Animal Friendships

Snuggle up and drift off with your favorite furry friends. In Furry Friends’ Bedtime Journey, little listeners are invited to follow a cast of adorable animal pals as they wind down from a day full of fun and adventure. From soft bunny yawns to sleepy bear hugs, this book is filled with heartwarming moments and gentle rhymes that guide your child toward a peaceful night’s sleep. This soothing story captures the warmth of friendship, the magic of nighttime, and the joy of being together. Perfect for end-of-day cuddles, it’s a loving reminder that bedtime is better when shared.

Buster's in big trouble. He's been dragged to Dog Court for breaking one of the most sacred of all dog rules: Never ever talk to a human, or let a human know how smart you really are. But he swears he had a good reason! The boy he's been taking care of, Tonio, needed his help in a big way. You see, Tonio is afraid all the time - afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing, afraid of making a fool of himself or (even worse) hurting someone else's feelings.

High-spirited Ivy believes she can talk to animals, while Nathaniel, a boarding schoolboy, is obsessed with animal facts. They come together unexpectedly on a cold English beach with the arrival of a rare and wondrous sea creature: a giant leatherback turtle who lays her eggs in front of the world's media. Soon they're on a mission to make a difference to the world - even if that's one animal at a time.

Twelve-year-old Jessie is in for a long summer at her aunt and uncle’s house. Her cousin Ann has a snotty new best friend, which leaves Jessie all alone. But Jessie is industrious, and - not content with being ignored all summer - she convinces Wes, a grouchy neighborhood dog walker, to take her on as his apprentice. Sure, dog walking turns out to be harder than she expected, but she has Wes’s dog-walking code, the Rules of the Ruff, to guide her, and soon she’s wrangling her very own pack.

Rascal may be the happiest beagle ever to live. He used to live on Voclain's Farm, with its whole jambalaya of dogs, but now he lives with his very own boy, Meely. Together they explore the Louisiana bayou, bunny chasin', coon and squirrel huntin', and crawfishin'. But when Meely gets stuck on a rotting bridge deep in the bayou, it's up to Rascal - with a little help from his old friends at the farm - to save his boy from danger.

Seventh graders Caylie Jiang-Kahn, Lauren Blindell, and Sabrina Robinson are making a movie about their friendship when a dirty stray dog shows up and ruins the day. In frustration, Lauren mutters, "Oh phooey," which leads to the girls naming the dog "Phoo". When Phoo is caught and taken to the animal shelter, the girls agree to foster him until he can be adopted. They immediately notice something strange. Every time the dog is around, lucky things seem to happen. The moment he's gone, the luck disappears.

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Die Zeit konnte sie nicht trennen. Ein Jahr nach ihrem Abschied führen der Junge Peter und der Fuchs Pax ein eigenständiges Leben – doch sie haben einander nicht vergessen. Um gegen die starken Erinnerungen an ihre Trennung anzukommen, schließt Peter sich einer Gruppe Freiwilliger an, die die vom Krieg gezeichnete Landschaft renaturiert und Flüsse entgiftet. Was Peter nicht weiß: Pax befindet sich ebenfalls in dem gefährdeten Gebiet und ist ganz in seiner Nähe.

Kat and Harper can’t wait to join their parents on a winter vacation in a mountain cabin in the US. But a series of misadventures result in them being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Alone. When Kat discovers that an argument she witnessed in New York City holds the key to a major crime, she’s certain that it’s only a matter of time until the culprits come looking for her. With a snow storm moving in and no way out, all that stands between the girls and disaster are a team of eight huskies and one impossible raccoon.

Yarrow never expected to find himself running from wolves in the dead of night. The hedgehog minstrel dreams only of fame, hearthside songs, and perfectly baked muffins. But as he travels Blueberry Forest with his friend Mel the owl and the foxling twins, seeking the next cozy inn, fate interrupts with a captive princess and her desperate plea for help. Mel insists they help Princess Fragaria. Yarrow protests – surely this calls for a real hero? Yet as the tyrant Mugwort's wolves close in, the reluctant hedgehog realizes his troupe is the princess’s only hope.