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Bixby Alexander Tam--thankfully his initials make the nickname "Bat"--finds life to be full of good and bad surprises. One day his veterinarian mom brings home a good surprise-a baby skunk that needs taking care of. Bat wants to keep the skunk for a pet, but convincing his mother may take some work.
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Bixby Alexander Tam goes by Bat, and life is pretty great, even though he is autistic. He takes care of Thor, the best baby skunk ever, and even his older sister, Janie, kind of likes Thor. Then Janie gets a part in the school play and has to practice after school, which means she can't watch Bat--which means big changes for Bat's life. He just has to adjust long enough to get to the night of Janie's play.
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"This is the story of Suzi and her personal rescue and rehabilitation of an orphaned serval cat named Moto. Ultimately, Moto was able to return to the wild because of Suzi's dedication to being the best foster mom she could be - and it wasn't easy! She was camping alone in the bush in Kenya, with very little contact with the outside world. Someone came to her with an orphaned serval cat because they knew she'd be willing and want to help - nobody...
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"Yoshi, a loggerhead sea turtle, was injured and rescued by fisherman who took her to the Two Oceans Aquarium in South Africa for rehabilitation. After twenty years, Yoshi was returned to the sea and traveled nearly 23,000 miles over three years back to what is believed to be her birthplace"--
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When a two-day-old Hawaiian monk seal pup is found abandoned on a Kauai beach, officials decide that as a newborn member of the most endangered marine mammal species in U.S. waters, Kauai Pup 2 is too precious to lose. The Odyssey of KP2 is an inside look at the life of a scientist, the role of her research, and a Hawaiian monk seal whose unforgettable personality never falters, even as his fate hangs in the balance.
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Suzie Gilbert tells the rollicking story of her unusual passion for rehabilitating wild birds. Gilbert struggled for years to find her calling, but when she took a job at the animal hospital near her home in New York's Hudson Valley, her passion was born. She began bringing abused and unwanted parrots home and volunteering at a local raptor rehabilitation center, activities she continued even as she started a family. Then came the ultimate commitment:...
12) Kes
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Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working class Yorkshire boy, is a scrappy loner who delivers papers before and after school, shares a bed with his bullying brother, Jud, and mostly ignores his self-absorbed mother. His routine is derailed when he spots a small falcon, a kestrel, in the countryside. He's raised birds in the past and is inspired to capture a young kestrel and try his hand at falconry. When not enduring the scorn of his peers and "betters,"...
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"In the wild, Grecia the toucan loved to soar from branch to branch and sing for all the creatures of the rainforest. Until, one night, loud voices echoed through the trees, sticks and rocks flew, and Grecia fell from her favorite avocado tree, tragically breaking her beak. She was unable to move. Unable to sing. Animal rescuers examined Grecia and found that she needed a new beak to survive. Though no one had ever made a toucan beak before, Grecia's...
15) Pelican dreams
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Follows a wayward California brown pelican from her "arrest" on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans' nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration and survival challenges.