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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The elephant keeper	Christopher Nicholson	"I asked the sailor what an Elephant looked like; he replied that it was like nothing on earth."England, 1766: After a long voyage from the East Indies, a ship docks in Bristol, England, and rumor qu…	OL13760952W
One good dog	Susan Wilson	The very definition of a hard-nosed businessman, Adam March has no room in his life for anything but the cold drive to succeed. Not for his social-climbing wife or for his rebellious teenage daughte…	OL15500506W
Maria and Mouse Mouse, Mouse Mouse and Maria	Beverly Donofrio	While trying to keep their friendship a secret from their mothers, a human girl and a mouse make a surprising discovery.	OL16506051W
Call to war	Adam Blade	Tanner, his companions, and the Beasts continue their quest to retrieve the pieces of the Mask of Death, but Lord Derthsin's evil armies swarm over the land and his control over the people of Avantia…	OL16637278W
Homer	Elisha Cooper	Homer the dog is content to watch from the porch as his family goes out to enjoy the day.	OL16693170W
Wild Born	Brandon Mull	Four children separated by vast distances all undergo the same ritual, watched by cloaked strangers. Four flashes of light erupt, and from them emerge the unmistakable shapes of incredible beasts -- …	OL17069311W
Sinner	Maggie Stiefvater	Cole St. Clair and Isabel Culpeper share a past that, to neither of them, never seemed to have a future--but now that Isabel has left Cole for Los Angeles, Cole realizes that he cannot live without h…	OL17073328W
Carnivora The Winged Scavenger	Adam Blade	In the frozen north, a killer stalks the night - Carnivora the Winged Scavenger! Can Tom rally the people of Tavania to beat Malvel's evil army? If not, the land will be destroyed, and he will never …	OL17392678W
Blood Ties	Sean Williams,Garth Nix	Erdas is a land of balance. A rare link, the spirit animal bond, bridges the human and animal worlds. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan each have this gift-and the grave responsibility that comes with…	OL17444898W
The baseball player and the walrus	Ben Loory	"A successful but unhappy baseball player finds companionship in the pet walrus he adopts but is soon faced with the great challenge of balancing his responsibilities and maintaining the costly upkee…	OL17898313W
Straydog	Kathe Koja	Rachel, a teenager with a healthy dose of both aptitude and attitude, begins to feel at home volunteering at an animal shelter.	OL1885999W
A wolf called Romeo	Nick Jans	"No stranger to wildlife, Nick Jans had lived in Alaska for nearly thirty years. But when one evening at twilight a lone black wolf ambled into view not far from his doorstep, Nick would finally come…	OL19980393W
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore	Benjamin Hale	Bruno Littlemore, the world's first chimpanzee with the ability to speak, tells the story of primatologist Lydia Littlemore's efforts to educate him; his untimely outbursts, which ultimately cost Lyd…	OL20092964W
This Side of Wild	Gary Paulsen,Tim Jessell	This book is about Gary Paulsen and his connection to the wild. He trains slay dogs, has a overprotective yet helpful poodle, befriends a dog who can talk, finds connections with the human world and …	OL25184676W
White Fur Flying	Patricia MacLachlan	A sad and silent nine-year-old boy finds his voice when he moves next to a family that rescues dogs.	OL25732706W
Freckles	Paul Howey	True story of an abandoned dog that's rescued from the desert and becomes a therapy dog working with the homeless, abused and otherwise at-risk children	OL2637977W
The World Without Us	Alan Weisman	The World Without Us, an intriguing peek inside the impact homo sapiens have on the world around us and what will be left when we cease to exist. Alan Weisman intelligently intertwines the affect we …	OL2746364W
Bub, Snow, and the Burly Bear scare	Wallace, Carol	A young moose, his mother, and his animal friends team up to fight a bully of a grizzly bear one long, hard winter, and make friends with some humans in the process.	OL38309W
Crane (Five Ancestors #4)	Jeff Stone	Drugged. Wounded. A price on her head. And that’s the good news. Herself. For years, Hok has hidden her true identity from her brothers at Cangzhen. Now, at last, she can be herself. And yet, who …	OL5712212W
Stanley mows the lawn	Craig Frazier	While mowing his lawn, Stanley meets Hank, a snake who prefers the grass long.	OL5714932W