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1) Black Beauty
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English
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"When Black Beauty was born one sweet spring day, he could not have imagined the life ahead of him. Following his mother's advice to do his work with a good will, he enjoys the adventures of country and city life, makes new friends, and suffers from the cruelty and greed of his human masters. Beauty faces each challenge with bravery and kindness -- and then a chance encounter with an old friend brings him the greatest joy of all. Anna Sewell's classic...
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English
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Billy Williams came to colonial Burma in 1920, fresh from service in World War I, to a job as a "forest man" for a British teak company. Mesmerized by the intelligence, character, and even humor of the great animals who hauled logs through the remote jungles, he became a gifted "elephant wallah." Increasingly skilled at treating their illnesses and injuries, he also championed more humane treatment for them, even establishing an elephant "school"...
4) Animals work
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
29 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the types of work that different animals do, including donkeys, camels, goats, sheep, and elephants.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Military animals explores amazing creatures that have aided militaries on land, by air, and at sea. Learn how elephants, bats, monkeys, cats, and even glowworms helped out in times of war.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Goliath, a fire horse assigned to Engine Company 15, whose steadfastness led him to become a hero during the 1904 fire in Baltimore, Maryland.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how miniature horses can be trained to guide the blind, and describes how Panda, a guide horse for Ann Edie, helps Ann across busy streets, into cars and trains, and other places.
Author
Series
Ranger in time volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
125 pages, unnumbered sequence of pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Ranger, a golden retriever, could have been a great search-and-rescue-dog except for the squirrels--but one day he unearths a mysterious box and finds himself transported back to the year 1850 where his faithful service is really needed by a family traveling west along the Oregon Trail.
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