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Jess and Lily visit Friendship Forest, where animals can talk and magic exists! Jess and Lily can't wait to attend the Rushy River boat race in Friendship Forest! But when Grizelda sends her sand dragon to turn the Prickleback hedgehog family to stone, it's up to the girls and Emily Prickleback to find a way to change them back and save the river!

A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters.

Welcome to the island of Egg where a group of young puffins are in training to join a search and rescue team. Meet Muffin who is following in her dad's footsteps and anxious not to let him down. Everything is new. There is so much to learn and new friends to be made. And how amazing to rescue birds and eggs in danger! Muffin and the other puffins can't wait to get started.

He was just a homeless puppy in the dead of winter, but someone has been helping and saving others.

In this old English Christmas carol the friendly stable beasts tell of the gifts they have given to the newborn Jesus.

"The book takes us into the woods, meadows, and streams of an Appalachian forest where a girl and a coyote pup each have their first woodland adventures. On their separate journeys into the wilderness with a beloved family member, the intertwined paths of child and coyote will surprise and enchant young readers. With its richly detailed illustrations and gentle biology lessons, this story of two young explorers invites readers to imagine wilderness...