The life of quiet bachelor Dr. Dolittle is turned upside down when Polynesia the parrot teaches him how to speak to animals, prompting him to shift his medical focus on the creatures he’s always adored. His veterinary practice takes him...
Juvenile fiction
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Author:Lofting, HughSummary: - Author:Leaf, MunroSummary:
A true classic with a timeless message, The Story of Ferdinand has enchanted readers since it was first published in 1936. All the other bulls would run and jump and butt their heads together. But Ferdinand would rather sit and smell...
- Author:Ding, Jing Jing, Daboud, NelsonSummary:
A story of three Buddhist monks based on a traditional Chinese folk tale about cooperation. Without cooperation, one monk can fetch two buckets of water, two monks will only be able to fetch one bucket of water, and three monks will...
- Author:Nesbit, E.Summary:
When their father's business fails, the six Bastable children decide to restore the family fortune. But although they think of many ingenious ways to do so, their well-meant efforts are often more fun than profitable--until one...
- Author:Wilson, JacquelineSummary:
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Jacqueline Wilson's favourite character, Tracy Beaker, who lives in a children's home. Ten-year-old Tracy is smart and full of energy but more than anything she wants love. In "The...
- Author:Hale, ShannonSummary:
At Ever After High, the children of fairytale legends prepare themselves to fulfill their destinies as the next generation of Snow Whites and Prince Charmings, whether they want to or not. Raven Queen's destiny is to follow in her...
- Author:Marentette, Meghan, Griffiths, DeanSummary:
Unlike the other Weedle mice, The Stowaways love to go on adventures - even when it means getting close to humans! But when Rory and his Gran plan to rescue Grampa Stowaway, whom everyone else thinks is dead, the adventure may be far...
- Author:Reiss, KathrynSummary:
In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Clara finds a baby left on the doorstep of her family's boarding house, and sets out to unravel the surrounding mysteries.
- Author:Angleberger, TomSummary:
Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends describe their interactions with a paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn by their weird classmate Dwight, as they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can really predict the future.
- Author:Dowding, PhilippaSummary:
This morning, I woke up on the ceiling … So begins the strange story of Gwendolyn Golden. One perfectly ordinary day for no apparent reason, she wakes up floating around her room like one of her little brother’s Batman balloons....
- Author:Bauer, Marion DaneSummary:
In an astonishing unfurling of our universe, Newbery Honor winner Marion Dane Bauer and Caldecott Honor winner Ekua Holmes celebrate the birth of every child. Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was ......
- Author:Han, JennySummary:
Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different.
- Author:Stevenson, RobinSummary:
In this middle-grade novel, twelve-year-old Wolf's mother is obsessed with saving the world's honeybees, but Wolf is less than enthusiastic about her plan to take her bee activism on the road.
- Author:Riordan, RickSummary:
Demigods Nico di Angelo and Will Solace must endure the terrors of Tartarus to rescue an old friend in this thrilling adventure co-written by New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan and award-winning author Mark Oshiro. Percy...
- Author:Cassidy, Sara, Bisaillon, Josée, Hudson, KirstieSummary:
A young child walks along a country road into town where there’s a parade on. The experiences of the day, and the child’s eventual homecoming and bedtime, are chronicled and compared to the sun. The sun takes the form of the yolk of an...
- Author:Levy, JoanneSummary:
In this novel for middle-grade readers, painfully shy Beatrice Gelman ends up at summer camp all by herself.
- Author:Korman, GordonSummary:
It's The Unteachables meets I, Robot in another funny middle school tale from Gordon Korman! It's the start of a new school year and Oliver is looking forward to a seventh-grade year full of spitballs, jokes and pranks with his friend...
- Author:Wallace, MattSummary:
Max's first year of middle school hasn't been easy. Eighth-grade hotshot Johnny Pro torments Max constantly, for no other reason than Max is fat and an easy target.
- Author:Angleberger, Tom.Summary:
Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. Dwight is back--and not a moment too soon--as Kellen, Sara, and the gang face a new Menace: the FunTime Educational Program. FunTime is supposed to raise students' standardized test...
- Author:Baptist, Kelly J.Summary:
Xavier Moon is stepping out of the shadows when his great-uncle gives him some outlandish socks and some even stranger requests. A story about heart, confidence, and standing on your own two feet that is perfect for fans of The Season...
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