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Gabriel the elephant reminisces on his younger days and his dreams of being a member of a brave lifeboat crew.

"When an unexpected snowstorm causes trouble for the magical creatures of the forest, Zoey and Sassafras come to the rescue. But their first attempt to save trapped caterfly eggs results in a big mistake. Can they figure out a way to fix things before the baby caterflies hatch?"-- book jacket.

An earthquake shakes Zoey's house. Or maybe it's a unicorn-quake? An enormous new friend arrives in a lot of pain, and it's getting worse every day. Zoey must work with her mom and Sassafras to find a cure--and quickly!-- Publisher's description.

In Nov. 1942 a U.S. cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap, the B-17 sent on the search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed, miraculously all nine men aboard survived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the plane, the Grumman Duck, flew into a storm and vanished. The survivors of the B-17 spent 148 days fighting to stay alive while waiting for rescue by famed explorer Bernt Balchen. Then in 2012 the U.S. Coast...

When rescue cat Butterscotch spots a lion cub in danger in the television, she jumps in the set to save it.

Odder spends her days playing underwater and learning life lessons from her mother. But when Odder's life takes a dramatic turn, she is rescued by humans. The people are kind, and introduce Odder to other rescues. Soon, it's clear that Odder has a talent for teaching other pups how to otter. A stunning picture book adapted from acclaimed author Katherine Applegate's #1 New York Times-bestselling middle-grade novel of the same name, and inspired by...

After encountering a Jersey Devil while on a field trip to the Pine Barrens, Elliot and his new friend Uchenna help their weird teacher Professor Fauna rescue the mythological creature from a pair of greedy billionaire brothers.

"In the midst of the Syrian Civil War, Alaa takes care of Aleppo's abandoned cats"--Provided by the publisher.

Told in two voices, Finnegan, a rescue dog mourning the loss of his previous life, is paired with Chase, a young orphaned cheetah, and together the two learn to trust again while discovering friendship and family. "Finnegan is a rescue dog with a broken heart. Chase is a newly orphaned cheetah cub. The two animals couldn't be more different. But one day, they are brought together for the unlikeliest of reasons: Finnegan must help Chase gain the confidence...

Contains three short stories of injured or abandoned wild animals that were rescued by humans and returned to the wild. Includes color photographs.