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Author
Series
Isla of adventure volume 3
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First Little Simon hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Isla, her best gecko friend, Fitz, and a few new animal friends, investigate the mysterious sounds coming from the rainforest.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two years after a tragedy saddles him with viral fame, twelve-year-old Simon O'Keeffe and his family move to Grin And Bear It, Nebraska, where the internet and cell phones are banned so astrophysicists can scan the sky for signs of alien life, and where, with the help of two new friends, a puppy, and a giant radio telescope, Simon plans to restart the narrative of his life.
3) Telephone
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In this picture book a string of birds on a telephone wire plays a game of telephone, with the usual mixed up results.
Author
Series
Out of my mind volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.
5) Wild magic
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The mage Numair, the knight Alanna, and Queen Thayet enlist thirteen-year-old Daine's help to battle the dreadful immortal creatures that have recently begun to attack the kingdom of Tortall.
Author
Series
Isla of adventure volume 4
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Isla is excited about her first-ever sleepover at Tora's, but the night takes a spooky turn when they hear strange fluttering sounds in the attic.
Author
Series
Last wild volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a world where animals no longer exist, Kester Jaynes feels like he hardly exists either. He's been locked away in a home for troubled children and cannot speak. Then one night some talking pigeons come to help him escape-- and the animals need him to save them too.
Author
Series
Sophie books (Rosemary Wells) volume 5
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Sophie's parents tell her to say 'Hello,' 'Thank-you,' and 'Goodbye,' but the words stick like glue in Sophie's mouth and won't come out"--
Author
Series
Clockwork crow volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Orphan Seren Rhys is on her way to a new life at the remote country mansion of Plas-y Fran when she is given a package by a stranger late at night in an empty train station. The package contains a crotchety, mechanical talking crow, which Seren reluctantly brings to her new home. But when she gets there, the happy Christmas she had hoped for turns out to be an illusion--the young son of the house, Tomos, has been missing for almost a year, rumored...
10) Little Beauty
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
When a gorilla who knows sign language tells his keepers that he is lonely, they bring him a very special friend.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 26
Language
English
Formats
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to an African rainforest, where the siblings encounter gorillas and learn to communicate with them.
12) Show me happy
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Explores simple actions and concepts that children learn as they start to socialize and communicate"--
13) Tell someone
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Explores the benefits of sharing when one is happy, sad, proud, or hurt--inside or out--and the importance of telling a trusted adult when someone makes one feel weird or wrong.
14) Skyriders
Author
Series
Skyriders volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When monsters emerge to attack the empire, it is up to twelve-year-old Kiesandra and her beloved winged horse N'Rah to prove to herself and the imperial army that she has what it takes to lead them to victory and survival.
Author
Series
Kitty (Paula Harrison) volume 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Kitty wants to be a superhero like her mother, once she gets over her fear of the dark, but when Figaro the cat needs help she springs into action.
Author
Series
Kitty (Paula Harrison) volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
As a superhero with catlike powers, Kitty and her cat Pumpkin must recover a stolen golden tiger statue and return it to the local museum.
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"One day, Nora returns home from kindergarten upset because a boy in her class told her that she has the legs of a flamingo! When her mother gives her a magic wand to read people's minds, a new and fascinating world opens for her. She discovers that people don't always say what they think or think what they say"--
18) The dark wild
Author
Series
Last wild volume 2
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes, who has been locked away at a school for troubled children, is called upon to save the last animals living in a post-apocalyptic world where disease has killed most living things.
19) Why?
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Would-be supervillain Doctor X-Ray swoops into the mall, threatening destruction, only to be confronted by a little girl asking "why" to his every declaration, until finally he is forced to reveal, and understand, the root of his anger--and so departs in peace.
20) Cosita linda
Author
Publisher
Fondo de Cultura Económica
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1. ed. en español.
Language
Español
Description
When a gorilla who knows sign language tells his keepers that he is lonely, they bring him a very special friend.
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