Michael Foreman
Author
Language
English
Description
Stubby was a brave soldier, a loyal friend and a dog. From an army training camp to the trenches in France, this is the incredible true story of Sergeant Stubby, the dog who served bravely in the First World War, sniffing out gas attacks, catching spies and winning the hearts of his fellow soldiers.
5) Wonder goal!
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Language
English
Description
A boy describes what it feels like to score a goal that makes his soccer teammates stop teasing him.
7) Cat & Dog
Author
Publisher
Anderson Press USA
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Dog takes care of a trio of kittens when their mother, Cat, gets trapped in a fisherman's van while trying to find breakfast.
8) Friends
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
While a cat wanders wild and free, his friend Bubble the fish swims in circles in a bowl, until the cat decides to give Bubble a taste of freedom.
10) Just so stories
Author
Language
English
Description
A collection of the well-known stories, including "How the Whale Got His Throat," "The Elephant's Child, " and "The Butterfly That Stamped." Kipling's own drawings, with their long, funny captions, illustrate his hilarious explanations of "How the Camel Got His Hump," "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin," "How the Armadillo Happened," and other animals How's. He began inventing these stories in his American wife's hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont, to...
12) I love you, too!
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Little Bear doesn't want to go to sleep, so he tries everything he can think of to distract his father. In the end it's an exhausted dad who falls asleep"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A collection of poems evoking the world and feelings of childhood. It is one of the best-loved classic poetry collections ever written and is illustrated here by the world-famous artist Michael Foreman in a beautiful new gift edition, with a foreword by Alexander McCall Smith.
14) Oh! if only
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Relates the chain of events as one young boy and a dog unwittingly unleash havoc on the queen's birthday celebration.
15) Happy times!
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When the sun rises, a new day begins. Time for a trip to the beach, games on the sand, and cake for teatime. A perfect day filled with family love and happy times!"--Font jacket flap.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When a tornado hits Dorothy's home in the Kansas prairies, she and her dog, Toto, are whisked away to the magical Land of Oz. To return home, Dorothy must follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and seek help from the great and powerful Wizard of Oz. So, accompanied by the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy sets out on a wild and magical adventure. This classic children's novel has been described as the first American...
18) The jungle book
Author
Language
English
Description
The Jungle Book is a collection of Rudyard Kipling's animal stories, wonderfully told and interweaving moral lessons with classic tales. They include the stories of Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a brave mongoose, and Toomai of the Elephants, the story of a young elephant handler. The Jungle Book was first published by Macmillan in 1894.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Adam, an immigrant boy in a big city, is lonely until he see snow for the first time and starts to play with the neighborhood children, but when he starts school he gets some seeds and begins to plant them with help from his new friends.