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3) Stellaluna
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volumes (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a little bat gets separated from her mother, she learns a big lesson about finding friendship in the unlikeliest of places.
Author
Language
English
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Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In this first volume of her six books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. She learns...
6) Bird
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
72 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.), Bird expert files (64 p. ; 22 cm.), wall chart, map, profile cards, and model.
Language
English
Description
A photo essay on the world of birds examining such topics as body construction, feathers and flight, the adaptation of beaks and feet, feeding habits, courtship, nests and eggs, and bird watching.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[c1940]
Physical Desc
[55] p. col. illus. 27 x 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.
8) Okay for now
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Description
"Christian Cooper is a self-described Blerd (Black nerd), an avid comics fan, and an expert birder who devotes every spring to gazing upon the migratory birds that stop to rest in Central Park, just a subway ride away from where he lives in New York City. When birdwatching in the park one morning in May 2020, Cooper was engaged in the ritual that had been a part of his life since he was ten years old. But when a routine encounter with a dog-walker...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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An exhilarating exploration of the science and wonder of global bird migration. In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned of these key migrations - how billions of birds circumnavigate the globe, flying tens of thousands of miles between hemispheres...
11) Stuart Little
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Originally published 1945. The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird that stayed for a few days in his family's garden. Special Read-Aloud ed.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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During her sophomore year, Jessica develops a relationship with Vivi which helps her deal with the anger she has felt since her father's death, only to be overwhelmed again when Vivi dies during their senior year.
13) The Bird sisters
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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Description
"Whenever a bird flies into a window in Spring Green, Wisconsin, sisters Milly and Twiss get a visit. Twiss listens to the birds' heartbeats, assessing what she can fix and what she can't, while Milly listens to the heartaches of the people who've brought them. These spinster sisters have spent their lives nursing people and birds back to health. But back in the summer of 1947, Milly and Twiss knew nothing about trying to mend what had been accidentally...
15) The big snow
Author
Language
English
Description
Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow.
16) The thorn birds
Author
Language
English
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Description
"The Thorn Birds is a robust, romantic saga of a singular family, the Clearys. It begins in the early part of the 20th century, when Paddy Cleary moves his wife, Fiona, and their seven children to Drogheda, the vast Australian sheep station owned by his autocratic and childless older sister; and it ends more than half a century later, when the only survivor of the third generation, the brilliant actress Justine O'Neill, sets a course of life and love...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 598 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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"A completely revised edition of Sibley's landmark guide, with more than 600 new paintings and 111 rare species added, new information on habitat and behavior, and more tips on finding species in the field"--Cover.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
230 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
In the midst of a bloody battle in the Iraq War, two soldiers, bound together since basic training, do everything to protect each other from both outside enemies and the internal struggles that come from constant danger.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"Butternut is a young, anxious rabbit and master storyteller who makes friends outside her burrow - even though she was cautioned not to - and now must decide whether she will remain loyal to her family or help other animals in need." --
Butternut, a young rabbit who loves stories, makes friends among the other animals and birds of Milkweed Meadow, and convinces them to help her rescue a litter of orphaned coyote pups.
20) The Emperor Mage
Author
Series
Publisher
Full Cast Audio
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Sequel to: Wolf-speaker.Sequel: The realms of the gods.Ages 12 and up.When she is sent as part of the delegation from Tortall to negotiate a peace treaty with Carthak, fifteen-year-old Daine must use her powers to communicate with animals for more than healing the Carthak emperor's dying birds. Fantasy books collection--Look for Fantasy spine label.
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