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Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From Newbery Honor Winner Cynthia Lord, a brilliant story about how to find home when everything around us is changing. Mia and her mom visit Grandma in Maine every summer, but this year Mia is going alone. Her mom will stay behind to get their house ready to sell. It’ll be a new start, she says, after the divorce. Mia doesn’t want a new start. She’d rather everything just stayed the same! At least things will be the same at Grandma’s,...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents the true story of Jasper, a moon bear held in captivity for fifteen years while his bile was extracted for medicinal use, who was eventually rescued by the Moon Bear Rescue Centre and regained his health and freedom.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"These heartwarming stories of animal babies, rescued and nursed back to health by humans, will pull at the heart strings and make kids realize there's a survivor inside all of us. This reader is illustrated with adorable photographs that document these animals' recoveries. The carefully written text guarantees a successful and rewarding reading experience for level 1 readers"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"At WildCare in San Rafael, California, many wild animals are brought in every day skunks, birds, opossums, squirrels, and more including raccoons. Four baby raccoons are put into the hands of WildCare staff, specifically volunteer Shelley. The kits need feedings, medicine, burpings, and even help going to the bathroom. The kits are not allowed to spend any time with other humans they can t be used to humans once they are returned to the wilds...
Author
Publisher
Owl Hollow Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When Isha is sent to live with her grandparents in the Indian countrysides, she discovers a sacred grove where a young Bengal tiger has taken refuge. Isha's crusade to save the cub becomes the catalyst for a life or death cultural controversy.
13) 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
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
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.
17) Animal rescue
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this new five-minute collection, kids will read twelve heart-warming true stories about animals that have been rescued from tough situations. The stories range from handicapped pets given a loving home to exotic wild animals rescued by caring humans with some help from special wildlife sanctuaries. Perfect as an introduction to nonfiction, young readers will learn simple facts about animals and their behaviors."--
20) Dolphin tale
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Sawyer Nelson becomes fascinated by the efforts of a local aquarium to save a dolphin injured in a crab trap.
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