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22) Pax and Blue
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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"A little boy forms an unlikely friendship with a pigeon who knows what it's like to be small"--
23) How to be famous
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1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 24 x 25 cm
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English
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An irrepressible pigeon takes a trip through the zoo, preening and posing alongside all the animals, right up to the sharp teeth of a grumpy lion.
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106 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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Español
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Three penguins are the best of friends, even though they enjoy arguing about God, but one is not there when it starts to rain and a very frazzled pigeon arrives to offer only two of them an invitation to join Noah on the Ark.
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311 pages ; 25 cm
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During the 1948 War of Independence--a time when pigeons are still used to deliver battlefield messages--a gifted young pigeon handler is mortally wounded. In the moments before his death, he dispatches one last pigeon, carrying his extraordinary gift to the girl he has loved since adolescence. Intertwined with this story is the contemporary tale of Yair Mendelsohn, who has his own legacy from the 1948 war. Yair is a tour guide specializing in bird-watching...
31) Much too busy
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 28 cm
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English
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"Pigeon is extremely busy doing important things. He has no time to stop, and he definitely doesn't have time to get lost. Luckily Mouse is on hand to help. Mouse is not busy at all. Mouse has all the time in the world to admire and appreciate the world around him. As this unlikely duo pair up to help Pigeon find his way home, Mouse wonders if Pigeon might be persuaded to stop and look at the world around him too . . . A warm, witty and mindful...
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"Dr. Archibald Coo, an erudite big-city pigeon, is tired of the way people treat him and the other pigeons. They're always being shooed and swatted, and they're never admired the way the other birds are. As Dr. Coo tells his pigeon friends: ?It wasn't always this way.? In ancient times, pigeons were known to accompany the gods. They brought news of the Olympic Games to all of ancient Greece. And more recently, they delivered messages and medicine...
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"When Swanda first moves to Brooklyn from the country, she misses the wildlife she left behind. But not for long. Oh, look! What dear little birds! Swanda says to her dog when she notices all the pigeons outside her apartment. Come, Waldo, we ll get them a bird feeder all their own. It s fun to watch the pigeons flock to the feeder, at first. But then more arrive ... and more ... and more. And before she knows it, there are too many pigeons! Swanda...
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Real Pigeons volume 1
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196 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It's because they're out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts! Did you know your city is protected by a secret squad of crime-fighting pigeons? It's true! With master of disguise Rock Pigeon, bendy Tumbler, strong Frillback and super-finder Homey, the Real Pigeons will solve any mystery and fight any bad guy to keep the city safe!
35) Dear Miss Kopp
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"The indomitable Kopp sisters are tested at home and aboard in this warm and witty tale of wartime courage and camaraderie"--
The U.S. has finally entered World War I. Constance Kopp is chasing down suspected German saboteurs and spies for the Bureau of Investigation while Fleurette is traveling across the country entertaining troops with song and dance. Meanwhile, at an undisclosed location in France, Norma is overseeing her thwarted pigeon project...
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Olive Bright mystery volume 1
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English
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Set in a charming British village during World War II, Stephanie Graves' debut mystery introduces Olive Bright, a spirited young pigeon fancier who finds herself at the heart of a baffling murder...
Though war rages across mainland Europe and London is strafed by German aircraft, the little village of Pipley in Hertfordshire bustles along much as it always has. Adrift since her best friend, George, joined the Royal Air Force, twenty-two-year-old...
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Pigeon learns about sharing when a curious duckling keeps asking questions about the hot dog Pigeon has found.
¡La paloma ha vuelto! Y ¡encontró un perro caliente! Pero un hambriento (y muy astuto) patito entra en escena y quiere un bocado. ¿Cuál de los dos será el más listo?
38) City shapes
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"A young girl walks through the bustling city, while a pigeon flies above, both spotting hidden shapes at every turn"--
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"It is September 1940-a year into the war-and as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion. Enemy fighter planes blacken the sky around the Epping Forest home of Susan Shepherd and her grandfather, Bertie. After losing her parents to influenza as a child, Susan found comfort in raising homing pigeons with Bertie. All her birds are extraordinary to Susan-loyal, intelligent, beautiful-but none more so than Duchess. Hatched from...
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