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Real Food For Dogs By Arden Moore 183 Pages Looking for something fun to do indoors on a winter day? This book has tons of cool recipes for making dog biscuits and other yummy dishes. We made “Say Cheese, Please” and “Chicken Dipped Treats” recently and our dogs went nuts. We also gave small bags of biscuits to dogs of friends and neighbors—are we popular now! You’ll need a little help from a grown-up, but you’ll have a lot of fun.

I'm as Quick as a Cricket By Audrey Wood A young child learns about some very interesting animals in this lively exploration of self-awareness.

Junie B. Jones Has a Peep In Her Pocket By Barbara Park 67 Pages Have you ever seen something scary on TV? Well, June B. did once, and now she's afraid to go on the class field trip to a farm! What if the ponies there act like the ponies did on that show the babysitter let her watch? Well, Junie B. learns a lot about the difference between TV and reality, but it takes some help from her teacher and Farmer Flores--and one special animal that changes her mind about farms.

Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy By Barbara Park 66 Pages When Junie B. finds out she can't bring her dog Tickle to Room Nine on Pet Day she goes in search of a pet she can bring. She comes up with a LOT of great ideas, except that the grown-ups in her life don't see it her way. Why not use a fish net to catch a wild raccoon? What does Junie B. end up bringing? You'll have to read the book to find out! I'll give you one hint, though--it's very well behaved!

*The Black Stallion* By Walter Farley 197 pages This exciting book describes the adventures of shipwrecked Alec Ramsey and his friendship with a black stallion. Read about how Alec befriends an untamed horse who helps him discover what courage and beauty really are. If you like adventure and horses, this book is for you.
*The Black Stallion Returns* By Walter Farley 204 pages An Arabian chieftain learns of the black stallion’s whereabouts and travels half-way around the world to reclaim his beloved horse. Heartbroken over the loss of the Black, Alec Ramsey travels to Arabia to see the stallion and learn how the horse is doing in his new desert home.
New Review! Son of the Black Stallion By Walter Farley 268 pages Alec Ramsey receives the Black Stallion’s first son as a gift and discovers the colt is much wilder than the Black. Alec is committed to softening the colt with kindness and soft words, but realizes it could take some time.
New Review! The Black Stallion and Satan By Walter Farley 185 pages You can’t have the fastest horse in racing history living in your backyard without someone noticing. In this book, Alec Ramsey learns how to handle all the attention and fame that comes with owning two famous racehorses, the Black and his son, Satan.
New Review! The Young Black Stallion By Walter Farley 144 pages In this book, readers will discover the Black’s life in Arabia right up until the time he is boarded onto the Drake, where The Black Stallion book begins. This book is a good read for those who want to know more about the Black’s life in Arabia, before he met Alec Ramsey.

Forbidden City By William Bell Forbidden City is a fictional account of a Canadian teenager living through the Chinese student revolution of 1989 and the tragic climax of Tiananmen Square.The book is cleverly written in diary form, allowing the reader to really step into the mind of the narrator.