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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In October 1940, Hettie meets Violet, a three-year-old Asian elephant arriving at the Belfast docks from Ceylon. Soon, she becomes Violet's dedicated zookeeper at the Bellevue Zoo. At the same time, Hettie continues to experience the grief related to the recent loss of her beloved older sister, Anna, and the abandonment of her father, Thomas, who left her mother, Rose. On April 15th , 1941, Belfast is attacked for five hours, with 674 bombs falling,...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tetenya is looking for a family of rhinos to take in an orphan named Faru, but he can see poachers nearby. He stains Faru's horn pink with berry juice, making it useless to the poachers. At last they find a herd protected by a ranger, and Faru is safe."--
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
After losing her mother, shy Natumi is rescued by a team from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, an orphanage for baby elephants. At the shelter, Natumi hides behind keepers' legs to watch the other elephants at the shelter. But soon, she meets several other orphans, and the eight of them play together in the surrounding bush. As the babies become closer and more like a real family, they need a leader, someone they can trust. Can Natumi grow into...
6) Chimpanzee
Publisher
Disneynature
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (78 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Oscar, a baby chimpanzee, is enjoying his life with his mother in the jungles along the Ivory Coast. Without warning, young Oscar is orphaned during an attack from a rival group of chimpanzees. Afterwards, he attempts to survive on his own, and to be accepted by the other chimps. Oscar struggles until he is adopted by the alpha male of his group.
Author
Series
Janette Oke's animal friends volume 9
Publisher
Bethany Backyard
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Revised , full-color edition.
Physical Desc
79 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shandy the lamb, rejected by his mother and the other ewes, is cared for by a young boy until he is big enough to try to rejoin the flock of sheep.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Documents the uplifting story of an orphaned bear cub that was discovered in the Russian wilderness and rescued by two young scientists, who then pain-stakingly raised and trained him and two companion cubs to become wild bears that could survive on their own in the forest.
12) The wonderling
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
450 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this extraordinary debut novel with its deft nod to Dickensian heroes and rogues, Mira Bartók tells the story of Arthur, a shy, fox-like foundling with only one ear and a desperate desire to belong, as he seeks his destiny.
13) Wild orphans
Author
Publisher
Welcome Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
135 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
14) Bye bye monkey
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the heart of New York City, Luigi and Lafayette, two foreign eccentrics, begin decaying in a surreal, rat-infested world. While walking along the Hudson River, Luigi discovers the corpse of King Kong. He also finds Kong's orphaned son, a newborn chimpanzee and brings him to his friend Lafayette, who decides to raise the infant as his own.
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