As Christmas nears, Amy and her friends in the Critter Club try to find a home for two adorable guinea pigs.

Gerald believes he is allergic to his best friend! Will he have to stay away from Piggie forever?

Thirty-seven fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Scandinavia, and Russia, including The Golden Goose, The Story of Sigurd, and The Twelve Dancing Princesses.

Weaves history, literature, anecdotes, scientific studies, and personal experiences to explore the emotional pain of farm animals.

"Today, more than 90 percent of the world's large animals are farm animals: cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens. Billions of animals with a rich world or feelings, emotions, sensations, needs, and fears pass their lives as machines for producing meat, milk, and eggs in industrial production lines. It is the responsibility of each and evry one of us to be aware of the immense suffering that we humans are causing these animals and to do our best to reduce...

Traces an incrementally violent confrontation between a National Park Service biologist who would eradicate invasive wildlife on the Channel Islands and two locals who are fiercely opposed to the killing of any creatures.

Descended from a long line of adventurers and monster hunters, a gentle pig who prefers poetry writing to catching dangerous creatures reluctantly sets out on his first assignment: to hunt a dangerous vampire.

"In Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing songbirds from the Empire State Building as they migrate...

Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.

Opal's new friend Daphne seems to be the best at everything she does, but Toot and Puddle see another side of her.