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Animal-Themed Books for Older Readers
Classics - St. Charles Public Library
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
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"The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush--a period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara valley of California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into the brutal existence of an Alaskan sled dog, he reverts to atavistic traits. Buck...
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One summer's day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries - and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It's because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it's because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie.
3) Stick Dog
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Stick Dog volume 1
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Introducing everyone's new best friend: Stick Dog! He'll make you laugh ... He'll make you cry ... But above all, he'll make you hungry. Follow Stick Dog as he goes on an epic quest for the perfect burger.
4) White Fang
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Explore the dangerous and ruthless animal world--and the equally violent human one--in this Scribner Classics keepsake edition of Jack London's renowned wolf tale. White Fang is part dog, part wolf, and all brute, fighting to survive in the frozen north. But when he gradually comes under the spell of man's companionship during the Klondike gold rush in the nineteenth century, how much will he surrender? This collectible edition of a revered classic,...
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Stick Dog volume 2
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The mischievous cartoon pooch and his friends orchestrate a master plan to steal hot dogs, only to have their efforts thwarted by a hapless frankfurter vendor, a striped competitor, and Karen's misadventure in a human house.
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Stick Dog volume 3
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"Is it a flying saucer? Is it a Frisbee? Or is it the best thing they've ever tasted? Stick Dog and his crazy canine crew have discovered a newfangled flavor--and it's even more delicious than hamburgers and hot dogs. It's pizza! And they won't be satisfied until they get some slices of their own. But it won't be easy. There's a kitten to rescue, a plan to make, and the messiest--and most dangerous--game of catch they've ever played. Pizza is on the...
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"It only takes a little to BE BIG! Meet Emily Elizabeth and her dog, Clifford. Clifford is big. Clifford is red. But most of all, Clifford knows how to be a good friend." --
Emily Elizabeth loves her huge dog Clifford even though he is far from perfect.
9) Go, dog, go!
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A vocabulary-building story about dogs engaged in every imaginable type of activity.
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Stick Dog volume 4
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Stick Dog and his feral friends are looking for relief on a very hot day--and this time they have their eyes on an ice cream truck.
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One and only Ivan stories volume 2
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A scrappy dog named Bob and his best friends, Ivan the gorilla and Ruby the elephant, undertake a dangerous journey to seek Bob's long-lost sister, but a storm is approaching and time is running out.
Bob, a mutt of uncertain heritage, sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan the gorilla and Ruby the elephant. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he...
13) Love that dog
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Celebrate Dogs!
National Dog Month
OBD April Is National Poetry Month - YOUTH
Staff Picks February 2023
National Dog Month
OBD April Is National Poetry Month - YOUTH
Staff Picks February 2023
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A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem.
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Stick Dog volume 5
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Stick Dog and his team of strays are off on another outrageous canine caper. To snatch some breakfast treats for his hungry pals, Stick Dog will need to stop a moving truck, outfox a man on a telephone pole, and calm down a very caffeinated Karen. But that's not all. He'll also need to manage the greatest confrontation in history when his good friend Poo-Poo comes face-to-face with the ultimate enemy--a squirrel. With Stick Dog's smarts, daring, loyalty--and...
15) Henry Huggins
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Braille Books & Resources for Those with Visual Impairments
OBD Christmas Chapter/ Nonfiction Books - Youth
OBD Christmas Chapter/ Nonfiction Books - Youth
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"Henry Huggins feels like nothing very exciting ever happens on Klickitat Street...until one day when a friendly dog sits down and looks pleadingly at Henry's ice cream cone. From that moment on, Henry and his new dog, Ribsy, are inseparable--and together, they cause more excitement than Klickitat Street can handle!"--Page 4 of cover.
18) Henry and Beezus
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For the well-meaning Henry Huggins, nothing ever works out quite as planned including getting the bike of his dreams. Luckily his pal Beezus Quimby is there to help! Henry's attempts at raising money for his bike fund keep falling flat. Selling bubble gum on the playground gets him in trouble with his teacher, and then Ribsy's nose for mischief almost ruins Henry s paper route. Even pesky little Ramona Quimby manages to get in the way of Henry's chance...
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2023-2024 3rd Grade Battle of Books
2023-2024 Crete Public Library's 3rd-4th Battle List
National Rescue Dog Day
Raining Cats and Dogs
2023-2024 Crete Public Library's 3rd-4th Battle List
National Rescue Dog Day
Raining Cats and Dogs
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A hard-bitten former search-and-rescue dog helps solve a complicated missing chicken case.
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My weirder school volume 11
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"Story time goes to the dogs when Ella Mentry School gets a therapy dog to help kids with their reading skills"--
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