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1) Winnie the Pooh 5-minute stories

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Join Winnie the Pooh and his friends at a birthday party, help Rabbit find his good mood, play with little Roo, and more! Each story in this collection is ideal for reading aloud in just five minutes--a perfect fit for bedtime, story time, or any time!--

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When the peaceful life of Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, vows to find the legendary sword which will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.

3) The Cricket in Times Square

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An updated version of the timeless children's classic featuring a business-savvy mouse, a kind alley cat, and a talented country cricket, featuring a new foreword and revisions by YA author Stacey Lee. Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City - the Times Square subway...

4) Harry Cat and Tucker Mouse: starring Harry

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Harry Cat loves the theater, but when he becomes the star of a Broadway play he and his best friend Tucker Mouse miss one another terribly.

5) The art of racing in the rain: a novel

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM FOX 2000 STARRING MILO VENTIMIGLIA, AMANDA SEYFRIED, AND KEVIN COSTNER

MEET THE DOG

WHO WILL SHOW THE WORLD

HOW TO BE HUMAN

The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein—a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope—a captivating

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6) Animal farm: a fairy story

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Step onto the transformative landscape of George Orwell's "Animal Farm," a captivating allegory that illuminates the corrupting nature of power and the fragility of revolution. In this timeless tale, Orwell masterfully crafts a fable where animals rise against their human oppressors, only to witness their utopian dream descend into a chilling nightmare. Join the animals of Manor Farm as they overthrow their human master, Mr. Jones, inspired by the...

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A member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive, Flora 717, due to her courage and strength, finds her way into the Queen's inner sanctum where she discovers secrets about the hive that cause her to challenge authority and perform unthinkable acts.

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In a small fictional town on the Oregon coast there are love affairs and almost-love-affairs, mystery and hilarity, bears and tears, brawls and boats, a garrulous logger and a silent doctor, rain and pain, Irish immigrants and Salish stories, mud and laughter. There's a Department of Public Works that gives haircuts and counts insects, a policeman who is addicted to Puccini, a philosophizing crow, beer, and berries. An expedition is mounted, a crime...

9) Hollow Kingdom

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Buxton, Kira Jane

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A finalist for the 2020 Thurber Prize for American Humor!
"The Secret Life of Pets meets The Walking Dead" in this big-hearted, boundlessly beautiful romp through the Apocalypse, where a foul-mouthed crow is humanity's only chance to survive Seattle's zombie problem (Karen Joy Fowler, PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author).
S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his owner Big Jim,...

10) The original adventures of Hank the Cowdog

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Erickson, John R

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Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes.

11) Fantastic Mr. Fox

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Three farmers, each one meaner than the next, try all-out warfare to get rid of Mr. Fox and his family.

12) Bunnicula: a rabbit-tale of mystery

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Harold, the Monroes' dog, tells of Chester the cat's suspicions that the baby rabbit one of the Monroe boys takes home and names Bunnicula is a vampire.

13) The wind in the willows

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Grahame, Kenneth

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This reissue of the classic animal story featuring friends Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger celebrates the book's seventy-fifth anniversary.

14) Watership Down

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One of the most beloved novels of our time, Watership Down is an epic journey, a stirring tale of adventure, courage, and survival.

Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren; he felt sure of it. They had to leave immediately. So begins a long and perilous journey of survival for a small band of rabbits.

As the rabbits skirt danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band, its humorous

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15) Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH

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O'Brien, Robert C

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—A Newbery Medal Winner Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, is faced with a terrible problem. She must move her family to their summer quarters immediately, or face almost certain death. But her youngest son, Timothy, lies ill with pneumonia nd must not be moved. Fortunately, she encounters the rats of NIMH, an extraordinary breed of highly intelligent creatures, who come up with a brilliant solution to her dilemma. And Mrs. Frisby...

16) Ralph S. Mouse Audio Collection: The Mouse and the Motorcycle / Runaway Ralph / Ralph S. Mouse

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Cleary, Beverly

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Get ready to zoom through these fast-paced stories full of exciting adventures by Newbery Award-winning author Beverly Cleary.

With Ralph S. Mouse behind the handlebars of his favorite toy motorcyle, there's no telling what readers will encounter. This three-book box set includes the entire Ralph S. Mouse series: The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Runaway Ralph, and Ralph S. Mouse

17) The mouse and the motorcycle

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Cleary, Beverly

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A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling.

18) Stuart Little

19) Stuart Little

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After being adopted by a human family, a tiny mouse sets out to win over his resentful new brother and the family feline while fending off a gang of cats who want him out of the house.

20) Charlotte's web

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Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.