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The Woolly Monkey Mysteries: the quest to save a rain forest species By Sandra Markle If a tree falls in the Amazon rainforest and no one is there to hear it fall, does it make a sound? For the woolly monkeys it does. Trees are a part of the woolly monkey superhighway along the […]
The Littlest Things Give the Loveliest Hugs Written by Mark Sperring / Illustrated by Maddie Frost “From ducklings to seal pups, from bunnies to cubs, the littlest things give the loveliest hugs!” This book is a fun, quick read that features colorful artwork and rhyming text. There is not much of a plot per se, […]
If Animals Celebrated Christmas By: Ann Whitford Paul Ann Whitford Paul and David Walker, the team behind IF ANIMALS SAID I LOVE YOU, have teamed up again to create a holiday book. This time the focus is on animal families preparing for Christmas. Young Koala kicks things off with a countdown to Christmas. Penguin and […]
My Dog Laughs By: Rachel Isadora I love, love, love dogs! So naturally I wanted to read MY DOG LAUGHS by Rachel Isadora when it arrived at the library. Rather than using a traditional story line, the author divides the book into sections like (Meeting my dog, training my dog, playing with my dog, etc.). […]
Avalanche Dog Heroes: Piper and Friends Learn to Search the Snow By Elizabeth Rusch This book is about Piper – a dog in avalanche rescue training school, her trainer Sara, and her canine classmates and friends. In this non-fiction story, we learn what it takes to become an avalanche rescue dog through Piper’s eyes: […]