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While on a camping trip, Ted Kerasote met a dog--a Labrador mix--who was living on his own in the wild. They became attached to each other, and Kerasote decided to name the dog Merle and bring him home. There, he realized that Merle's native intelligence would be diminished by living exclusively in the human world. He put a dog door in his house so Merle could live both outside and in. This portrait of a remarkable dog and his relationship with the...
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Junie B. Jones series volume 12
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IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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There's going to be a pet day at school, only guess what? No dogs allowed! And that's the only kind of pet Junie B. has. If Mother and Daddy won't buy her a new pet, Junie B. will just have to find one on her own. Like mayby a jar of ants. Or a wiggly worm. Or - could it be - something even better?
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All creatures great and small volume 4
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Continues the memoirs of Yorkshire veterinarian James Herriot, as life for Herriot, his wife, and two children gets back to normal after World War II.
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All creatures great and small volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
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All Things Bright and Beautiful is the beloved sequel to Herriot's first collection, All Creatures Great and Small, and picks up as Herriot, now newly married, journeys among the remote hillside farms and valley towns of the Yorkshire Dales, caring for their inhabitants---both two- and four-legged. Throughout, Herriot's deep compassion, humor, and love of life shine out as we laugh, cry, and delight in his portraits of his many, varied animal patients...
10) Hi! Fly Guy
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Fly Guy volume 1
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IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
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When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.
11) Pet sematary
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 23
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From horror's master storyteller, Stephen King, comes the classic tale--PET SEMETARY. When the Creeds move into a beautiful old house in rural Maine, it all seems too good to be true: physician father, beautiful wife, charming little daughter, adorable infant son--and now an idyllic home. As a family, they've got it all ... right down to the friendly cat. But the nearby woods hide a blood-chilling truth--more terrifying than death itself--and hideously...
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[2019]
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Terrier Max is coping with some major life changes. His owner is now married and has a toddler, Liam. Max is so worried about protecting the boy that he develops a nervous tic. On a family trip to a farm, Max and Duke encounter many creatures who elevates Max's anxiety. Luckily, Max gets some guidance from veteran farm dog Rooster, who pushes Max to ditch his neuroses, find his inner alpha, and give Liam a little more freedom. Can Max and the gang...
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All creatures great and small volume 5
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In stories of wonders great and small, the author reintroduces many old friends like Mrs. Pumphrey, his partner Liegfried Farnon, and his wife Helen. But there are wonderful new faces, too, expecially his children, Rosie and Jimmy, and his latest assistant, Calum Buchanan.The author offers a collection of memoirs, describing the family and friends who share his life on the Yorkshire dales.
14) The perfect pet
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IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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After Elizabeth's parents do not agree with her various suggestions for the perfect pet, she discovers a solution.
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Bad Kitty (Chapter books) volume 4
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Kitty's owners are home with a big surprise for Kitty. But what is it? Kitty, reeling in horror, thinks it's a . . . dog. The neighbor cats are convinced it's a cat. But we all know that it's really a BABY!With Nick Bruel's trademark mix of antic humor (this time involving a Kitty game show and the Kitty Olympics - which the baby wins hands down), riotous illustrations, total mayhem, and Uncle Murray Fun Facts, this may be the funniest Kitty book...
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"In the summer of 2012, Steve Jenkins was contacted by an old friend about adopting a micro piglet. Though he knew his partner, Derek, wouldn't be enthusiastic, he agreed to take the adorable little pig anyway, thinking he could care for her himself. Little did he know, that decision would change his and Derek's lives forever. It turned out there was nothing "micro" about Esther, and Steve and Derek had actually signed on to raise a full-sized commercial...
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All creatures great and small volume 1
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IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 26
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Take an unforgettable journey through the English countryside and into the homes of its inhabitants--four-legged and otherwise--with the world's best-loved animal doctor. For over 25 years, since "All Creatures Great and Small" was first published, readers have delighted to the storytelling genius of James Herriot, the Yorkshire veterinarian whose fascinating vignettes brim with the wonder of life, animal and human.
19) Sparky!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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A child takes a sloth named Sparky as a pet.
20) A Boy Called Bat
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Boy called BAT volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat s mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a stray baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he s got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific...