Michael Foreman
3) Wonder goal!
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A boy describes what it feels like to score a goal that makes his soccer teammates stop teasing him.
6) Hello, world
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A mother bear and her child invite all the animals they meet to come with them to see the world.
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Stubby was a brave soldier, a loyal friend and a dog. From an army training camp to the trenches in France, this is the incredible true story of Sergeant Stubby, the dog who served bravely in the First World War, sniffing out gas attacks, catching spies and winning the hearts of his fellow soldiers.
10) Cat & Dog
Author
Publisher
Lerner Pub Group
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Dog takes care of a trio of kittens when their mother, Cat, gets trapped in a fisherman's van while trying to find breakfast.
11) Seal surfer
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Although he is on crutches, a boy goes to the beach with his grandfather, where they watch a seal being born, and over the following seasons, the boy and the seal develop a special bond.
12) Trick a tracker
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[1981]
Language
English
Description
In order to foil hunters, the animals create an ingenious device which disguises their tracks.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"As a boy, Henry Friston dreamed of traveling the world. He thought he was signing up for a lifetime of adventure when he joined the Royal Navy. But when World War I begins, it launches the world, and Henry, into turmoil. While facing enemy fire at Gallipoli, Henry discovers the strength he needs to survive in an unexpected source: a tortoise. And so begins the friendship of a lifetime. Based on true events, and with charming illustrations, this story...
14) Friends
Author
Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
While a cat wanders wild and free, his friend Bubble the fish swims in circles in a bowl, until the cat decides to give Bubble a taste of freedom.
Author
Publisher
Lectorum Publications
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Living in ruin and rubble with a wire fence and soldiers separating him from the cool hills where his father used to take him as a small child, a boy's tiny, green plant shoot gives him hope in a bleak landscape.
En un pueblo reducido a escombros y ruinas, una cerca de espino prohibe a un niano a quien le encantaba pasear por las colinas al otro lado. Un daia aparece un retoano verde. ?Podraa este retoano devolver la esperanza a este paisaje devastado...
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
A young English girl and her father take their sturdy fishing boat and join the scores of other civilian vessels crossing the English Channel in a daring attempt to rescue Allied and British troops trapped by Nazi soldiers at Dunkirk.