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Chi's sweet home volume 2
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English
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In the second volume of Chi's Sweet Home, Chi's new world slowly begins to grow. As Yohei Yamada grows up it is rapidly becoming apparent to his parents that Chi grows up twice as fast! Now moving into the feline version of the terrible twos, Chi's increasingly curious and independent behavoir begins to wear on each member of the Yamada household. Mom's flowers are being shred. Dad's sick and little Chi needs to play with him after lunch every day....
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Chi's sweet home volume 5
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English
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Chi is completely settled into her new home and it is now time for some real adventures! With so many new furry and feathery comrades around she is bound to have at least a few opportunities to explore this new world of hers...Or so she thought. Instead Chi might end up becoming more of a house cat than ever before. Despite living in a pet friendly building, Chi still has not had too many chances to go outdoors. Instead her fellow feline neighbors...
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In the eighth volume of Chi's Sweet Home, Chi is growing up and now that she has a sense of her new surroundings, the little shorthair is ready to make this new neighborhood her own. With the help of her furry feline friend Cocchi she embarks on some of her more ambitious trips yet. Being a curious and increasingly self-reliant kitty, priority number one has always been locating food sources. Sometimes achieving this is not very easy or safe for kittens,...
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Chi's sweet home volume 7
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English
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In the seventh volume of Chi's Sweet Home, Chi finds herself in her biggest predicament yet. While exploring her new neighborhood with a new young feline peer, she becomes lost as a downpour has masked the scents she was so heavily relying upon for direction. Confused and hungry the two decide to hunt around the community for scraps as substanance. After searching for leftovers and meals left for other unaware pets turned fruitless, Chi and her new...
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Chi's sweet home volume 6
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English
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In the latest volume of Chi's Sweet Home, the titular kitten takes to the streets with unbridled curiosity. Exploring her new surroundings she encounters countless new friends, including another young feline named Cocchi. This new kitty comrade opens up a whole new world for our star. Prior to this encounter she had a mild awareness of what it was like to be a cat. To Chi, she was Chi and the Yamada's were her clan. But now with another one of her...
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In the fourth volume of Chi's Sweet Home, Youhei's actions at the end of volume three has motivated his parents to look for a new home for their kids. Chi is moving to a new address; someplace where cats can play to their heart's content without having to worry about nosey managers and mean hungry bully cats. But moving alone will be something of an adventure for Chi. While the Yamada's can handle changing their environment now and then, for a kitten...
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The epic adventure of a ferret who defied her cage continues! It's an exciting day of show-and-tell, and Amanda unveils Peach - to rounds of applause and sky-rocketing approval. But the reaction gives Amanda a twinge of jealousy toward Peach - the kids are only interested in her ferret and not her!
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Amanda is a lonely little girl. Her mother means well, but doesn't have a lot of time for a 9-year-old and, after plenty of begging from Amanda, agrees to let her have a pet. Amanda chooses a ferret (and names her Peach) because ferrets aren't ordinary and, darn it, neither is she! But her mom sets up Two Big Rules: 1) Amanda has to care for Peach, and 2) Peach can't ever bite Amanda. It seems like Amanda finally has the friend she's needed... but...
9) Waluk
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Young Waluk is all alone. His mother has abandoned him, as is the way of polar bears, and now he must fend for himself. But he doesn't know much about the world-and unfortunately, his Arctic world is changing quickly. The ice is melting, and food is hard to find. Luckily, Waluk meets Manitok, a wise old bear with missing teeth and a bad sense of smell. Manitok knows many survival tricks, and he teaches Waluk about seals, foxes, changing seasons, and-when...
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Man and his cat volume 1
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The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018, A Man and His Cat was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped charts in Japan, this hotly anticipated series about an older gentleman and his unique, adorable cat is available in English for the first time!
In the pet shop he calls home, a chubby, homely cat whiles away the hours listening to coos of...
In the pet shop he calls home, a chubby, homely cat whiles away the hours listening to coos of...
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A secret science experiment goes awry, unleashing giant pets - iguanas, ferrets, hamsters and birds - upon an unsuspecting city. Can a super-sized Garfield save the day?
The Cat returns in an all-new original graphic novel, featuring an extra large story by Garfield regulars Scott Nickel & Antonio Alfaro about the biggest Garfield ever, as well as a story featuring the return of private eye Sam Spayed. Also, cartoonist Lee Gatlin joins the party...
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Peach continues to wreak havoc trying to escape, and Mimi suggests that maybe Peach is just in need of a friend. So Amanda and her mom buy a friend for Peach: Prince Edwin! Prince Edwin isn't what Peach expected, however. Are the two destined to be together, or will they kill each other in the process?
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[2019]
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Hounded by two transformed soldiers desperate for salvation and with Teacher reeling from revelations about his own forgotten former life, the past finally catches up to Teacher and Shiva. With danger closing in around them at terrifying speed, is there nowhere safe for them to live a normal life together...?
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Man and his cat volume 3
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English
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The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018, A Man and His Cat was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped charts in Japan, this hotly anticipated series about an older gentleman and his unique, adorable cat is available in English for the first time!
Fukumaru's in the hospital and in big trouble! This turn of events leaves Mr. Kanda in big trouble...
Fukumaru's in the hospital and in big trouble! This turn of events leaves Mr. Kanda in big trouble...
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Man and his cat volume 2
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English
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The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018, A Man and His Cat was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped charts in Japan, this hotly anticipated series about an older gentleman and his unique, adorable cat is available in English for the first time!
His days as an unwanted, overlooked piece of merchandise a distant memory, Fukumaru is now well...
His days as an unwanted, overlooked piece of merchandise a distant memory, Fukumaru is now well...
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[2017]
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English
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Plum, as her family calls her, is a tiger-striped cat that lives with Miss Nakari, a single mother to her teenaged son, Taku. Plum can understand what people say to her, and she can even tell what s in their minds. She also has many friends among the neighborhood cats. All is well in her everyday life, until the day a mischievous kitten named Snowball joins Plum s happy household. Will the naughty little newcomer turn Plum s world completely topsy-turvy?...
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Phoebe and her unicorn volume 13
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English
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With over 1.7 million copies sold, the Phoebe and Her Unicorn book series for middle-grade readers is an immensely popular and magical word of unicorns, adventure, and friendship.
When your best friend is a unicorn, every day is a stroll down the red carpet. Phoebe Howell's unicorn BFF, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, is happy to provide the celebrity treatment-teaching Phoebe fancy new spells, giving her a ride to school so she doesn't have to ride...
18) Kodi
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The gorgeous story of two friends separated by everything in the world-except love. Readers and animal lovers of every age will want to relive this journey over and over again. Katya and her Meema are spending another normal summer at their cottage in Alaska, when a chance accident leaves Katya face-to-face with the biggest creature she's ever seen… an enormous kodiak bear, soon to become her closest friend. But when Katya suddenly returns home...
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Man and his cat volume 6
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[2022]
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English
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"When Mr. Kanda beholds his fellow music teacher and Fukumaru fanboy Mr. Moriyama standing frozen onstage after having been deserted by his bandmates mid-gig, Mr. Kanda must overcome his own trauma-induced stage fright to help his friend. Will the courage and determination Mr. Kanda has regained with Fukumaru's help be enough to put on the ultimate performance and rescue Mr. Moriyama from a potentially disastrous turn of events?!"--
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2019.
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Pursued by soldiers, Teacher and Shiva left their home and searched for a new one in a distant hamlet. They thought to hide away there, but fate was not so kind to them. The cursed soldiers... The Insiders' plans... Even Teacher himself. The mysteries surrounding them slowly begin coming to light...
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