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Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.
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4th Grade Reading
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
Fun Family Read-Alouds for 2nd Grade and Older
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
Fun Family Read-Alouds for 2nd Grade and Older
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"When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life"--OCLC.
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"James Patterson and award-winning Zambian writer Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable survival story of a Maasai girl who faces down poachers to find a future among the elephants. Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmates gossip - especially about the new boy, Leku - Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There the twelve-year-old Maasai girl befriends a baby elephant she names Mbegu,...
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When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
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"Lawrence Anthony and Françoise Malby love animals-so when they hear that a herd of wild African elephants needs a new home, they welcome the herd to their wildlife sanctuary-Thula Thula-with open arms. What follows in this beautifully illustrated true story is an extraordinary cross-species friendship that will move readers and warm the hearts of animal lovers at every age"--
11) Elephant calves
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Simple text and photographs explore how baby elephants grow and learn to become adults.
12) 1, 2, 3, pull!
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Min wants to be in Ann's show, and after building a crane to remove the tree that has fallen on the stage, she gets her chance.
13) Baby elephants
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With simple text and full-color photographs highlights the typical physical features and behaviors of baby elephants. Includes a text-related seek-and-find activity.
14) Baby elephants
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Simple text and photographs follow a baby elephant as it grows up and learns how to be an elephant. Includes a glossary.
15) New friends
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Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, helps Ruby, a baby elephant who has been added to the mall, meet all the other animals in the circus.
16) Zola's elephant
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When a young girl named Zola moves in next door, the neighbor girl is unsure about making friends with her because she's convinced Zola has brought an elephant in a large box. She imagines all of the fun Zola and her elephant friend must have together until she realizes the big box doesn't contain an elephant after all.
17) It's showtime!
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Ivan the gorilla lives at the circus in the Big Top Mall with his friends Frankie the seal, Murphy the bunny, Henrietta the chicken, Thelma the parrot, and Stella the elephant. When a new baby elephant named Ruby joins the circus, lots of people come to see the show. But soon, Ruby is sad and wants to go home, so the animals come up with a plan to get her home. People want to help the animals and convince Mack, the owner, to close the show and send...
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"In 14-year-old Aaron's village in Zambia, poaching for ivory is common practice, and elephants are feared because of the danger they pose to humans and the damage they often cause to crops so important to the villagers' livelihoods. But when Aaron encounters a newborn elephant in distress, his instinct is not to run away, but to jump to its rescue. This is the beginning of a beautiful bond of friendship and a meaningful vocation. This moving story,...
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In "The one and only Ivan," when Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant who has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life. In "The one and only Bob," a scrappy dog named Bob undertakes a dangerous journey to find Bob's long-lost sister, but a storm is approaching and time is running out.