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Author
Series
Critter club volume 11
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As her friends in the Critter Club animal shelter care for colorful aquarium fish, second-grader Liz and her family spend a long weekend at the beach, where Liz rescues a baby octopus and competes with an unfriendly young neighbor in a sand castle contest.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When a baby albino dolphin caught in old fishing netting washes ashore, Paralympics sailing hopeful Felix and English school girl Kara work with veterinarians and specialists to save and reunite the dolphin with her mother, setting off a chain of events that might just save the reef from the environmental effects of proposed dredging.
Author
Series
Animal Rescue Agency volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
After a frigid arctic rescue, Esquire and Mr. Pepper get the perfect opportunity to warm up--an invitation to Beatle the Pangolin's private island concert. Sun and sand await! But when Esquire and Mr. Pepper arrive, the island is in chaos. Field agent Alphonse delivers the bad news: due to an incident during dress rehearsal, Beatle is trapped underground, and foul play is likely. The worst news: There's no way to reach Beatle and there are multiple...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Jett is on a mission when he meets a young Kenyan boy and is tasked with getting him to school on time. But oh no! There has been a big storm, and they need to save the frightened animals that have been stranded before it's too late. This looks like a job for the Super Wings Build-It Buddies! --Publisher
8) Bird house
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A little girl and her abuela tend to an injured bird they find in the snow, allowing it to fly around the living room until it is ready to be released.
Author
Series
Little animal rescue volume 2
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When Callie finds herself in the Antarctic, she's thrilled to meet a colony of Adélie penguins, ready to march north for the winter! But then a blizzard blows in, separating a baby penguin and her injured mother from the group" -- Page [4] cover.
10) The otter
Author
Series
Lighthouse family volume 6
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A family of animals that lives in a lighthouse helps an otter, whose sister is trapped in an old fishing net.
11) Odder
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her"--
Author
Series
Little animal rescue volume 4
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When Callie volunteers to help at her cousin's birthday party at an indoor trampoline park, she doesn't expect to end up in a rain forest in India! And if that isn't exciting enough, she soon makes a new friend -- a tiny tiger cub, left behind when its family escaped a flood. The little tiger is bursting with energy, and Callie can't believe her luck -- she's playing with an actual tiger cub! But as the flood water rises, the time for games is running...
Author
Series
Little animal rescue volume 6
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Fliss loves animals and will do anything to save them! Join her on her adventures to save wild species in danger. While on a Forest Club camping trip, Fliss is surprised to find herself transported to the Arctic Circle. Although it's freezing outside and the snow is deep, she knows there must be an animal nearby that needs help. Then she spots a polar bear cub - lost and alone. Fliss will have to battle the elements and use her Forest Club skills...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
A little girl and her abuela tend to an injured bird they find in the snow, allowing it to fly around the living room until it is ready to be released.
Una nįa y su abuela atienden a un p̀jaro herido que encuentran en la nieve, permitǐndole volar por la sala hasta que esť listo para ser liberado.
15) Of a feather
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A baby great horned owl, Second, so called because his sister, First, is already out of the nest, is reluctant to hunt for himself, but when his mother is injured he is forced out into the forest; Maureen is a human girl pulled out of her grandmother's violent home and placed with an aunt--but her Aunt Beatrice is involved in falconry and runs a mews where injured raptors can heal, and it is here Maureen and Second (now called Rufus) meet and learn...
Author
Series
Secret explorers volume 1
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Secret Explorers jump into action to save a pod of humpback whales, but when Connor and Roshini's submarine malfunctions, the explorers could be the ones in trouble.
Author
Series
Critter club volume 23
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Liz and her friends are spending a fall weekend at the cabin at Marigold Lake, planning to bake pies and enjoy nature, but Lizzie forgets to put sugar in her berry pie--a mistake which proves fortuitous when she needs a lot of berries to feed a migrating goose who has fallen behind his flock.
18) Old Pearl
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After Theo rescues an old, injured bird he names Pearl, he persuades his grandmother they should take care of her, and their special bond grows until Pearl passes away.
Author
Series
Wind Riders volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"On their second adventure aboard Wind Rider, Max and Sofia travel to the Amazon rain forest to protect scarlet macaws from poachers and deforestation"--
Author
Series
Little animal rescue volume 1
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In this new chapter book series, Little Animal Rescue, what starts out as a field trip to the zoo for Callie and her classmates ends up becoming the adventure of a lifetime when Callie is magically whisked away to the Serengeti where she finds a little lost lion cub. Includes black and white illustrations throughout. While on a field trip to the zoo with her classmates, Callie is magically transported to the Serengeti where she finds a lost little...
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