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The Mayor of Central Park
by AviOscar Westerwit, a squirrel who loves baseball and Broadway musicals, fights back when a gangster rat named Big Daddy Duds and his thugs move uptown in the year 1900, invade Central Park, and evict Oscar and his animal friends from their homes.
Tiger's Blood (The Tiger's Apprentice)
by Laurence YepA Chinese American boy and his friends—a monkey, a dragon, a rat, and a tiger—must ensure that a magical phoenix egg does not fall into evil hands in the underwater dragon kingdom.
¿El canguro tiene mamá?
by Eric Carle Teresa Mlawer<p>¿Los animales tienen mama? ¡Por supuesto que si! Los animales tienen mamá, como tú y como yo, ¡igual! Conoce al bebé canguro que viaja dentro de una bolsa en la barriga de su mamá. Mira cómo el polluelo del cisne navega en el lomo de su mamá. <p>A través de sus coloridos collages, Eric Carle ofrece a los pequeños lectores no sólo un maravilloso panorama visual, sino también la seguridad que les transmiten las imágenes que muestran cómo las crias son protegidas y queridas por sus mamás. El entretenido juego de preguntas y respuestas invita a niños y adultos a leer juntos en voz alta.</p>
Queen of Easter
by Mary EngelbreitAnn Estelle knows she can't be the Queen of Easter without the right hat--one with lots of long ribbons flowing down her back and plenty of flowers on it. But this year, her mom buys a plain straw hat with a single ribbon and almost no flowers. She tries to like it and be happy with it, but one day when she leaves it outside, a strange and wonderful thing happens to the hat, forcing her to wear last year's hat. Indeed, she wears last year's hat, but not without working her own magic on it first.
Inspector Hopper's Mystery Year (I Can Read! #Level 2)
by Doug CushmanIntroducing Inspector Hopper, a grasshopper with a feel--and feelers--for mysteries, this I Can Read Book follows two bug sleuths as they unravel the mysteries of the insect world. An I Can Read Level 2 book.
Cindy's Last Hope (Thoroughbred #54)
by Joanna CampbellCindy McLean and her partner, Ben al-Rihani, can't find a jockey to ride Gratis in the Kentucky Derby. The only person besides Cindy who can handle the difficult horse is a stubborn and inexperienced groom named Wolf.
Faith in a Long Shot (Thoroughbred #57)
by Joanna CampbellWill it be victory - or tragedy - when Triple Crown fever hits the Thoroughbred series? When Image comes in second in the Florida Derby, Melanie and Jazz decide to enter her in the Kentucky Derby. Image has proven she has what it takes to win against colts. But competition will be tough. Image will be running against Wonder's Star, Gratis, and Celtic Mist. Will the race to win the Derby be Star's greatest success?
The Case of the Sleepy Sloth (The High-Rise Private Eyes #5)
by Cynthia RylantWhile having a picnic on the docks, animal detectives Bunny and Jack meet a dog whose one and only lawn chair is missing, and they set out to solve the case.
The Case of the Fidgety Fox (The High-Rise Private Eyes #6)
by Cynthia RylantWhen the fluffy dice of Melvin the bus driver turn up missing, Bunny and Jack, two animal detectives, investigate the case.
Big Max and the Mystery of the Missing Giraffe (I Can Read! #Level 2)
by Kin Platt Lynne Avril CravathFeaturing a perennially popular I Can Read character first introduced in 1965, Big Max and the Mystery of the Missing Giraffe is a humorous adventure that will delight beginning readers. Jake the giraffe is missing, and Big Max is on the case! But is this mystery too big for even the world's greatest detective? Big Max and the Mystery of the Missing Giraffe is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help.
Knockdown
by Dick FrancisFrom the book cover: Mrs. Kerry Sanders, a rich American lady whose voice had overtones of silk hats, champagne, and Royal Lawns, and whose fingers were encrusted with diamonds, didn't think much of the weather, which was very wet. She sounded generally cranky. "This," she said in disbelief, "is Ascot goddam Sales?" It was. The wind was whistling through the ring's wooden O, and to one side of it, in the magnificent turn-of-the-century stable-yard's boxes, were the horses who would be offered for sale last in the program. Mrs. Sanders had asked Jonah Dereham, ex-prize-winning jockey, and now a horse buyer, to advise her-she wanted to buy a steeplechaser for a young man, who was the son of her special friend. They bought the horse Jonah decided on at the auction, for seven thousand five hundred dollars. "More than I authorized you to spend," the lady said. "And your commission on top, I guess, as well." She added, "In the States you couldn't buy a three-legged polo pony for that money." The young man for whom the horse was destined was Nicol Brevett-a hard, forceful young man, with a temper like a flamethrower. His father was Constantine Brevett, and Jonah feit that any woman who could interest Constantine Brevett had to be of a sophistication that would put Faberge eggs to shame. And-well, there was something more than wealth and sophistication involved in this horse trade. For as Jonah started to leave the sales, he was hit a crushing blow on the head, and a voice said to him, "We don't want your money. We want your horse." Jonah had suddenly become more entangled than was healthy in the corrupt and dangerous business the world of the horse buyer enfolds. This is a very exciting Dick Francis novel-and the reader will become more and more nervous as he follows the fast and chilling plot. "The announcement of a new Dick Francis is as promising of excitement as the bugle call to the post. Knockdown is one of his best, and his best is very good indeed," says Heywood Hale Broun. And the London Sunday Times says, "The superlatives for Mr. Francis' books are pretty nearly exhausted by now; so one can only say that this is another wonderfully effective horsey thriller, to do with bloodstock agents-sound stuff, Mr. Francis."
Lads Before the Wind: Adventures in Porpoise Training
by Karen Pryor Konrad LorenzIn this book the reader learns almost as much about human behavior as about porpoise behavior. Starting from scratch, with a report on operant conditioning in one hand and a bucket of fish in the other, Karen Pryor learned to train porpoises, learned to train trainers, and gradually came to be recognized as an international authority on whale and porpoise behavior and training. Lads Before the Wind takes its title from Herman Melville ("They are the lads that always live before the wind. They are accounted a lucky omen"). Karen Pryor draws on her eight years as head trainer at Hawaii's Sea Life Park and Oceanic Institute. Working with entirely new species of whales and porpoises (at least new for training purposes), she and her team pioneered in logical and behavioral research.
Barn Blind
by Jane SmileyThe verdant pastures of a farm in Illinois have the placid charm of a landscape painting. But the horses that graze there have become the obsession of a woman who sees them as the fulfillment of every wish: to win, to be honored, to be the best. Her ambition is the galvanizing force in Jane Smiley's first novel, a force that will drive a wedge between her and her family, and bring them all to tragedy. Written with the grace and quiet beauty of her Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, "A Thousand Acres".
Blind Bloodhound Justice (Bloodhound #4)
by Virginia LanierThis is the fourth in the series featuring Jo Beth Sidden and the bloodhounds that she trains.
The Moon of the Owls (Thirteen Moons)
by Jean Craighead GeorgeA great horned owl's stirrings to mate carry him across a forest in January in the Catskill Mountains, where he observes the nocturnal activities of other animals. Other books in this series are available in this library.
The Moon of the Moles (Thirteen Moons)
by Jean Craighead GeorgeDuring December and January, a young mole in Kansas spends her waking hours searching for food in her network of underground tunnels.
The Moon of the Deer (Thirteen Moons)
by Jean Craighead GeorgeA young buck weathers a hurricane that strikes the coast of Connecticut in September.
The Moon of the Wild Pigs (Thirteen Moons)
by Jean Craighead GeorgeDescribes animal and plant life in the drought-parched desert during the month of July and how a little wild pig adapts to this environment. Includes image descriptions.
The Moon of the Winter Bird (Thirteen Moons)
by Jean Craighead GeorgeDuring a cold spell in December, a song sparrow that has not migrated south must adapt to the changes that winter brings.
The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo: An Ecological Mystery
by Jean Craighead GeorgeSixth-grader Liza K., one of five homeless people living in an unspoiled forest in southern Florida, searches for a missing alligator destined for official extermination and studies the delicate ecological balance keeping her outdoor home beautiful.
And I Mean It, Stanley
by Crosby BonsallIs there someone behind the fence? Or is the little girl talking to herself? Does she care about the great thing she is building? Or is she really trying to get someone to play with her? Crosby Bonsall has once again made a book that beginning readers will love, all the way through to its delightfully satisfying conclusion.
Big Red Barn
by Margaret Wise Brown Felicia BondBy the big red barn In the great green field, There was a pink pig who was learning to squeal. There were horses and sheep and goats and geese -- and a jaunty old scarecrow leaning on his hoe. And they all lived together by the big red barn. "Brown's melodic text is beguiling, while its subject, the big red barn that houses a menagerie of animals and their offspring, will have instant appeal to young children.
The Moon of the Monarch Butterflies (Thirteen Moons)
by Jean Craighead GeorgeThe story of the monarch butterfly's cross-continent migration during the month of May. Other books in The Thirteen Moons series are available in this library.
Six Dogs, Twenty-three Cats, Forty-five Mice, and One Hundred Sixteen Spiders
by Mary ChalmersAnnie tries unsuccessfully to keep her 190 pets out of the company room to avoid frightening her friend Priscilla.
My Daniel
by Pam ConradAn old woman tells her grandchildren how her beloved teenage brother was destroyed at the time of the frenzied hunt for dinosaur remains in Nebraska (before the turn of the century).