In honor of Be Kind to Animals Week May 2 to 8, we are featuring titles that focus on animals.
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Juvenile Titles
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HD391
Animal groups : how animals live together
Kaner, Etta. Kids Can Press c2004. [Grades 1-6].
HV782
Because of Winn-Dixie
DiCamillo, Kate. Candlewick Press c2000. 1st ed. Grade 3 and up.
JQ462
The beckoning cat : based on a Japanese folktale
Nishizuka, Koko. Holiday House c2009. 1st ed. [Pre-school - grade 2].
JB966
The black stallion
Farley, Walter. Yearling 2002, c1969. [Grades 4-8].
HZ383
A dog's life : the autobiography of a stray
Martin, Ann M. Scholastic [2007], c2005. Grades 3-8.
JT414
Duck at the door
Urbanovic, Jackie. HarperCollins c2007. 1st ed. [Pre-school - grade 2].
HV640
Every living thing
Rylant, Cynthia. Aladdin Books 1988, c1985. 1st Aladdin Books ed. [Grades 4-8].
JA459
From Baghdad, with love : a Marine, the war, and a dog named Lava
Kopelman, Jay. Lyons Press c2006. [Grade 9 – Adult].
JR901
Grayson
Cox, Lynne. Alfred A. Knopf c2007. [Grade 9 – Adult].
GT220
Hoot
Hiaasen, Carl. Alfred A. Knopf c2002. 1st ed. Grade 5 and up.
GT256
Horse thief : a novel
Peck, Robert Newton. HarperCollins Publisher c2002. 1st ed. [Grade 9 and up].
GW246
Little panda : the world welcomes Hua Mei at the San Diego Zoo
Ryder, Joanne. Simon & Schuster/Books for young readers c2001. Grades 1-3.
HX354
Marley : a dog like no other
Grogan, John. Collins c2007. 1st ed. [Grades 2-7].
MM352
The missing 'gator of Gumbo Limbo : an eco mystery
George, Jean Craighead. Harper Trophy 1993, c1992. 1st Harper Trophy ed. Grades
3-7.
HC536
Shiloh
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Aladdin Paperbacks c2000. Grades 3-7.
MM017
Sounder
Armstrong, William Howard. HarperCollins 1969. Grade 7 and up.
GY977
The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
DiCamillo, Kate. Candlewick Press c2003. 1st ed. [Grades 1-6].
HK332
There's an owl in the shower
George, Jean Craighead. HarperTrophy 1997, c1995. 1st HarperTrophy ed. Grades
2-5.
HV396
Tigers at twilight
Osborne, Mary Pope. Random House 1999. [Grades 1-4].
JN799
The underneath
Appelt, Kathi. ATHENEUM BOOKS 2008. [Grades 4-7].
Adult/Teen Titles
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JC940
The animal dialogues : uncommon encounters in the wild
Childs, Craig Leland. Little, Brown c2007. 1st ed.
HF706
Animals in translation : using the mysteries of autism to decode animal behavior
Grandin, Temple. Scribner c2005.
JN520
Animals make us human : creating the best life for animals
Grandin, Temple. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt c2009.
JW607
A big little life : a memoir of a joyful dog
Koontz, Dean. Hyperion c2009.
JR358
The cowboy and his elephant : the story of a remarkable friendship
MacPherson, Malcolm. Thomas Dunne c2001
JR133
Chosen by a horse
Richards, Susan. Soho c2006.
JP948
The daily coyote : a story of love, survival, and trust in the wilds of Wyoming
Stockton, Sheve. Simon & Schuster c2008.
JN600
Dewey : the small – town library cat who touched the world
Myron, Vicki. Grand Central Publishing c2008.
JG560
Dog man : an uncommon life on a faraway mountain
Sherrill, Martha. Penguin Press, c2008.
HV786
The dogs who found me : what I've learned from pets who were left behind
Foster, Ken. Lyons Press c2006.
GT690
Dominion : the power of man, the suffering of animals, and the call to mercy
Scully, Matthew. St. Martin's Press c2002.
HV807
Every living thing
Herriot, James. St. Martin's Paperbacks 1993, c1992.
HZ673
In the company of animals : a study of human-animal relationships
Serpell, James. Cambridge University Press c1996. Canto ed.
JN723
The last flight of the scarlet macaw : one woman’s fight to save the world’s most beautiful bird
Barcott, Bruce. Random House c2008.
JD796
The lives of animals
Princeton University Press c1999.
JQ423
The modern dog : a joyful exploration of how we live with dogs today
Coren, Stanley. Free Press c2008.
JK805
The parrot who owns me : the story of a relationship
Burger, Joanna. Random House c2002. 1st trade paperback ed.
JV216
The smartest animals on the planet : extraordinary tales of the natural world’s most clever creatures
Boysen, Sally. Firefly Books c2009.
HC767
Timbuktu : a novel
Auster, Paul. Picador/Henry Holt and Co. 2000, c1999. 1st Picador USA ed.
MP058
Uncle Boris in the Yukon, and other shaggy dog stories
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus. Simon & Schuster c2001.
Please note the shelf number for the books you want before going to the Online Catalog
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