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"Who's afraid of the Big Bad Fox? No one, it seems. The fox dreams of being the terror of the barnyard. But no one is intimidated by him, least of all the hens? When he picks a fight with one, he always ends up on the losing end. Even the wolf, the most fearsome beast of the forest, can't teach him how to be a proper predator. It looks like the fox will have to spend the rest of his life eating turnips. But then the wolf comes up with the perfect...
3) Tigress
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Lyrical prose describes how a mother tigress teaches her two cubs to hunt and survive on their own. Includes sidenote tiger facts throughout.
6) I heart you
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"A rhyming picture book about the loving parent-child relationship in animal and human families"--
8) Fox
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A baby fox anticipates the time when he can go out alone, but first his parents must teach him the ways of the wilderness.
10) A mama for Owen
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When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami separates a young African hippopotamus from his mother, he finds a new snuggle partner in Mzee the giant tortoise. Based on a true story.
12) Penguin journey
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Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text follow a colony of Emperor penguins as they emerge from the sea, find mates, care for their eggs, and are reunited when chicks have hatched. Includes author's note about Emperor penguins and challenges threatening the species.
13) A mom for Umande
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Because his own mother is too young to take care of him, Umande, a newborn gorilla, is fed and cuddled by human zookeepers until a surrogate mother is found.
15) Daddy Honk Honk
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"With a little help from his friends on the tundra, an arctic fox learns how to be a good daddy to a noisy gosling"--
16) Finding home
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A koala mother faces two challenges: protecting herself and her joey from the raging bushfire, and finding food after their home range is destroyed. Her journey brings her closer to the world of humans than she has ever been before--but it's a risk she must take. Based on the real-life story of a koala nicknamed Cinders that survived two bushfires.
18) Little Whale
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Little Whale is nervous about leaving the shallows of the warm, southern sea but Gray Whale gently guides her new baby as they migrate to the cool, rich waters of the north.
19) The goose egg
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Henrietta the elephant's serene life is disrupted when a baby goose comes to stay, but after Goose finally leaves, Henrietta no longer enjoys the quiet.
20) Cat & Dog
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Dog takes care of a trio of kittens when their mother, Cat, gets trapped in a fisherman's van while trying to find breakfast.