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Babar (Brunhoff) volume 1
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An orphaned baby elephant goes to live in the city with an old lady who gives him everything he wants, but he eventually returns to the forest where he is crowned king of the elephants.
42) Pete & Pickles
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When Pickles the elephant turns his life upside-down, Pete the pig comes to realize that a perfectly predictable, practical, and uncomplicated life is not always preferable.
43) June and August
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Two animals who share a love of the night sky meet in the daylight and are surprised to discover how different they are.
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Babar (Brunhoff) volume 62
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A beautiful bird with sparkling colors and magical powers visits Babar's son, Alexander, in the middle of the night.
45) It's pooltime
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Elephant, Alligator, and Stork share poolside high jinks as they mix up their towels, tussle over ice cream, and compare diving styles in this story of poolside fun and summertime friendship.
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Neelie Sterling never did listen well--she sometimes missed things. She was happy when Matt, her veterinarian husband, told her he was getting a collie; she liked dogs. He meant colleague, to help with his busy practice. The problems start when the "collie" calls Neelie to tell her she is pregnant with Matt's child. Sent into a tailspin, Neelie throws herself into her horse training business until she discovers that Matt is part of a group leaving...
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Elephant leads a troupe of monkeys into a cave they have been afraid to explore, and after admiring the paintings found on the walls they make their own art with mud, squabbling over whose painting is best until Elephant explains that this is not a game to win or lose.
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After a year spent caring for baby elephants in Africa, Neelie Sterling is preparing to return to the States and a life filled with exes ex-boyfriend, ex-husband, ex-house, ex-horse. But she is leaving behind some unfinished business in Zimbabwe: a very special elephant targeted for execution. With the help of her new friend Diamond-Rose Tremaine, an eccentric safari operator, Neelie manages to buy some time for the imperiled pachyderm, knowing that...
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"Single mom and veterinarian Natalie DeAngelo lost everything the day her two sons were killed in a school shooting. Following her psychiatrist's advice, she decides to sell her once-happy home to escape the immense pain and grief of living there alone. Desperate to find relief from her unspeakable loss, Natalie impetuously commits to honoring her boys' memory and volunteers to assist philanthropist Andrew Graham at his elephant sanctuary in northern...
51) Big top Otto
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Elephants never forget volume 2
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Otto the elephant continues his search for his childhood friend Georgie, a chimpanzee who was abducted from their forest home in Africa and shipped to the wilds of America by the Man with the Wooden Nose. When Otto sees a circus poster with a chimp that looks just like Georgie, he and his parrot friend, Crackers, follow the trail of the traveling circus. Along the way, they crash a football game, steal a peanut-shaped car and get thrown in jail. Will...
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"Iris Oakley, pregnant and still recovering from her husband's murder, wants only to carry on as a keeper at Finley Memorial Zoo in Vancouver, Washington. But she is confronted by a terrifying situation: alone and with no elephant expertise, she must rescue her boss, Kevin Wallace, from being mauled by a zoo elephant. Though she gets him to safety, he dies of his injuries. No one understands why reliable old Damrey attacked the foreman, and Iris inadvertently...
53) Babar's ABC
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Babar (Brunhoff) volume 45
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Join Babar, Celeste, Cousin Arthur, Zephir, and all the other residents of Celesteville as they take young readers through the alphabet. In this charming picture book, crocodiles chase crows, geese go through the garden gate, kittens love kisses, and pigs wear purple pajamas. Babar's ABC is a fun way for children to learn their ABCs.
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The poky little puppy: One night, a puppy, who is always late coming home, finds there is no dessert for him.
Scuffy the tugboat: Meant for "bigger things", Scuffy the tugboat sets off on a daring adventure to explore the world but realizes that home is where he'd rather be, sailing in his bathtub.
Tawny scrawny lion: Once there was a tawny scrawny lion that was always hungery, until he met 10 little rabbits who taught him how to eat carrot stew--instead...
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An elephant's eleventh birthday party is marked by eleven games preceding the banquet to be eaten at the eleventh hour; but when the time to eat arrives, the birthday feast has disappeared. The reader is invited to guess the thief. The solution is provided in a sealed end section.
58) Dumbo
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A little elephant uses his enormous ears to become the star of the circus.
59) Colossus
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"A sweeping tale of courage, honor, and betrayal in the army of Alexander the Great Babylon, 323 BC. Alexander the Great has survived every effort to kill him. Restless, ruthless, he wonders which world to conquer next. He has a powerful new weapon--the war elephants he brought back from India. He also has a conquest in mind--the fabulous empire of Carthage. As Alexander plots, a war elephant named Colossus violently lashes out against the soldiers...
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