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Daisy Dawson volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
One day when Daisy is late for school, an encounter with a butterfly leaves her suddenly able to communicate with animals, and when Boom, a stray dog, is caught by the pound, she enlists the help of a host of other animals to rescue him.
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Land of Elyon volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
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When she finds the key to a secret passageway leading out of the walled city of Bridewell, twelve-year-old Alexa realizes her lifelong wish to explore the mysterious forests and mountains that lie beyond the wall.
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Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 26
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to an African rainforest, where the siblings encounter gorillas and learn to communicate with them.
7) Devoted
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Series
(Dean Ray),Jane Hawk volume 6
Description
"Woody Bookman hasn't spoken a word in his eleven years of life. Not when his father died in a freak accident. Not when his mother, Megan, tells him she loves him. For Megan, keeping her boy safe and happy is what matters. But Woody believes a monstrous evil was behind his father's death and now threatens him and his mother. And he's not alone in his thoughts. An ally unknown to him is listening. A uniquely gifted dog with a heart as golden as his...
11) The tenth city
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Series
Land of Elyon volume 3
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
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Description
Alexa reveals the origin of the Land of Elyon while defending it against the evil Abaddon and his sinister forces, with not only the last Jocasta at stake but also the nature of the land itself.
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Series
Land of Elyon volume 2
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 8
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When thirteen-year-old Alexa embarks on a mysterious quest, she finds her old friends Yipes the little man, Murphy the squirrel, Odessa the wolf, and Squire the hawk have been designated to help her.
13) The goose girl
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Series
Books of Bayern volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
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On her way to marry a prince she's never met, Princess Anidori is betrayed by her guards and her lady-in-waiting and must become a goose girl to survive until she can reveal her true identity and reclaim the crown that is rightfully hers.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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"Along with his faithful friends, Polynesia the parrot and Chee-Chee the monkey, Doctor Dolittle survives a perilous shipwreck and lands on the mysterious floating island. There he meets the wondrous Great Glass Sea Snail who holds the key to the greatest mystery of all."--Cover.
15) How to chat chicken, gossip gorilla, babble bee, gab gecko, and talk in 66 other animal languages
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"It’s time to walk on the wild side and talk with the animals. This book will teach you not just how to chat chicken but also gossip with gorillas, mumble with meerkats, and warble with whales. You'll be ready for any adventure into the animal kingdom. It's a noisy world out there. Almost eight billion people are saying hello, asking for directions, buying food, singing lullabies, paying compliments, and all in their own languages--of which there...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
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After losing the majority of his wealth, the doctor receives word that an epidemic among monkeys is spreading throughout Africa and makes the voyage to confront the plague-ridden continent. Upon being shipwrecked with his animal crew, a slew of tribulations and adventures ensue in a classic story that has captivated readers young and old for nearly a century.
17) Stargazer
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Land of Elyon volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
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Twelve-year-old Alexa and her companions unwittingly lead Abaddon, now in the form of an enormous, horrible sea monster, to the secret community known as the Five Stone Pillars when they go to bring the people living there home.
18) A dog for life
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
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When John, who has a special ability to communicate with animals, finds that his dog, Mouse is scheduled to go to the pound, he and Mouse decide to run away and find his uncle who may be able to help them.
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"I've started horses since I was 12 years old and have been bit, kicked, bucked off and run over. I've tried every physical means to contain my horse in an effort to keep from getting myself killed."Brannaman shares his methods for training and provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Robert Redford's movie The Horse Whisperer, for which he was the technical advisor.
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A groundbreaking meditation on our human-animal relationships and the moral code that binds it.
Adam's Task, Vicki Hearne's innovative masterpiece on animal training, brings our perennial discussion of the human-animal bond to a whole new metaphysical level. Based on studies of literary criticism, philosophy, and extensive hands-on experience in training, Hearne asserts, in boldly anthropomorphic terms, that animals (at least those that interact...