The Calico Jungle

The Calico Jungle
Author: Dahlov Ipcar
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781934031315

A mother makes her little boy a quilt covered with jungle trees, flowers and animals. Every night the little boy looks at all the animals and trees and when he gets to the end of the quilt he sees that the animals are all sleeping.

The Calico Jungle

The Calico Jungle
Author: Dahlov Ipcar
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1965
Genre: Animals
ISBN:

A small boy whose mother has made him a calico quilt covered with animals, trees, and flowers likes to be in bed and look at all the animals among the strange trees.

The Underneath

The Underneath
Author: Kathi Appelt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2012-07-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416998586

There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road. A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. She dares to find him in the forest, and the hound dares to befriend this cat, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. They are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch, to raise her kittens there because Gar-Face, the man living inside the house, will surely use them as alligator bait should he find them. But they are safe in the Underneath...as long as they stay in the Underneath. Kittens, however, are notoriously curious creatures. And one kitten’s one moment of curiosity sets off a chain of events that is astonishing, remarkable, and enormous in its meaning. For everyone who loves Sounder, Shiloh, and The Yearling, for everyone who loves the haunting beauty of writers such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Flannery O’Connor, and Carson McCullers, Kathi Appelt spins a harrowing yet keenly sweet tale about the power of love—and its opposite, hate—the fragility of happiness and the importance of making good on your promises.

Calico Captive

Calico Captive
Author: Elizabeth George Speare
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2001-10-29
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0547530978

From a Newbery Medal–winning author, an “exciting novel” about a colonial girl’s experience during the French and Indian War (Saturday Review). In the year 1754, the stillness of Charlestown, New Hampshire, is shattered by the terrifying cries of an Indian raid. Young Miriam Willard, on a day that had promised new happiness, finds herself instead a captive on a forest trail, caught up in the ebb and flow of the French and Indian War. It is a harrowing march north. Miriam can only force herself to the next stopping place, the next small portion of food, the next icy stream to be crossed. At the end of the trail waits a life of hard work and, perhaps, even a life of slavery. Mingled with her thoughts of Phineas Whitney, her sweetheart on his way to Harvard, is the crying of her sister’s baby, Captive, born on the trail. Miriam and her companions finally reach Montreal, a city of shifting loyalties filled with the intrigue of war, and here, by a sudden twist of fortune, Miriam meets the prominent Du Quesne family, who introduce her to a life she has never imagined. Based on an actual narrative diary published in 1807, Calico Captive skillfully reenacts an absorbing facet of history. “Vital and vivid, this short novel based on the actual captivity of a pre-Revolutionary girl of Charlestown, New Hampshire, presents American history with force and verve.” —Kirkus Reviews

The Jigsaw Jungle

The Jigsaw Jungle
Author: Kristin Levine
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2021-05-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0147516234

A mysterious treasure hunt helps to heal a broken family in critically acclaimed author Kristin Levine’s first contemporary tale—perfect for fans of Wendy Mass and Jennifer L. Holm Claudia Dalton’s father has disappeared. What began as a late night at work has spiraled into a missing persons case—one that’s left twelve-year-old Claudia questioning everything she’s ever known about her father and their family. But when she finally gets word from her dad, it turns out he isn’t missing at all. He’s just gone to “think things over” and visit an old friend, whatever that means. Feeling confused and helpless, Claudia starts to assemble a scrapbook, gathering emails, receipts, phone transcripts and more, all in a desperate attempt to figure out what’s happening with her dad. Claudia’s investigation deepens at her grandfather’s house, where she receives an envelope containing a puzzle piece and a cryptic message. It’s this curious first clue that sets Claudia on an unexpected treasure hunt that she hopes will bring her dad home and heal whatever’s gone wrong with her family. Told through the pages of Claudia’s scrapbook, The Jigsaw Jungle is a moving story of a family lost and then found, with a dash of mystery and loads of heart, from award-winning author and middle-grade master Kristin Levine.

The Cat at Night

The Cat at Night
Author: Dahlov Ipcar
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2023-09-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1958394238

The golden jubilee edition of a children’s classic first published in 1969. Join the farmer’s cat on his fascinating nighttime journey through fields, farms, forests, and even the city to see what only he can see after the sunsets. Legendary artist Dahlov Ipcar mesmerizingly alternates between dark night scenes and vivid color to deliver a beautifully illustrated children’s classic. Each scene is shown first as a human would see it at night in blacks and whites, and then as a cat sees it in with vivid color and fine detail. This commemorative edition features new back matter about Dahlov’s children’s books from her biographer, poet and art critic Carl Little.

If I Were a Jungle Animal

If I Were a Jungle Animal
Author: Amanda Ellery
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2012-09-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442478209

Morton is bored playing baseball all the way in the outfield, where the ball never, ever comes. But if he were in the jungle instead, he could be a lion or a zebra or a hippopotamus! Yeah, if he were a jungle animal, then things would be exciting. But excitement can be distracting, especially if a ball might be coming right toward him! This eBook edition of Morton's daydream adventure includes audio.

The Catswold Portal

The Catswold Portal
Author: Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 675
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061740284

A striking new reissue of an epic fantasy by popular Harper author Shirley Rousseau Murphy, featuring a princess's dangerous quest to reclaim her throne...and, of course, cats! There is a door in an artist's garden: an elaborate carved passageway into a realm ruled by a dark sorceress queen. There entities strange and wondrous roam the Netherworld––yet none as astonishing as the shape–shifting Catswold... Raised by the oldwitch Mag, Melissa discovers a perilous secret. She has more than one form––human girl and magical cat––and once inhabited two worlds. And it is her destiny to return to a mystic realm of wonder and terror, to do battle for her people's liberation and the crown that is rightfully hers. A man beset by tragedy, painter Braden West is intrigued by the calico cat who has charmed her way into his studio. But his "guest" is more than she seems, and Braden's very existence will be radically altered as he follows Melissa from the Hell Pit into the dread perils of an evil ruling court, thrust into the heart of a magical conflict with more at stake than he could possibly have imagined.

Where Lily Isn't

Where Lily Isn't
Author: Julie Paschkis
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-01-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250773148

Where Lily Isn't is Julie Paschkis and Margaret Chodos-Irvine's beautiful bereavement picture book celebrating the love of a lost pet. Lily ran and jumped and barked and whimpered and growled and wiggled and wagged and licked and snuggled. But not now. It is hard to lose a pet. There is sadness, but also hope—for a beloved pet lives on in your heart, your memory, and your imagination.

The Calico Tiger

The Calico Tiger
Author: Christian B Garrison
Publisher: Baker's Plays
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2017-09-14
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

As the tiger enters the forest, the other animals are frightened and hide, leaving the tiger lonely and without friends. After all, he can't change his fierce appearance. Then the other animals devise a plan -- paint him calico! The plan works -- until it rains! To make matters worse a hunter enters the forest stalking the mighty tiger. Peace is restored when the animals realize that it is truly the nature of the creature that matters, not his appearance.