"James Patterson and award-winning Zambian writer Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable survival story of a Maasai girl who faces down poachers to find a future among the elephants. Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmates gossip - especially about the new boy, Leku - Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There the twelve-year-old Maasai girl befriends a baby elephant she names Mbegu,...

Very strange noises that keep awakening the Wimbledon family one night have an even stranger source. Mysterious noises keep waking up the Wimbledon family. "That's very odd," says Mr. Wimbledon each time, but when he returns from checking on the sounds, he's always reassuring: "It's only Stanley; he's fixing the oil tank." "It's only Stanley; he's clearing the bathtub drain." But what Stanley the dog is actually doing while his oblivious family goes...

A horse of nineteenth century England tells his life story from his early home through many masters and experiences, both good and bad.

"Kevin doesn't want to be petted. He doesn't want to be tickled. And he definitely does NOT want to cuddle. There's absolutely NO WAY this hilarious cat is going to change his mind about that. Or will he?"--Page [4] of cover. "Kevin is a spunky, independent cat who does not want a pat. He does not want a tickle. And he certainly does not want to cuddle. All Kevin wants is to be left ALONE. That is, until he sees Dog getting pet, tickled, and cuddled,...

"When Taylor's block castle is destroyed, all the animals think they know just what to do, but only the rabbit quietly listens to how Taylor is feeling"--

"Cat and her kittens are curious about everything! This lovable series is the perfect introduction to first concepts for young children"--Back cover

"Truffle, a small dog, was born and raised on a farm, where he was put in charge of keeping the rats out of the barn, and the badgers out of the fields. Truffle enjoyed his work, but he felt that something was missing in his life. So Truffle left the farm to search for those missing pieces. This is that story."--

"An explosive novel about the chaos of revolution, Glory centres around the unexpected fall of Old Horse, a long-serving leader of a fictional African country, and the drama that follows for an unruly nation of animals on the path to true liberation. Inspired by the unexpected fall by coup, in November 2017, of Robert Mugabe--Zimbabwe's president who took office in 1980 and...never left--Bulawayo's bold, vividly imagined novel shows a country imploding,...

Best friends Mouse and Mole enjoy playing in the snow with Sno-Mouse and Sno-Mole, two more best friends.

"Two more warm and funny stories - with a touch of magic - about Luma and her cheeky pet dragon. Timir has the hiccups. Nothing seems to stop them. Small bursts of flame keep bursting from his nostrils and causing mayhem everywhere they hit. Luma is sure it has something to do with the flame charm on her bracelet - but has no idea what. It's time to find out! And that's not the only discovery to be made. When practising for a dog show in the garden...