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Attention All Animal Lovers
There is nothing finer than the companionship, loyalty, and love of an animal friend. The following books are written for animal lovers at heart.
Click on the title below to see if the book is in the library at this time.
- Burgess, Melvin.
Kite
Red Kites - enormous birds of prey - and only 24 left in the world.
Taylor, a bird lover, and egg collector, is
told to rob the nest of these magnificent birds, and destroy the eggs.
His heart stops at the thought of adding these magnificent eggs to his
collection. But to destroy such an endangered species. But he was told
by his father's boss - at threat of job and home if he does not comply...
- Campbell, Eric.
Papa Tembo
Fifty years ago the hunter massacred the elephant's herd, and the
elephant maimed the hunter. For fifty years they have been
circling one another. As they come near a final encounter, a
small girl, loving the elephant more than life itself, will try to
prevent it.
- Dickinson, Peter.Eva
Eva wakes up unable to remember the accident, or fully comprehend that she
has been implanted into the body of a chimpanzee. But the more she comes
to terms with it, the more she wants to live with a chimpanzee tribe in
the wild.
- Hefer, Ralph.
Modoc: the true story of the greatest elephant that ever lived
Bram and Modoc were born on the same day. The were raised
together, they played and grew and laughed and learned together,
Finally, they worked together, until one day, fate attempted to
separate them. A love story between a boy and an elephant.
- London, Jack.
White Fang
White Fang, part wolf-part dog, has been abused by the hands of
more than one master. He has been turned into a vicious beast,
until he finds friendship at the hands of Weedon Scott.
- Quitana, Anton.
Baboon King
Morengaran has never belonged. Not to his mothers tribe, nor his fathers.
When he is finally banished from his mothers people, he finds community
with a tribe of baboons.
- Rawls, Wilson.
Where the Red Fern Grows
Billy wanted nothing as much as he wanted his two dogs. Billy,
Old Dan, with strength and courage, Little Anne, the brains of the
group, make a fabulous hunting trio, and a touching read.
- Wilson, Diane Lee.
I Rode a Horse Milk White Jade
Ouyuna, a lame girl in 14th century Mongolia, not bearing to be
separated from her horse, disguises herself as a boy to ride in
the Kublai Khan's army.
An adaptation of this list was first created by Erin Pierce and appeared
in the Next Generation Newsletter.
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