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Hannah knows there is something special about the wooden bear cub puppet from the moment she buys it at a Christmas market. So when the puppet gets broken, she cries herself to sleep. Woken by a growling noise, she finds herself in a stable wearing strange old-fashioned clothes. Then she comes face-to-face with a real-life bear cub! The cub has been locked in ready to be put on show at the local market. Can Hannah return the bear to the wild and find a way back to her own time?

Moving to a new house and school is hard for Lucy, but then she finds a family of stray kittens in an alleyway and doesn't feel quite as lonely. She especially loves the shy black-and-white one and calls her Catkin. Catkin doesn't like it when the other kittens are taken away. Lucy makes her a new home in their greenhouse, but the kitten can't stay there forever! How long can Lucy keep Catkin a secret?

As part of her school's community week, Kaitlyn visits her local animal shelter. There she falls in love with Teddy, a gorgeous whippet cross, who becomes the star of her project. When a boy in her class decides he wants to adopt Teddy, she realises how much she wants to keep Teddy herself. She isn't even excited about the surprise birthday outing her family have organised - until she finds herself at the shelter....

When Lillie spends the summer in Wales with her family, she can’t help but feel like the baby of the group. Her big sister Frankie would rather spend time with their older cousin Lana than play with her, and no one else seems to notice how lonely she is. Then during a boat trip, Lillie spots a young dolphin swimming alongside them and for a short while all her worries melt away.

Polly and Rex are in search of a new ghost dog at Halloween, in this story from one of Britain's most loved children's authors, Holly Webb. 'Penhallow is full of dogs, Polly. Look around and you'll see. We're everywhere. We always have been.' Polly is excited when she accidentally wakes scruffy little terrier Patch. Can she and Rex help Patch remember what happened to his boy and decipher the mystery of the highwaymen at Penhallow Hall?

Ellie used to love watching the hares leap and play on the common with her mum. But since Mum passed away, it’s getting harder to remember those happy memories. Until one day, Ellie finds an injured baby hare. The poor animal looks so scared; she has to do something to help. Nursing the hare back to health will be a big responsibility, but could it be Ellie’s chance to feel close to her mum again?

Megan de-abia așteaptă să se mute la țară și să facă plimbări lungi în mijlocul naturii împreună cu Ellie, frumosul ei labrador. De teamă că Ellie îi va încurca, mama și tata trimit cățelușa la bunica pe perioada mutării. Despărțirea e foarte grea pentru Megan și Ellie, căci se pot întâmpla multe lucruri...

Lily și tatăl ei ies la plimbare cu Hugo, ciobănescul lor german, și dau din întâmplare, la marginea pădurii, de trei pisoiași abandonați. Fără mama lor, puii nu vor putea supraviețui, așa că membrii familiei hotărăsc să-i ia temporar acasă – mai ales că Hugo pare chiar dornic să-i protejeze. După o vreme, când vine momentul ca micuții să aibă alți stăpâni, Lily nu-și mai dorește altceva decât să-l păstreze pe Stanley, pisoiașul alb și pufos.

Tia nu mai poate de bucurie când familia ei se hotărăște să cumpere o pisică bengaleză. Milly este cea mai frumoasă pisicuță pe care a văzut-o vreodată și cea mai inteligentă. Dar fetița află că prin cartier au apărut niște hoți de pisici de rasă și vrea să o țină pe Milly în casă. Până când, într-o zi, la întoarcerea fetiței de la școală, frumoasa bengaleză nu mai e deloc de găsit. Să fi încăput oare pe mâinile hoților?

Lucy se simte singură când ea și fratele ei se mută în casa bunicii și sunt nevoiți să-și părăsească prietenii. Fetița își dorește să fi avut un animăluț, dar bunica nu acceptă animale în casă. O pisicută rătăcită îi atrage atenția, iar Lucy o îndrăgește pe dată. Unde se va duce micuța dacă nu va găsi pe cineva să aibă grijă de ea?

Amelie adoră câinii, dar nu și-a închipuit vreodată că o să aibă... doi! Monty, micuțul ei labrador, are numai câteva luni când în casa lor sosește Daisy, cățelușa bunicului. Amelia i-a promis acestuia că va avea grijă de Daisy, dar, de când a venit, cățelușa e tot timpul tristă și speriată. Pe de altă parte, micuțul Monty începe să se simtă singur și abandonat. Oare nou-venita îi va lua locul în inima Ameliei?

Daisy merge pentru prima oară în vacanță cu cortul și, în camping, se atașează de un pui de ciobănesc german pe care îl numește în secret Barney. Când concediul familiei se apropie de sfârșit, gândul despărțirii de noul prieten o amărăște pe Daisy, care visează să-l ia pe Barney acasă. Oare cum i-ar putea convinge pe părinții ei să i-l dăruiască?

When Sophie meets Josephine - a macaroon-eating, tutu-wearing guinea pig who lives with her furry friends in the centre of Paris - she discovers that living in a new place is exciting and being friends with a guinea pig is the best adventure of all. Sophie loves her new guinea pig friend, but then she meets Josephine’s sister, Angelique, who is not nearly as friendly. In fact, the other guinea pig is positively mean!

Every morning on her way to school, Scarlett sees Whiskers the kitten at the station. Whiskers is so sweet and always makes Scarlett smile! Then one day, the cat disappears. Scarlett is upset to discover that Whiskers has been run over. She needs a very expensive operation to fix her leg and her owner can’t afford the fees. Can Scarlett and her friends raise enough money to help?

Amelia and her family are walking their two dogs when disaster strikes and Poppet the puppy disappears during a game of fetch. After searching high and low, Amelia discovers that Poppet has fallen down an old mine and has no way of escaping. Amelia is so worried at the thought of Poppet all alone in the cold, dark mine, but can she find a way to get Poppet out safely?

Jack is having a hard time at school because he can’t read as well as the other children. One day, he visits the animal shelter with his sister and notices a nervous puppy called Daisy. He sits next to her while practising his reading. Jack keeps visiting Daisy at the shelter. As she gets more confident, Jack thinks she is ready to be adopted. But when another family takes an interest in Daisy, Jack is worried that he will lose his friend forever …

When twins Zara and Amina move to a new town and adopt a tiny kitten, they can’t wait to spoil her and play with her all the time. But the sisters have different ideas about the best way to look after Pixie and as they start at a new school, the divide between them only grows. Then at their joint birthday party, an argument between the girls sends Pixie running off, scared. She’s so small, she could be anywhere! Will Zara and Amina be able to work together to find her?

Elsa is finding it difficult to make new friends after her family moves house. Then she hears strange, scratching noises at night and discovers a kitten living in the attic! The little cat has gorgeous black fur and so Elsa names him Pepper. Elsa is desperate to keep her lovely new kitten friend. Dad thinks Pepper belonged to the previous owner, but who would leave behind such a beautiful kitten?

Darcy is delighted her lively new tabby kitten, Charlie, is settling in so well – if only he would just wear a collar! Then Darcy is picked to join her school football team and suddenly she hardly has any time for entertaining a kitten. Charlie is bored now Darcy has no time to play with him, so he ventures over the back wall to explore. There he meets a new friend, a cat-loving lady who makes lots of fuss over him. But Darcy soon starts to notice that Charlie keeps disappearing and one night he doesn’t come back at all. What if he doesn’t want to be her kitten any more?

Jade adores dogs but she can’t have one because her father thinks her brother is too little. Then Jade’s dad sees an advert for local dog walkers and it seems like the perfect solution. They soon meet an adorable red Golden Retriever puppy named Milo and Jade falls in love with him immediately. Unfortunately, Milo’s owner is moving to Paris and can’t take him with her. Will the poor puppy have to go to a shelter, or could his new home be right under his nose?