“Kävik the Wolf Dog” by Walt Morey

Blurb An extraordinary journey of instinct and survival from the author of Gentle Ben. When Andy Evans stumbles upon the snow-covered wreckage of a small plane, he’s shocked to find a survivor. Should he put the gravely injured dog out of his misery? The look in the animal’s eyes says he’s not ready to die. It turns

“Heroic Dogs, Volume I” by Lou Jefferson

Blurb Meet incredible dogs that went beyond what is expected of a man’s best friend. They have shown extraordinary courage and unconditional love for their human companions. Read about their astonishing journeys. Dogs and humans have lived together for over 20,000 years. This is a book of true stories about actual dogs, the humans they

“Around the World in Eighty Days” by Jules Verne / « Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours » par Jules Verne

Blurb Pragmatic gambler Phileas Fogg has made a gentlemanly wager to the members of his exclusive club: that he can circle the world in just eighty days, right down to the minute. Fetching his newly appointed French valet, Fogg embarks on a fabulous journey across land and sea – by steamer, rail, and elephant –

“A Child’s Garden of Verses” by Robert Louis Stevenson

Blurb “Up into the cherry treeWho should climb but little me?I held the trunk with both my handsAnd looked abroad on foreign lands.”Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down

“Wormwood Abbey” by Christina Baehr

Blurb As a Victorian clergyman’s daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything — until a mythical salamander tumbles out of the fireplace into her lap.When a letter arrives from estranged relatives, Edith is swept away to a crumbling gothic Abbey in the wilds of Yorkshire. Wormwood Abbey isn’t just full of curious beasts and ancient family

“Lassie Come-Home” by Eric Knight

Synopsis  Without doubt Lassie was the finest collie in all of Yorkshire. For three years the Duke of Rudling tried without success to buy the dog from her owner, Sam Carraclough. But hard times came and Sam was forced to sell her so that he could feed his family. Sam’s boy, Joe, was heartbroken, and

“Gentle Ben” by Walt Morey

Synopsis  The Alaskan wilderness is a lonely place for Mark Andersen, especially after the death of his older brother, Jamie. But in time Mark finds someone else to love—Ben, an Alaskan brown bear so huge that no one else dares come near him. Gentle Ben has been a favorite of readers of all ages for

“In the High Valley” by Susan Coolidge

Synopsis  Lionel Young and his sister, Imogen, set out for the picturesque but remote High Valley in Colorado, leaving their hometown in Devonshire, England behind. Lionel wants to take the share in Geoffrey Templestowe’s cattle business. Imogen, owing to her prejudices against America and the American way of life, finds it hard to adjust to

“Where Poppies Grow” by Linda Granfield

Synopsis  Finalist for the Silver Birch Award Winner of the 2002 Information Book Award When World War I began in 1914, no one knew that millions of young people would die in the agonizing years ahead. No one imagined the effect it would have on family life, or that whole villages would disappear, or that

“Yellow Star” by Jennifer Roy

Synopsis  The niece of Syvia Perlmutter, one of only twelve child survivors of the Lodz ghetto in Poland, shares her aunt’s experiences of the Holocaust in free verse that relates the courage and heartbreak she lived during a time of terrible circumstances. My Review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ & ❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎ 5 stars. This is marketed as poetry, but since