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1) I see a cat
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Picture Books for Cat Lovers
OBD I like to Read - YOUTH
OBD National Squirrel Day Jan 21 - YOUTH
Picture Books for Cat Lovers
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A dog enjoys barking at a cat, a bee, and especially squirrels in this easy-to-read book.
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How did the whale get his throat? Why was the lazy camel lumbered with a hump? And how did the elephant's insatiable curiosity earn him a trunk? Kipling first invented these delightful stories about the beginning of the world and the first animals in it for his own daughter, Josephine, who tragically died when she was six. Devastated by her loss, Kipling compiled the stories they had shared together into a treasury, which was first published in 1902....
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The author presents a collection of three animal-themed essays. In The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck, a group of complete strangers bitterly discuss the order of things within the animal kingdom. In Hello Kitty, a miserable alcoholic cat attends AA. In The Squirrel and the Chipmunk, two lovers are torn apart by their quarrelling families.
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Banned Books Week (WPLD)
Banned Books Week 2024
FPPL 2024 Freedom to Read Children's Booklist
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Banned Books Week 2024
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At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches. Based on a true story.
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Skunk and Badger volume 1
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2024 Monarch List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
3rd Grade Recommended Reads
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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3rd Grade Recommended Reads
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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The last thing Badger wants is a roommate, and certainly not Skunk, but since the house does not belong to him he does not have a choice; and soon everything in Badger's quiet and ordered life studying rocks is turned upside down (and where on earth did all the chickens come from)--but after he drives Skunk and his chickens away, Badger starts to miss his roommate and sets out to find him and make amends.
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Bear books (Karma Wilson) volume 2
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When spring comes, Bear wakes up after hibernating. He is very hungry and is treated to great food by his friends.
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OBD Reading Is Sweet (November December 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Wild About Books - YOUTH (March - May 2023)
OBD Wild About Books - YOUTH (March - May 2023)
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Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sounds for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper. Includes note to parents and teachers, and related activities.
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It's mid-December and for the fifth year, at the Sullivans' lonely brownstone in Harlem, stockings go un-stuffed, tinsel un-strewn, gifts un-bought, mistletoe un-hung, chestnuts un-roasted, carols un-played, cookies un-cooked and a tree un-visible. But this year, a mysterious someone is sending gifts to widower Henry Sullivan and his two children, Will and Ella. These gifts are strange. Noisy. And there's no returning them. First, a small beaked and...
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Babymouse volume 1
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An imaginative mouse dreams of being queen of the world, but will settle for an invitation to the most popular girl's slumber party.
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Orwell's 1945 fable about the power struggles among animals on a farm parallels the situation in Russia at the time as Orwell saw it; the characters include the ruthless pig Stalin, his idealistic Trotsky-like adversary, and the simple, kindly horse who represents the common man. All animals are equals but some animals are more equal than others. George Orwell's classic satire of the Russian Revolution is the account of the bold struggle, initiated...
14) Fox is late
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Fox is late for lunch, so he hops on his skateboard and zooms home, with his animal friends in tow.
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"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres and the New York Times best-selling Last Hundred Years Trilogy, a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris. Paras is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. At dusk, one afternoon she pushes open the door of her stall--she's a curious filly--and, after traveling through the night, arrives by chance...
17) Zoo
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Zoo novels volume 1
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As coordinated attacks by animals against humans increase and escalate, young biologist Jackson Oz and ecologist Chloe Tousignant warn world leaders that soon there will be nowhere left for humans. All over the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. Oz watches the escalating events with an increasing sense of dread. When he witnesses a coordinated lion ambush in Africa, the enormity of the violence to come becomes terrifyingly clear. The...
18) Sammy the seal
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Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home.
19) Frog on a log?
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In rhyming text, cat explains why frog has to sit on a log, even if he finds it uncomfortable.
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The Second Jungle Book is the sequel to Rudyard Kipling's acclaimed collection of stories about the Indian jungle. These new stories were published a year after the original, and mostly focus on the same characters including Mowgli, Baloo, and Bagheera. Similar to his first collection of fables, this sequel also contains a poem at the end of every story, showcasing Rudyard's knowledge of the politics of the time, as well as his passion for the Indian...
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