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A practical introduction to maths in marine-animal care, combining three work-based stories with problems for readers to solve and a toolbox of examples and exercises.

A gentle animal story for families who want a distinctly Christian Christmas theme: the celebration centres on Jesus, and the animals’ gifts represent qualities such as love, joy and peace.

Expect a war story centred on Joseph’s bond with Adonis, rather than a battle narrative alone: the struggling zoo and its animals are also central to the plot.

Billy’s bond with Kes gives him a focus and a chance to show knowledge and skill. Around that, the novel depicts a troubled household, school bullying and corporal punishment, against a background of limited opportunities for working-class children.

A lively science topic with real-animal inspiration at its centre: the book profiles designs such as a colour-changing robot and a machine that sticks to surfaces, then looks towards future possibilities.

Photographs and poetic words explore friendship, imaginative play and belonging, with an afterword about the stories behind the images.

Hina and her mother welcome a stray kitten into their home. Hina learns about caring for it, then faces the kitten’s disappearance and the worry of losing something she loves.

The story follows a bereaved girl adjusting to a remote island, where a new friendship and her bond with a wild horse become important as the horse family faces a threat.

Lily, her mum and their dog Poppy care for three abandoned kittens overnight. Poppy’s own early experience of being hand-reared connects her gently to the kittens’ care.

A magical farm mix-up sets up a rescue adventure: Rachel and Kirsty try to help Penelope recover her foal while the baby animals make unexpected sounds. Fairies, farm animals and friendship are central elements.

Expect space adventure, espionage and a refugee’s struggle to escape, alongside telepathic communication with animals. The story also considers human–animal kinship and the position of people at the bottom of society.

A light fantasy mystery sends two friends looking for a missing baby goat amid comic animal mix-ups. The adventure centres on helping at a farm and working together to put things right.

This fantasy adventure follows Tessa as she helps Lizzie and the shelter animals during a storm, while trying to uncover Lizzie’s wish.

A fantasy mystery built around missing magical objects and unusual animal behaviour, with two friends at the centre of the search.

This is a literary sampler rather than a single continuous animal story: its contents range from fables and poems to tales featuring familiar fictional animals.

A storm sets off a search for Danny’s missing parents, while a new ability to hear plants and animals draws him into a supernatural struggle.

A clue-gathering mystery set around a buffalo ranch, with Nancy and her friends trying to discover who took a young buffalo.

A young protagonist faces a threat to animals in a family preserve while managing without his parents nearby. The story is framed as a mystery with a building sense of danger.

A lively animal-centred class-trip story combines comic mishaps with Clifford helping a baby whale. The overview does not explain how the trip’s accidents are put right.

This is an adventure built around underwater exploration, getting home and protecting a rare sea creature. The central group includes a cousin pair and a robot, with an invention at the heart of the predicament.

A playful premise pairs sibling detectives with fantastical communication: one talks to animals and the other to insects. It may appeal to readers who enjoy mysteries with an imaginative twist.

This is a brief animal story combining a mother bear’s teaching with a simple introduction to bear behaviour and abilities.

This true animal tale follows backyard turkey-raising and the particular personalities attributed to Royal, Snuggles and other animals. Its appeal appears to centre on observing their individual antics rather than on a stated practical guide to animal care.

This is an animal-rescue adventure in which the characters need to find help for a wild hare family while a snowstorm complicates their plans.

A treasure hunt, a friendship disagreement and an unexpected return of help shape this undersea adventure.

A school adventure with a mystery at its centre, the book pairs animal-focused fantasy with Sunday’s ambition to carry on her father’s path.

A familiar fairy-tale world is reshaped around two sisters who notice troubling magic and later encounter a bear in distress. Expect fantasy and a connection between events, rather than a straightforward retelling alone.

This is a horse-centred ranch story about a search that draws Ken and Carey into one another’s lives. Its central tension joins Ken’s bond with his horses to the consequences of Thunderhead’s actions.

A humorous tall tale makes an unlikely pet the centre of a story about friendship, family reactions and a snake’s surprising place in the community.

Animal rescue drives the story, alongside Stella’s difference of outlook from her hunter grandfather. The episodes include an injured mountain lion, a trapped fawn, an iguana and a colt’s birth.

This is a fast-moving fantasy quest built around a team pursuing a lead while a larger threat closes in. Its central mystery is what is really happening in the apparently peaceful village.

This is primarily a make-and-draw activity: learners use basic shapes and follow stages towards a coloured picture.

A portal-fantasy adventure about three girls tasked with protecting magical animals, with friendship and the natural world among its stated themes.

This is a story about a child’s bond with a horse and a dispute over who should have the animal. Emma’s grandmother and the animal sanctuary are part of the setting.

A magical search adventure centred on finding Olivia, whose animal-controlling power makes her distinctive within the Spell Sisters.

Expect fantasy adventure centred on a team effort to confront a dangerous, shadowy threat, with spirit animals bound to the human characters.

A gentle, rhyming animal adventure pairs lively encounters with a wind-down towards nap time, offering a simple setting for sharing curiosity about creatures.

This is a school-outing story, with Judy and her classmates visiting a zoo. The brief plot account does not reveal the sequence of events or whether the trip brings any surprises.

A school-and-friendship story centred on Lucy’s place in her group, with her friends’ public exploits providing a contrast to her private fear.

A varied set of seven animal folktales offers a different story for each night of the week, bringing together tales from several countries rather than one continuous plot.

This is an animal story about a new household taking shape, with school, clothes and seasonal preparations among its everyday concerns.

A collection of eight animal-centred twists on familiar fairy tales, including a frog’s unusual dance career. Its premise may appeal to readers who enjoy seeing well-known stories remixed.

A fantasy adventure about a solitary cat finding companionship and confronting an obscured past, set alongside a clan's struggle to survive drought. Belonging and adversity are central.

A collection of traditional Mayan stories passed down to Menchú, bringing together animal tales and accounts of the natural world.

This is animal-centred nature fiction, following a mountain ram and a bear in North American wildlands. Its interest lies in close observation of behaviour, habitat and survival rather than a clearly established human-led adventure.