Gopher to the Rescue!

Gopher to the Rescue!
Author: Terry Catasús Jennings
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781607181316

"Includes 4 pages of learning activities"--P. [4] of cover.

Baby Owl's Rescue

Baby Owl's Rescue
Author: Jennifer Keats Curtis
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 160718060X

What if you found a baby owl in your backyard? Would you know what to do? Where would you go to find help? Join young Maddie and Max as they learn a valuable lesson from a little lost owl in Baby Owl's Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis. The brother and sister pair just wanted to play baseball one day. They never expected to come face-to-face with a wild animal! Lush illustrations by Laura Jacques accompany this story and demonstrate the proper treatment of wildlife. This story reminds all of us that we live in a world surrounded by wild animals, and those wild animals deserve our caution and our respect!

Gophers

Gophers
Author: Julia McDonnell
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 148241046X

Gophers are rodents that may look cute, but they can wreck a backyard in a hurry. In fact, one small gopher can move a ton of dirt in just a year. Gophers tunneling through wild fields aren't a problem. In fact, their tunneling can be good for the environment. However, when they choose playgrounds, yards, farms, and golf courses for homes, they can become very destructive animals. So what do people do if a gopher moves in? Readers will find out in this informative book, chock full of fun facts and photographs of gophers in action.

Welcome, Wombat

Welcome, Wombat
Author: Kama Einhorn
Publisher: Clarion Books
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2018
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1328767027

This entry in the True Tales of Rescue provides an up-close look at what life is like at a real wombat sanctuary in Australia--straight from a wombat herself. Includes full-color photos, graphics, and maps.

Felina's New Home

Felina's New Home
Author: Loran Wlodarski
Publisher: Sylvan Dell Publishing
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2010-03-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1607180936

Felina the Florida panther loved growing up in her forest home--until the forest started to shrink. Learn whether Felina and the other forest animals adapt to the new human presence and what children can do to keep wild animals safe, happy, and healthy. Includes "For Creative Minds" section

Healer of Angels

Healer of Angels
Author: Martin Tyner
Publisher: Amethyst Moon
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2009-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781935354123

Healer of Angels is a heartwarming collection of true stories of a young boy overcoming life's challenges and disabilities with the guidance of wise grandparents and other mentors. This process leads to a life dedicated to the rescue, healing and release of the wild creatures of the desert southwest. Some of the stories are humorous and some bittersweet, but each will inspire, teaching a lesson as it touches the readers' heart. Join Mr. Tyner as he reflects back on his life: from a young boy terrified of birds to becoming the first man in North America licensed to train a wild golden eagle in the ancient art of falconry; from a shy dyslectic teenager, to the founder and CEO of the Southwest Wildlife Foundation. Martin Tyner is one of America's foremost wildlife rehabilitators, a master falconer, eagle falconer, and wildlife and environmental educator. He travels throughout the west providing wildlife programs accompanied by his devoted companion, Scout, a wild golden eagle.

Little Heaven

Little Heaven
Author: Nick Cutter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2017-01-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1501104217

A trio of mismatched mercenaries is hired by a young woman to evaluate the safety of a boy who may have been taken against his will to a New Mexico backwoods settlement, where the mercenaries encounter paranoia, mistrust, and insanity in the shadow of a monolithic idol.

Knight of the Cape

Knight of the Cape
Author: Terry Catasus Jennings
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534465049

Judy Moody meets Netflix’s One Day at a Time in this first book in a new chapter book series featuring a young Cuban American girl who tries to find adventure based on the classics she read with her beloved abuela—can Dominguita become a noble knight? All Dominguita wants to do is read. Especially the books in Spanish that Abuela gave to her just before she moved away. They were classics that Abuela and Dominguita read together, classics her abuela brought with her all the way from Cuba when she was a young girl. It helps Dominguita feel like Abuela’s still there with her. One of her favorites, Don Quixote, tells of a brave knight errant who tries to do good deeds. Dominguita decides that she, too, will become a knight and do good deeds around her community, creating a grand adventure for her to share with her abuela. And when the class bully tells Dominguita that girls can’t be knights, Dom is determined to prove him wrong. With a team of new friends, can Dominguita learn how to be the hero of her own story?

Mountain Dog

Mountain Dog
Author: Margarita Engle
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-08-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0805098933

When Tony's mother is sent to jail, he is sent to stay with a great uncle he has never met in Sierra Nevada. It is a daunting move—Tony's new world bears no semblance to his previous one. But slowly, against a remote and remarkable backdrop, the scars from Tony's troubled past begin to heal. With his Tió and a search-and-rescue dog named Gabe by his side, he learns how to track wild animals, is welcomed to the Cowboy Church, and makes new friends at the Mountain School. Most importantly though, it is through Gabe that Tony discovers unconditional love for the first time, in Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013

Christmas Eve Blizzard

Christmas Eve Blizzard
Author: Andrea Vlahakis
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2005-10-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1607180030

Join Nicholas and his grandfather as they push aside the thoughts of decorating the Christmas tree to lovingly care for a cardinal trapped in the snow of a blizzard on Christmas Eve. Christmas morning finds Nicholas more concerned about the bird than opening his gifts.