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"What are you thankful for at Thanksgiving? A little mouse is thankful for their friends and family, good food to share, and fun games to play. This warm and inviting picture book is a wonderful way to start a family conversation about being grateful and kind, not just at Thanksgiving but all year long! " -- Provided by Amazon.com.

Staying busy has helped Tova cope ever since her son disappeared decades ago. So when her husband dies, she takes a job at the aquarium, where she meets Marcellus, an octopus that deduces what happened to her son. For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began...

Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores loneliness, art, regret, and hard-won empathy in this poignant novel--his most personal to date--that captures the life of a journeyman musician unable to escape the tragedies of his past. Al Ward lives on an isolated mining claim in the high desert of central Nevada fifty miles from the nearest town. A grizzled man in his sixties, he survives on canned soup, instant coffee, and memories of his ex-wife,...

The Bear Country School is putting on a show in this exciting addition to the classic New York Times–bestselling series! From magic tricks to yodeling, any student can be in the show. All you need is a talent-whether it's rapping or wiggling your ears! Beginning readers will enjoy this fun tale about their favorite family of bears as the cubs take the spotlight. The Berenstain Bears' School Talent Show is a Level One I Can Read book, which...

After hearing about winter from his friends, Hedgie the hedgehog tries to stay awake to experience its wonders.

It has been a year since newly orphaned Peter and his pet fox Pax, now a protective father, have seen each other, but their paths cross again when Pax's kit falls desperately ill forcing him to turn to the one human he knows he can trust.

Told entirely in birdsong, peeks behind the curtain into the glorious musicality of birds. Includes information about birds in the cast.

"My Three Dogs is a charming and heartfelt new novel from the #1 bestselling author of A Dog's Purpose, about humankind's best, most loyal friend, and a wonderful adventure of love and finding home. When a tragic accident separates three dogs from their human, they find themselves up for adoption -- separately. But Riggs, an Australian Shepherd with a heart of gold, refuses to see his family torn apart. After the exuberant and fun-loving doodle Archie...

Charles and Lizzie Peterson love puppies. Their family fosters these young dogs, giving them love and proper care, until they can find the perfect forever home. Waffles is exuberant, playful, and smart maybe too smart! Shes quite the escape artist and Lizzie has her hands full trying to keep tabs on her.--Provided by publisher.

Fish always has great ideas for what to do, but when it is Bear's turn to think of something, she does not know where to start.