Природа и животные
4082 кн.
Cinchfoot and Blaze Face, under different names, are based on real characters. The remarkable friendship between them was a reality. Horsemen of the West, including Lloyd Hardin and John Campbell, have more than once told me of the two horses and their unusual friendship for each other. Nor was this the only incident in the West when a gelding befriended a small colt and a friendship sprang up between the two that lasted throughout life. When Cinchfoot was last heard of he was twenty-three...
| Автор | Thomas C. Hinkle |
Ellie Eckles is determined to have a monkey for her 6th birthday!<br />But will it be as she imagined, or a disaster?<br /> <br />A picture book in rhyme.
| Автор | Cherelle Flemming |
Whisker is a cyclone-surviving circus rat with a troublesome tail and a boat load of luck. When a strange ship pulls him out of the ocean, Whisker's new life as a Pie Rat apprentice begins.<br /> <br />Welcome aboard the good ship Apple Pie – a peculiar pastry-inspired ship where cannons shoot mouldy pies, coloured pencils are used as peg-legs and the champion swords-rat fights with two scarlet scissor swords.
| Автор | Cameron Stelzer |
In their fourth adventure together William and Alex go to Baikonur in Kazakhstan, from where they are launched into space to investigate a mysterious problem with the International Space Station’s oxygen supply. Here they meet William’s old friend Boris, another dogtective, who reveals some interesting facts about William’s past, to Alex’s great delight.
| Автор | Elizabeth Wasserman |
Danny Bundy has bright red hair, freckles, and a love of the outdoors. Exploring the forest behind his house is one of his favorite things to do – there is so much to see in there! The other boys in his class like to trap bullfrogs and other animals, but for show-and-tell on Monday, Danny is looking for something much more beautiful – a monarch butterfly. But the forest has more in store for Danny than he thought, and he's in for a magical adventure.Travel through these enchanted woods and...
| Автор | Gilbert M. Balderrama |
After saving her dog, Robin begins rescuing wild animals and she’s soon running an illegal animal shelter. Short-listed for the 2012 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award and for the 2012 IODE Violet Downey Book Award Twelve-year-old Robin will never get over her mother’s death. Nor will she forgive her father for moving the family to a small town to live with a weird grandmother. At her new school Robin is laughingly called «Green Girl» and is taunted relentlessly because of an award she...
| Автор | Karen Hood-Caddy |
Is Robin brave enough to do what’s right when everyone thinks she’s wrong? No one is more passionate about rescuing hurt animals than Robin, except maybe her best friend Zo-Zo, who helps Robin run the family’s animal shelter, The Wild Place. When the two of them discover that a neighbour’s chicken farm is really a factory farm, they both want to stop it. Zo-Zo argues that radical action is required, but Robin is worried about getting into trouble with her dad, or even worse, the local sheriff....
| Автор | Karen Hood-Caddy |
In the land of Nictinus, everybody has a purpose. Fish swim, birds fly, and horses run. One day, a horse named Helia gives birth Pega, Pega is a very adorable black pony, born with short legs. As Pega grows up, his legs were not long enough for him to run as fast as the rest of the herd. He usually trots behind everybody else. Helia notices this and comforts her son. She prays to Zeus and talks to him. She wonders what the god can do to help her son become greater than he is. Zeus tells Helia to...
| Автор | Speedy Publishing |
William and Alex are on their third mission together: they must investigate the poaching of rhinos on Aunt Ada’s farm in the Bushveld. Very topical plot, and full of humour, as readers have come to expect from this duo!
| Автор | Elizabeth Wasserman |
Lyle is a baby toad who is just learning how to hop. She is not as fast and agile as her siblings, who are hopping from lily pad to lily pad with no trouble. Lyle climbs out of Old Thompson Pond and befriends a lizard name Zeb. Zeb takes her on an adventure through the grasslands around the pond's shores. She meets Snaps the Turtle, Drake the Duck, and Sam the Snake. During the adventure, she must climb over rocks and across mud puddles, and must keep up or get left behind. During the...
| Автор | Speedy Publishing |
Grump Goldfish is Andy's fish, but Andy is going away for the summer and has no one to take care of Grump. He searches for someone to help but can't find anyone. Andy is worried what will happen to Grump if he can't find a home for her. Grump is scared to go anywhere else but in the fish bowl in Andy's room. Andy explains to Grump that he is going to find a better home for her. He discovers a small pool in the Little Creek behind his house. The guppies and tadpoles in the...
| Автор | Speedy Publishing |
Jonathon is a young eagle and has two brothers Jack and Jimmy just a day older. His parents have been flying off from the comfort of their nest, perched high atop a ledge to gather food. Jonathon is quite happy in his nest, but his brothers are anxious to learn how to fly. Jonathon tries to hide as his mother comes in to take the boys one at a time for a flying lesson. They return with tales about how she allows them to fall and then catches them just in time. Jonathon doesn't want to learn...
| Автор | Speedy Publishing |
Denise Dalmatian is a puppy who has just come home from the animal shelter. She is full of energy and plans of exploring every inch of the new home. She loves her new owner and just has to investigate everything from the garbage can to the toilet paper roll. As she goes from room to room she makes a mess, not intentionally but that is what puppies do. The large Persian cat who lives in the same house is very upset at the new interloper. Will they become friends or will Dumplingthe Persian make...
| Автор | Speedy Publishing |
Gregory Goat is very inquisitive and mischievous. He finds a loose board in the fence and pushes. What happens when the board comes loose and all the animals get out? Gregory runs across the yard and flowerbeds, his horns catching on the suspenders. What will they catch on next? What happens when the other animals try and stop him and get tangled up in the suspenders which stretch out longer and longer? Will they snap? What will the farmer and his wife do?
| Автор | Speedy Publishing |
