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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A young girl's Christmas wish for a baby sibling is granted in this heartwarming adoption story"--
Daisy dreams, hopes, prays, and even asks Santa Claus to bring her a sister or brother until finally, her family gets its miracle. Includes author's note on the real story behind the book.
82) Lucky dogs
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"One day, Ruth and her mom are in the park and see a pet adoption fair. Ruth is drawn to a cute little dog, but they are moving soon and can't adopt. However, they can foster for a couple of months, and that's how they wind up with Ginger. Then Daisy. Then Cody, a special-needs dog with injured hind legs. Can Ruth help Cody find his forever home?"-- cover page 4.
Author
Series
Life in the doghouse volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Elmer is a special needs Dachshund who lives at Danny and Ron's Rescue, but he longs to be adopted, and when he attracts the attention of a family he is willing to do anything to impress them--including working hard at the agility course for the pet talent show.
84) Home at last
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"After Lester is adopted from his foster home by Daddy Albert and Daddy Rich, he can't fall asleep in his new bed. What will it take to make Lester feel home at last?" --
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
More than anything Lola would like a cat, but first she must learn how to care for it.
Su mamá le explica que un gato da mucho trabajo, entonces Lola practica cuidando a sus gatitos de juguete y leyendo muchos libros sobre gatos. Junto con su mamá, investiga sobre adoptar gatos, compra alimento y suministros, y visita un refugio de animales. Finalmente, Lola escoge a su gata y tiene la paciencia de esperar que el animalito se adapte a su nuevo...
86) Chewy and Chica
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care until they can find the perfect forever home. Charles can't stand how Lizzie acts like a know-it-all about dogs. Lizzie is older and thinks Charles should listen to what she says. So when twin Chihuahua puppies need help, it becomes a competition.
Author
Series
Pug who wanted to be volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Peggy the pug's family have adopted an adorable little bunny, just in time for Easter. Peggy used to be top dog, but now she has to share their attention with this long-eared newcomer. Jealous of the new pet, Peggy decides that she must become a rabbit to compete. Can every-bunny learn to get along and realise that there's more than enough love to go around?
88) Sparky
Author
Series
The puppy place. Main series volume 62
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Lizzie has competition as a foster puppy parent at Caring Paws! While volunteering, she meets Harper, who might know more about dogs than Lizzie does! But when Sparky, a tiny Chihuahua mix, arrives with an injured leg, the two girls will have to team up to find this sweet, strong puppy a perfect home.
89) Scruffy
Author
Series
Puppy place. Main series volume 67
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. When Charles and Lizzy find Scruffy stuck in a fence at a scary old house, they aren't sure if she's lost or been abandoned. Either way, Scruffy has learned that smiling at humans always gets her what she wants... and soon so does the rest of the world. When she hits social media, Scruffy...
Author
Series
Pug who wanted to be volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Peggy the pug puppy is abandoned at the animal shelter just before Christmas, unicorn-loving Chloe's family takes her in for a week. The playful pug loves Chloe and wishes she could stay with her forever. But Chloe doesn't want a dog - she wants a unicorn! Believing anything is possible, Peggy decides she will somehow turn into a unicorn to make Chloe's Christmas. Can Peggy somehow find a way to become a unicorn, making Chloe's Christmas wish...
91) And J.J. slept
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When baby J.J. arrives at his new home, his family is bubbling over with excitement to meet him! The busy family of six is now a family of seven (eight if you include Cheddar the dog). There's always something going on at home -- and lots of noise to go along with it. But J.J. sleeps through it all. That first week, J.J. does all sorts of typical baby things: gets a bath, has his smelly diaper changed and sleeps some more. But when the four kids...
Author
Series
Publisher
NubeOcho
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Adopted children are very wanted. A sweet story to talk about the long wait for the parents. The arrival of the child and the happiness of the family. One of the few picture books that talk about adoption in such a beautiful way. A both that is both beautiful and necessary.
Los nįos adoptados son muy buscados. Una dulce historia para hablar sobre la larga espera para los padres. La llegada del nįo y la felicidad de la familia. Uno de los pocos...
93) Found dogs
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Counts up ten dogs who are waiting in a shelter, then counts back down to one as each dog is adopted"--
Author
Series
Publisher
PawPrints Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Jeet. su perrita Choco y su Papá están en el parque acuático local para hacer de voluntarios en un evento de adopción del refugio para animales. Después de terminar de ayudar, es hora de ir a algunas altracciones, incluido el mejor tobogán de agua. ¡Bieen! Pero antes de que les toque el turno, tendrán que aprender los valores sij de la paciencia y la compasión.
Jeet, his puppy Fudge, and their Dad are at the local waterpark to volunteer...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picarona
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"¿Has adoptado a un dragoncita? ¡Felicidades! Aquí tienes 10 lecciones para que criarlo fuerte y sano ..."--Page 4 of cover.
Tener una mascota es una gran responsabilidad. ¡Especialmente si se trata de un dragón! Ya sabemos que al principio todo son sonrisas e ilusión, pero ¿ya has pensado qué harás si se le antoja comerse un caballero a medianoche? ¿Y cómo te lo vas montar para bañarlo? Alice Brière-Haquet y Mélanie Allag saben lo...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Sunflower is an only child, and when her father is sent to the rural Cadre School, she has to go with him. Her father is an established artist from the city and finds his new life of physical labor and endless meetings exhausting. Sunflower is lonely and longs to play with the local children in the village across the river. When her father tragically drowns, Sunflower is taken in by the poorest family in the village, a family with a son named Bronze....
97) Takio
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Taki and Olivia are sisters in an adoptive family—and they're driving each other crazy! Every day, their overprotective mother makes them walk to school together, eat lunch together and play together—they can't get away from each other! But when a secret experiment goes catastrophically wrong, the squabbling siblings suddenly find that they have superpowers. They're the first actual superheroes in the entire world—and it is awesome! But are...
Author
Series
Can I be your dog? volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A dog looking for a home sends letters to prospective owners on Butternut Street, with surprising results.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Alastair the African grey parrot is adopted by elderly dance-enthusiast and pie-baker Albertina Plopky and his sister, Aggie, by twelve-year-old Fritz, spoiling his plans to away fly with Aggie. Told in Alastair, Albertina, and Fritz's voices.--
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