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Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Webster the dog arrives at Green Meadows Farm he has already been adopted, mistreated, and given away three times and is done with people, but the other animals of the shelter will not let him give up on the possibility of a special family.
Author
Series
One and only Ivan stories volume 1
Language
English
Description
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
4) Shadow horse
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jas tries to prove that the owner of the farm where she works has killed her favorite horse, Whirlwind.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
A Franklin Watts library edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Describes what life would be like without pain."--
A pain-free world may sound wonderful, but the inability to feel pain actually places people in danger. If your brain doesn't receive a pain signal, your body could become severely injured. Macdonald explains the science and history of pain and pain relief, and shows you the harsh reality of life before modern painkillers.
Author
Series
Sisters in all seasons volume 1
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
238 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
While vacationing on a horse ranch in North Carolina, stepsisters Stephanie and Diana put aside their differences to help free a pair of caged wolves.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
184 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Rusty, determined to help an injured dog that is chained outdoors in frigid weather, calls animal control, then takes matters into his own hands, aided by his best friend and a ghost collie that leads Rusty to an even deeper secret. Includes instructions for knitting cat blankets.
Author
Series
Animal ark volume 28
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
129 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"At Animal Ark, Mandy Hope helps her parents treat animals of all shapes and sizes. Even outside the clinic, Mandy can't resist helping any animal in need. When Mandy's dad diagnoses an Old English sheepdog puppy as deaf, Mandy feels sorry for it. But it isn't until she finds another sheepdog puppy weak and abandoned that she and James begin to get suspicious. Could a local breeder be mistreating these poor puppies?"--P. [4] of cover.
11) Husky in a hut
Author
Series
Animal ark volume 36
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
131 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
While staying on Baffin Island, Mandy and her parents enjoy the thrill of a dogsled ride. But the trip is plunged into disaster when wolves attack one of the Husky teams. The lead dog, Nanook, is badly injured. Mandy helps move her to a secluded hut, but can she get the rescue party to Nanook in time?
12) Moon bear
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
368 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
In Laos, twelve-year-old Tam must work at a bear farm where bears are cruelly caged and milked for their bile, but when a familiar cub is brought to the farm, Tam will do anything to free both the cub, and himself.
14) Chained
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
To work off a family debt, ten-year-old Hastin leaves his desert village in India to work as a circus elephant keeper but many challenges await him, including trying to keep Nandita, a sweet elephant, safe from the cruel circus owner.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mikaya Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
46 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
An account of the travels of the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca through Texas and Mexico from 1528 through 1536, looking particularly at his relations with the native people with whom he shared his journeys.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
202 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
In Chiang Mai, Thailand, nine-year-old Tua releases an abused elephant from its chains--can she complete the rescue by getting it to an elephant refuge without being caught herself?
Author
Publisher
Sierra Club Books for Children
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Vermont Raptor Center, a facility where volunteers rescue and rehabilitate hurt or abandoned birds of prey and eventually release them back into the wild.
Author
Publisher
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
55 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The author gives readers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the backstage lives of animals in the entertainment industry. He examines troublesome issues, including animal training practices, their living conditions, and their lives after the curtain comes down.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, life, and culture of the Yanomami, an indigenous tribe still living a primitive existence in the Amazon rain forest.
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