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The Adventures of Pugalugs: The Beginning

Join Pugalugs as he takes his first steps, explores his home and, most importantly, discovers his favourite flavour of puppy food! What will he see? What will he find? What will he chew?

The Adventures of Rabbitwoman and Dogman: A Journey to Save Wildlife

"Rabbitwoman and Dogman's journey to save endangered wildlife not only packs a wallop of a message, but it does it with dazzling illustrations and accessible perspective. Bravo!" —Neil Patrick Harris"Quirky and ultimately compelling . . . Lisa Frank-esque illustrations explode off pages. . . . This eye-catching kid magnet will bring new energy to animal collections." —BooklistReady for adventure? Join explorers Rabbitwoman and Dogman on a whirlwind trip around the world to meet endangered animals that need our help. Learn about how each one plays a vital role in the life of our planet and how their survival rests in our hands. Acclaimed international artists Gillie and Marc's new children's book, The Adventures of Rabbitwoman and Dogman: A Journey To Save Wildlife, is an exhilarating global adventure suitable for readers of all ages, seamlessly bringing art and education together. This beautifully illustrated book not only tells heartwarming tales of endangered species but also features never-before-seen artworks by the acclaimed artist duo. The artists are best known for their beloved characters, Rabbitwoman and Dogman, who tell the autobiographical tale of two opposites coming together to become best friends and soul mates. As unlikely animal kingdom companions, the Rabbit and the Dog stand for diversity and acceptance through love. Printed on FSC compliant sustainable paper, these remarkable illustrations complement captivating narratives that allow families to explore creatures like mountain gorillas and majestic elephants while learning valuable lessons about resilience, harmony, and biodiversity. The book successfully merges the worlds of art and education, advocating for conservation and inspiring everyone to make a real difference, whether through tree planting, waste reduction, or supporting conservation organizations.A Journey To Save Wildlife nurtures empathy and love for endangered species, aiming to shape a future where both humans and wildlife thrive, making it a perfect read for the whole family.

The Adventures of Reddy Fox

The Adventures of Reddy Fox

When little Reddy Fox gets too big for his breeches and steals a plump pet hen in broad daylight, the stage is set for an exciting tale as Farmer Brown's boy pursues Reddy with loaded gun and Bowser the Hound. Fortunately, Reddy has wise Granny Fox on his side and, with some timely help from other woodland friends, manages to avoid an unhappy ending.As this timeless fable unfolds, children will delight in Reddy's risky antics and the commotion his behavior causes among Johnny Chuck, Drummer the Woodpecker, Peter Rabbit, and the other inhabitants of the Green Forest. Thornton W. Burgess, author of Old Mother West Wind and many other children's classics, was a master at telling a good story that holds a child's attention while instilling an important lesson in the most painless and enjoyable fashion. First published in 1913, The Adventures of Reddy Fox was one of his finest efforts. In this inexpensive Dover edition, newly reset in large, easy-to-read type, it will delight children (and adults) today, just as it did their grandparents.

The Adventures of Speedy the Snail: No 1: Meeting New Friends

Speedy the Snail goes an exciting adventure when he stops to help his good friend Lucy Ladybug. Together they meet Sammy the Spider who, at first, appears a frightening and imposing figure! But taking a chance and showing some kindness, the three soon become good friends.

The Adventures of Spider-Man

Your favorite web-spinning hero is here to save the world! When a genetically enhanced spider escapes from a laboratory cage and bites Peter Parker, his normal teenaged life is transformed. Suddenly, Manhattan has its own superhero - one that can climb walls, soar through the air, and shoot spider-webbing from his wrists! But danger lurks in the streets -- the Green Goblin wants to take over the world. Can Spider-Man keep the world safe? Or will the Green Goblin squash him like a bug?

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential works. From the musings of literary geniuses such as Nathaniel Hawthorne in The Scarlet Letter to the striking personal narrative of Harriet Jacobs in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, this new series is a comprehensive collection of our literary history through the words of the exceptional few.One of Mark Twain’s most beloved and respected novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer presents a tale of two young boys, their antics and adventures in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri.Tom, a young boy with a knack for getting into trouble, finds himself and best friend Huck Finn at the center of a very diabolical situation. One night, while Tom and Huck Finn are in a graveyard, they witness a murder. Terrified, they flee from the spot and swear that they will never reveal their secret to anyone. This sets off a chain of events in which Tom and Huck find themselves entangled, with dangerous men in pursuit to track them down.Timeless and read by generation after generation, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of Twain’s finest novels. Rediscover the adventure with this edition.

The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)

When Unc' Billy Possum learns how easy it is to get into trouble, it takes some doin' to get himself out of his predicament. First of all, he didn't go home when he should have. The next thing he knew, he was a prisoner! But with the help of his friends, especially Happy Jack Squirrel, Unc' manages to find a way out of his difficult situation.Master storyteller Thornton Burgess beguiles young readers and nature lovers with another tale about the delightful creatures of the Green Forest and the Green Meadows.

The Adventures of Wise Hodja

In these Turkish folktales, children will learn about the wise and legendary Hodja Nasreddin and his donkey. Read along with several of his tales as he answers some of life’s mysteries and daily plights using his wisdom and humor. Today, people celebrate the values he taught and continue to reinvent his tales.

The Adventures of a Curious Cat: wit and wisdom from Curious Zelda, purrfect for cats and their humans

'A purrfect gift for a loved one with a special affinity for the feline' 'An absolute must for any cat lover''Curiosity is more than a desire to discover. It's a lifestyle, and a purrvilege. It's hours of observing a fly on the wall. It's entering the sock drawer just before it closes. It's sniffing the lampshade one more time . . .'Such is the wisdom of Curious Zelda: social media star, agony aunt, yoga teacher, cat. In The Adventures of a Curious Cat she gives insight into her view of the world and dispenses unparalleled wisdom. Zelda explains, in her unique voice, how to handle humans, how to communicate with furniture, and most importantly how to live a life curiously. It's the ultimate self-help guide for any cat, or indeed, their human.

The Adventures of a Curious Cat: wit and wisdom from Curious Zelda, purrfect for cats and their humans

'A purrfect gift for a loved one with a special affinity for the feline''An absolute must for any cat lover''Curiosity is more than a desire to discover. It's a lifestyle, and a purrvilege. It's hours of observing a fly on the wall. It's entering the sock drawer just before it closes. It's sniffing the lampshade one more time . . .'Such is the wisdom of Curious Zelda: social media star, agony aunt, yoga teacher, cat. In The Adventures of a Curious Catshe gives insight into her view of the world and dispenses unparalleled wisdom. Zelda explains, in her unique voice, how to handle humans, how to communicate with furniture, and most importantly how to live a life curiously. It's the ultimate self-help guide for any cat, or indeed, their human.

The Adventures of a Curious Cat: wit and wisdom from Curious Zelda, purrfect for cats and their humans

'Curiosity is more than a desire to discover. It's a lifestyle, and a purrvilege. It's hours of observing a fly on the wall. It's entering the sock drawer just before it closes. It's sniffing the lampshade one more time . . .'Such is the wisdom of Curious Zelda: social media star, agony aunt, yoga teacher, cat. In The Adventures of a Curious Cat she gives insight into her view of the world and dispenses unparalleled wisdom. Zelda explains, in her unique voice, how to handle humans, how to communicate with furniture, and most importantly how to live a life curiously. It's the ultimate self-help guide for any cat, or indeed, their human.

The Adventures of a South Pole Pig: A Novel of Snow and Courage

“Move over Wilbur and Babe, there’s a new pig in town.” —School Library Journal (starred review)Flora’s a die-hard dreamer. She’s never left the farm, but she knows she was born for adventure. She’s determined to become a sled pig!A harrowing voyage to Antarctica, a bacon-loving cook, and a shipwreck in deadly conditions stand between Flora and her dream. What will happen to Flora, whose companions see her as more of a meal than an adventurer?As the ship’s captain says, you never know where brains and talent will come from. They just may come from this brave pig.

The Adventures of the Ant Sugar: Sugar And The Sun

Do you want to know where the sun is hiding? Do you know what the sun is and how many suns there are? Sugar Ant didn’t know either, but with the help of his new friends, he soon found the answers. Things are sometimes quite simple, and we don’t have to look to the ends of the earth to find them because they are very close to us! Another tale of Ant Sugar will take you to exciting new adventures, and will make you experience together with him the unexpected revelations about the sun.

The Adventurous Fly

The Adventurous Fly tells the heartwarming tale of Fly, a stray border collie embarking on an exciting journey that will resonate with children and parents alike. As the endearing central character, Fly models the enduring importance of kindness and friendship in a delightful way that captures the imagination. Readers are sure to be entertained following Fly’s amusing adventures, facing life’s little challenges with energetic optimism. At the same time, they will learn timeless lessons about compassion as Fly lives out the loyalty and affection border collies are so beloved for. The story provides the perfect opportunity for families to cozy up together and become wrapped up in the page-turning exploits of this memorable canine hero that both kids and adults will adore.

The Aesop's Fable Paradigm: An Unlikely Intersection of Folklore and Science (Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology)

The Aesop's Fable Paradigm is a collection of essays that explore the cutting-edge intersection of Folklore and Science. From moralizing fables to fantastic folktales, humans have been telling stories about animals—animals who can talk, feel, think, and make moral judgments just as we do—for a very long time. In contrast, scientific studies of the mental lives of animals have professed to be investigating the nature of animal minds slowly, cautiously, objectively, with no room for fanciful tales, fables, or myths. But recently, these folkloric and scientific traditions have merged in an unexpected and shocking way: scientists have attempted to prove that at least some animal fables are actually true. These interdisciplinary chapters examine how science has targeted the well-known Aesop's fable "The Crow and the Pitcher" as their starting point. They explore the ever-growing set of experimental studies which purport to prove that crows possess an understanding of higher-order concepts like weight, mass, and even Archimedes' insight about the physics of water displacement.The Aesop's Fable Paradigm explores how these scientific studies are doomed to accomplish little more than to mirror anthropomorphic representations of animals in human folklore and reveal that the problem of folkloric projection extends far beyond the "Aesop's Fable Paradigm" into every nook and cranny of research on animal cognition.

The Age of Bronze (Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow #5)

The beginning of a new story arc! Jack and company are regrouping after their Sword of Cortes ordeal. They want to forget about magical power and turn their attention towards treasure. But they are about to learn that in the Caribbean magic and treasure often go hand in hand when they encounter a young sailor who can turn things to solid bronze.

The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with our Wild Neighbors

A masterful hybrid of nature writing and cultural studies that investigates our connection with deer—from mythology to biology, from forests to cities, from coexistence to control and extermination—and invites readers to contemplate the paradoxes of how humans interact with and shape the natural worldDeer have been an important part of the world that humans occupy for millennia. They&’re one of the only large animals that can thrive in our presence. In the 21st century, our relationship is full of contradictions: We hunt and protect them, we cull them from suburbs while making them an icon of wilderness, we see them both as victims and as pests. But there is no doubt that we have a connection to deer: in mythology and story, in ecosystems biological and digital, in cities and in forests. Delving into the historical roots of these tangled attitudes and how they play out in the present, Erika Howsare observes scientists capture and collar fawns, hunters show off their trophies, a museum interpreter teaching American history while tanning a deer hide, an animal-control officer collecting the carcasses of deer killed by sharpshooters, and a woman bottle-raising orphaned fawns in her backyard. As she reports these stories, Howsare&’s eye is always on the bigger picture: Why do we look at deer in the ways we do, and what do these animals reveal about human involvement in the natural world? For readers of H is for Hawk and Fox & I, The Age of Deer offers a unique and intimate perspective on a very human relationship.

The Age of the Horse: An Equine Journey Through Human History

An essential book for anyone who’s ever been captivated by horses, The Age of the Horse is a breathtaking exploration of the enduring connection between humans and Equus caballus. Equestrian expert Susanna Forrest presents a unique, sweeping panorama of the animal’s prominent role in societies around the world and across time. Fifty-six million years ago, the earliest equid walked the earth—and beginning with the first-known horse-keepers of the Copper Age, the horse has played an integral part in human history. It has sustained us as a source of food, an industrial and agricultural machine, a comrade in arms, a symbol of wealth, power, and the wild. Combining fascinating anthropological detail and incisive personal anecdote, Forrest draws from an immense range of archival documents as well as literature and art to illustrate how our evolution has coincided with that of horses. In paintings and poems (such as Byron’s famous “Mazeppa”), in theater and classical music (including works by Liszt and Tchaikovsky), representations of the horse have changed over centuries, portraying the crucial impact that we’ve had on each other. Forrest deftly synthesizes this material with her own experience in the field, traveling the globe to give us a diverse, comprehensive look at the horse in our lives today: from Mongolia where she observes the endangered takhi, to a show-horse performance at the Palace of Versailles; from a polo club in Beijing to Arlington, Virginia, where veterans with PTSD are rehabilitated through interaction with horses. With passion and singular insight, Forrest investigates the complexities of human and horse coexistence, illuminating the multifaceted ways our cultures were shaped by the powerful creature.

The Akimbo 2-Book Omnibus

Bestselling novelist Alexander McCall brings the majesty and dangers of Africa to life in these vividly imagined adventures for young readers. Imagine living in the heart of Africa, where the sun rises each morning over blue mountains, and great plains stretch as far as the eye can see. Imagine living in a place where wild animals still roam freely--elephants, lions, crocodiles. Akimbo lives in such a place. But Africa can be as dangerous as it is beautiful . . .In Akimbo and the Snakes, Akimbo can't believe his luck when his father allows him to visit his uncle Peter's snake park. And when a local village calls to report the sighting of a green mamba snake--the rarest and deadliest snake of all--Akimbo hopes to help his uncle catch it for the park. But little does he expect to find himself trapped face-to-face with the deadly reptile.In Akimbo and the Baboons, Akimbo and his cousin, Kosi, are excited to join a scientist who has come to study baboons in the wild. But when a black leopard is seen near their camp, and Akimbo and Kosi get lost in the bush, it will take all the courage the boys can muster--plus some help from an unusual friend--to lead them back to safety.

The Alarm of the Black Cat (The Rachel Murdock Mysteries #2)

This classic mystery features a family feud, feline intervention, and the spirited septuagenarian sleuth from The Cat Saw Murder. A strange encounter with a little girl named Claudia and a dead toad sparks Rachel Murdock&’s obsessive curiosity, and she winds up renting the house next door just to see how things play out. But soon after she and her cat Samantha move in, Rachel realizes they&’ve landed right in the middle of a deadly love triangle that&’s created animosity among the three families who now surround her. When Rachel finds Claudia&’s great-grandmother dead in her basement, she reaches out to a friend in the LAPD to solve the crime. They soon learn the three households have been torn apart by one husband&’s infidelity and a complicated will that could lead to a fortune. In a house plagued by forbidden love, regret, and greed, Rachel will have to trust her intuition, as well as Samantha&’s instincts, to survive—and keep Claudia out of the hands of a killer whose work has just begun . . . &“You will never regret having made the acquaintance of Miss Rachel Murdock.&” —The New York Times The Alarm of the Black Cat was originally published under the pseudonym D. B. Olsen. Praise for Dolores Hitchens &“High-grade suspense.&” —San Francisco Chronicle on Stairway to an Empty Room/Terror Lurks in Darkness &“For those who enjoy Little-Old-Lady detectives, this should be a pleasing mystery, particularly if active LOLs are preferred. . . . Both interesting and unusual is the motive for murder.&” —Mystery*File on Cats Don&’t Smile

The Alchemist's Cat (The Deptford Histories #1)

The Alchemist's Cat -- The year is 1664 when young Will Godwin comes to London. In order to survive, he becomes an assistant to a wicked alchemist, Elias Theophratus Spittle. Prequel to the Deptford Mice trilogy.

The Alien Next Door 11: A Fishy Adventure (The Alien Next Door)

In the eleventh book of the Alien Next Door series, Zeke's parents are off-planet, and Harris and Zeke are tasked with researching the ocean and its creatures--on their own!It's time for summer vacation, and Zeke and Harris are excited to take a road trip to the beach! Disaster strikes when Zeke's parents are unable to take them at the last minute, but Harris's parents offer to take them instead. However, this means that Zeke and Harris will have to help Zeke's parents with their Earth research of the beach and ocean--all on their own. Will they be able to complete their undersea research without Harris's parents finding out?

The Alien: The Alien (Animorphs #8)

The wildly popular books by K.A. Applegate are back! The Animorphs return in this update of the classic series.Ax is an Andalite, an alien, stranded on a strange planet he's sworn to defend, even though it's not his own. Since the Animorphs rescued him, he's fought at their side, and in that time they've come to consider Ax a friend.But deep inside, Ax knows he isn't their friend. He can't ever be. Andalites must always hold themselves apart, even from their allies. As the Animorphs' past actions start resulting in deaths of innocent people, however, Ax's loyalty is called into question. Now he must decide whether to reveal the reason for his estrangement -- the shameful secret of his people.

The Aliens Among Us: How Invasive Species Are Transforming the Planet—and Ourselves

A thoughtful, accessible look at the rapidly growing issue of invasive plants, animals, and microbes around the globe with a focus on the scientific issues and ecological, health, and other challenges From an award-winning adventure and science journalist comes an eye-opening exploration of a burgeoning environmental phenomenon and the science coalescing around it. Leslie Anthony leads readers on adventures physical and philosophical as he explores how and why invasive species are hijacking ecosystems around the globe. Weaving science, travel, history, and humor with diverse examples to chart and describe the phases of species invasion and human response, Anthony introduces field researchers and managers who seek to understand the biological, social, and economic aspects of this complex issue, and whose work collectively suggests the emergence of a global shadow economy centered on invasives. With tales of pythons in the Everglades, Asian carp and lamprey in the Great Lakes, Japanese knotweed seemingly everywhere, and the invasive organisms we don’t see—pathogens and microbes such as the Zika virus—this book rivets attention on a new ecological reality.