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Bunnicula

James Howe, Deborah Howe · 98 pages

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The World According to Humphrey

Betty G. Birney · 124 pages

Humphrey, a pet hamster at Longfellow School, learns that he has an important role to play in helping his classmates and teacher.

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The One and Only Ivan

Katherine Applegate · 336 pages

Having spent 27 years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes.

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The Escape

Kathryn Lasky · 229 pages

Estrella is a filly, daughter of the lead mare, one of a shipment of horses bound for the new world, but when the ship is becalmed and the horses are dropped overboard to lighten the load, Estrella finds that it is up to her to lead the herd to land and safety. Estrella is a filly, daughter of the lead mare, one of a shipment of horses bound for the new world, but when the ship is becalmed and th

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The Murderer's Ape

Jakob Wegelius · 317 pages

(Suitable for year 5 and 6.) When her best friend, the sailor Henry Koskela, is falsely accused of murder, a gorilla named Sally Jones visits the run-down docks of Lisbon, embarks on a dizzying journey across the seven seas, and calls on the Maharaja of Bhapur's magnificent court--all in an attempt to clear Henry's name.

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Down And Out Down Under

Geronimo Stilton · 105 pages

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Upchuck and the Rotten Willy

Bill Wallace · 112 pages

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The Good Dog

Avi · 243 pages

McKinley, a malamute, is a good dog -- he's reliable and trustworthy. Whether it's watching over the other dogs of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, or taking care of his human pup, Jack, McKinley never even thinks of letting anyone down -- until he meets Lupin. Lupin is a she-wolf and she's urging the dogs of Steamboat Springs to leave their domesticated lives and join her wild pack. And though she sc

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I, Freddy

Dietlof Reiche · 201 pages

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Black Beauty

Anna Sewell · 226 pages

Black Beauty is the suspenseful and deeply moving account of a horse's experiences at the hands of many owners — some, sensitive riders who treated him gently; others, cruel drivers who thoughtlessly inflicted lasting damage. Written as the animal's autobiography, and as an appeal for the humane treatment of horses,

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The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp

Kathi Appelt · 326 pages

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Geronimo's Valentine

Geronimo Stilton, Elisabetta Dami · 118 pages

When Geronimo gets a call to help Hercule Poirat solve a mystery at the same time as his date with Petunia Pretty Paws, what is a gentlemouse to do?

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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith · 32 pages

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Nighty-Nightmare

James Howe · 122 pages

When scary strangers appear at the Monroes' overnight campsite, Chester the cat tries to convince the family's two dogs that foul play is intended.

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We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes

Patrick Jennings

I am a snake. No, not a rattlesnake. I just look like one. I’m a gopher snake. One day an oily, filthy, fleshy human child crossed my path. As luck would have it, he knew the difference between a gopher snake and a rattlesnake. He has imprisoned me in a terrarium. His name is Gunnar. He calls me Crusher. He thinks I’m male. I’m not. He dropped in a dead mouse and hoped I’d eat it. I burie

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The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog

John R. Erickson · 144 pages

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The Trumpet of the Swan

E.B. White · 211 pages

Louis, a romantic swan, is in love with the angelic Serena, but he can't tell her how he feels; he has no voice. When he meets eleven-year-old Sam Beaver, a human friend, he goes to school with him to learn how to read and write. Louis' father also helps out; he steals a brass trumpet for his son. In the end, Louis learns to play, wins Serena's heart, and repays the music shop owner for his stolen

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Little Wolf's Book of Badness

Ian Whybrow · 133 pages

Little Wolf has been behaving too courteously, so his parents send him to his uncle's Big Bad Wolf school to learn to be a proper wolf.

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A Cheese-colored Camper

Elisabetta Dami · 112 pages

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The Phantom Of The Subway

Geronimo Stilton, Federatto Brusco · 112 pages

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After the Flood

Erin Hunter, Dan Jolley

Leafstar is struggling to keep SkyClan united in the wake of the flood that destroyed their camp, but her Clanmates are scared of what might happen next. Meanwhile, Sol continues to demand that Leafstar make him a warrior, but Leafstar isn't sure that Sol will ever be ready to embrace the warrior code. As SkyClan faces another devastating challenge, Leafstar must figure out what is best for her Cl

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Geronimo Stilton Saves the Olympics

Geronimo Stilton, Leonardo Favia, Elisabetta Dami · 60 pages

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