Frank Carlson Library

'A Little Apple paperback.'

Presents the work of search and rescue dogs, including the history of using animals for search operations, why dogs are equipped for the job, and some of the situations when search and rescue animals are required.

Traces the friendship between a boy and a bear in the rugged Alaskan Territory. The Alaskan wilderness is a lonely place for Mark Andersen, especially after the death of his older brother, Jamie. But in time Mark finds someone else to love--Ben, an Alaskan brown bear so huge that no one else dares come near him. Gentle Ben has been a favorite of readers of all ages for 25 years, and is a timeless story of a rare friendship.

Defines the various genera of eagles, describes their physical characteristics, their behavior, and the care and development of the young, and discusses the need for conservation.

Miyax rebels against a home situation she finds intolerable. She runs away toward San Francisco, toward her pen pal, who calls her Julie. But soon Miyax is lost in the Alaskan wilderness, without food, without even a compass. Slowly she is accepted by a pack of Arctic wolves, and she comes to love them as though they were brothers. With their help, and drawing on her father's training, she struggles day by day to survive. In the process, she...

Recounts the experiences, at the London zoo and later as star of P.T. Barnum's circus, of a little African elephant who grew to be the largest of his kind ever seen.

A dog spends his life at the London docks rescuing people from drowning.

Two farm children are concerned about the runt in the new litter of piglets and decide to take care of it themselves.

Illustrates a duckling's birth and first month of life using text and photographs followed by general information about ducks.

A young boy learns about the care of aquarium fish when he buys some goldfish and an aquarium.