallace and Gromit). There are black-and-white illustrations throughout and some comic strips. It?s talent-show time on Mossy Bottom Farm, and all the sheep are flocking together in the hope of beating their rivals, the chickens. Who will be crowned the Flock Factor...
37) The midnight zoo
Author
Publisher
Walker
Language
English
Formats
Description
World War II, Eastern Europe: Tomas and his younger brother, Andrej, have fled their Romany encampment which has been besieged by the Germans; they carry Wilma, their baby sister, in a sack. In an abandoned, bombed-out town, the children discover a zoo. In it are a wolf and an eagle, a monkey, bear, lioness, seal, chamois and llama. The animals tell their stories to the children as they try to begin to understand what has become of their lives and,...
Author
Series
The Hounds of Penhallow Hall volume 2
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
?Penhallow is full of dogs, Polly. Look around and you?ll see. We?re everywhere. We always have been.? Polly is thrilled when she wakes Li-Mei - the Chinese porcelain dog in Penhallow?s Red Drawing Room. But can Rex help Polly uncover the true story behind the little dog?s tales of smugglers and ghouls?.
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Can you see him? My kitten? Close your eyes tight His fur is so soft and all silvery white Imagine him quick! Have you imagined enough? Oh, good, you can see him! It's Squishy McFluff! When Ava discovers an imaginary cat in the cabbage patch, she knows she's found a new best friend. Together, Ava and Squishy McFluff get up to all kinds of mischief ... The Invisible Cat! Supermarket Sweep! Squishy McFluff Meets Mad Nana Dot Secret Santa Seaside Rescue!...
Author
Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Have you ever wondered how and why the animals came to be as they are? In these magical tales, drawn from stories he heard as a child in India as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world, Rudyard Kipling gives some wonderfully imaginative explanations. This selection includes 'The Beginning of the Armadillos', 'The Cat that Walked by Himself' and 'The Butterfly that Stamped'. Originally told by Rudyard Kipling for his own children,...
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