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Animals--Real

Alfie Is Not Afraid

Author: 
Patricia Carlin
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Reading Level: Ages 3 - 5

Alfie's boy is planning a backyard camping trip and it is a good thing he has such a brave dog to bring along with him; although Alfie would beg to differ.

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Chloe and the Lion

Author: 
Mac Barnett
Illustrator: 
Adam Rex
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Grades K-3

A truly original, silly, funny, and downright cool picture book about a girl named Chloe, a loose-change finder who ends up lost in the woods after a dizzyingly long merry-go-round ride... where she meets a huge lion. (The lion is really a dragon, not a lion. Illustrator Adam Rex has been fired for replacing the lion with a "cooler" dragon. Sorry. The remainder of the book will be handled by a true illustrator who can follow directions. Apologies for this interruption.)

Stay: The True Story of Ten Dogs

Author: 
Michaela Muntean
Illustrator: 
K.C. Bailey and Stephen Kazmierski
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Reading Level: Grades 2 - 5

After he was seriously injured in a fall from a high wire, Luciano Anastasini needed to come up with a new circus act for himself. That is when five, unwanted "problem" dogs on death row in the pound (and later five more) came along and together they found what their purpose in life was meant to be.

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Bramble and Maggie

Author: 
Jessie Haas
Illustrator: 
Alison Friend
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Reading Level: Grades 2 - 3

Bramble is a horse at a riding school, but she finds going around in circles all the time boring so she starts to act up. Finally the owner of the school decides to sell Bramble, but a horse as clever as Bramble isn't going to accept just ANY new owner.

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Eye-Popping 3-D Bugs: Phantogram Bugs You Can Practically Touch!

Author: 
Barry and Betsy Rothstein
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Reading Level: Ages 4 - 10

This 3-D insect book will either make you want to reach out and touch the bugs or run away screaming!

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Shaggy Dogs, Waggy Dogs

Author: 
Patricia Hubbell
Illustrator: 
Donald Wu
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Reading Level: Ages 2 - 6

This charmingly illustrated rhyming book celebrates dogs of all types, sizes and behaviors.

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Prudence Wants a Pet

Author: 
Cathleen Daly
Illustrator: 
Stephen Michael King
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Reading Level: Ages 3 - 9

Prudence really, really wants a pet, but her parents say no, so she is forced to find pets wherever she can, such as her pet Branch and Twig and Formal Footwear in this silly story of a very persistent little girl.

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A Donkey Reads: Adapted from a Turkish Folktale

Author: 
Muriel Mandell
Illustrator: 
André Letria
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Reading Level: Grades 3 - 5

When an evil Mongol invader demands tribute from everyone in a small Turkish town one family can only offer an old donkey. Nasreddin Hoca saves the day by promising to teach the donkey to read in one month. How is that possible?

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Melvin and the Boy

Author: 
Lauren Castillo
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Reading Level: PreK- Grade 2

When a young boy sees a turtle basking at the park one day, he knows it will be the PERFECT pet. 

But when he gets Melvin home, the turtle doesn't seem to be enjoying himself at all.

How can Melvin be the perfect pet if he isn't happy?

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The Abandoned Lighthouse

Author: 
Albert Lamb
Illustrator: 
David McPhail
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Grades K-2

When a bear falls asleep in a rowboat and the tide comes in, the boat floats out to sea, landing at a lighthouse.

A boy loses his ball in the same rowboat, and floats out to sea with his little dog, landing at the lighthouse - where the lonely bear is happy to see them.

The three new friends go fishing to catch their diner - but then a storm comes and the little dog, boy, and bear are frightened; they turn on the lighthouse light and stop a ship from crashing into the lighthouse island.

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