Animal Joy

Come along to a lakeside family campground in Southern Ontario for an adventure with Mrs. Twigadoon, Grandma and Grandpa McDeedle, and their family and learn some life lessons in this heartwarming story about a spunky chipmunk and her narrow escape.

Jane is a perpetually single computer programmer who has fallen in love with the equally nerdy Matt, her office colleague. She wants to settle down with him until she finds him at a bachelorette party...moonlighting as a stripper. Hurt, she retreats into a shell, as she doesn't know who the "real" Matt is. He tries to get back in her good graces but she resists. Can she accept his double life?

There was a different sort of piglet in the pigpen one cool spring morning. That "different" one is named Penny, and she's really not a piglet at all . . . she's a puppy. A puppy who gets longer and longer as her piglet siblings get bigger and bigger. Penny doesn't understand why she's different - she only knows that Mama Pig loves her just the same as the rest of the litter. Penny's siblings are baffled by her peculiar behavior - like digging with her paws instead of her snout, and especially her loud, sharp oink.

Fat Cat Sam is brave! So brave, in fact, that he’s outgrown his nightlight. But what about bear and blankie? Are they as brave as Sam? Maybe they still need the light on - even if Sam doesn’t. This book is part of the Fat Cat Sam series. Sam is lovable as they come, although slightly short on virtue - he is a cat, after all! All of the Fat Cat Sam books feature easy-to-listen silly stories in bouncing rhyme.

Faced with the obstacles and challenges of life after middle age, Dave Barry turns to his best dog, Lucy, to learn how to live his best life. From 'Make New Friends' (an unfortunate fail when he can’t overcome his dislike for mankind) to 'Don’t Stop Having Fun' (validating his longtime membership in a marching unit that performs in parades - and even Obama’s inauguration), Dave navigates his later years with good humor and grace. Lucy teaches Dave how to live in the present, how to let go of daily grievances and how to feel good in your own skin.

Seepferdchen Nick ist aus der Art geschlagen: Denn lieber, als sich einen runden Bauch anzufressen - was den Seepferdchenfrauen gut gefällt - zieht Nick sich zurück und erfindet kleine Lieder. Sein Bruder Dicky hingegen denkt nur ans Fressen. Friedlich leben sie mit den anderen Seepferdchen unter Wasser in einer Seegraswiese, bis ein Sturm sie durchs Meer treibt. Nick verliert die anderen und landet in den Korallenfelsen bei Seepferdchenfrau Lilli. Die beiden werden unzertrennlich. Eines Tages kommen ihre schlimmsten Feinde, die Fischer, zur Korallenbucht.

It's time for the bunnies to go to the bathhouse. Mommy and Daddy are taking their children for an evening wash. A fun short story with rhymes of how the Bunny family spends its evenings before bedtime.

Little boy Devon visits the Zoo with his friends Qi, the wise panda bear, and his hungry, not-so-wise mutt, Picco. The Panda and Picco get in trouble and Devon enlists Hot Trot and his army of strays to save them. Violence doesn't pay, and the strays are locked up as 'mean' dogs. A new friendship, a smart first grade girl and her classmates, will help Devon liberate all his furry friends from their scary plight through smarts and artistic talent. The story extols values such friendship, learning, peaceful solutions, at the expense of violence and vanity.

This is a story about a brave and loyal dog, based on a family's true journey to understand life changes. Children learn to view pets as an extension of the family. Children further learn that pets can become important advocates for change through assistive abilities such as language. The children who listen to this book will realize that family dogs are intelligent, social, and capable of expressing many human-like qualities.