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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Description
"Dogs have been mankind's faithful companions for tens of thousands of years, yet today they are regularly treated as either pack-following wolves or furry humans. The truth is, dogs are neither--and our misunderstanding has put them in serious crisis. What dogs really need is a spokesperson, someone who will assert their specific needs. Renowned anthrozoologist Dr. John Bradshaw has made a career of studying human-animal interactions, and in Dog...
Author
Publisher
Cantata Learning
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A modern song retells the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise. Includes a brief introduction to Aesop, sheet music, glossary, discussion questions, and further reading.
Author
Publisher
Cantata Learning
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A modern song retells the fable of a frustrated fox that, after many tries to reach a high bunch of grapes, decides they must be sour anyway. Includes a brief introduction to Aesop, sheet music, glossary, discussion questions, and further reading.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this astonishing book from the author of the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig, Sy Montgomery explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus--a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature--and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. Sy Montgomery's popular 2011 Orion magazine piece, "Deep Intellect," about her friendship with a sensitive, sweet-natured octopus named Athena and the grief she felt at her death,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Language
English
Description
In this beautiful account of thirty years of living with dogs, wolves, and dingoes and of the ways their lives intertwined with her own, the novelist and anthropologist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas brings us a completely new understanding of dogs by writing a sort of deeply truthful ethological poem, a loving yet absolutely unsentimental chronicle of the lives of a dozen dogs based on hundreds of thousands of hours of observation. Meet Misha, a husky...
Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In this book the author, a well-known dog trainer takes on the topic of training for the first time, by explaining the importance of balance as the foundation for a healthy relationship between you and your dog. In order to provide a variety of training options, he calls upon some of the foremost experts in the field to offer their advice so that you can find the perfect approach that works for you and your dog through a variety of methods. Filled...
Author
Publisher
Cantata Learning
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A modern song retells the fable of the ant that works hard all summer long to feed her children and store food for the winter while her neighbor, a cheerful but lazy grasshopper, relaxes in the sun. Includes a brief introduction to Aesop, sheet music, glossary, discussion questions, and further reading.
991) 17 Puppy adventures
Author
Publisher
PBS Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone loves dogs, including your favorite PBS KIDS friends! In a special collection, Arthur's dog Pal takes advantage of the special treatment he gets when he has to wear a cone. Pinkalicious helps her friend train his dog for the Pinkminster Dog Show. And Tooey must choose a puppy to train as a sled dog. Plus, Alma recruits her friends and their pets for an animal show, the Kratt brothers go to India to find the Dhole, aka "The Red Dog" and many...
992) 5 minute stories
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
Eight stories that help children laugh and learn abut hurt feelings, taking responsibility, listening carefully, taking turns, and more.
993) Fantastic Mr. Fox
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Mr. and Mrs. Fox live a happy home life underground with their eccentric son Ash. Mr. Fox works as a journalist, but against the advice of Badger, his attorney, he moves his family into a larger and finer home inside a tree on a hill. The treehouse has an excellent view of the nearby farms of Boggis, Bunce, and Bean. Ash becomes hostile when his cousin, Kristofferson, joins the family for an extended stay. Mr. Fox decides to raid the farms, but this...
Author
Series
Missy Piggle-Wiggle volume 3
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Even though she, her upside-down house, and its animal occupants are under quarantine with the Winter Effluvia, Missy Piggle-Wiggle manages to dispense cures to the misbehaving children of Little Spring Valley.
995) Mr. Nobody
Author
Series
Mr. Men series volume 47
Publisher
Price Stern Sloan
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Mr. Happy takes Mr. Nobody to see the wizard and hopes he can help Mr. Nobody become somebody.
Author
Series
What the dinosaurs did last night volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Photographs and simple text reveal the mischief that toy dinosaurs get into during school"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Do you want to know what dogs are thinking? What they're feeling? Now you finally can. The answers will surprise and delight young readers as scientist and dog-owner Alexandra Horowitz explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human."--
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