Sarah L. Thomson
Author
Language
English
Description
What do dogs know? How do they think? The answers will surprise and delight you as Horowitz explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds each other and that other quirky animal the human. This is a fresh look at the world of dogs from the dog's point of view. As a dog owner Horowitz is curious to learn what her dog thinks about. As a cognitive scientist she's intent on understanding the minds of animals who cannot speak for themselves. (Bestseller)...
2) Dragon's egg
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mella, a young girl trained as a dragon keeper, learns that the legends of old are true when she is entrusted with carrying a dragon's egg to the fabled Hatching Grounds, a dangerous journey on which she is assisted by a knight's squire.
3) Pirates, ho!
Author
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Pirates Peg-Leg Tom, Angus Black, Dreadful Nell, and One-Eyed Jack chase ships on the high seas, tell ghost stories, and fall asleep counting gold instead of sheep.
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of the bestselling book about the American Greg Mortenson's building of over 60 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In 1993 Greg Mortenson tried to climb K2. On the way down he became lost in the mountains of Pakistan and stumbles into a poor village. The villager chief offers him three cups and tea and his villages nurse Mortenson back to health. Moved by their kindness, he promises to return and build a school for their children....
6) Cinderella
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Although mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, Cinderella meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
37 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
This introduction to pandemics and their history shows readers how to stay safe, and also includes a glossary, an infographic on how the coronavirus spreads, a handwashing diagram and a timeline showing the pandemics of the past.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Glacier National Park, middle school geniuses Sam, Martina, and Theo follow clues related to Thomas Jefferson as they tackle a new round of puzzles, riddles, and traps to find the next key left behind by the Founding Fathers, but Gideon Arnold, descendant of the infamous Benedict Arnold, is hot on their trail.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
180 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Relates the author's personal experiences with bullying, describing how she was harassed as a child because of her degenerative muscle disease and eventually appeared with her similarly disabled dog, Izzy, on Animal Planet before launching a public speaking career.
17) Tiger pups
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
This is the true story of Nasira, Anjika, and Sidani, three white Bengal tiger cubs whose mother stopped nursing them only fifteen hours after their birth. Luckily, two zookeepers, Tom and Allie Harvey, were keeping a close eye on them. The Harveys paired the hungry cubs with their golden retriever, Isabella, who was still nursing her own puppy, to see if Isabella would feed and care for the baby tigers. The match was a success: Isabella immediately...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a young reader's version of a story in which Molly, close to aging out of the foster care system, takes a position helping an elderly woman named Vivian and discovers that they are more alike than different as she helps Vivian solve a mystery from her past.
19) Tigers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, life cycle, and endangered status of tigers.
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