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The One and Only Ivan

You'll enjoy these titles because: they feature stories with animal perspectives, themes of friendship and survival.

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  • "After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back"--Provided by publisher.
    Book, 2016New York : Balzer + Bray, 2016. — J PEN
  • An old red oak tree tells how he and his crow friend, Bongo, help their human neighbors get along after a threat against an immigrant family is carved into the tree's trunk.
    Book, 2017New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2017. — J APP
  • Lives of four misfits are intertwined when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic quest to find and rescue him.
    Book, 2017New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2017. — J KEL
  • Van has always been an outsider. Most people don’t notice him. But he notices them. And he notices the small trinkets they drop, or lose, or throw away—that’s why his collection is full of treasures. Then one day, Van notices a girl stealing pennies…
    Book, 2018New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018. — J WES
  • A story about a homeless boy and his imaginary friend that proves in unexpected ways that friends matter, whether real or imaginary
    Book, 2015New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2015. — J APP
  • "A young wolf cub, separated from his pack, journeys 1000 miles across the Pacific Northwest, dealing with forest fires, hunters, highways, and hunger before finding a new home. Based on the true story of a wolf called OR-7"-- Provided by publisher.…
    Book, 2019New York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019. — J PAR
  • The peaceful winter that Mona the mouse expected at the Heartwood Hotel is disturbed by a difficult guest, food shortages caused by a huge blizzard, and secrets. Following the festive St. Slumber celebration, most of the guests have settled in to…
    Book, 2017Toronto : HarperCollins Publishers, [2017] — ON ORDER
  • When the annual migration of hummingbears, a source of local pride and income, dwindles and no one knows why, Willodeen, armed with a magical birthday gift, speaks up for the animals she loves and vows to uncover this mystery.
    Book, 2021New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2021. — J APP
  • Hugo is a young Sasquatch who longs for adventure. Boone is young boy who longs to see a Sasquatch. When their worlds collide, they become the unlikeliest pair of best friends
    Book, 2018New York : Amulet Books, 2018. — J POT
  • When his veterinarian mom brings home a stray baby skunk that needs rehabilitation before it can be placed in a wild animal shelter, Bat, who has austim, resolves to prove that he is up to the challenge of caring for the skunk permanently.
    Book, 2017New York : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. — J ARN
  • Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
    Book, 2020New York : Little Brown and Company, 2020. — J BRO
  • Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry…
    Book, 2022New York, New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2022. — J APP
  • Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs. Chance ends up there when his owners unwittingly left him with a bad sitter. Chance and his crew of misfit dogs set out to find their forever homes, finding danger,…
    Book, 2023New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2023. — J APP
  • Daniel is not so sure about going to camp. There will be bugs. And uncomfortable beds. And leeches! Megabat can't WAIT to go to camp! There will be so much smooshfruit, and he loves a good sing-along. Daniel starts to think camp isn't so bad. He's…
    Book, 2020Toronto : Tundra Books, [2020] — J HUM
  • Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family.
    Book, 2013New York : Puffin Books, 2013. — J DAH
  • The Invention of Hugo Cabret

    a Novel in Words and Pictures

    Selznick, Brian
    When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
    Book, 2007New York : Scholastic Press, c2007. — J SEL
  • When a child goes missing from the Orphan House in the town of Stone-in-the-Glen, the mayor suggests the kindly Ogress is responsible, but the orphans do not believe that and try to make their deluded neighbors see the real villain among them.
    Book, 2022Toronto : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022. — J BAR
  • In the Valley of Fruitless Mountain, a young girl named Minli spends her days working hard in the fields and her nights listening to her father spin fantastic tales about the Jade Dragon and the Old Man of the Moon. Minli’s mother, tired of their…
    Book, 2009New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2009. — J LIN
  • The Tale of Despereaux

    Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

    DiCamillo, Kate,
    The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
    Book, 2003Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2003. — J F DIC
  • Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans, a new building, a boatload of goats, and a shocking revelation that…
    Book, 2023New York, New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2023] — J EGG