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Animal communication Juvenile fiction Animals Juvenile fiction Dresden (Germany) History Bombardment, 1945 Fiction Elephants Fiction Folklore Historical fiction Nature Effect of human beings on Juvenile fiction Songs Juvenile fiction World War, 1914-1918 Juvenile fiction World War, 1939-1945 FictionMorpurgo, Michael
Summary: "A song is passed from one animal to another, uniting all living things and spreading joy across the world. Inspired by a bird in Michael Morpurgo's own garden, the uplifting story and breathtaking illustrations show us the beauty of nature and what is at stake."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Hoots 2021
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Summary: A twelve-year-old boy comes across Arthur Pendragon, who has just awakened from his long sleep beneath the earth, and hears from him some of the exciting stories of his past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 MORMorpurgo, Michael.
Summary: World War I has started and the military needs horses to move equipment, charge the enemy, and carry wounded soldiers off the battlefield. Joey, a farm horse is sold to the Army. Joey misses the farmer's son, Albert, and spends the war years wondering if the war will ever end and if he will ever see Albert again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MORCopies Available at Fife Lake
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3 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MORMorpurgo, Michael
Summary: A young boy and his father take in a lost girl, who the villagers suspect may be German.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MORMorpurgo, Michael.
Summary: The quest of Sir Gawain for the Green Knight teaches him a lesson in pride, humility, and honor. Welcome to a medieval world full of sword fights and shape-shifting, monsters and magic, and timeless characters both gallant and wonderfully human. Written anonymously in the fourteenth century, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is retold in its entirety by Michael Morpurgo in a lively and accessible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 398.2 MORCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.22 MORMorpurgo, Michael
Summary: "As a child, Allen is saved from a nautical disaster by Benjamin Postlethwaite, a solitary lighthouse keeper. Years later, Allen returns to the lighthouse, and the two nurse an injured young puffin back to health. When Allen is called up to fight in WorldWar Two...his fond memories of his time at the lighthouse keep him going, even through prison camp"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random Canada Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House of Canada Limited 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MORMorpurgo, Michael.
Summary: Lizzie and Karl's mother, Mutti, working at a local zoo in Dresden, Germany, during World War II while their father is away fighting in France, brings home Marlene, a baby elephant that is slated to be destroyed as the Allied bombing grows closer, and when they are forced to flee, Mutti feels they must take Marlene with them, adding even more danger to their journey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish/Feiwel and Friends 2013
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Summary: In 1914, a beautiful foal with a distinctive cross on his nose, is sold to the army and thrust into the midst of the war on the Western front. But his heart aches for Albert, the farmer's son he left behind. Will he ever see his true master again?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Audio 2010
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Summary: Albert Narracott enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse Joey is sold to the cavalry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone Home Entertainment 2012
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE WARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WAR PG-13Summary: Combines evocative photographs and illustrations in a treasury of stories by eleven international writers that were inspired by artifacts connected to World War I.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GRESummary: Details the gritty rural lives and loves of Tommo and Charlie -- two young brothers -- and their poor Devonshire family from 1909 until 1916, when the outbreak of war destroys their country idyll. Both join up (one under age) leaving behind the beautiful Molly who is the love of both their lives. The young men survive gas attacks, shelling, German troops and the appalling deaths of their close...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2015