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Magdalena Mountain: a novel
Par Robert Michael Pyle. 2018
On Magdalena Mountain, a group of people gather to study and collect the all-black Magdalena alpine butterfly. One of them,…
Mary Glanville, has no memory of why she searches for the creature. Tangled mysteries turn menacing as the mountainous environment threatens those who seek understanding. 2018How to get rich on a Texas cattle drive: In Which I Tell the Honest Truth About Rampaging Rustlers, Stampeding Steers and Other Fateful Hazards on the Wild Chisolm Trail (How to Get Rich)
Par Tod Olson, Gregory Proch, Scott Allred. 2010
Alleged memoir of "Little John" Larken, who headed to Texas in 1877 to work on a ranch, became a trail…
boss, and later performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Describes his adventures with cowhands, cattle rustlers, cattle barons, and Indians--and his experiences with hazardous stampedes. For grades 3-6. 2010Zoobreak: A Swindle Mystery
Par Gordon Korman. 2009
While visiting a floating zoo, Savannah discovers her missing monkey, Cleopatra, in a cage. The zookeeper denies Savannah's claim, but…
Griffin Bing--always the man with a plan--and his friends organize Operation Zoobreak to rescue Cleo. Sequel to Swindle (DB 67330). For grades 4-7. 2009The great Alaska adventure!: Junior Explorer Series Book 2
Par Jeff Corwin. 2010
Nine-year-old Benjamin and his younger sister Lucy join their parents on a weeklong research trip to Alaska. Benjamin observes the…
effects of climate change on glaciers and animals in a report for his school in Florida. For grades 2-4. 2010Owney, the mail-pouch pooch
Par Lynne Barasch, Mona Kerby. 2008
In 1888, Owney, a stray terrier puppy, finds a home in the Albany, New York, post office and becomes its…
official mascot as he rides the mail train through the Adirondacks and beyond, criss-crossing the United States, into Canada and Mexico, and eventually traveling around the world by mail boat in 132 days. For grades K-3Squirt
Par Stacy Ann Nyikos, Shawn Sisneros. 2005
Squirt, a disgruntled young squid, watches so much television, that he loses his imagination. It is not until he inks…
everything up that he rediscovers adventure stockpiled in the most unlikely place, a kitchen spoon. For preschool to grade 2AuSable alligators
Par Johnathan Rand, Rand Johnson. 2005
Titanicat
Par Robert Papp, Marty Crisp. 2008
A boy who has signed on as cabin boy aboard the Titanic helps ready the ship for its maiden voyage,…
but when it is time to set sail and he cannot find the ship's cat on board, he leaves the vessel to search for her. For grades K-3Cat secrets
Par Jef Czekaj. 2011
Rickie and Henri: a true story
Par Jane Goodall, Alan Marks. 2005
When hunters shoot Rickie's mother in Central Africa, the orphaned infant chimpanzee is rescued by a businessman. But he leaves…
on a trip, so Rickie turns to Henri, the family dog, for comfort. For grades K-3. 2004Aero and Officer Mike: police partners
Par Joan Russell, Joan Plummer Russell. 2001
Describes how policeman Mike and his German shepherd K-9 partner, Aero, work, train, and play together. Explains how the dog's…
special skills--sense of smell, speed, and strength--help Officer Mike perform his duties. For grades K-3. 2001Uncle Boris in the Yukon, and other shaggy dog stories: And Other Shaggy Dog Stories
Par Daniel Pinkwater, Daniel M. Pinkwater, Jill Pinkwater, Daniel Manus Pinkwater. 2001
Author and NPR commentator relates anecdotes--bizarre, outlandish, and poignant--about the dogs in his life and lessons he and the dogs…
have learned. Pinkwater has faced numerous training challenges, from the Pekingese presented to him in infancy by Uncle Boris to the malamutes acquired after his marriage. For senior high and older readers. 2001. For senior high and older readers. 2001Cat, you better come home (Viking Kestrel Picture Bks.)
Par Garrison Keillor, Stephen T. Johnson, Lou Fancher. 1995
Puff, an elegant cat, who demanded to be allowed outside, now refuses to come in even though her owner insists.…
(After all it is cold and dark outside, and the dogs are waiting to attack.) But Puff isn't happy with the chow she has to eat. So she runs away to Europe, stars in a cat food commercial, and becomes quite rich. Then early one morning, her owner hears a scratch-scratch-scratch on the windowsill. For grades 2-4 and older readersAkpa's Journey
Par Kagan McLeod, Mia Pelletier. 2022
A wolf called Wander (A Voice of the Wilderness Novel)
Par Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño. 2019
"Swift, a young wolf cub, lives with his pack in the mountains. Then a rival pack attacks, and Swift and…
his family scatter. Alone and scared, Swift must flee and find a new home. Inspired by the extraordinary true story of a wolf named OR-7 (or Journey), this irresistible tale of survival invites listeners to experience and imagine what it would be like to be one of the most misunderstood animals on earth." -- Provided by publisherThe school for whatnots
Par Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2022
"No matter what anyone tells you, I'm real. That's what the note says that Max finds under his keyboard. He…
knows that his best friend, Josie, wrote it. He'd know her handwriting anywhere. But why she wrote it--and what it means--remains a mystery. Ever since they met in kindergarten, Max and Josie have been inseparable. Until the summer after fifth grade, when Josie disappears, leaving only a note, and whispering something about "whatnot rules." But why would Max ever think that Josie wasn't real? And what are whatnots? As Max sets to uncover what happened to Josie--and what she is or isn't--little does he know that she's fighting to find him again, too. But there are forces trying to keep Max and Josie from ever seeing each other again. Because Josie wasn't supposed to be real." -- Provided by publisherBehold the bold umbrellaphant: and other poems
Par Jack Prelutsky, Carin Berger. 2006
Superdog: the heart of a hero
Par Caralyn Buehner, Mark Buehner. 2004
Diary of a worm
Par Doreen Cronin, Harry Bliss. 2003
Jim Ugly
Par Sid Fleischman, Jos. A. Smith. 1992
1894. Twelve-year-old Jake Bannock assumes that he is an orphan after he sees his actor-father's coffin lowered into the ground…
at Blow- fly, Nevada. If one discounts the rumor that Sam Bannock had con- cealed a cache of diamonds, Jake's only inheritance is his father's part-wolf mongrel dog. His father called the dog Amigo; Jake calls him Jim Ugly. Together they set out to learn the truth about Sam's supposed demise--and the diamonds. For grades 4-7. 1992