Patrick Benson
2) Owl babies
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Description
Three owl babies whose mother has gone out in the night try to stay calm while she is gone. --
5) The Minpins
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Little Billy enters the Forest of Sin and meets the Minpins, matchstick-sized people who live in tree cities besieged by the Smoke-Belching Gruncher whom Billy vows to destroy.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Meek little Mole, willful Ratty, Badger the perennial bachelor, and petulant Toad. Since their first appearance over a hundred years ago in 1908, they've become emblematic archetypes of eccentricity, folly, and friendship. And their misadventures--in gypsy caravans, stolen sports cars, and their beloved Wild Wood--continue to capture readers' imaginations and warm their hearts long after they grow up. Begun as a series of letters from Kenneth Grahame...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The people who live among the high peaks of the Himalayas tell stories of a mysterious animal called the gray ghost. To see one, you'd have to be very lucky indeed. Join a zoologist in the Himalayan mountains as he searches for the elusive creature. With her pale gold and silver-gray coat painted with black rosettes, she blends so well into the boulders, it's no wonder she's thought of as a ghost of the mountains. But the fortunate few who spot her...
11) Robin Hood
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Retells the adventures of Robin Hood and his men in Sherwood Forest as they right wrongs and fight injustice.
12) The little boat
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
A little boy playing at the seashore makes a toy sailboat that is swept out to sea, and, after braving storms, hungry fish, and bigger boats, is finally found by a little girl at the opposite shore.
14) Soon
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Accompanying his mother on a special outing, a baby elephant is protected from a sequence of scary predators before arriving at the top of a high mountain and observing a wondrous surprise.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Children's Books
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Describes how the concerted efforts of an international team of concerned people eased the suffering of three gray whales trapped by ice off the coast of Alaska and eventually helped two of them back to the open sea.
20) Oddly
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Lost in their own worlds, three unusual creatures are powerless to find answers, until a small boy appears, who seems stranger, odder, and even more lost than they. As the three creatures comfort the child, they discover their hearts' desires, while their new friend finds surprising ways to make all their dreams and wishes come true.
