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"For fans of A Man Called Ove, a luminous debut novel about a widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium-and the truths she finally uncovers about her son's disappearance 30 years ago"--
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old...
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"The Memory of an Elephant" is an epic saga told by an aging African elephant as he makes a last, perilous journey to find the humans who rescued him as an orphan some fifty years ago. Interwoven with his narrative are the tumultuous lives of the family who raised and then lost him."--Provided by publisher.
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Little Hare
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Kingsley had decided to own a human. This was not a decision to be taken lightly. After all, owning a human is a responsibility. But finding the right kind of human is much harder than Kingsley expected. Some are too bossy. Some are too busy. And some just don't seem to appreciate a dog the way they should. Will Kingsley ever find a human that is exactly right? A sweet, tender and deeply funny story about the power of friendship, and one dog's mission...
4) La perra
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Publisher
Literatura Random House
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
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"Damaris, una mujer del Pacífico entrada en la madurez y con muchas decepciones a cuestas, adopta a una perra y la llama Chirli, como hubiera querido llamar a la hija que nunca tuvo. Nace, así, una relación intensa y entrañable, en la que Damaris pone todo de sí para enderezar un destino que ya creía del todo torcido."--
Damaris lives with her husband Rogelio in a remote area on the Pacific coast of Colombia where there is no security and the...
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Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"'Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes ... ' Woodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave. It's 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the...
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Lily to the rescue volume 1
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Lily meets a crow with a broken wing, so she and Maggie Rose take the crow home to Mom. But when the crow starts to become too tame, some unexpected problems arise. It's Lily to the rescue!
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Several months after the tragic events set in motion by bully Betty Glengarry, Annabelle McBride is struck by lightning during a powerful summer storm, leaving her with heightened senses that give her a new understanding of animals and help her learn about compassion and forgiveness.
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Lily to the rescue volume 5
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Lily lives with her girl, Maggie Rose. Once a stray, Lily was rescued by the kind people at the animal shelter run by Maggie Rose's mom. Now she has a very important purpose: to rescue other animals in trouble. When a lost little Amur leopard is brought to the zoo and needs a friend, it's Lily to the rescue!"--Provided by publisher
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Lily to the rescue volume 2
Publisher
Starscape, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Lily lives with her girl, Maggie Rose. Once a stray, Lily was rescued by the kind people at the aimal shelter run by Maggie Rose's mom. Now she has a very important purpose: to rescue other animals in trouble. Maggie Rose and Lily meet two little piggies who are lost at a rest stop and need their mother. But no one knows where they came from. How will they ever find the piglets' mom? It's Lily to the rescue!"--
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Series
Lily to the rescue volume 3
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
On a camping trip with Maggie Rose's dad, Lily gets sprayed by a skunk. But the skunk has no stink! That means it can't defend itself against big animals. Can Lily find a way to help? It's Lily to the rescue!
13) Beach pug
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Series
Diary of a pug volume 10
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
It is Bub the pug's first trip to the beach, and Bella wants to enter him in a pet-surfing contest, but Bub is scared of the ocean and refuses, so he hopes to make it up to Bella by presenting her with the treasure at the end of the map he found.
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Lily to the rescue volume 6
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Lily lives with her girl, Maggie Rose. Once a stray, Lily was rescued by the kind people at the animal shelter run by Maggie Rose's mom. Now she has a very important purpose: to rescue other animals in trouble. A baby misfit donkey tries to make friends with a herd of older donkeys from a neighboring farm, only to be rejected again and again. No one can figure out why--until Lily comes to visit. It's Lily to the rescue!"--Amazon
"Rescued shelter...
15) Foxes in a fix
Author
Series
Lily to the rescue volume 7
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Rescue dog Lily helps her owner Maggie Rosie find a missing family of Arctic foxes that escaped their cage at zoo.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Noodle is an active old pug, but one day when his favorite human lifts him up Noodle just flops over like he as no bones and Jonathan soon learns that not every day can be a Bones Day, and sometimes a No Bones Day is exactly what you need to get through the week.
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Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Stacy and her intelligent pack of wolves live in harmony together in their cave home in the forest. But when their friend Milo the bat brings news that a baby ocelot is in danger and needs to be returned to his family, Stacy and her wolf Basil must hurry to the jungle biome! After tracking the lost ocelot, they discover he's trapped in a long-lost tower that's full of obstacles, traps, and dangerous creatures. Will Stacy and Basil rescue the ocelot...
19) Dog dog goose
Author
Series
Lily to the rescue volume 4
Publisher
Starscape
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Lily lives with her girl, Maggie Rose. Once a stray, Lily was rescued by the kind people at the animal shelter run by Maggie Rose's mom. Now she has a very important purpose: to rescue other animals in trouble. A gaggle of orphaned baby geese think Lily is their mother. But they need to learn how to fly. Can Lily find a way to teach them? It's Lily to the rescue!"--Amazon.com
20) Pug's road trip
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Series
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Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When their friend Jack cannot join them, Bub the pug and his human, Bella, vow to bring him souvenirs from their road trip, and despite some bumps along the way, Bub calls their trip a big success.
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