Item category 1: Animal fiction

When Zoe helps out at Aunt Jo's animal rescue, she's caught up in an emergency right away. Three tiny puppies have been abandoned on the doorstep and need nursing back to help, especially the littlest puppy, Cookie. Zoe knows she can't have a dog of her own, but as the days go by, she becomes mor...

On a mission to find their families, Gwen, Rupert and the dogs strike out across treacherous ice and frigid oceans. If they are to have any hope of survival, they must stowaway on a ship full of enemy soldiers. But sometimes help comes in unexpected forms. Someone new will join the pack, but who ...

Twelve-year-old Lucky Prescott craves adventure, but as a young lady of society she's only been allowed to experience adventure through books. That is, until one fateful day when Lucky, her father, and her aunt leave their neat-and-tidy city life and travel to their new home out west the Wild Wes...

Blossom Bunny and Primrose Cat are two best friends that embark on an exciting journey of fun, friendship and adventure, to explore and learn all about the incredible country of Japan.

CLASSIC FICTION. Enid Blyton's most popular characters get up to all sorts of mischief in short stories for younger readers. Ideal for children's first ventures into reading alone, Happy Days is a magical and captivating collection filled with lovable characters. Ages 5+

When a pampered cat has to share her home with a lost dog, sparks are set to fly. To her surprise, Catvinkle starts to like Ula. She even tells Ula her three secrets. But a cat and a dog can't be friends - can they? A tail-spin of a tale that will make you howl with laughter - and remind you that...

From award-winning authors Bill Condon and Dianne Bates comes a good-natured story about friendship, family and first pets. When best friends Rory and Trang become the proud owners of a nanny goat, she turns out to be quite a hoof-ful! Jellybean likes escaping, eating everything under the sun and...

CLASSIC FICTION. Enid Blyton's most popular characters get up to all sorts of mischief in short stories for younger readers. Ideal for children's first ventures into reading alone, Happy Days is a magical and captivating collection filled with lovable characters. Ages 5+

Nanny Piggins, the world's most glamorous flying pig, runs away from the circus and goes to live with the Greens as their nanny. The Green children, Derrick, Samantha and Michael, fall in love with her instantly. Nanny Piggins whose only job qualifications are her astonishing ability to be fired ...

Living in the magical Herb Garden, Parsley the lion is never quite sure what's going to happen to him next... especially with an excitable friend like Dill the dog around. First published nearly fifty years ago, Michael Bond's hilarious books featuring Parsley the lion are brought alive for a new...

This classic collection of animal stories follows the adventures of a local vet and the various animals who need his help and care. From a poorly cow who needs urgent treatment, a lost pony who needs rescuing or even a cheeky cat who keeps getting into mischief, this heartwarming collection of an...

The sun is shining in the Hundred Isles, and yet the path forward seems crowded with shadows. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have traveled across the world, seeking a set of powerful talismans in order to keep them from enemy hands. Throughout their journey the young heroes have been hounded by...

Alex is expecting a pretty boring summer. But when Mum takes her to visit her mysterious grandfather on his farm in Tasmania, weird things start to happen. For starters, her grandfather’s pet alpacas can talk! When things go from strange to scary, Alex must use all her brains, brawn and bravery i...

Things are not as they seem along the fence separating the bush from agricultural land. Alfi the Wombat is asked to breach the fence and faces the wrath of both animal and man.

Evie is overjoyed when she is given her very own puppy, Alfie. Alfie adores Evie-he loves to be cuddled, sleeps on her bed and welcomes her home from school every day with a wag of his tail. But it's not long before another new member of the family arrives: Evie's baby brother, Sam. Suddenly none...

One summer afternoon, a curious young mouselet named Alice follows a strange white rabbit with a pocket watch down an even stranger rabbit hole. That's the beginning of a wonderful and fabumouse journey through Wonderland, a world full of unusual characters and unforgettable adventures.

ANIMAL STORIES. AUSTRALIAN. When Skoz wakes up and finds himself in the middle of the ocean in a boat, he has no idea how he got there. More importantly, how he is going to get back to dry land? And what is he going to do about THAT SHARK?! 7-10 year olds.

Geronimo Stilton is in love! Over a cup of coffee one morning he laid eyes on the most beautiful rodent he had ever seen! But how could he prove himself worthy of her heart? 7 yrs+.

Ambrose may seem like an ordinary rabbit but he has the most extraordinary sense of smell. He can detect aroma from sweets to kittens -- and even niffy foxes! He lives with his family in a hutch and is visited every day by Biddy, who is desperate to take him home to be her pet -- if only her mum ...

Jess and Lily can't wait to celebrate their friend Goldie's birthday in Friendship Forest, but wicked witch Grizelda is determined to ruin the party! With the help of fluffy kitten Amelia Sparklepaw, can Lily and Jess rescue Goldie and save the day?

After finding a stray kitten who is blind, Amy learns how to take extra care of her, soon discovering little Sherlock can do lots of things on her own, and is ready for the Critter Club to find her a loving forever home.

As Christmas nears, Amy and her friends in the Critter Club try to find a home for two adorable guinea pigs.

Issie returns to El Caballo Danza Magnifico, this time determined to bring her colt Storm back home. But first she must master haut ecole moves on stallion Angel to prove herself to the best riders in Spain. Meanwhile, devious Miguel Vega is involved when mares go missing. And is love in the air ...

"Mandy Hope loves animals more than anything else. She knows quite a lot about them too: both her parents are vets and Mandy helps out in their surgery, Animal Ark. It's lambing time at Forebeck Farm. Mandy and James are helping out, and when a tiny black lamb is rejected by its mother, they offe...

A polar bear, helplessly drifting far away from her cubs, is starving in the middle of the Arctic ocean. In a fearsome blizzard, a teenage polar explorer gets separated from her father. Come darkness of night, confused and cold, she suddenly finds herself stranded on the same ice floe as the pola...

ADVENTURE STORIES. This title includes: "All Because of Jackson" - Jackson is a very unusual rabbit - one who dreams of going to sea. So one day he stows away on the Atalanta and sails off in search of a new life ..."The Catlady" - Muriel lives alone with lots and lots of cats. But Muriel's cats ...

When Gwen and her dogs jump on a train bound for the mountains, the last thing they expect is to land in the middle of a zoo full of fierce and deadly animals! In a fight between soldiers armed with menacing drones and animals armed with teeth and claws, it's no secret whose side Wolf Girl will b...

From animals that sing a tune to others that no longer fly, this bestiary introduces us to magical beasts that we have never encountered! But do not assume that they do not exist... Professor O'Logist has scrupulously examined them!

Armadillo and Hare are the best of friends. They live together in a little house in the Big Forest. Its normally very quiet in the Big Forest. Armadillo likes it when its quiet. Hare likes music and excitement. Today there's a lot of bashing and crashing going on! Someone is playing the drums. Ve...

Hotdog, Kev and Lizzie enter an art contest at the local museum. But what happens when someone steals the most famous painting there -- the Llama Lisa!? Can Hotdog and his friends chase down the robbers?