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    Companion Animals/Pets

     

    • A Dog Isn't Just for Christmas by Beth Peterson.  BookSurge, LLC, 2005
    • A Time for Horatio by Penelope Colville Paine.  Advocacy Press, 1990
    • Can I Be Good? by Livingston Taylor.  Gulliver Books, Harcourt Brace & Co, 1993
    • Finding My Molly by Peggy Krause.  AuthorHouse, 2007
    • Henry and Mudge Take the Big Test by Cynthia Rylant.  Bradbury, Macmillan Publishing, 1991
    • I Really Want a Dog by Susan Breslow and Sally Blakemore.  Dutton Childrens Books, Penguin Books, 1990
    • Jaeger Finds a Family by Jennifer Seidel.  Green Bark Press, 1992
    • Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour the Tea by Cynthia Rylant.  Macmillan Publishing, 1994
    • Pippo, A Little Dog Finds a Home by Annette Langen.  Abbeville Press Publishers, 1995
    • Sheepdog in the Snow by Lucy Daniels.  Barrons Educational Series, Inc., 1996
    • Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.  Dell Publishing, 1991
    • The Blessing of Animals by Milly Vetterlein.  St. George Press, 1992
    • The Invisible Dog by Dick King-Smith.  Crown Publishing, 1993
    • Tonio’s Cat by Mary Calhoun.  Morrow Junior Books, 1996
    • Water Pup by Peter Parnall.  Macmillan, 1993
    • William’s Story by Debra Duel.  Storytellers Ink, 1992

    Farm Animals

     

    • A Home for Henny by Karen Davis and Patricia Vandenbergh.  United Poultry Concerns, 1996
    • Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.  Paragon Book Service, (1877) 1993
    • Charlotte's Web by E.B. White.  Harper & Row Publishers Inc., 1952
    • Cows are Vegetarians! A Book for Vegetarian Kids by Ann Bradley.  Healthways Press, 1992
    • Mrs. Goose's Baby by Charlotte Voake.  Candlewick Press, 1989
    • Pony on the Porch by Lucy Daniels.  Barrons Educational Series, Inc., 1996
    • The Adventures of Pilaf, Almondine and Tetrazzini by Ethel Pochocki.  Storytellers Ink, 1994
    • The Boy Who Loved All Living Things: The Imaginary Childhood of Albert Schweitzer by Sheila Hamanaka.  Animal Welfare Institute, 2006

          Wildlife

     

    • A Koala Grows Up by Rita G. Gelman and Gioia Fiammenghi.  Scholastic Inc., 1986
    • Baby Kangaroo: At Home in the Outback by Jennifer Boudart and Linda H. Ayriss.  Publications International, 1995
    • Baby Whale's Journey by Jonathan London and Jon Van Zyle.  Scholastic Inc., 1999
    • Dancing With Manatees by Faith McNulty and Lena Shiffman.  Scholastic Inc., 1994
    • Does Anyone Know Where a Hermit Crab Goes? by Michael Glaser.  Knickerbocker Publishing Co., 1983
    • Izzie Lizzie Alligator: A Tale of a Big Lizard by Suzanne Tate (Nature Series) and James Melvin.  Nags Head Art Inc., 1999
    • Little Turtle's Big Adventure by David Harrison and J.P. Miller.  Random House Early Bird Book, 1969
    • The Best Nest by Doris L. Mueller.  Sylvan Dell Publishing, 2008
    • The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader.  Scholastic Inc., 1948
    • The Last Polar Bears by Harry Horse. Puffin Books, 1996
    • Trapper by Stephen Cosgrove and Robin James.  Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers, 1981
    • Turtles In My Sandbox by Jennifer Keats Curtis.  Sylvan Dell Publishing, 2006 

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