Living in the countryside, I frequently witness abandoned pets, mostly cats, but some dogs. They wander around looking for a place to belong, to feel safe and to be loved. It’s heartbreaking. Teresa Whitaker Smith’s short story, Corrie Cocker Spaniel, really touched my heart to...

Meet Jerry the squirrel and the inventor in Jerry the Squirrel by Shawn Robinson. Though he designed and built just about anything, many times his inventions did not work the way he wanted them to. Jerry’s bedroom had a bed, a work desk where he...

Joyce Major entertains us in The Orangutan Rescue Gang when Jaylynn has a connection with an orphaned orangutan because she also feels abandoned and lonely without her mother. Her father doesn’t understand the important need she has to rescue this wild animal and reunite it...

Dinopotamus was watching the children playing tag and he also played tag with them. He kicked the ball when they kicked the ball. He could not climb trees like them because Dinopotamus did not have thumbs, which made it impossible to grab the branches. He...

Katie and Panther are good friends. Uncle Chris gave her a kitten for her to feel better, and Katie named him Panther. She knows he will become a big cat. Panther grew and Katie petted him, fed him, and gave him treats. She plays hide...

Seafood or Who Eats Who in the Ocean by Charles Messing is an educational and informative book that give details about the food chains and food webs that exist in the ocean. The author also gives useful information on the difference between a food chain...

Welcome to the enchanting world that exists underwater and in Coral Reef Animals: Book One Invertebrates – A Guide In Rhyme by Eve Heidi Bine-Stock children learn about the mysterious world of coral reef invertebrates. Many creatures that live in the ocean are introduced in...

Meet Stu the ostrich whose life changes when a shiny spaceship shows up. None of the other ostriches has ever seen anything like it. Two aliens come out of the spaceship and poke them with sticks. Anna goes to check them out and the aliens...

Lots of families have that pet dog that starts barking at every sound, but what about a family like Little Liz’s who have a tiny kitten, with the unusual name of Mouse, who meows incessantly? Oh, you have one of those kittens too? Then you’ll...

Nerdi Bunny loved to read and she was not an average bunny. She had been spending her school vacation reading books and daily newspapers, and in the afternoon she read the headlines about how the Honey and Harvest Festival was in jeopardy and the Bee...