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1) Black Hills
Author
Language
English
Description
A summer at his grandparents' South Dakota ranch is not eleven-year-old Cooper Sullivan's idea of a good time. But things are a bit more bearable now that he's discovered the neighbor girl, Lil Chance, and her homemade batting cage. Even horseback riding isn't as awful as Coop thought it would be. Each year, with Coop's annual summer visit, their friendship deepens from innocent games to stolen kisses, but there is one shared experience that will...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
High on the mountain, the Sanctuary is a refuge where humans save dogs, who, in turn, save them. Evie has lied to gain entry, pretending to know more than she does about dogs. But once the indomitable Mrs. Auberchon lets her pass, she will find her way. This is the story of two women and a pack of dogs who, having lost their way in the world, find a place at a training and rescue center -- and help each other find new lives, new selves, and new hope.--...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Elephants were born to move, and their home range can be thousands of square miles. But in the Toronto zoo, Toka, Thika, and Iringa shared a tiny outdoor space of less than an acre of mostly barren, hard earth. Weakened by the cold winters and lack of physical activity, the elephants were in desperate need of a change; otherwise they could not expect to live beyond middle age. this is the true story of their journey.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
From Australia: A charming award winning film from Australia about their endangered rabbit-eared marsupial called the bilby, and the 'sweet' idea devised by a ranger and a biologist to help raise money for a bilby sanctuary, and have single handedly turned the tables on an almost extinct species. Their 'sweet idea' got the whole country involved. Now chocolate Easter bilbies outsell Easter bunnies by 8-1! Darrell Lea contributes a percentage of sales...
7) Little Larry goes to school: the true story of a timid chimpanzee who learned to reach new heights
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Nonfiction picture book about a young, orphaned chimpanzee who must start at a new school, where he will learn how to climb and build his confidence. Will the sanctuary keepers and other chimpanzees be able to teach Little Larry how to climb so he can graduate from forest school?
8) Endangered
Author
Series
Ape quartet volume 1
Language
English
Description
Reluctantly accompanying her advocate mother to a bonobo sanctuary, a teen girl participates in a desperate effort to rescue the bonobos and survive in the jungle when a revolution breaks out and the sanctuary is attacked.
11) The champions
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Examines the fate of pit-bulls rescued from NFL quarterback Michael Vick's much-publicized dog-fighting operation. Originally believed by authorities to be too dangerous to be permitted to continue living, the dogs were eventually transferred to an animal shelter in Utah for rehabilitation.
12) Business pig
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books, an imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Right from the start, everyone at the barnyard could tell Jasper wasn't like his siblings: "I believe what we have here is a gen-u-WINE Business Pig!" No wallowing in the mud or rooting for grubs for Jasper; he'd rather help with the bookkeeping or conduct a meeting. Though everyone at the animal sanctuary loves him, Jasper longs for a forever home. But no matter how many business cards he hands out, no one wants to adopt him. Can this above-average...
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