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Pocket Cats Series (age 7-10) by Kitty Wells fantasy ... school ... animals Publisher comments: When Maddy first wakes up to find a tiny, living, breathing cat on her pillow, she can't believe her luck. Greykin tells her that he and the other ceramic cats have bonded with her and will now come to life whenever she needs help helping others. title: Shadow Magic |
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Oliver, Clarence, and Violet
(age 7-10) by James Stevenson adventure ... animals Catalog: Oliver, a beaver, decides to build a ship and leave his pond to look for greener pastures, but finds that all his animal friends want to accompany him. |
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Just Grace Series (age 7-10) by Charise Harper animals ... mystery ... humor Publisher comments: Grace loves cats. She also loves taking pictures of cats and drawing Not So Super comics. She doesn't like Sammy Stringer, a boy in her class. She's got lots and lots of ideas, and when her neighbor's cat goes missing, Grace does her best to make Mrs. Luther feel less lonely. But as the mystery of the missing cat continues, Grace's well-intentioned plan backfires, and she finds herself in a bit of trouble. Maybe, just maybe, Sammy Stringer will help her through. title: Just Grace title: Still Just Grace |
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The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
(age 7-10) by Alice Dalgliesh humor ... animals Publisher comments: ``There are no bears on Hemlock Mountain, No bears, no bears at all...'' Or so young Jonathan is told by the grown-ups as he sets out alone over Hemlock Mountain. But as Jonathan discovers on the cold winter night, grown-ups don't always know... |
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Ghost Dog
(age 7-10) by Eleanor Allen spooky ... animals Kim wants a dog more than anything but her parents don't want a dog in the house. Then one night Kim meets Rex, a big, loyal and lovable dog; an excellent guard dog, but also a ghost. |
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Alison's Puppy
(age 7-10) by Marion Dane Bauer friendship ... animals All Alison wants is a puppy for her birthday. |
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The Case of the Elevator Duck
(age 7-10) by Polly Berends animals ... mystery Chronicles the adventures of an eleven-year-old detective which resulted from finding a duck in the elevator of his apartment building. |
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The World According to Humphrey (age 7-10) by Betty Birney animals ... school ... friendship Humphrey, pet hamster at Longfellow School, learns that he has an important role to play in helping his classmates and teacher. title: The World According to Humphrey title: Friendship According to Humphrey title: Trouble According to Humphrey title: Adventure According to Humphrey title: Summer According to Humphrey title: School Days According to Humphrey |
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Star of Wild Horse Canyon
(age 7-10) by Clyde Robert Bulla animals Catalog: A young boy accompanies his father and uncle on a wild horse roundup, tames a horse he particularly likes, and loses him when, in a storm, the pasture fence gets broken. |
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Hello, Star
(age 7-10) by Carolyn Haywood family ... animals Spending the summer in the country with her grandparents, five-year-old Star has a chance to make friends with raccoons, swans, and other animals both domestic and wild. |
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The Silver Pony: a Story in Pictures
(age 7-10) by Lynd Ward animals ... fantasy Told only in pictures, this is the story of a lonely farm boy who confuses his dreams of adventure on a winged pony with reality. |
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Rainbow Magic: The Pet Fairies Series (age 7-10) by Daisy Meadows animals ... fantasy ... magic ... adventure Publisher comments: The Pet Fairies have one of the most important jobs in Fairyland! They work with their special pets to make sure that all animals find safe homes. But now Jack Frost has stolen the magical pets! Could they be lost forever? title: Katie, the Kitten Fairy title: Bella, the Bunny Fairy title: Georgia, the Guinea Pig Fairy title: Harriet, the Hamster Fairy title: Molly, the Goldfish Fairy |
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A Girl, a Boy, and a Monster Cat
(age 7-10) by Gail Gauthier animals ... friendship ... humor Sam's house would have been the perfect place for Brandon to go after school. The big-screen TV is on all the time, and Sam is a boy. Instead, Brandon's mom sends him to Hannah's, where he is forced to play imaginary games in which Hannah is always the hero. Even the cat, Buttercup, gets more exciting roles than Brandon. Then a new neighbor moves in with a tiny dog who is actually quite fierce. He gives Hannah lots of material for games, but when Buttercup defends her territory with some malicious tactics, reality becomes much more exciting than fiction. |
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Snakes Are Nothing to Sneeze At
(age 7-10) by Gabrielle Charbonnet family ... animals Although he's not furry and her best friend thinks he's yucky, Annabel loves her new pet snake. |
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Smudge: the Little Lost Lamb
(age 7-10) by James Herriot adventure ... animals Smudge is an adorable black-and-white lamb, who lives in Farmer Cobb's farmyard with his mother and many other animals. One fine spring day, though, Smudge decides to see the world outside Farmer Cobb's fence, and finds himself on a glorious adventure-until he discovers that he can't get back in. |
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It Goes Eeeeeeeeeeeee!
(age 7-10) by Jamie Gilson friendship ... animals ... school Patrick, the new boy in Richard's class, is always causing trouble, but his work on a science project about bats helps him make new friends. |
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The Next-door Dogs
(age 7-10) by Colby Rodowsky friendship ... animals Although terrified of dogs, nine-year-old Sara forces herself to face a Labrador retriever and a dalmatian in order to help her next-door neighbor, who has fallen and broken her leg. |
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Akimbo and the Lions
(age 7-10) by Alexander McCallSmith adventure ... animals When Akimbo and his park ranger father unintentionally capture a lion cub near an African game park, Akimbo wants to keep the cub. |
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Akimbo and the Crocodile Man
(age 7-10) by Alexander McCallSmith adventure ... animals Akimbo goes to the rescue of a zoologist who is injured on his father's game preserve. |
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Akimbo and the Snakes
(age 7-10) by Alexander McCallSmith adventure ... animals On a trip to the snake park with his Uncle Peter, Akimbo has an adventure involving a deadly green mamba snake. |
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Akimbo and the Elephants
(age 7-10) by Alexander McCallSmith adventure ... animals On the African game preserve where his father works, Akimbo devises a dangerous plan to capture a ring of elephant poachers. |
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Third Grade Pet
(age 7-10) by Judy Cox animals ... humor ... school Fearing for the safety of Cheese the rat, Rosemary takes him home! |
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The Enormous Crocodile
(age 7-10) by Roald Dahl animals ... humor The Enormous Crocodile loves to make his meals of fresh, juicy children, and the town near his river is full of them. He's got the disguises and clever tricks to catch them--or so he thinks. Even though the Enormous Crocodile may be wicked and cunning, the other animals in the jungle know just how to foil his plans. |
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The Magic Finger
(age 7-10) by Roald Dahl animals ... magic ... humor The Gregg family loves hunting, but their eight-year-old neighbor can't stand it. After countless please for them to stop are ignored, she has no other choice--she has to put her magic finger on them. Now the Greggs are a family of birds, and like it or not, they're going to find out how it feels to be on the other end of the gun. |
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My Dog, Cat
(age 7-10) by Marty Crisp realistic ... friendship ... animals It's bad enough being a boy with a girl's name, but now Abbie's dog is making him a target for bullies. He's worried about being seen with his aunt's ``sissy'' dog... but feisty Catullus proves that big isn't necessarily better! |