Animal Friendships

Pearl Petal and Ben Silverstein can't wait for their first official day as apprentices of Dr. Woo, veterinarian for imaginary creatures. That is, until they are tasked with clipping the sasquatch's toenails. Gross!

Die 12-jährige Olivia ist bisher bei ihrem Vater im Berliner Diplomatenviertel aufgewachsen. Doch nun soll sie zu ihrer Mutter Julia ziehen. Als wäre das noch nicht genug, ist nicht einmal geklärt, wo ihr wertvolles Turnierpony Partygirl untergebracht wird und sie Reitstunden nehmen kann. Doch zu Olivias Überraschung eröffnet ihre Mutter ihr bei der Ankunft, dass sie gemeinsam aufs Land ziehen und Partygirl bei ihnen auf dem Hof stehen kann. Julia wird von nun an einen Schutzhof leiten. Das ist eine ganz andere Welt als die, die Olivia bisher kannte.

Hermit Crab lives in a little shell house on the ocean floor. Wherever he crawls, he carries the shell on his back. He feels safe and snug in his cozy house. But in January, the shell begins to feel tight. Hermit Crab steps out of his safe house into the open sea. Without his shell, the ocean floor seems frightening. Large, hungry fish swim all around. When Hermit Crab finds a bigger, empty shell, he wiggles into it. It feels just right. But it’s so plain. Will he ever feel at home in his new house?

Christmas is coming! But Bear is sleeping, and his friends don't want him to snooze through the whole holiday season. So they wake him up and give him lots to do. Bear wraps presents, bakes treats, and decorates as much as he can. And the fun is just starting, because a special visitor just might make this the best Christmas yet.

Pete the Cat’s school is hosting a fun talent show! Pete knows just what to sign up for - playing the guitar. But when he writes his name on the list, he is surprised to see Grumpy Toad also signed up for the same talent. Join Pete the Cat and Grumpy Toad as they learn about the importance of teamwork and friendship!

In Pete the Cat: Making New Friends, Secret Agent Meow, also known as Pete the Cat, is ready to crack the case! Join Pete and Squirrel as they go on a mission to make new friends.

These friends will face new challenges that will test their skills, ingenuity, and resolve. How they deal with the danger posed by an intruder may surprise you. They will take chances to help and protect one another that gets them into and out of trouble. Because of their actions, you will gain insight into their depth of friendship, bravery, and inclusion. As you will learn, nothing stays the same, so come be a part of the adventure. This story is best shared and discussed. Talk about what you would do under these circumstances. Then, ask yourself, can one person make a difference?

Welcome back to Storm Cliff Stables! Ainsley, Cassidy, Khadija, and Ryleigh, the Four Horsekateers, can’t wait to start their next summer at horse camp. Through funny, realistic dialogue, readers get to know each of the girls’ distinct personalities and the unique horses they care for. Whether dreaming of the Olympics, sharing culture and tradition with her campmates, striving to reach personal goals at Storm Cliff, or hiding a major secret of her own, these girls bring out the best in each other as their friendships grow.

Lety Muñoz's first language is Spanish, and she likes to take her time putting her words together. She loves volunteering at the animal shelter because the dogs and cats there don't care if she can't always find the right words. When the shelter needs a volunteer to write animal profiles, Lety jumps at the chance. But classmate Hunter also wants to write profiles—so he devises a competition to determine the official shelter scribe. Whoever gets their animals adopted the fastest wins.

Auf dem Schwalbennesthof ist immer was los! Neue Tiere, spannende Aufgaben und wunderschöne Ausritte mit ihrer besten Freundin Fee - die 12-jährige Olivia kann sich über Langeweile nicht beklagen. Als die zuckersüßen Miniponys Wolke und Faxi ein neues Zuhause brauchen, sind die Bewohner des Hofes gleich Feuer und Flamme. Sie tun alles, damit sich die beiden schnell eingewöhnen. Doch andere Geschehnisse trüben den Frieden: Ein Mädchen, das zuvor noch um die Aufnahme ihres Pflegepferdes gebeten hatte, verschwindet mit dem Pony.

Thirteen-year-old Jordan Mendoza has a huge crush on his classmate, Sierra, but he’s never going to win her affections if he stays a C student and keeps embarrassing himself on the basketball court. And it doesn’t help that his best friend, Antonio, likes to tease him about it all a little too much. But when Jordan dives into the waters of a dangerous irrigation canal to save a drowning puppy, he’s suddenly got even more on his mind than kissing Sierra and making the starting team.

Uni is just like all the other unicorns...except for one thing: She believes that little girls are REAL. This magical story by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (author of I Wish You More) illuminates Uni's not-so-fantastical dream and celebrates the sparkle of believing.

Praised for their whimsical word play and gentle lessons, best-selling author Karma Wilson’s Bear books never fail to delight young fans. In Bear’s Loose Tooth, listeners are transported deep into the forest for a cozy story about Bear and his woodland friends. While munching on his lunch one day, Bear feels something wobbly in his mouth. Bear has a loose tooth, and it isn’t long before his friends hop, crawl, and fly to his aid.

Buster's in big trouble. He's been dragged to Dog Court for breaking one of the most sacred of all dog rules: Never ever talk to a human, or let a human know how smart you really are. But he swears he had a good reason! The boy he's been taking care of, Tonio, needed his help in a big way. You see, Tonio is afraid all the time - afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing, afraid of making a fool of himself or (even worse) hurting someone else's feelings.

Along the Arctic Circle lies a small island called Neversink, whose jagged cliffs and ice-gouged rocks are home to a colony of odd-looking seabirds called auks, including one Lockley J. Puffin. With their oceanfront views and plentiful supply of fish, the auks have few concerns - few, save for Lockley's two best friends, Egbert and Ruby, a know-it-all walrus and a sharp-tongued hummingbird.

But all of this is about to change. Rozbell, the newly crowned king of the Owl Parliament, is dealing with a famine on the mainland of Tytonia - and he has long had his scheming eyes on the small colony to the north.

Eleven-year-old Neeka Wilder has always loved animals. She wants to be a vet one day, like her mum, who is the head vet at Wilder Zoo—where Neeka and her family live! Neeka is a great help to the zoo staff in caring for the animals. And she also takes videos of exciting events at the zoo. When the videos are nominated for a big award, Neeka wants to make one more video to help win it. But when Rebel, the cheeky red panda, won't co-operate, her zoo key goes missing and she's grounded for a month, it's a race against the clock to create the new video in time for the awards.

Meet the pathology residents! Marla is a new mother looking for a place to “pump”; Sana is a first-year resident looking for a place to “pray.” Neil is a good-looking Instagrammer with lots of admirers, while Pixie is an ambitious resident with almost no admirers. Lastly, the elusive and secretive Jiang, their chief resident. Together, they encounter strange, annoying, occasionally abusive attendings, as well as obnoxious and ridiculous clinical staff and situations. They each face struggles in their personal lives, in family, friendship, and love.

Poppy is a dog with a problem. She has too much energy, and her elderly owner can keep her only if she can be trained. When 12-year-old Hannah moves to the coast of Northern California, she thinks she can help turn this rambunctious puppy into the good dog she knows Poppy is. But Hannah realizes Poppy's reputation as a pit bull means she has to work even harder to prove that Poppy and dogs like her deserve a second chance. Will Hannah train Poppy into the perfect dog before it's too late?

When a landslide on the Jurassic Coast reveals a rare ‘dragon’ dinosaur, best friends Kat Wolfe and Harper Lamb are thrilled, especially when stars and scientists come flocking to sleepy Bluebell Bay. But after they begin investigating a suspicious death, events spiral quickly out of control for detectives Wolfe and Lamb. Worse still, Kat’s wild cat is in trouble. Can they solve the mystery - and save the cat's life - before it’s too late?

Tired of dodging fishwives’ brooms and carriage wheels, alley cat Skilley yearns for the comfort of Ye olde Cheshire Cheese, a popular London inn. When he hears that the innkeeper is in need of a mouser, he hatches a scheme so audacious it will surely set him up for the rest of his nine lives. Once installed at the Cheese, Skilley looks forward to a life of ease. But a resident mouse named Pip uncovers Skilley’s scandalous secret, and the desperate cat is forced to make a pact with him.