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1) Free Willy
Language
English
Description
A story about the friendship that develops between a 12-year-old boy who knows what it's like to be without a family, and a whale confined in a too-small tank at an aquatic park.
2) The stray
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a struggling family takes in a stray dog, they discover that he has the ability to save lives when the father takes his son and two friends backpacking in the mountains of Colorado only for all of them to be struck by lightning.
3) A bug's life
Language
English
Formats
Description
Journey inside the miniature world of bugs where an ant named Flik hires warrior bugs to defend his colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers. Bonus title at end: Geri's game (Academy Award, Best Animated Short, 1997).
4) The bear
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
An action-packed outdoor adventure tale about Youk, an orphaned bear cub, and the wounded giant grizzly who befriends him. Threatened by gunfire, they begin a desperate quest for survival.
8) Shergar
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of Shergar, Ireland's most decorated thoroughbred and perhaps the greatest race horse of all time, who was kidnapped by IRA terrorists and held for a $2 million ranson.
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Gwen Davies adores the horses she and her grandfather have raised on the beautiful Welsh Mountains. When her grandfather dies, Gwen's uncle arrives to either sell the farm to a greedy land developer, or to allow Gwen to keep the farm, but her uncle must face his tragic past first.
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Dolittle : A doctor re-discovers his ability to understand what animals are saying, and now every creature around him wants his advice.
Dr. Dolittle, million dollar mutts : Maya and Lucky the dog travel to L.A., where her talent for talking to animals lands her a job hosting an animal talk show co-hosted by a famous heiress.
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Because of Winn-Dixie : A young girl's life is changed by a scruffy dog, when the special bond between them works magic on the girl's reserved dad and the eccentric townspeople they meet that summer.
C.H.O.M.P.S : Norton Securities is about to unveil a secret weapon that'll have burglars begging for mercy - C.H.O.M.P.S., the world's first computerized watchdog! This powerful pooch is programmed to sink his teeth into crime.
15) Turner & Hooch
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Language
English
Description
A compulsively neat detective's tidy world goes to the dogs when he is forced to team up with a drooling slob of a junkyard dog named Hooch.
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A bewildered soldier befriends an old army mule, who happens to talk! Second Lieutenant Peter Stirling repeatedly finds himself in a mental hospital after he tries to explain to his unbelieving superior officers that a talking animal rescued him from behind enemy lines. When his four-legged friend appears with plans of heroic action, the U.S. Army faces one of its biggest, and most stubborn, challenges. Bonus material included.
17) Horse crazy too
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
When a prize foal is stolen, two young siblings and their teenage babysitter must work together to catch the thieves before their family's ranch goes into foreclosure.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Lou is determined to make a perfect Christmas at Heartland, but Amy, Ty , Jack and Tim band together to save starving horses trapped by an avalanche in a remote mountain area, in the process bringing together a town and a family divided by a long-ago tragedy.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The stray: Stuck in summer school, 5 kids try to keep a stray dog hidden away from their principal. More than puppy love: Steve, a rambunctious teen, has been causing quite a headache for his mother. To teach him a lesson in responsibility, she signs him up to be a foster caretaker of a puppy from the Kansas Specialty Dog Service. Little Heroes: A young girl's heroic spirit and her faithful dog's phenomenal courage join to perform an impossible rescue....
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