Nelson, Colleen
Summary: "A plucky West Highland Terrier named Harvey is determined to protect his yard from an intruding animal. Meanwhile, Harvey's owner Maggie struggles to fit in at school, his friend Austin works to prevent his grandfather from losing his job at a retirement home, and new retirement home resident Josephine Fradette clings to her fierce individuality in the face of conformity. Finally, all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pajama Press Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC NELBergman, Mara
Summary: Rhyming text and colorful illustrations celebrate an unlikely friendship and the surprising benefits of working together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BERKim, Aram
Summary: "Using onomatopoeia, this almost wordless story tells of a homeless cat who finds shelter on a bus where she meets a cat-loving Asian grandfather"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIMAnderson, M. T.
Summary: Quarantined with his family as a global plague ravages the world, Clay retreats to the woods where he meets a special little dog who leads him on surreal adventures where choosing the wrong path could cause them both to lose their way forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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Summary: It's been a year since Peter and his pet fox, Pax, have seen each other. Once inseparable, they now lead very different lives. Pax and his mate, Bristle, have welcomed a litter of kits they must protect in a dangerous world. Meanwhile Peter, newly orphaned after the war, wracked with guilt and loneliness, leaves his adopted home with Vola to join the Water Warriors, a group of people determined...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "A debut novel already praised as "unbearably poignant and beautifully told" (Eimear McBride) this captivating story follows -- over the course of four seasons -- a misfit man who adopts a misfit dog. It is springtime, and two outcasts -- a man ignored,even shunned by his village, and the one-eyed dog he takes into his quiet, tightly shuttered life -- find each other, by accident or fate, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAUDriscoll, Sara
Summary: "One arrow through the heart could be a tragic hunting accident. A second one, within days, looks more like a crime. That's when Meg Jennings and Brian Foster of the FBI's Forensic Canine Unit head to Georgia to investigate. With their dogs Hawk and Lacey, Meg and Brian are enlisted to follow the scent of a killer. At first, nothing seems to connect the two victims - a county commissioner and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing Corp. 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DRIGruen, Sara.
Summary: When an explosion at the Great Ape Language Lab severely injures scientist Isabel Duncan and releases her special apes, she must connect with her own kind to save her family of apes.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GRUPennypacker, Sara
Summary: Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day the unimaginable happens: Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his grandfather's house three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn't where he should be-with Pax. He strikes out on his own despite the encroaching war, spurred by love, loyalty, and grief,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC PENPennypacker, Sara
Summary: "After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2016
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Pennypacker 2016Gruen, Sara.
Summary: Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani, and Makena are no ordinary apes. These bonobos, like others of their species, are capable of reason and carrying on deep relationships--but unlike most bonobos, they also know American Sign Language. Isabel Duncan, a scientist at the Great Ape Language Lab, doesn't understand people, but animals she gets--especially the bonobos. Isable feels more comfortable in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION GRUBenjamin, A. H.
Summary: Young Meena loves her pet camel so much that she won't stop riding it, despite the urging of the grown-ups around her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Karadi Tales Company Pvt. Ltd. 2019