Border collie Skye, a trained therapy dog now learning search and rescue in a national park in California, has her first opportunity to help when a sixteen-year-old boy goes missing.
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For Animal Lovers: Grades 1-3
There are a variety of chapter books here—realistic, silly, fantasy—for kids who love animal stories.
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- Doggo, an older dog, learns how to welcome and accept a young puppy into the household. Colorful illustrations and limited text make this a perfect read for those transitioning from early readers to chapter books.
- Jasper has it all -- a fancy apartment, bow ties in every pattern, and excellent cooking skills. The only thing he's missing is the right friends! Jasper wants to join The Sophisticats, the coolest cat club in town. So he comes up with the purrfect…
- 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. Soon everything in Badger's quiet and ordered life studying rocks is turned upside down (and where on earth did…
- A brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and bear who discover that things are always better when they're shared with a friend. Bear wakes up early from hibernation. If she can't sleep, then at least she can make a snowman. Rabbit has never made a…
- During spring break, mystery lover Amy looks for clues to the disappearance of wealthy Ms. Sullivan's Saint Bernard puppy. Book #1 in The Critter Club series.
- The Bad Guys—Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha—want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is to free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound. But their plan soon goes awry. Book #1 in The Bad Guys series.
- An imaginative mouse dreams of being queen of the world, but she'll settle for an invitation to the most popular girl's slumber party. Book #1 in the Babymouse series.
- A humorous look at the normal way cats bathe, why it is inappropriate for humans to bathe that way, and the challenges of trying to give a cat a real bath with soap and water. Book #1 in the Bad Kitty series.
- When Mandy, one of the students from classroom 26, brings a special hamster-sized racecar to class, it means just one thing—Humphrey is going to be in a hamster race. Book #1 in Humphrey's Tiny Tales series.
- Having a Bloomtastic Festival at school to celebrate spring is a great idea—but Eva Wingdale, a young owl, discovers that it is also a lot of work, and there is nothing wrong with asking her friends for help. Book #1 in Owl Diaries series.
- Perodia is threatened by Thorn, a powerful vulture who is using magic to spread a terrible darkness. But when a young owl named Tag and his best friend, the squirrel Skyla, rescue a golden egg from Thorn's Tiger bats, they may have found the key to…
- Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies and want a puppy of their own. They know dogs are a lot of work, but their mom still doesn't think their family is ready for a puppy. Then, Goldie arrives. She is a sweet golden retriever who needs a home.…
- Welcome to a magical world where animals talk and play—just like you and me! Best friends Jess and Lily love all animals. But when they follow a mysterious golden cat into Friendship Forest, a place where animals live in tiny cottages and sip…
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