Masterpiece
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a D?rer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 73
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: d?rer, albrecht, art thefts, artists, beetles, detective and mystery stories, families, new york (n.y.), durer, albrecht, human-animal relationship [X], family life
Garfield Hangs Out
A collection of black-and-white comic strips featuring Garfield the cat, his housemate Odie, and his loyal owner Jon.
741.5
year: 2009
copies: 8
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: garfield (fictitious charadcter), cats, human-animal relationships, american wit and humor, pictorial, garfield (fictitious character), wit and humor, cartoons and comics, garfield (fictional charadcter), human-animal relationship [X], comic books, strips, etc, comic books, strips, etc
Life With Dogs
A collection of photographs and quotes that celebrates the relationship between humans and dogs.
636.7
year: 2009
copies: 5
call number/section: 636.7
lexile:
The Circus Ship
Left on their own to swim the chilly waters after their ship runs aground off the coast of Maine, a group of circus animals stagger onto a nearby island, quickly winning over the wary townspeople with their kind, courageous ways, and when the greedy circus owner returns to claim them, villagers of all species conspire to outsmart him.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
subjects: ships, circus animals, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, human-animal relationship [X], stories in rhyme, maine, human-animal relationships, survival, oversize books, humorous fiction, picture books for children
A Nest For Celeste
Celeste, a mouse longing for a real home, becomes a source of inspiration to teenaged Joseph, assistant to the artist and naturalist John James Audubon, at a New Orleans, Louisiana, plantation in 1821.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 34
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: mason, joseph, audubon, john james, mice, human-animal relationship [X], artists, home, historical fiction, new orleans (la.)
Toad Away
In his third adventure, Limpy the cane toad goes to the Amazon to learn the secret of living in harmony with humans.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: human-animal relationship [X], giant toads, toads, adventure fiction, australia, amazon river region, human-animal relationships, giant toad, adventure and adventurers
Waiting For The Magic
In absence of their father, a brother and sister adopt four dogs and a cat in an attempt to save their family.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 420
subjects: separation (psychology), families, dogs, cats, human-animal communication, human-animal relationship [X], loss (psychology), family life, pets, animals
Secrets At Sea
In 1887, the social-climbing Cranstons voyage from New York to London, where they hope to find a husband for their awkward older daughter, secretly accompanied by Helena and her mouse siblings, for whom the journey is both terrifying and wondrous as they meet an array of titled humans despite their best efforts at remaining hidden.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 46
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
subjects: mice, ocean travel, human-animal relationships, social classes, brothers and sisters, atlantic ocean, human-animal relationship [X], siblings
Dolphin Tale
Sawyer, having found an injured dolphin on the beach, forms a unique bond with the creature while trying to help it heal and return to the ocean.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: dolphins, human-animal relationship [X], movie novels, human-animal relationships, film novelizations, movie novels
One Dog And His Boy
When lonely, ten-year-old Hal learns that his wealthy but neglectful parents only rented Fleck, the dog he always wanted, he and new friend Pippa take Fleck and four other dogs from the rental agency on a trek from London to Scotland, where Hal's grandparents live.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
subjects: dogs, human-animal relationship [X], voyages and travels, wealth, family life, london (england), england
Cracker!
A young soldier in Vietnam bonds with his bomb-sniffing German shepherd.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 97
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: german shepherd dog, dogs, vietnam war, 1961-1975, human-animal relationships, german shepherd dogs, human-animal relationship [X], historical fiction, historical fiction
Where The Red Fern Grows
A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 250
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: dogs, animal story, ozark mountains, death, large type books, large print books, human-animal relationships, human-animal relationship [X], pets, animals
White Fang
Follows the adventures of a dog who is part wolf as he eventually makes his peace with man in the wilderness of northern Canada.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 146
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 900
subjects: human-animal relationships, dogs, wolves, yukon territory, london, jack, canada, pets, wolves legends and stories, animals, alaska, large type books, large print books, adventure fiction, california, wolfdogs, adventure stories, audiobooks, human-animal relationship [X], adventure fiction, electronic books
The Call Of The Wild
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike goldfields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 367
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: dogs, klondike river valley (yukon), comic books, strips, etc, reading materials, animals, yukon territory, sled dogs, wolves, alaska, yukon territory, dogs fiction, yukon, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, pets, adventure stories, feral dogs, pet theft, adventure stories, american, animal welfare, theft, action and adventure fiction, audiobooks, human-animal relationships, human-animal relationship [X], canada, gold mines and mining, animal fiction, london, jack, cartoons and comics, cartoons and cartooning, adventure fiction, mines and mineral resources, electronic books
Life Of Pi
Sixteen-year-old Pi, having spent an idyllic childhood in India as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family to start anew in Canada, but his life takes an unexpected turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific, leaving him adrift in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger, an orangutan, a zebra, and a hyena for company.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 193
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, human-animal relationships, storytelling, teenage boys, ocean travel, pacific ocean, survival, zoo animals, orphans, human-animal relationship [X], tigers, adventure fiction