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One of the most beloved of all children's book writers tells the story of a seemingly worn-out mare, owned by Molly's family, who is carrying a secret: a baby mule! Young Molly thinks the new creature is the most beautiful thing she's ever seen. She calls him Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley and as the years go by, Molly discovers that, just like his mother, her mule is full of wonderful surprises.

So, I found this book at the library recently and HAD to check it out because this short series of horse books was, like, my FAVORITE set of books in elementary. I remember buying the novelization of the Spirit movie before came out and then discovering these other books and being completely overjoyed. Basically, the books work similarly to the movie - the horses are sentient in the same way as humans, but don't talk and generally act like horses do in real life, just anthropomorphized. As a kid, I LOVED this. I thought this made the books super realistic and that I was learning all sorts of stuff about wild horses and herd dynamics etc. Haha. While that's not true at all, the rest of the story stood up pretty well. Not a whole lot happens, plot-wise, but if you like horses, you can't really go wrong with this book. It's pretty much about a pampered riding horse accidentally getting caught up in the Alamo kerfluffle and then running away, learning to be wild, and joining a herd of wild horses. It's pretty straightforward - a great nostalgic read.

Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis has a way with horses. She can gentle the wildest mare, but other parts of her life don't always come as easily. Along with her dad and sister, Lizzy, Winnie is learning how to live without her mom, who was also a natural horse gentler. As Winnie teaches her horses about unconditional love and blind trust, God shows Winnie that he can be trusted too. Readers will be hooked on the series' vivid characters, whose quirky personalities fill Winnie's life with friendship and adventure. In #1 Wild Thing,  Winnie's fearful heart finally begins to trust God again as she tries to gentle the horse of her dreams, Wild Thing.

I think Mandy is really worried about Sasha the dog who risked her life to save another dog but got seriously hurt when Sasha did that and now Sasha is in the pet hospital and is on the verge of dying I think Mandy doesn't want that to happen because Danny Sasha's owner and his friends will be crushed if that happens. Danny, Mandy, and James are trying to track down Rupert's owner Rupert is the other dog Because Rupert's owner is hiding now I think this makes Mandy more determined to find him. Rupert's owner because he left Rupert to starve in his empty apartment. When the found they owner they gave him a summon to come to court and Sasha got better This makes me think Mandy will be really happy.

I had a few of these books when I was a little kid, but despite their nostalgic value, I can't honestly say that they were any good. In fact I'm surprised I can still read at all after reading these. This book and the others in the series are filled with nothing but choppy sentences, perpetually annoying and boring characters, extremely limited vocabulary for the target age and illustrations take up most of the pages so it's a good thing they're so cheap at thrift stores because they aren't worth the cover price.

Untamable. Damaged. Angry. Once full of promise and life, now a fiery knot of resentment and detachment. This is the story of Dream of Night, an injured and abused racehorse. It’s also the story of Shiloh, a sarcastic eleven-year-old foster child. By chance, Dream of Night and Shiloh both find themselves under the care of Jessalyn DiLima. Just in time—it’s a last chance for them both.Jess fosters animals and kids like Dream of Night and Shiloh for a reason—she’s a little broken, too. And as the three of them become an unlikely family, they recognize their similarities in order to heal their pasts—but not before one last tragedy threatens to take everything away.

For the Phantom, there is only one girl.For Sam, there is only one horse.When Sam finds a home for a group of "unadoptable" mustangs, she feels like a hero. But when she promises to help care for the horses -- especially the blind filly among them -- she's overwhelmed with responsibilities.Then the filly wanders off alone in a snowstorm. Will Sam be able to find her in time? Or will the Phantom be the one who saves the day?

When Jack washes up on a mysterious island after a deadlystorm, there's no one to help him, except for the dogs. The sheepdogs on the island have eyes that speak right to Jack's heart, especially one dog—Moxie. But when angry beasts called fangos threaten to destroy the island, Jack and his companions must fight to save it. Once the battle ends, Jack is changed. Will he ever be the same again? Told from Jack's and Moxie's points of view, this adventure reveals how loyalty between boy and dog becomes a means for survival and hope.

Peter Lundy has two joys in life: the rugged western plains where he has grown up and San Domingo, a Medicine Hat Stallion. The Indians believe such a horse is sacred -- that neither bullet nor arrow can harm its rider. As they explore the prairie together, a bond forms between Peter and San Domingo that can never be broken. But Peter's father, Jethro Lundy, knows only one love: bargaining. He trades San Domingo for a thoroughbred. How can Peter ever forgive his father? His only choice is to leave home forever!

Twelve-year-old Dani is running away from home, or what’s left of home anyway. Her older brother, who had muscular dystrophy, died a few months ago. Then her father left and her parents got divorced. Now home is just Dani and her sad, silent mother, and Dani’s got to get away. She plans to do something amazing, and go where her parents will never find her: she’s going to hike the whole Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine. The trail is a legend in her family, the place where her parents met, fell in love, and got married 14 years before. Unfortunately for her master plan, her mother doesn’t have much trouble figuring out where Dani’s gone. Now it’s the two of them, hiking for as long as Dani can manage to persuade her mother to keep going. But Dani’s got an even longer emotional journey to make—and it’s one she and her mom need to make together.From the Hardcover edition.

lumet's an interesting guy to think about if one decides to make a film -- the guy's made some of the best films of our time. but for me, lumet provides a cautionary tale of what not to become. 12 Angry MenDog Day AfternoonNetworkThe VerdictSerpicoBefore the Devil Knows You're Deadall good. and Network is great. and he's made about fifty bad movies including A Stranger Among Us, Guilty as Sin, the remake of Gloria, etc...lumet's obviously an intelligent guy with good taste (cites Carl Dreyer as his favorite director - nice) -- and he's an auteur: a thematic quality runs through his best work and he clearly chooses his material by a certain standard. but lumet is at the mercy of two things: (1) the time in which he lives and (2) his cinematographer. (it's also worth noting that he comes from television which is about as visually distinctive as high school yearbook photography) check it out:(1) why are his 70s movies better? why do his 90s movies suck? well, he was a younger man in the 70s than in the 90s and had more fire in his belly. of course. but he was also making films in american cinema's 2nd golden age - the spirit of the time dominated his films: gritty, tough films both thematically and visually; intense character studies about flawed people; obsessive and paranoid films as a response to nixon/watergate/vietnam.(2) lumet's great w/actors. for sure. his pacing is great, he knows how to construct a scene... but visually, is there a 'lumet style'? well - in making movies he states, for example, that the color blue never once appears in The Verdict (paul newman's eyes!) as he wanted the film to have an autumnal feel. ok. that's kinda cool. but, ultimately, is there anything visual to distinguish a sidney lumet film? naw, not really. and this is ok. same for howard hawks - for hawks it's all a 'code of masculinity' and saucy dames. he left the visuals to the camera guy. fuck that. i don't wanna be at the mercy of my cinematographer. greg toland (cinematographer of Citizen Kane) famously explained that orson welles was able to reinvent cinema with his first feature in that he didn't know the 'rules', he didn't understand the limitations -- he demanded shots from toland that hadn't been done before and refused to hear that they couldn't be done. but there's only one orson welles. the rest of us will believe our DP when s/he tells us that a shot cannot be done. the rest of us will allow our DP to construct a shot. fuck that. filmmakers rule #1 -- on set, know how to do everybody's job better than them. spielberg has kaminski, a visual fucking god, but every spielberg film looks like a spielberg film.in the early 90s francis ford coppola said that new technology would democratize cinema. a few years back james gray said that new technology hasn't done much in the way of the democratization of cienema in that 99.9% of 'homemade' movies suck. gray's right. you gotta know the technical stuff. lumet is a very good filmmaker. (and i thank him kindly for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead -- the naked marisa tomei scenes have provided invaluable masturbatory assistance). and making movies is a great read. but, for me, it's a cautionary tale. i might never make a film as good as network. shit, i hope i make one half as good. but fuck if i let my cinematographer or the time in which i live be the deciding factor of what my film looks like! be like a writer banging out the beats of his novel only to have someone else handle the prose!* this is in no way meant to disparage cinematographers. the great ones are every bit the genius as the great directors. and a great cinematographer matched with a great director (bergman/nykvist godard/coutard, coppola/willis) can create something transcendent. but i ain't a cinematographer. and in terms of my shit, i'm an insufferable egomaniac. and hopefully the tension b/t a tough-minded director and tough-minded cinematographer will make 'em both better than they could've been on their own.

First published in 1977, this popular book has become the source on film and media. Now, James Monaco offers a revised and rewritten third edition incorporating every major aspect of this dynamic medium right up to the present. Looking at film from many vantage points, How to Read a Film: Movies, Media, Multimedia explores the medium as both art and craft, sensibility and science, tradition and technology. After examining film's close relation to such other narrative media as the novel, painting, photography, television, and even music, Monaco discusses those elements necessary to understand how films convey meaning and, more importantly, how we can best discern all that a film is attempting to communicate. In a key departure from the book's previous editions, the new and still-evolving digital context of film is now emphasized throughout How to Read a Film. A new chapter on multimedia brings media criticism into the twenty-first century with a thorough discussion of topics like virtual reality, cyberspace, and the proximity of both to film. Monaco has likewise doubled the size and scope of his "Film and Media: A Chronology" appendix. The book also features a new introduction, an expanded bibliography, and hundreds of illustrative black-and-white film stills and diagrams. It is a must for all film students, media buffs, and movie fans.

From Scorsese and Lynch to Wenders and Godard: interviews with twenty of the world's greatest directors on how they make films - and why.Each great film-maker has a secret method to his moviemaking - and each is different. In Moviemakers' Masterclass, Laurent Tirard talks to an illustrious collection of today's greatest directors to get to the core of their approach to cinema. The results shed a unique light upon the mysteries of the directorial process. Martin Scorsese, we learn, likes setting up each shot very precisely in advance. Lars von Trier, on the other hand, refuses to think about a set-up until the day of filming. And Bernardo Bertolucci tries to dream his shots the night before . . .Other directors featured include Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, Tim Burton, the Coen brothers, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Wong Kar-Wai.

Tor Seidler's sweet and humorous story about Toes, the runt of a litter of cats who is born with seven toes on each paw.Intelligent and aptly named, Toes has seven toes on each foot. The other kittens, fearing his condition might be contagious, refuse to play with him. So one night, a lonely Toes runs away. He takes refuge in a strange basement, where a struggling musician named Sebastian eventually finds him. As he grapples with his own insecurities as a violinist, Sebastian learns from Toes that the most beautiful duet can be the one made by true friendship.National Book Award finalist Tor Seidler once again introduces an endearing animal who will live in readers' hearts forever.

One of the better and more realistic 'our plane crashed in the woods and now we have to try to survive' stories. Gotta love the dog with the heart of gold, as always, and the circumstances allow us to see Greg and Patricia less as characters and more as humans. It's also refreshing to see a portrayal of two siblings who genuinely love each other, but who also bicker because, well, they're siblings and sometimes it's fun. My only issue is with my particular copy: a dog on the cover who looks nothing like the Santa Paws in the books.

A poor mother fox is trapped in a steel trap she has one young fox left and two kids name Mandy Hope and James Hunter help the mother by taking care of the young fox till both foxes are strong enough to go in the wild. I chose this book because the title seemed very interesting to me, also the picture drew me in. Mandy seemed like she was the most interesting character because she is adventurous in the woods and she loves taking care of animals with her mom and dad in animal ark. The least interesting person may have to be James because I feel like he is a side kick of Mandy. He follows her around and does what she says like a puppy. Even though he is trying to be a good friend. My favorite part of the book has to be when the baby fox health improved. My least favorite part of the book was when Mandy and James had to see the helpless mother fox almost die in the woods. Reading Mandy cried her eyes out when she saw this made me relate, when one of my animals were dieing. A important symbol in the book has to be the young fox which they called lucky to me the fox represents new life and a new begging. I would like to tell the author of how he did a really nice job with the book, it was a book with very descriptive writing and also it was just a very excellent story. I would properly trade places with James, Because I feel like I would be more help then he is. Instead of James agreeing to let the animals go into the wild I would tell Mandy to keep the animals in the animal ark to be in a safer environment. "Mandy felt the tears roll down her cheeks, She would miss lucky so much but she knew that a wild animal belonged in the wild" to me that quote is very interesting because even though Mandy wanted the mother and lucky to be with her and James she let those emotions go, so that both animals can be free. I learned from this book about letting go and helping others in need. I would read more animal ark story later in life because to me each story teaches you new things.

From the bestselling author of THE PUPPY PLACE.Someone has left Otis, an adorable tabby, all alone at the local community center. When Michael and Mia hear about the abandoned kitty, they volunteer to help. Otis is wary of strangers and scared of loud noises. His sad yowls keep the family up all night! Michael knows not just any owner will love this tentative tabby. Can he find Otis a forever home?

Nine-year-old Lara is the daughter of the ri-the leader of her cattle-raising clan. While she spends her days tending to the cattle, her heart lies with her beloved gray mare. When Lara goes to the highlands to set the cattle out to graze, she finds the mare in the process of a difficult birth. Lara vows to take care of the foal as a dying promise to the gray mare, and with the help of a childless milk-cow, she cares for the spindly-legged filly. But just when she is confident that the foal can survive, a rival clan captures them both, and throws Lara's life into turmoil. When the filly is eventually given to a titled baron in the castle town of Athenry, Lara, determined to stay with the horse no matter what, goes along. Together, she and her beloved horse face seemingly insurmountable challenges, but all along Lara keeps two things in mind. One day, she will manage to flee, and will set off in search of the family that she was taken from. And she will not leave without her silver mare. 

In this companion to her acclaimed 2005 novel, "A Dog's Life," Ann M. Martin tells the parallel stories of a stray dog (the brother of the dog featured in "A Dog's Life"), a boy dealing with unspeakable loss, and a boy whose most ardent wish is to own a dog and everything for a dog.Bone and his sister, Squirrel, are stray dogs born in a shed. Left motherless as puppies, the two dogs survive together for a while, but are soon wrenched apart. Bone doesn't know if his sister is still alive, and must now go on, alone.Charlie is a boy who has suffered a terrible loss. And, as he's healing with the help of his dog, another tragedy occurs.Henry's best friend has moved away. All Henry has wanted is a dog of his own. But his parents won't let him.Bone, Charlie, and Henry live very different lives, but they are fated to intersect in surprising ways. Award-winning author Ann M. Martin has written a powerful, heartfelt novel that's perfect for anyone who has ever longed for a dog, or loved one."

Puppy love in Puppy Place! An irresistible Valentine's Day story starring Honey, a sweet yellow Lab.In this special Valentine's Day story, Charles and his best friend Sammy meet Honey, a sweet, intelligent yellow Lab who's family is moving away--without Honey! When Charles brings this puppy home, guess who falls in love? Charles's mom--the cat lover of the family! Will the Petersons end up keeping Honey? Or will Honey become a service dog and best pal for Noah, a talented artist who uses a wheelchair? One thing is for certain: puppy love is in the air!

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When Brian, a hopelessly uncoordinated young fan magically switches talents with his hero, basketball star Kevin Durant, he becomes the star of his high school team, while Kevin Durant suddenly can't make a shot to save his life.

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In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock 

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Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made middle school hell for generations of students.

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A teenager's dreams come true when a former porn star moves in next door and they fall in love.

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A nerdy valedictorian proclaims his love for Beth Cooper--the hottest, most popular girl in school--during his graduation speech. That very night, she shows up at his door offering to show him the best night of his life.

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A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team.

Tired of being on the wagon, two stoners get voluntarily mixed up in the plot to rip off a shady figure known as Mr. Big.

Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twenty-somethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events.

Following the death of his father, Britt Reid, heir to his father's large company, teams up with his late dad's assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team.

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Jackie Moon, the owner-coach-player of the American Basketball Association's Flint Michigan Tropics, rallies his teammates to make their NBA dreams come true.

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Four skaters follow their idol on his summer tour in an attempt to get noticed, get sponsored, and become stars themselves.

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Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards.

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Follow the adventures of the Koala Brothers, Frank and Buster, living in the Australian outback whose mission in life is to help others.

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Zigby the Zebra, McMeer the Meerkat and Bertie the Guinea Fowl, live together on an island. The desire for adventure and the curiosity of Zigby always lead to incredible stories from which important lessons can be learned, such as re

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