Featured Creatures

Stolen from his Californian family and sold as a sled dog in Alaska, a domesticated dog called Buck must fight for survival in a frozen, harsh, and wild environment.

Channel 5’s ‘Yorkshire Vet’ Julian Norton recounts the highs and lows of daily life as a working vet. From calving cows to calming excitable pet owners, Julian’s warm and evocative memoir show us every side of the veterinary world.

Have we become disconnected from the sentient world around us? Through a collection of true stories, this fascinating study explores the spiritual connections between all living things, from gift-giving squirrels to sympathetic lizards.

With no family or friends, an elderly patient in a coma makes one intentional final act: Nurse Tracy Coulhoun captures JJ the therapy dog being patted on the head. This is JJ’s journey.

As runt of his colony, Shade is a silverwing bat with something to prove. But when he gets separated during a dangerous winter migration, Shade will need all the help he can get to see his family again — but telling friend from foe is not always easy.

Everyone on Centerlight island is a suspect in the murder of a notorious dog. So Barney’s owner ZeeBee enlists one man, Keenan, and his own mild-mannered dog to help solve the mystery, only to discover a shocking conspiracy stretching back to prohibition.

A sleepwalking boy encounters a man/chimp in his hallway with playfully wicked consequences.

From passing the ultimate human test (a cocktail party) to acting in a stage play about the history of civilization, this is a story of human frailty...told by a talking gorilla.

This exhilarating collection of poems migrates from Tennessee, up the inside passage of Alaska before turning sharply south through Costa Rica and Brazil’s Ilhabela. Along the way, the feral world beckons and personal ghosts need careful negotiation.

Take one classic optical illusion, one large measure of fun and one valuable lesson about right and wrong and you have one highly re-readable read-aloud for kids. Is it a duck or is it a rabbit? You decide!