Along the way he finds a school full of kids and new things to do—and he even learns to read!"So funny and so original that it promises to be one of the most successful books in this best-selling series." (Publishers Weekly)Sammy the Seal is another hilarious, original story by Syd Hoff, the celebrated author of Danny and the Dinosaur. This Level One I Can Read is perfect for shared reading with a child.

    W. Anderson. This time, the loyal friends come face-to-face with a ferocious mountain lion. But fortunately, they're able to chase the wild cat into its den and save a frightened calf from near death. Billy and Blaze help capture the cat before it can emerge, and, heroes once again, ride the range in search of new adventures! Sensitive drawings and easy-to-read words capture the warmth and understanding between a boy and his horse.

    The task of this benevolent society is to befriend human prisoners in their cells, and perform daring rescue bids. As this story opens, the Chairwoman of the Society is proposing the rescue of a Norwegian poet who is being held in grim conditions in the Black Castle.

    They hatch up a daring plan to steal a neglected and abandoned horse from the local pound and keep it in secret.

    He travelled by boat up a small, torturous river in to the far interior; he met Indian tribesmen, lone ranchers and the Paraguayans who played to him with their haunting guitar and harp music; he went to the plain lands of the vast cattle-ranching estates, and he rode by horseback into the harsh, parched, inhospitable country of the Gran Chaco.

    Beautiful, possibly allegorical story in which most of the characters are animals in the forest but other characters are a shepherd and his family, who live there at the edge of the forest.

    

    'Thelwell Country' contains foxhunters and farmers, picnickers and gypsies, and notoriously pony-struck children, all representative of man in uneasy communion with nature.

    When Joey gets adopted he meets the horse they've captured. His name is Fury and he's a jet black stallion. He is very wild but Joey soothes him. Joey and Fury have many adventures together as Fury is accused of leading away horses from other ranches, and other exciting adventures.

    The book is published by arrangement with Lutterworth Press, the original publishers of Zoo Quest for a Dragon. Book Two, Quest for the Paradise Birds, has been written especially for this Companion Book Club edition.

    A Wonder Read Aloud Book.

    Their top quarry is Old Murder, a crafty and elusive older lion with a crippled paw.

    Book includes eight color plates and many black & white drawings throughout.

    A descriptive reader illustrated with country scenery, and a tale of visual things we may often miss..