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STORYTIME @ HOME
Youth Services staff has created special resources to help facilitate a fun storytime experience in your home. We’ve outlined early literacy activities to help keep kids reading, singing, playing, writing, and talking every day.
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3rd Grade Rocks
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Paperback
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Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Paperback
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When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.
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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When she confronts a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost, animal control officer Francine Poulet questions her abilities.
4) Uncaged
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Singular menace volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
Description
"When an animal rights action at a research lab goes wrong, a terrible secret is exposed, and Shay must find her brother Odin before the researchers at Singular Corp can silence both of them"--
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"Noe says, -I must build a boat.
-A boat, she says.
-A ship, more like. I'll need the boys to help, he adds as an afterthought.
-We're leagues from the sea, she says, or any river big enough to warrant a boat.
This conversation is making Noe impatient. -I've no need to explain myself to you.
-And when you're done, she says carefully, we'll be taking this ship to the sea somehow?
As usual, Noe's impatience fades quickly. -We'll not be going to...
6) Shadow horse
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Pub. Date
2001.
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English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jas tries to prove that the owner of the farm where she works has killed her favorite horse, Whirlwind.
7) Shiloh
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Shiloh quartet volume 1
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English
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When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
8) Hey, dog
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English
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A boy cares for, feeds, and helps an abused stray dog to learn to trust humans again.
11) Our new kittens
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[2018]
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English
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Two young brothers learn to care for their new kittens.
12) Pond scum
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Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
Description
Oliver enjoys pulling the wings off flies just to hear the snap. When his family moves to a run-down old house, the creatures from the nearby pond seem to guard the house and don't want Oliver living there.
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Zoey and Sassafras volume 6
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English
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"An earthquake shakes Zoey's house. Or maybe it's a unicorn-quake? An enormous new friend arrives in a lot of pain, and it's getting worse every day. Zoey must work with her mom and Sassafras to find a cure--and quickly!"--
14) Doglands
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
Description
Furgal, a half-greyhound puppy, escapes a cruel dogtrack owner and sets out in the hope of finding his father and the fabled Doglands, later returning to try to free his mother, sisters, and the other abused dogs.
15) Arctic adventure
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1987.
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English
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Exploring an ancient whaling station in the Arctic circle, two Dutch brothers risk their lives in an attempt to stop the crew members of a whaling boat from harpooning a Greenland whale.
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Animal ark volume 26
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
Description
Mandy and James investigate reports that a campsite where former riding stables stood is haunted by a ghostly horse and rider.
17) The great escape
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Puppy patrol volume 10
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"Did someone steal Bella for her valuable puppies? Neil thinks so, and he's determined to track down the dog-napper before it's too late ..."
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Animal ark volume 38
Pub. Date
2004.
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English
Description
While vacationing in England's Lake District, Mandy and James find a mischievous Labrador on the lawn of the house where they are staying. They try to find the owner.
19) Trapped
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Vet volunteers volume 8
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Brenna, one of the volunteers at Dr. Mac's Place animal clinic, is horrified to find a dog caught in a trap in the local nature preserve, but subsequent events prove that every story has two sides.
20) The sea dog
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Puppy patrol volume 13
Pub. Date
2001.
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English
Description
"Wherever Neil Parker goes, dogs are sure to follow. And when the family leaves King Street Kennels for a vacation by the sea, Neil soon finds a new canine friend ..."
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