Paddle-to-the-Sea

Paddle-to-the-Sea
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1941
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780395150825

A small canoe carved by an Indian boy makes a journey from Lake Superior all the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

Me . . . Jane

Me . . . Jane
Author: Patrick McDonnell
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2012-03-27
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0316210102

Patrick McDonnell-beloved, bestselling author-artist and creator of the Mutts syndicated comic strip--shares the inspiring story of young Jane Goodall, the legendary and inspiring conservationist featured in the hit documentary film Jane. In his characteristic heartwarming style, Patrick McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. As the young Jane observes the natural world around her with wonder, she dreams of "a life living with and helping all animals," until one day she finds that her dream has come true. With anecdotes taken directly from Jane Goodall's autobiography, McDonnell makes this very true story accessible for the very young--and young at heart. One of the world's most inspiring women, Dr. Jane Goodall is a renowned humanitarian, conservationist, animal activist, environmentalist, and United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 1977 she founded the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), a global nonprofit organization that empowers people to make a difference for all living things.

Oscar, Cat-About-Town

Oscar, Cat-About-Town
Author: James Herriot
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1993-03-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780312091309

Nobody knows why a stray cat keeps sneaking away from his new home, until he begins turning up at social events all over the village.

Trial and Triumph

Trial and Triumph
Author: Richard M. Hannula
Publisher: Canon Press & Book Service
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1999
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1885767544

for saxophone quartetA slow movement which explores the beautiful sonorities of saxophones played softly.

Frog and Toad

Frog and Toad
Author: Arnold Lobel
Publisher: Frog and Toad
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-10-06
Genre: Friendship
ISBN: 9780008136222

A beautiful hardback gift to treasure. This collection brings together all of Arnold Lobel's engaging, warm and funny stories about Frog and Toad, and features a special foreword by Julia Donaldson. A collectable classic treasury that every child should read and own. Julia Donaldson says "I hugely admire and envy Arnold Lobel; he is my hero". Once upon a time there were two good friends, a frog and a toad... From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other - just as best friends should be. The Frog and Toad stories from Arnold Lobel have been loved by generations. This beautiful treasury brings together all twenty stories from Frog and Toad Are Friends, Frog and Toad All Year, Frog and Toad Together and Days With Frog and Toad.

The Christmas Day Kitten

The Christmas Day Kitten
Author: James Herriot
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1993-09-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0312097670

"Christmas can never go by without my remembering a certain little cat." So begins The Christmas Day Kitten, another true story from James Herriot's rich experience as a country vet. As always, the tale includes a vivid group of characters on two legs and four: Mrs. Pickering and her three stately Basset hounds, James himself, and Debbie, the self-possesed stray cat who makes a special contribution to Christmas at the Pickering house. This is one of James Herriot's own favorite stories, and it is sure to be one of yours.

Helpful Henry

Helpful Henry
Author: Brown, Phillip; Ian
Publisher: Andersen Press (UK)
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2003-09-25
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781842702420

"A positive story about helping and a child's first day at school written in rhyme and illustrated with energy and panche by this master story-teller for children." - Publisher's webpage.

James Herriot's Animal Stories

James Herriot's Animal Stories
Author: James Herriot
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1997-08-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312168742

When you enter the world of James Herriot's Animal Stories, you’ll share his wonder and humor, his adventures and misadventures as he contends with pet owners and landowners; rough-spoken farmers and soft-spoken gentry; orphaned lambs, litters of piglets and puppies, cattle and draught horses; and a miscellany of cats and dogs including, of course, Mrs. Pumphrey’s inimitable Pekinese, Tricki Woo.