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Alles, was Kinder über Haustiere wissen wollen: wie sie sprechen, welche Superkräfte sie haben und was wir von ihnen lernen können. Ob Hund oder Hamster, Katze oder Kaninchen - einen tierischen Mitbewohner zu haben, ist der Wunsch vieler Grundschulkinder. Was können Haustiere lernen? Wie helfen sie uns Menschen? Wieviel Kuscheln ist in Ordnung? Diese und weitere Fragen werden spielerisch beantwortet mittels informativer Texte und spannender Rätselpausen. Das Hörbuch für Kinder ab 7 Jahren wird von Kindern gesprochen und motiviert zum Selbstlesen.

Kids can learn lots of important responsibilities by caring for a pet.

Old Mr. Toad was acting strangely, and his behavior puzzled all the creatures of the Green Meadow. You see, he was in a hurry, and Old Mr. Toad never hurried unless he was in danger. Where on earth could he be off to? To find out, Jimmy Skunk, Peter Cottontail, Unc' Billy Possum, and some other animals of the Green Forest secretly follow the old gentleman through the fields and woods as he makes his way to a very important engagement.

Fab Starr and his friends think they've found the perfect drummer for their rock band in his new neighbor, Zee. But Zee's strange gloves and sunglasses, desire for putting raw meat on his food (even cookies!), and slow movements leave Fab wondering … is his amazing drummer really a zombie? 

Molly is a lonely little girl who is looking for a friend. She lives on a farm with her mom and dad. Molly has always loved cats and wants to get a cat, but her father sneezes when he gets around cats, so he tells her she cannot have one. Molly asks and asks and asks again, but the answer is always “No.” Then one day, Molly finds a little kitten hiding in the barn and wants to keep her, of course. What will she do? Should she hide the kitten from her dad?

Puppy training is serious business. It’s not simply taking a pet and treating it as a toy. The fact that you plan to involve your child in caring for a live animal is even more commendable. It will also present a considerable challenge to you since you will take care of both ends. It seems to be an easier task to learn how to take care of the puppy yourself. However, you have doubled the job by having your child train the puppy. Hopefully, this audiobook can help make things easier for you.

Lety Muñoz's first language is Spanish, and she likes to take her time putting her words together. She loves volunteering at the animal shelter because the dogs and cats there don't care if she can't always find the right words. When the shelter needs a volunteer to write animal profiles, Lety jumps at the chance. But classmate Hunter also wants to write profiles—so he devises a competition to determine the official shelter scribe. Whoever gets their animals adopted the fastest wins.

Different pets have different needs. But every pet deserves love. Discover how children in one neighborhood care for their pets in this charming tale.

A dog needs to be walked, brushed, and fed. Early listeners can explore ways to care for a pet in this easily accessible text. Pairs with the fiction book My Pet.

David Dixon is full of big, messy, wacky, wonderful ideas. Today he has the Best Idea Ever: bring in his new dachshund puppy, Bandit, for show-and-tell. But when it’s time to present, Bandit escapes! David races off to find him, but as he’s searching, David turns into a dachshund himself! As dogs, he and Bandit have a blast. They raid the cafeteria pantry, jump in a soapy sink, and run around the playground. But when the school janitor chases them and David can’t change back, he starts to wonder whether this was a big, messy, wacky, wonderful idea—or just a big mess.

Cats. You either love 'em or hate 'em. But what happens when Mom loves cats and Dad detests them? In That Cat Can't Stay, Mom keeps adopting stray cats while Dad's objections get more and more absurd: “Mom found a little calico. / Dad said, That thing has got to go. There's no use begging. Don't say please. / I don't like cats. They scratch my knees. They carry fleas. They make me sneeze. / They're always getting stuck in trees. I want it gone. Send it away. / I'm telling you, that cat can't stay.”

It’s Tally Tuttle’s first day of second grade, and she’s super nervous! She’s new in town and worries that she won’t fit in, so when everyone starts teasing her about her full name, Tallulah, she wishes she could retreat into a shell … Then, all of a sudden, she does! Tally is shocked to discover that she’s turned into a turtle! She’d heard that Mrs. Norrell’s class was special, but she hadn’t expected this.

Puppy training is serious business. It’s not simply taking a pet and treating it as a toy. The fact that you plan to involve your child in caring for a live animal is even more commendable. It will also present a considerable challenge to you since you will take care of both ends. It seems to be an easier task to learn how to take care of the puppy yourself. However, you have doubled the job by having your child train the puppy. Hopefully, this audiobook can help make things easier for you.

You’ve seen the movies, now listen to the original tale of John Dolittle, MD, the Doctor who could talk to animals! Join Doctor Dolittle, Polynesia the parrot, Jip the dog, Dab-Dab the duck, Chee-Chee the monkey, and more as they embark on a perilous and wonderful adventure to save the monkeys...

Penguin Bloom tells the true story of Sam Bloom, a young mother whose world is turned upside down after a near-fatal accident leaves her unable to walk. Sam's husband, her three young boys and her mother are struggling to adjust to their new situation when an unlikely ally enters their world in the form of an injured baby magpie they name Penguin. The bird's arrival is a welcome distraction for the Bloom family, eventually making a profound difference in the family's life.

Gaby Ramirez Howard loves volunteering at the local animal shelter. She plays with the kittens, helps to obedience train the dogs, and writes adoption advertisements so the strays who live there can find their forever homes. Gaby has been feeling like a bit of a stray herself, lately. Her mother has recently been deported to Honduras and Gaby is stuck living with her inattentive dad. She's confident that her mom will come home soon so that they can adopt Gaby's favorite shelter cat together. When the cat's original owners turn up, Gaby worries that her plans are about to fall apart.

Conni drömmer om ett eget husdjur, men mamma och pappa säger nej och hon får hålla till godo med sina mjukisdjur. Tills en dag då en liten gråspräcklig katt dyker upp utanför deras hus, en katt som Conni genast döper till Mau och tar till sitt hjärta. Men katten är ju inte hennes egentligen, någon sitter ju förmodligen hemma och saknar lilla Mau alldeles förskräckligt. Connis föräldrar sätter upp en lapp och efterlyser ägaren, men Conni hoppas i hemlighet att ingen ska ringa.

An all-new book in acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson's series for younger readers! Zoe is back in Ambler after living with her mom in Los Angeles, and she doesn't know what to feel about it. It's fun to be back with the Vet Volunteers, but Zoe misses her mom, who is filming a movie in...

Hugo er næsten blind og helt alene. Han ønsker sig en hund. Så får han Holger, som ikke er en rigtig hund. Men det ved Hugo ikke. Og måske gør det heller ikke så meget, for Hugo og Holger skal nok få det godt.

Hugo og Holger bygger et hundehus, hvor Holger kan sove. For Hugos seng er jo alt for lille til to, og Holger har det med at snorke. Men pludselig føles Hugos seng alt for stor.