Six-year-old Ray discovers and passionately befriends an old, abandoned horse in a nearby hilltop pasture. When his friend is threatened, the boy is able to rise from the loneliness of the young to the courage of the loving.

The Singing Hill

Children's Books

Meindert DeJong

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Harper&Row

Smoke Above the Lane

Harpercollins

Hurry Home, Candy

The dog was lost. He had no name, and no one to love him. He has only the silent, empty countryside, and a few crumbs and bare bones he could pick up. He had only himself, and he was afraid. Along the way, the little dog found a few friends, people who gave him shelter for a while, but always he moved on -- until he found a place he could call home forever.

Animals

Shadrach

Teen & Young Adult

Perfection Learning

The Wheel on the School

The Wheel on the School Audio Cassette book is narrated by Anne T. Flosnik. Winner of the 1955 Newbery Book Award, the story is about a girl in a small Dutch Fishing Village who wonders why the storks have stop coming to her town.

Listening Library

The Tower by the Sea

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

peter Smith

A little Dutch boy helps rescue a Great Dane washed up on the dike of his village. But the large dog eats so much that he becomes a problem that only the whole village can solve.

Dirk's Dog, Bello

Paideia Press

Far Out the Long Canal

The Big goose and the Little White Duck

The winner of the 1954 Newbery Award for The Wheel on the School, Meindert DeJong wrote this story originally published nearly four decades ago. The Last Little Cat is now back in print to delight both children and adults. The last little cat was born in a kennel, surrounded by dogs and dog cages and dog noises. The little cat was always half cold and half hungry - until the day it fell into the cage of the old, blind dog. Then, for a while, the last little cat was warm, and the last little cat was well fed. But how could such a small cat know that barn doors are closed at night and that there are people in the world who do not want to help a helpless kitten? This story of how the last little cat found a home, and not only a home, but the perfect home, again confirms DeJong's place among the finest writers of this or any day.

The Last Little Cat

Whole Spirit Press

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