Animal Planet Awesome Adventures: Puppy Rescue Riddle


Book Description

Can Elliot and his friends use their problem-solving skills to find a missing shelter puppy ahead of a big storm? Find out in this chapter book packed with animal care facts, photos, and illustrations! A trip to the Adopt-Your-BFF shelter turns into an adventure when a big storm floods the area. Elliot, his older brother, and two classmates he barely knows help move the dogs to a cabin on higher ground, but one of the puppies is missing! Can a book of riddles help them find the missing puppy, survive the scary storm, and become friends? Solve the mystery in this chapter book adventure that also includes animal care facts, full-color photos, and colorful illustrations that help bring the story to life.




Puppy Rescue Riddle (Animal Planet Adventure Chapter Book #3)


Book Description

ANIMAL PLANET Adventures chapter books present nonfiction information within a familiar narrative format to bring the best of the animal world to young readers. A storm is coming to coastal North Carolina. Amy and Elliott - volunteers at the local dog shelter - have a job to do. The rescued puppies need to get to higher ground, and fast! The kids scramble to get the puppies into their cages, and then the van of volunteers and dogs is on its way. But they are one puppy short. Did it run off in the rain? Is it back at the shelter? An old book, a series of riddles, and a spooky storm all lead to a mystery only the kids can solve.




Puppy Rescue Riddle


Book Description

A trip to the Adopt Your BFF shelter turns into an adventure when a big storm floods the area. Elliot, his older brother, and two classmates he barely knows help move the dogs to higher ground, but one of the puppies is missing. Can a book of riddles help find the missing puppy?




Animal Planet: Awesome Adventures


Book Description

A compilation of three chapter books.




Zoo Camp Puzzle (Animal Planet Adventure Chapter Book #4)


Book Description

Nine-year-old twins Ava and Rosie are headed for adventure. City kids, they don't know what to expect from a small zoo in Iowa-and they have to live there for the rest of the year while their mom writes a book! Being away from the busy city and their friends feels like punishment, but Dad sets up a project for them all-running a zoo camp for students to attend during spring break. That could be cool, but as they're getting ready, the kids realize that some of the animals are missing! They'll have to solve the mystery-fast-before the campers arrive. Perfect for reluctant, challenged, and newly fluent readers, the Animal Planet Adventures chapter book series combines fun animal mysteries with cool nonfiction sidebars that relate to the stories, bringing the best of the animal world to young readers. With full-color illustrations and photographs throughout. Collect all of the Animal Planet Adventures books, including Amy and Elliott's story Puppy Rescue Riddle.




The Secret


Book Description

The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they remained hidden until now... Across North America, these twelve treasures, over ten-thousand dollars in precious jewels, are buried. The key to finding each can be found within the twelve full color paintings and verses of The Secret. Yet The Secret is much more than that. At long last, you can learn not only the whereabouts of the Fair People's treasure, but also the modern forms and hiding places of their descendants: the Toll Trolls, Maitre D'eamons, Elf Alphas, Tupperwerewolves, Freudian Sylphs, Culture Vultures, West Ghosts and other delightful creatures in the world around us. The Secret is a field guide to them all. Many "armchair treasure hunt" books have been published over the years, most notably Masquerade (1979) by British artist Kit Williams. Masquerade promised a jewel-encrusted golden hare to the first person to unravel the riddle that Williams cleverly hid in his art. In 1982, while everyone in Britain was still madly digging up hedgerows and pastures in search of the golden hare, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America. The previous year, author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to match one of 12 paintings to one of 12 poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging. Since 1982, only two of the 12 casques have been recovered. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1984 by a group of students. The second was unearthed in 2004 in Cleveland by two members of the Quest4Treasure forum. Preiss was killed in an auto accident in the summer of 2005, but the hunt for his casques continues.




Dolphin Rescue (Animal Planet Adventures Chapter Books #1)


Book Description

Siblings Maddie and Atticus love living by the sea. Their dad traps lobsters off the coast of Maine. They love helping with the family business and volunteering at the local aquarium. The summer is shaping up to be a super one, for sure. Then one day they spy a pod of dolphins in the cove looking distressed. How will the kids use their knowledge of animals and their awesome problem-solving skills to help the dolphin family get safely back to sea? Perfect for reluctant, challenged, and newly fluent readers, the Animal Planet Adventures chapter book series combines fun animal mysteries with cool nonfiction sidebars that relate directly to the stories, bringing the best of the animal world to young readers. With full-color illustrations and photographs throughout. Collect all of the Animal Planet Adventures, including Luke and Sarah's story Farm Friends Escape!.




Caverns, Clues, and Cowboys: A FREE Cowgirl Dog Rescue Mystery


Book Description

Enjoy this FREE cozy mystery series starter from Brittany E. Brinegar, author of laugh-out-loud Texas whodunits... Riding into danger, one clue at a time. The wild west just got cozier. At Blue Lagoon Cowboy Camp in the heart of Texas, twin sisters Samantha and Lizzie Brown are gearing up to teach a group of kids how to rope, ride, and embrace the cowboy way. But as the final preparations are being made, a chance discovery threatens the fabric of their idyllic small town. While scouting the campgrounds, the twins stumble upon a hidden cave…one that's not on any map. Deep inside the cavernous maze, they find more than just adventure—they discover a frightened Dalmatian puppy standing guard over bags of cash, the spoils of a notorious armored car heist. But when they return with the sheriff, the money—and any trace of the crime—has vanished. With law enforcement convinced the report is nothing more than an elaborate prank, the twins are more determined than ever to uncover the truth. Samantha taps into her investigative skills as a local reporter, while Lizzie, a savvy assistant to a private investigator, digs into the secret lives of their fellow camp counselors. Each clue leads them closer to unmasking a hidden criminal, but the deeper they go, the more perilous their search becomes. With the clock ticking and the camp set to open in less than twenty-four hours, can Samantha and Lizzie track down the hidden robber? Or will the secrets buried in the Blue Lagoon caves prove to be more than they can handle? *** Includes a bonus novella not found anywhere else: Teachers, Tricks, and Time Capsules *** ---------------- Caverns, Clues, and Cowboys is a stand-alone case in the Twin Bluebonnet Ranch Mysteries. If you love quirky small-town characters, best friend shenanigans, and a Dalmatian sidekick, this series is for you! Twin Bluebonnet Ranch Mysteries: Series Order Book 1: Caverns, Clues, and Cowboys Book 2: Friday Night Frights Book 3: Silent Nights and Shoplifting Book 4: Ghostwriters and Gravediggers Book 5: Antiques, Alibis, and Auctions Book 6: Secrets, Lies, and Poisonberry Pies Book 7: Rodeo, Ransom, and Fireworks Book 8: Sleuths, Sabotage, and Sandcastles Book 9: Turkey, Thievery, and Twins Book 10: Ballots, Belles, and Blackmail Book 11: Texans, Tourists, and Treachery Book 12: Softball and Stickups




Animal Planet Awesome Adventures: Dolphin Rescue


Book Description

"Dive in and solve the mystery! Maddie and Atticus live with their father on the New England coast. One day, garbage starts showing up all over town. They're on the case of the "Trasher" when they spy dolphins in trouble in the cove. Will Maddie's knowledge of animals and Atticus's problem-solving skills be enough to save a baby dolphin and solve the mystery?"--Page 4 of cover




The Psychopath Test


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What if society wasn't fundamentally rational, but was motivated by insanity? This thought sets Jon Ronson on an utterly compelling adventure into the world of madness. Along the way, Jon meets psychopaths, those whose lives have been touched by madness and those whose job it is to diagnose it, including the influential psychologist who developed the Psychopath Test, from whom Jon learns the art of psychopath-spotting. A skill which seemingly reveals that madness could indeed be at the heart of everything . . . Combining Jon Ronson's trademark humour, charm and investigative incision, The Psychopath Test is both entertaining and honest, unearthing dangerous truths and asking serious questions about how we define normality in a world where we are increasingly judged by our maddest edges. 'The belly laughs come thick and fast – my God, he is funny . . . provocative and interesting' – Observer