Have you ever wondered what makes dogs so super? Well, little Gela is about to find out for herself. After a visit to her local animal shelter she comes home with a dog named Rosie, but it doesn't take her long to realize Rosie is so much more than just a dog. Rosie to the Rescue is a story that teaches us more superheroes live amongst us than we realize and that when we pay close attention and learn from how they live, we get to become super, too.
A brave little squirrel transforms her fears into a reassuring, heroic adventure. “What if . . . what if . . . a tiger ate them?” Aunt Lily’s eyes opened wide. “Eaten by a tiger? What an awful thought!” “But I would rescue them,” said Rosie. “I would chase that tiger until he let them free.” Rosie is worried. Why aren’t her parents home yet? The reassuring, heroic text and fun-filled illustrations address one of children’s biggest fears while celebrating one little squirrel’s bravery.
Read aloud book for 2-4 year-old children about an unusual, odd looking pink bird, The Roseate Spoonbill. The story features the life cycle of the species, the natural habitat, its challenges and dangers, human intervention and rescue, and finally the life cycle repeating. Beautiful watercolor illustrations featuring the Florida pinks and blues.
Based upon the Ukrainian creation myth, Rosie's Rescue is a cross between Harry Potter and The Black Stallion---with a courageous girl leading the way. Rosie's got big problems. Her best friend has joined the Mean Girls, she's stuck riding a bike instead of a horse, and Mom's nagging about weight. Rosie's life takes a sudden turn when she rescues a tiny frozen spider. She zooms into a mystical universe where horses need her as much as she needs them, she's surrounded by loyal friends, and she feels fine just the way she is. Why does Rosie feel as if something important is still missing? As she travels deeper and deeper into galaxies woven by Grandmother Spider, she uncovers family secrets that threaten to tear them apart. Will the Golden Magic she must learn, heal broken hearts and dreams?
A magical new series where best friends become Secret Princesses! Best friends Charlotte and Mia can't bear it when Charlotte's family moves far away. But when they become trainee Secret Princesses they begin an amazing adventure together - and they can see each other whenever they like! Once in a blue moon, a tiara shaped constellation forms high in the sky above Wishing Star Palace. The four girls that make a wish on these special stars get their wishes granted by the Secret Princesses ... but Princess Poison is determined that this year the wishes won't come true ... Have you read all four books in series four: The Moonstone Collection?
The true story of how one little cat became the leader of a pack of huskies -- as seen on hit social media site The Dodo! Rosie the cat was small and weak -- until she befriended a giant husky! When Rosie was rescued by her foster moms as a kitten, they worried she wouldn't get better. But as soon as she started spending time with Lilo the husky, she began to feel great. The two animals became best friends, and now Rosie does everything Lilo does. They go on walks together, take naps together, and even go on boat rides together! This inspiring true story teaches us that love is the only thing you need to make a family. This story is perfect for middle-grade readers and comes with eight pages of full-color photos!
About Rosie Rosie was a real soul who lived on Rosemoore Lake from 2007 2012. She came from Michigan to our lake along with her friend and partner Moorey. Delivered in postal carriers and released into our lake, both swans brought a majestic and special sense of pride and love to the people who lived on or around the lake who helped to feed and support them. There were many others that would come from the outside of the neighborhood to take pictures of them. Rosie had a star like quality to her as she loved to be photographed and told how great she was. She endured the loss of Moorey, Bobby and all of her babies over a four year time period. It was sad to watch her look for all her loved ones. Her story is about the feelings associated with loss and the difficulty in adjusting to change, letting go and moving forward. To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die (Thomas Campbell)
A novel of a down-and-out New England family that “seizes the reader on its opening page with . . . a knock-about country humor unmistakably its own” (Newsweek). There are families like the Beans all over America. They live on the wrong side of town in mobile homes strung with Christmas lights all year round. The women are often pregnant, the men drunk and just out of jail, and the children too numerous to count. In this novel that “pulses with kinetic energy,” we meet the God-fearing Earlene Pomerleau, and experience her obsession with the whole swarming Bean tribe (Newsweek). There is cousin Rubie, a boozer and a brawler; tall Aunt Roberta, the earth mother surrounded by countless clinging babies; and Beal, sensitive, often gentle, but doomed by the violence within him. In The Beans of Egypt, Maine, Carolyn Chute—whose jobs included waitress, chicken factory worker, and hospital floor scrubber before gaining renown as a prize-winning novelist—creates “a fictional world so vivid and compelling that one feels at a loss when it ends. The Beans belong with the Snopes clan of Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County, with Erskine Caldwell’s white Southerners, and with the rural blacks of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple” (San Jose Mercury News).
Grandpa takes Rosie, Ben, and Alice to the rainforest to find Grandpa's favourite fruit. What happens when they meet a baby orang-utan and two bad men? Read and Imagine provides great stories to read and enjoy, with language support, activities, and projects. Follow Rosie, Ben, and Grandpa on their exciting adventures . . .
Striking, emotionally charged, fine art photographs chronicle the lives of approximately 60 once-abandoned dogs, illuminating each one’s journey from a shelter or rescue organization to a loving, permanent home. The “before and after” photographs illustrate the profound benefits of animal adoption for both dogs and humans alike. Abandoned: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs is a decade-long project inspired by Carver’s own adopted Shetland Sheepdog, Biscuit, who had been abandoned on a rural highway, terrified and malnourished. Biscuit’s evolution from a sickly and emaciated shell of a dog to a confident, trusting, and beloved family member positively changed Carver’s and her husband’s lives forever. This set Carver on her quest to examine the lives of other abandoned dogs, illustrating how dog rescue gave these dogs a second chance with completely new lives. The photographs capture the salient emotion, spirit, and dignity of each dog, despite their circumstances. From Whippets to Jack Russell Terriers and Saint Bernards to Golden Retrievers, along with many mixed breeds, Carver’s book showcases dogs of all breeds, sizes, ages, temperaments, and backgrounds, including written narratives, derived from interviews with shelter and rescue personnel and adopters to provide additional context to each dog’s journey. Carver initially met and photographed each dog shortly after they entered a shelter or rescue organization, and then again approximately a year after being adopted into a permanent home. The juxtaposition of these two photographs is a powerful testament to the transformative experience of dog rescue and adoption. Carver witnessed abandoned dogs that were given entirely new lives and became integral family members as a result of rescue and adoption. Abandoned: Chronicling the Journeys of Once-Forsaken Dogs is a tribute to dogs like Robo, Murdock, Mario, and Trucker. The book chronicles how dog rescue and adoption enriches not only the lives of the dogs, but how it unequivocally enriches the lives of their human companions as well. Carver hopes this work compels viewers to consider dog rescue and adoption. This book will appeal to dog and animal lovers far and wide.
