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Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
c2017
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the facts about animal rights, with information about arguments and opinions from around the globe. Includes chapters on animals raised for food, animals and medical research, and animals and entertainment.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
112 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how a blind tiger, an albino bat, and three monkeys were brought back to health after being moved to more natural habitats.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 352 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of reformers in eighteenth-century England who worked to raise awareness about animal abuse, from an unconventional duchess who wrote about animal intellect to a scientist who argued that animals should be treated with compassion.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
xviii, 283 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From a pioneer of the regenerative agriculture movement, a memoir-meets-manifesto on betting the farm on a better future for our food, animals, land, local communities, and our climate. Featured in Food and Country, premiering at Sundance 2023. Raised as a fourth-generation farmer, when Will Harris inherited White Oak Pastures he was a full-time commodity cowboy who played hard and fast with every tool the system offered - chemicals, antibiotics,...
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
vii, 325 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From Kitten Lady, the professional kitten rescuer, humane educator, animal advocate, and owner of the popular Instagram kittenxlady comes the definitive book on saving the most vulnerable--and adorable--feline population: newborn kittens.
7) Unknown
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ignored by prospective human owners who walk past her cage at the pound, a shy dog with an unusual name becomes a hero during a lightning storm.
Author
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
For centuries, philosophers, scientists, and lawmakers worldwide have debated the merits of affording certain rights to animals. Central to any discussion of the topic is morality, who, or what, possesses it, and how and when it should be bestowed. This examination of the animal rights movement covers this and other points of contention, as well as the history of the movement and the people at the forefront of lobbying for animal welfare. Readers...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the work of animal control officers that answer emergency calls about dangerous or stray animals and explore cases of animal cruelty.
10) Gray wolves
Author
Publisher
Rourke Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Updated for 2020, beautiful photos and text examine the issues endangered gray wolves face and how they can be saved.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Ivan, known as the Shopping Mall Gorilla, who lived alone in a small cage for almost 30 years before being relocated to the gorilla habitat at Zoo Atlanta.
Author
Publisher
Reader's Digest, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the author's effort to rescue two dogs who bonded with her soldier brother before his death in Iraq, an effort that involved an unlikely network of heroes including a Utah animal rescue organization and a civilian airline.
15) Shadow horse
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2001, c1999
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
261 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Jas tries to prove that the owner of the farm where she works has killed her favorite horse, Whirlwind.
16) Bred to kill
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this sequel to Syndrome E, Lucie Henebelle and Inspector Sharko have reunited to take on the case of the brutal murder of Eva Louts, a promising graduate student who was killed while working at a primate research center outside Paris.
17) Hens for friends
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Hens are smart, savvy, and like to cuddle, as Aaron describes in this picture book about his relationship with his best friend, a Rhode Island Red hen he names Margaret."--Publisher.
18) Uncaged
Author
Series
The singular menace volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 17
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an act of animal rights activism at a research lab goes wrong, a terrible secret is exposed, and Shay must find her brother Odin before the researchers at Singular Corp can silence both of them.
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
91 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When she confronts a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost, animal control officer Francine Poulet questions her abilities.
20) Goats of anarchy
Author
Publisher
Rock Point
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Goats of anarchy takes the reader on a tour of Leanne Lauricella's goat rescue farm where special needs goats can heal, grow, and butt heads to their hearts' content.