Nonfiction

Presents a collection of numerical facts related to animals, shedding light on such topics as how much all humans on earth weigh and how long animals' tongues are. Includes graphs, charts, and diagrams.

Nonfiction

Describes the abuse of animals in laboratory experiments, the fur industry, and product testing procedures, and the actions people are taking against such activities.

Fiction

Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

Did you know- the dog breed on the cover of the book and in the movie is a Berger Picard.

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Nonfiction

Over the course of five days at Zoo Atlanta, author O'Connell describes the animals she encounters and those who care for them. Discusses flamingos, gorillas, meerkats, pandas, and elephants among others. Features color photographs throughout.

Nonfiction

Follows Dr. Tuttle at Bat Conservation International as he studies various types of bats. Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, life cycle, and conservation status of bats. Also provides information on a deadly new disease called white-nose syndrome that's killing millions of hibernating bats in North America.

Fun fact- The Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin is home to the world's largest urban bat colony.

Nonfiction

Explores the ways a wide variety of animals and plants survive in desert ecosystems.

Fiction

Tired of his twelve-hour shifts and facing danger daily, Bitty, a canary whose courage more than makes up for his small size, treks to the state capital to try to improve working conditions in coal mines.

Ms. Sylvia fun fact- My dad is a bird lover and we always had birds growing up as a kid. Canaries were a favorite in our house because they sing beautiful songs. We had a cute yellow canary, named Sunny, for many years.

Nonfiction

Details the physical and behavioral characteristics of animals found all over the world, including insects, mammals, reptiles, and sea creatures.

Nonfiction

Draws on the Next Generation Science Standards to learn how insects can transmit diseases. Follows two families as they investigate the number of mosquitoes on their properties and ways of decreasing them.

Insects and arachnids are some of my favorite creatures. I enjoy identifying them and learning all about them.

Nonfiction

Explores the behaviors, anatomy, and habitat of chameleons. Also discusses their relationship with humans and conservation status.

Ms. Sylvia says- A chameleon is the one pet I have always wanted but never had.

Nonfiction

Highlights dangerous plants, animals, insects, and fish in tropical jungles. Features color photographs, fact boxes, and a glossary.

Nonfiction

Explores how the Minneapolis Chicken Run Rescue shelter got started and why they rescue chickens from off the Twin Cities' streets.

Fiction

After a fire kills her parents, eleven-year-old Martine must leave England to live with her grandmother on a wildlife game reserve in South Africa, where she befriends a mythical white giraffe.

Fiction

Twelve-year-old Kester discovers an underground land populated by animals determined to rise up against the humans, and learns that he is the only one who can prevent a war between the humans and the animals.

Fiction

A young mermaid is on display in a boardwalk aquarium. She longs for life with two legs like the girl named Livia she's made friends with. With a little help from an octopus and some magic, she'll find a way to have the life she dreams of.

Nonfiction

Examines a wide variety of animals that live in the desert and the unique adaptations they have made to live there, as well as how some of them are in danger of going extinct.

Nonfiction

Examines the features of a wide variety of jungle animals and their unique adaptations for living in the jungle, along with how some of them are in danger of becoming extinct.

Nonfiction

Examines a wide variety of animals that live in the ocean and the unique adaptations they have made to live there, as well as how some of them are in danger of going extinct.

Fiction

After school Luther works part-time with a vet who rescues and retrains birds of prey but when he questions many of the community's beliefs about land use, he risks alienation from his friends and family.

Fiction

In 1848, ten-year-old Toozak, a Yupik Eskimo, sees a whale being born and is told by a shaman that he and his descendants must protect that whale, which Toozak names Siku, as long as it lives.

Fun fact- Bowhead whales (the species featured in this book)

may be among the longest-lived animals on earth. Based on the recovery of stone harpoon tips in their blubber, and from analysis of eye tissue, scientists believe that the life-span of bowhead whales can be over 200 years.

Fiction

After young Mowgli escapes the jaws of a tiger, he is raised by a pack of wolves and befriends an old bear and a panther as they teach him the law of the jungle.

Fiction

In the near future, a boy with the ability to speak the language of cats sets out from London to seek his kidnapped parents and finds himself on a Paris-bound circus ship learning to train lions.

Nonfiction

Discusses the work of Bob Mason and his efforts to study and protect snakes, particularly red-sided garter snakes.

Interesting snake facts:

• Snakes are carnivores (meat eaters).

• Snakes don’t have eyelids.

• Snakes can’t bite food so have to swallow it whole.

• Snakes have flexible jaws which allow them to eat prey bigger than their head!

• Snakes are found on every continent of the world except Antarctica.

Fiction

Lily is happy to spend more time with her grandmother when they move from California to rainy Washington, but she’s also nervous about making friends. She’s so quiet she often feels invisible. As soon as they arrive, it’s clear Halmoni’s health is worse than they thought. When Lily starts seeing a magical tiger from one of Halmoni’s stories, she makes a deal. She’ll return what her grandmother stole from the tiger in exchange for her grandmother’s health.

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Interesting fact- The WWF estimates that there are approximatley 3,900 tigers left living in the wild, with a majority of those tigers living in India. By some estimates, the largest population of tigers that don’t live in the wild actually live here in the USA.

WWF estimates that over 5,000 captive tigers live in captivity in the United States. Some animal-welfare activists estimate there could be 2,000 to 5,000 tigers living in Texas alone, which could make Texas the second-largest population of tigers in the world.

Fiction

Twelve-year-old Li'l T and his family face great losses caused by Hurricane Katrina, including leaving Buddy, their very special, three-legged dog, behind when they must evacuate.

Ms. Sylvia fun fact- My husband and I had a Border Collie named Haley for 18 years!

Fiction

A talking mouse takes a talented young ballet dancer to an enchanted world where she explores, with the help of a kind monk, why she cannot speak.