Catalog Search Results
1) Devoted
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Woody Bookman hasn't spoken a word in his eleven years of life. Not when his father died in a freak accident. Not when his mother, Megan, tells him she loves him. For Megan, keeping her boy safe and happy is what matters. But Woody believes a monstrous evil was behind his father's death and now threatens him and his mother. And he's not alone in his thoughts. An ally unknown to him is listening. A uniquely gifted dog with a heart as golden as his...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Margaret Douglas, who's been a supporting player in bestseller Johansen's Eve Duncan series (Silencing Eve, etc.), takes center stage in this exciting standalone. As a volunteer at the San Diego Zoo in California, Margaret has been making good use of her psychic ability to communicate with animals such as Zaran, a stubborn tigress who refuses to accept her cub. Late one night, just as she shuts Zaran's cage, Margaret feels a gun in her back. John...
4) Koko's story
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[c1987]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48p illus
Language
English
Description
The author recounts her experiences with Koko, a gorilla, during the fourteen years she has been teaching her to communicate through sign language
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 302 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents an essential guide to the art of talking with children that demonstrates how a change of voice can transform conversations and ease parent-child relationships, sharing strategies for communicating with kids at different age levels.
7) Ping
Author
Language
English
Description
Encourages healthy communication and social interaction by reaching out in many different ways through "Pings," and then waiting to receive "Pongs" from others in response.
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Look at stories of amazing animals that have touched the lives of countless people, learn how the language of animals can be learned through science, and more.
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 303 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents advice, tips, and techniques for raising a puppy, addressing a range of common concerns from selecting a compatible breed and meeting health needs to housebreaking essentials and achieving ideal behavior.
12) The poet's dog
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A dog with unusual communication talents loses his poet owner before rescuing two children trapped in a snowstorm and leading them to the poet's cabin, where the children explore the memories that the poet has left behind.
15) Parrots
Author
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill., col. photos., map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book describes the intelligence of parrots who are smart enough to solve problems and to communicate.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book introduces young readers to American Sign Language words for family members. Each page features one family sign within an everyday situation a child might be a part of. The opposite page has a bright, fun image as well as an illustration of the sign created by an in-house designer and simple, step-by-step directions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division...
Author
Series
Thickety volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
517 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Deep within the dangerous Thickety, Kara and her brother, Taff, must figure out who and what to trust in order to escape and stop the evil Sordyr"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
A Marshall ed.
Physical Desc
96 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how to read a dog's body language, explains how to effectively train a dog, and offers advice for what to expect as a pet owner and ideas for games both dogs and owners will enjoy.
Author
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
1988
Physical Desc
95 p.
Language
English
Description
Examines the fundamental differences between written and spoken English and American Sign Language, the first language for more than 250,000 deaf people in North America. Includes instructions for using sign language in playing games, reading poetry, and singing songs