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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Summary
"When a young Japanese girl moves into her new house, she is happy to see a girl her age playing in the snow just outside her window. The only problem is the Japanese girl doesn't speak English and the American girl doesn't speak Japanese. But each girl's love of the snow teaches them that they don't need to speak the same language to have fun!"--
83) The poet's dog
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile Measure
510L
Summary
Teddy is a gifted dog. Raised in a cabin by a poet named Sylvan, he grew up listening to sonnets read aloud and the comforting clicking of a keyboard. Although Teddy understands words, Sylvan always told him there are only two kinds of people in the world who can hear Teddy speak: poets and children. Then one day Teddy learns that Sylvan was right. When Teddy finds Nickel and Flora trapped in a snowstorm, he tells them that he will bring them home...
84) Thunder run
Author
Series
Dactyl Hill Squad volume 3
Summary
Now that she has found her brother Montez, Magdalys and her squad have embarked on a secret mission for General Grant, taking them deep into the Louisiana swamplands, to New Orleans, and eventually to the Mexican border where Imperial troops are forming an alliance with the Confederates in pursuit of spreading slavery--and once more Magdalys will have to use her telepathic link to the dinosaurs to save herself, her squad, and the union she believes...
85) Dragonfly song
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile Measure
1020L
Summary
"Mute since the traumatic raider attack that took her foster familhy, Aissa struggles for survival in a mythical Bronze-Age Crete. Although she is forced into the lowliest position among the servants of her island's priestess, Aissa's mysterious bond with animals and the scars on her wrists are clues to her true identity as the priestess' firstborn daughter"--Provided by publisher.
86) Marina's turf
Author
Series
Isla of adventure volume 7
Pub. Date
2024.
Summary
When Isla hears a stranded baby dolphin call for help, she encounters a boy her age also trying to help, but Isla struggles to understand what the dolphin is saying and feels out of her depths.
Author
Series
Isla of adventure volume 3
Summary
Isla, her best gecko friend, Fitz, and a few new animal friends, investigate the mysterious sounds coming from the rainforest.
Author
Series
Isla of adventure volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Summary
Isla is excited about her first-ever sleepover at Tora's, but the night takes a spooky turn when they hear strange fluttering sounds in the attic.
Author
Series
Kitty volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Summary
La familia de Kitty tiene un secreto. Su madre es una heroína con poderes felinos y Kitty sabe que algún día ella también tendrá que usar los suyos. Ese día llega antes de lo esperado, cuando el gato Fígaro aparece en la ventana de su habitación pidiendo ayuda. Pero, para ella, la noche es aterradora. ¿Conseguirá tener el valor suficiente para adentrarse en la oscuridad y vivir emocionantes aventura emocionante?
90) Wild blood
Author
Series
Horses of the dawn volume 3
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile Measure
730L
Summary
The filly Estrella, her human friend, Tio, and her small herd of horses have temporarily escaped from the evil human El Miedo, but he has not given up, and as the dawn horses keep searching for the sweet grasses that will give them strength, new friends--and enemies--both human and animal, will emerge from the shadows.
91) The broken raven
Author
Series
Shadow skye volume 2
Pub. Date
2021.
Summary
"After their escape from Norveg, Agatha and Jaime return with their clan to the Isle of Skye to find that their enclave is now in the hands of the treacherous people of Raasay. They find tenuous shelter with another clan, but disaster soon strikes when the terrifying shadow creatures known as sgàilean escape their magical prison and wreak havoc across the island. Now Agatha and Jaime must call on old and new allies to fight this threat. In the meantime,...
92) No easy target
Author
Summary
As a volunteer at the San Diego Zoo in California, Margaret has been making good use of her psychic ability to communicate with animals such as Zaran, a stubborn tigress who refuses to accept her cub. Late one night, just as she shuts Zaran's cage, Margaret feels a gun in her back. John Lassiter, a former CIA operative, is prepared to use force to ensure that she joins him on a mission to rescue his mentor, CIA agent Sean Patrick. Patrick has been...
Author
Series
King and Kayla volume 7
Pub. Date
[2021]
Summary
King, Kayla, Mason, and Asia are playing in the snow. Later Asia discovers her new gold ring is missing. What happened to it? What does Kayla know?
1. Asia's ring is missing.
2. It was on her finger when she came over.
3. It's not in the cushions, on the table, in the drain, or outside.
What does King know? There's a crow outside. Crows like shiny things. How will they solve the mystery?
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Summary
"Back from Africa, the Doctor is short of money as always. So he takes the pushmi-pullyu on tour in Doctor Dolittle's Circus! But in Albert Blossom's circus, what he finds is a whole new family of animals in need of his help. In Doctor Dolittle's Caravan he expands his circus to include the grand "Canary Opera," and makes a sensation of its star, Pippinella, whose story is told in full in Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary! And in Doctor Dolittle...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Summary
"The Doctor has returned home at last to Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. In Doctor Dolittle's Zoo, he immediately sets to work expanding his menagerie, including a home for crossbred dogs. This brings with it a multitude of tales, all related in Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures, including a mystery solved by Kling, the Dog Detective. Finally, in Doctor Dolittle's Garden the Doctor delves into the languages of insects, culminating in a surprise visit from...
96) Freedom Fire
Author
Series
Dactyl Hill Squad volume 2
Formats
Summary
Magdalys and the squad are flying south on pteroback. South to rescue her older brother. South to war. The squad links up with the dino-mounted troops of the Louisiana Native Guard, an all-black regiment in the Union Army fighting to free their people. They're led by General Sheridan, surrounded by enemy forces in Tennessee and desperate for any edge to sway the tide of battle. Magdalys's burgeoning powers might be the Union's last hope. But she doesn't...
Author
Series
Magic animal cafe volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Summary
"Along with her friend Blake, Ellie is desperately searching for answers about what happened to her great-grandfather years ago. But when they get caught up in the middle of an animal war in the local park, they have more pressing things to think about. Robbie the red squirrel and his clan are clashing with the bigger, meaner grey squirrels. As Robbie bravely stands up to the Greys, Ellie and Blake do their best to stop the squirrels from fighting...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Summary
"This volume delves into prehistorical puzzles that begin with the Doctor's arrival on the lunar surface in Doctor Dolittle in the Moon. There he not only meets the Moon Man and intelligent plants, but learns how the moon came to be in the first place. In Doctor Dolittle's Return, he sets out to reveal all he learned on the moon, but is no sooner off to Africa to rescue his old friend, Mudface the turtle, the last living passenger of Noah's Ark. In...
100) The Guardian test
Author
Series
Legends of Lotus Island volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Summary
"Young Plum is shocked to discover that she's been accepted to the Guardian Academy on Lotus Island, an elite school where kids learn how to transform into Guardians, magical creatures who are sworn to protect the natural world. The Guardian masters teach Plum and her friends how to communicate with animals and how to use meditation to strengthen their minds and bodies. All the kids also learn to fight, so they can protect the defenseless if needed....