Best of
Animal-Fiction
2017
SEAL's Christmas Dream
J.M. Madden - 2017
Be sure to read to the end for a Max and Lacey short story!!! Love is never easy, but nothing worth fighting for ever is… Former Navy SEAL K9 handler Joe Flynn is finally getting a grip on the PTSD flashbacks of his lost Military War Dog. The new dog that has adopted him, Maya, is filling that aching hole in his heart nicely. Not to mention the woman who changed his life by loving him completely,Veterinarian Willow James. Willow knows she has a soft heart. When a young boy brings his sick dog in for her to treat, she becomes invested in his safety. There’s no way she can turn him away. But mystery surrounds the boy. When her office is burglarized, it's natural that she turn to Flynn to track down the culprits. The situation turns deadly when the trail leads to a local dog-fighting ring…Unfortunately, the young boy Willow has been trying to help is right in the thick of things. Flynn and Willow find themselves fighting for more than just the abused Pit-Bulls they find. It's going to take a Christmas miracle to get everyone home safely...
Mirror Magic
Linda Chapman - 2017
Then she realizes that she can hear the fox speaking to her! Maia and her friends are Star Friends – girls who can use magic to keep the world in harmony.Maia’s older sister has started acting strangely and the Star Animals sense dark magic at work. Can the girls use their newfound Star Magic to help them put a stop to it?Perfect for fans of My Secret Unicorn and The Rescue Princesses, and for Rainbow Magic readers looking to move on to a more challenging adventure.
Darkwing Duck: Orange is the New Purple (Comics Collection Vol. 1)
Aaron Sparrow - 2017
The Terror that Flaps in the Night clashes with a villain who may be unstoppable, and faces off with his arch nemeses Megavolt and Negaduck as they wreak havoc on the city. Don t miss the slapstick, crime-fighting adventures of the feathered protectors of St. Canard in this four-issue comics collection."
One Amazing Elephant
Linda Oatman High - 2017
She’s perfectly happy to stay with her father, away from her neglectful mother and her grandfather’s elephant, Queenie Grace.Queenie Grace, a circus elephant, is happy to have Grandpa Bill as her keeper. She has had cruel keepers in the past, but Bill is her friend and treats her with love and respect. She doesn’t quite understand Lily, who is so afraid of her.Then Grandpa Bill dies, and both Lily and Queenie Grace are devastated. When Lily travels to Florida for the funeral, she keeps her distance from the elephant. But the two are mourning the same man—and form a bond born of loss. And when Queenie Grace faces danger, Lily must come up with a plan to help save her friend.Alternating between the points of view of Lily and Queenie Grace, this affecting novel brings readers to the very heart of two characters—one two-footed, one four-footed—who ache, heal, love, and find the value of an unlikely friendship.
Lost and Found (Mysterious Tales from Fairy Falls, #1)
Sharon Ledwith - 2017
Now, imagine being uprooted and forced to live in a small tourist town where nothing much ever happens. It’s bores-ville from the get-go. Welcome to Fairy Falls. Expect the unexpected…The Fairy Falls Animal Shelter is in trouble. Money trouble. It’s up to an old calico cat named Whiskey—a shelter cat who has mastered the skill of observation—to find a new human pack leader so that their home will be saved. With the help of Nobel, the leader of the shelter dogs, the animals set out to use the ancient skill of telepathy to contact any human who bothers to listen to them. Unfortunately for fifteen-year-old Meagan Walsh, she hears them, loud and clear.Forced to live with her Aunt Izzy in the safe and quiet town of Fairy Falls, Meagan is caught stealing and is sentenced to do community hours at the animal shelter where her aunt works. Realizing Meagan can hear her, Whiskey realizes that Meagan just might have the pack leader qualities necessary to save the animals. Avoiding Whiskey and the rest of shelter animals becomes impossible for Meagan, so she finally gives in and promises to help them. Meagan, along with her newfound friends, Reid Robertson and Natalie Knight, discover that someone in Fairy Falls is not only out to destroy the shelter, but the animals as well. Can Meagan convince her aunt and co-workers that the animals are in danger? If she fails, then all the animals’ voices will be silenced forever.
Black Beauty
R.D. Carstairs - 2017
Brimming with vivid detail and relatable characters, each chapter of Black Beauty's long and varied life communicates an important message about kindness, sympathy and understanding.Following the success of the double Audie award-winning Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories, Audible Originals UK are excited to announce this reimagination of Sewell's unique concept as an animal-based audio drama for all the family.Black Beauty features lead performances from Samuel West (BAFTA nominated; Mr Selfridge, Howards End), Samantha Bond (SAG nominated; Downton Abbey, James Bond), Paul Thornley (Harry Potter & the Cursed Child, Les Misérables) and Tamzin Outhwaite (EastEnders, Great Expectations, Foyle's War) as well as the original theme music 'Galloping Home' by Denis King.
Bats in Trouble
Pamela McDowell - 2017
Could the new wind turbines be the cause? The kids do some detective work and then jump into action coming up with a plan to save the bats.Bats in Trouble is the third book featuring animal-activist Cricket MacKay, following Ospreys in Danger and Salamander Rescue.
