Chicken Soup for the Soul

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Amy Newmark

Nonfiction / Animals / Cats

These 101 true stories will inspire you to think positive to live a happier life.Everyone can use a little more positive thinking—to create an even better life. Your attitude is a powerful tool, and these stories from real people show you how to think yourself into a more fulfilling, happier life. You'll read stories about: making every day count through mindfulness and thankfulness trying new things and stepping outside your comfort zone simple phrases that could change your life turning lemons to lemonade and finding the silver lining in every situation finding your inner strength and turning adversity into opportunity counting your blessings and using the power of gratitude rebooting your life and living with passion and purpose how volunteering and making a difference can turn your life around strategies that work for bringing joy back into your life techniques for managing...
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A Ride to Freedom

A Ride to Freedom

Olivia Tuffin

Childrens / Middle Grade / Animals / Horses

It's summer time and Alice and Secret are going on a Pony Club trip to France. Alice is over the moon to be show-jumping at an international festival! She soon makes new friends, including the gorgeous Seb. But when Finn gets into trouble, Alice has to work out who her real friends are, and prove just how far she and Secret have come together. A perfect pony story from the author of the much-loved The Palomino Pony series.
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Bumper Book of Humphrey's Tiny Tales 1

Bumper Book of Humphrey's Tiny Tales 1

Betty G. Birney

Childrens / Animals / Fiction

Featuring My Pet Show Panic!, My Summer Fair Surprise!, My Creepy-Crawly Camping Adventure! and NEW-NEW-NEW story My Mixed-Up Magic Trick!, younger Humphrey fans will love this bind-up edition of the bestselling books.It's Careers Day in Room 26 in My Mixed-Up Magic Trick!. Golden-Miranda wants to be a magician but Lower-Your-Voice A.J. says girls can't be magicians! But when Miranda's presentation goes wrong, it's up to Humphrey to save the day from a mixed-up magic trick . . .
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The Palomino Pony Wins Through

The Palomino Pony Wins Through

Olivia Tuffin

Childrens / Middle Grade / Animals / Horses

Georgia couldn't be more thrilled when she is asked to ride some top show-horses over the Easter holidays. She even gets to take Lily and her gorgeous foal, Secret, to the new stables. But who is the strange girl who keeps causing trouble for them on the show circuit? Can Georgia get to the bottom of it all? Surely no one would want to harm the little palomino pony?
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The Palomino Pony Runs Free

The Palomino Pony Runs Free

Olivia Tuffin

Childrens / Middle Grade / Animals / Horses

Georgia and her beautiful palomino pony, Lily, are hoping to make it to the Horse of the Year Show. It's a big dream and it'll take a lot of work from both of them. Georgia isn't sure she's good enough and it's affecting how she rides. How she feels about everything, in fact. It's almost as if Georgia has forgotten why she loves riding. Can Lily help her remember that it's not just about competing and winning trophies, but about the joy of running free...
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A New Beginning

A New Beginning

Olivia Tuffin

Childrens / Middle Grade / Animals / Horses

Alice adores Secret, her spirited young pony, but she's worried she'll never be able to ride him!Training Secret is proving harder than Alice thought possible, but then she meets free-spirited Finn. He is a fearless rider, and has an amazing way with horses. But Finn is quite moody, and Alice doesn't know if they can ever be friends...Can Alice create the perfect partnership with Secret? Or does she need Finn's help? One thing's for certain - there's a long way to go before Alice's showjumping dreams can become a reality!A perfect pony story from the author of the much-loved The Palomino Pony series.
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Joshua's Song

Joshua's Song

Joan Hiatt Harlow

Animals / Historical / Historical Fiction

Boston, 1919. It's been a terrible year for thirteen-year-old Joshua Harper. The influenza pandemic that's sweeping the world has claimed his father's life; his voice has changed, so he can't sing in the Boston Boys' Choir anymore; and now money is tight, so he must quit school to get a job. It's not fair! Joshua begins working as a newspaper boy, hawking papers on the street, but he soon finds himself competing with Charlestown Charlie, a tough, streetwise boy who does not make things easier for Joshua. It seems that fitting in is not as easy as it once was. Then disaster strikes the city of Boston. Joshua must do what he can to help, and in doing so he finds the place—and the voice—that he thought he'd lost.This remarkable novel is fast-paced, suspenseful, and based on true incidents in Boston history.
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School Rules Are Optional

School Rules Are Optional

Alison Hart

Animals / Horses / Young Adult

It's the first day of school and I've already got three problems:1) Mrs Leeman is my classroom teacher. She's so ancient she taught my dad.2) I might have accidentally been voted school captain. I had an unusually popular day when the class voted last year.3) Somehow I've lost my Grade Six jumper between receiving it and Mrs Leeman's lecture about being responsible.That's a lot to go wrong in half an hour. On top of that, it's a million degrees. So that's four problems. It's worse than I thought! At least things can only get better, right?Jesse will have you roaring with laughter as he navigates the rites and rituals of Grade Six including a disrespectful Prep buddy, a plumbing problem the size of Niagara Falls, not to mention the dreaded compulsory school camp.'Prepare yourself for a rollicking ride!' Nat Amoore, author of Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire'A full-on fun fest!' Oliver Phommavanh, author of Thai-riffic!,...
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