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2) Oliver
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Oliver the elephant looks elsewhere for employment after learning that the circus already has enough elephants.
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Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or...
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Bob, a mutt of uncertain heritage, sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan the gorilla and Ruby the elephant. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family. -- adapted from back cover
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One and only Ivan stories volume 3
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"Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories both happy and sad of her life before the circus, and she recounts the time she spent in the African savannah to Ivan and Bob. In the timeless way that only Katherine Applegate could craft, this highly...
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1944. Elizabeth's mother works at Dresden Zoo, where her favorite animal is an elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot to prevent them running amok when the town is bombed, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden to save her. And then the bombs start to fall...
11) Tacky in trouble
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Tacky the penguin books volume 3
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Tacky the exuberant penguin accidentally goes sailboarding and winds up on a tropical island, where he meets an elephant who demands proof of Tacky's identity.
12) Elephant secret
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Samantha Gray has a big family: one parent (her father) and eleven elephants. Born and raised in an elephant sanctuary, Sam knows all there is to know about these amazing beasts. She can communicate with them and has a personal connection to every animal in the herd. She likes elephants better than she likes people. Sam's comfortable world is turned upside down when one of the elephants gives birth. She knew that raising a baby elephant would be hard...
14) Shifting shadows
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Bravelands. Original series volume 4
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A false leader has been destroyed--but Bravelands is still in grave danger. Stinger's death should have brought peace to the land, but no Great Parent has stepped forward, and now the fate of Bravelands hangs in the balance. With a mysterious threat lurking in their midst, all members of the Great Herd must find the strength to walk the right path or risk the end of Bravelands forever.
15) My friend is sad
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When Gerald the Elephant is sad, Piggie is determined cheer him up, but finds after many tries that it only takes the simplest thing to change Gerald's mood.
16) Blood and bone
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Bravelands. Original series volume 3
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"A new Great Father now rules over the animals of Bravelands, but he is not what he seems, and unless the elephant Sky, the baboon Thorn, and the lion Fearless can fight his lies and unite the animals of the plains, the balance of Bravelands may be destroyed forever"--
17) Elmer
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All the elephants of the jungle were gray except Elmer, who was a patchwork of brilliant colors until the day he got tired of being different and making the other elephants laugh.
20) Happy Pig Day!
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 16
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Piggie celebrates her favorite day of the year, but Gerald the elephant is sad, thinking that he cannot join the fun.
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