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Beginner Books

Are You My Mother?

by Philip D. Eastman

When a baby bird hatches while his mother is out searching for food, he leaves the nest for a series of adventures to try to determine his mother's identity.

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Mr. Popper's Penguins

by Richard Tupper Atwater, Florence Hasseltine Atwater, Robert Lawson

The 1938 classic tells the story of Mr. Popper, the small-town housepainter who dreamed of exploring Antarctic regions, and Captain Cook, the redoubtable penguin who turned Mr. Popper's world upside down.

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The Trumpet of the Swan

by E. B. White

Louis the swan can not speak, so his father gets him a real brass trumpet. He falls in love with someone who doesn't love him back. Will the trumpet help to fix his love situation by allowing him to communicate and show his true love to her?

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Don't Let the Pigeon: Book 1

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

by Mo Willems

When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before. As he pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, children will love being able to answer back and decide his fate. In his... (learn more about this book)

Stellaluna

by Janell Cannon

Knocked from her mother’s safe embrace by an attacking owl, Stellaluna lands headfirst in a bird’s nest. This adorable baby fruit bat’s world is literally turned upside down when she is adopted by the occupants of the nest and adapts to their peculiar bird habits. Two pages of notes at the end... (learn more about this book)

Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 1

The Capture

by Kathryn Lasky

In the first book in the Guardians... series, the reader is introduced to Soren, a barn owl and the centerpiece of the series. When Soren is pushed from his family's nest by his older brother, he is rescued from certain death on the forest floor by agents from a mysterious school for orphaned... (learn more about this book)

Wringer

by Jerry Spinelli

He was not aware that he ever stopped crying.In his sleep a voice echoed down the long dark barrel of a cannon: You have run out of birthdays. In the morning he awoke suddenly to a flutter of wings. Birthdays are an obsession where Palmer comes from, but if turning a year older means... (learn more about this book)

Tales of Dimwood Forest: Book 2

Poppy

by Avi, Brian Floca

King of the Night At the very edge of Dimwood Forest stood an old charred oak where, silhouetted by the moon, a great horned owl sat waiting. The owls name was Mr. Ocax, and he looked like death himself. With his piercing gaze, he surveyed the lands he called his own, watching for the... (learn more about this book)

Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 2

The Journey

by Kathryn Lasky

In the second book in the Guardians Of Ga'Hoole series, Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger travel to the Great Ga'Hoole Tree, a mythical place where an order of owls rises each night to perform noble deeds. Soren and his group are seeking help to fight the evil they discovered in the owl... (learn more about this book)

Guardians of Ga'hoole: Book 3

The Rescue

by Kathryn Lasky

Now that Soren has been reunited with his sister, Eglantine, he must face his next challenge: making sense of the mysterious disappearance of his mentor, Ezylryb. When Soren discovers that Ezylryb is in danger, he and his friends Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger devise a plan to save their... (learn more about this book)