Oscar the octopus has come back from his vacation. He's brought his new friends Smudge and Blot with him. But he doesn't seem to have time to play with Little Dolphin anymore...

Best Friends, the Utah animal sanctuary, is home to over 2,000 furry and feathered friends. After tender care, 75 percent are ultimately adopted; the rest live out their lives on the sanctuary's 3,000 acres. This is the story of the people who built this wonderful place--a must-have book for animal lovers everywhere. of photos.

"Best Friends tells the story of two aspiring young women whose correspondence span a period of twenty-seven years, during the sixties, when they are involved in the Downtown art, theater, music and political scene of the time, encountering and befriending people like; Bob Dylan, Dustin Hoffman, Shel Silverstein, Phil Ochs, Sam Shepard, Anna Halperin, Timothy Leary, Andre Gregory, Spaulding Gray, Eli Seigel, Andy Warhol, and ends during the eighties when their lives have spun off into widely divergent paths, one of them tragically. It is the story of a brilliant woman with remarkable vitality whose life was often interrupted by bouts of acute schizophrenia. While the story is personal, the letters also catalog the wider world events. As Beth becomes a successful travel writer, her letters are sent from Ireland during the Troubles, from Israel in the wake of the six-day war, and from Berlin just after the building of the Wall. You hear the authentic voices of two women growing up, and then growing older, at the heart of the 20th century--reflecting on their lives and wondering about their future against the fast-changing background of social and political turmoil, as men land on the surface of the moon. The letters are real (rediscovered in the back of a file drawer) and offer insight, not just about the lives of these particular women but perhaps all women who came of age at that time and place, seen through the lens of a remarkable friendship."--

About the Book Best Friends follows young vivacious Sarah, her two best friends—her pony Trudy and her dog Hopalong—through a tragedy that changes the ten-year-old’s life. With the help of her family and friends, Sarah works hard to regain her strength and spirit, and in doing so, conceives a way to help many others. Read along as Sarah and those she loves work to bring her dream to life. The author says, “Through the eyes of reading my book, readers feel the things I have experienced. The smell of flowers, noise of creeks moving swiftly, winds blowing through your hair, rabbits running through a field of wildflowers. That the simple things in life can you bring you happiness, that even going through tragedy, you can overcome anything.” About the Author Janet Davis Talbott has been retired for ten years. Her life revolves around her children and her grandchildren. Outside of her family, animals are her second love. Talbott enjoys crafts and gardening when not spending time with her family.

Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he's sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next J.R.R. Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in love. Poor Oscar may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukú - the curse that has haunted his family for generations. With dazzling energy and insight Díaz immerses us in the tumultuous lives of Oscar; his runaway sister Lola; their beautiful mother Belicia; and in the family's uproarious journey from the Dominican Republic to the US and back. Rendered with uncommon warmth and humour, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a literary triumph, that confirms Junot Díaz as one of the most exciting writers of our time.

A whimsical and quirky take on the theme of childhood friendship

heart-touching story of a cute dog named JACK...