Michael Foreman
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stubby was a brave soldier, a loyal friend and a dog. From an army training camp to the trenches in France, this is the incredible true story of Sergeant Stubby, the dog who served bravely in the First World War, sniffing out gas attacks, catching spies and winning the hearts of his fellow soldiers.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
4) Wonder goal!
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A boy describes what it feels like to score a goal that makes his soccer teammates stop teasing him.
5) Cat & Dog
Author
Publisher
Anderson Press USA
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Dog takes care of a trio of kittens when their mother, Cat, gets trapped in a fisherman's van while trying to find breakfast.
6) Beowulf
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Will fire imaginations and elicit the heart-pumping, wide-eyed response that has kept this tale alive and vigorous through the ages." — Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
Long ago a Scandinavian warrior fought three evils so powerful they threatened whole kingdoms. Standing head and shoulders above his comrades, Beowulf single-handedly saved the land of the Danes from a merciless ogre named Grendel
...9) Friends
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
While a cat wanders wild and free, his friend Bubble the fish swims in circles in a bowl, until the cat decides to give Bubble a taste of freedom.
10) I love you, too!
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Little Bear doesn't want to go to sleep, so he tries everything he can think of to distract his father. In the end it's an exhausted dad who falls asleep"--
12) Happy times!
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When the sun rises, a new day begins. Time for a trip to the beach, games on the sand, and cake for teatime. A perfect day filled with family love and happy times!"--Font jacket flap.
13) Cat & canary
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
A city cat who lives out his fantasy of being able to fly findsthat staying on the ground isn't so bad after all.
14) Just so stories
Author
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories, drawn from the tales Kipling's Indian nurses told to him, in which Kipling creates the enchantment of the dawn of the world, when animals could talk and think like people. The laziness of the Camel, the curiosity of the Elephant Child, the cleverness of the hedgehog, the confusions of the Painted Jaguar and all the rest of Kipling's delightful menagerie come alive.
Offers Kipling's well-known imaginative animal story collection...
19) Seal surfer
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
"Although he is on crutches, a boy goes to the beach with his grandfather, where they watch a seal being born, and over the following seasons, the boy and the seal develop a special bond." --