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141) The long flight home
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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...
142) If I could fly
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When fifteen-year-old Doris's mother, a professional singer, returns to Puerto Rico and her father finds a girlfriend, Doris cares for a neighbor's pigeons and relies on friends as she begins to find her own voice and wings.
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Real Pigeons volume 3
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La Pandilla Paloma es un grupo de palomas que lucha contra el crimen y protege su ciudad de todo tipo de peligros. Pero con un buitre quebranta huesos sueltos, una bestia niña desatada y una familia perdida desde hace mucho tiempo, ¿serán capaces de encontrar el nido perfecto?
"The Real Pigeons must help a robbed vulture, a lost child, and Homey's kidnapped family, all while trying to find the perfect nest." --
146) Operation Columba: the Secret Pigeon Service : the untold story of World War II resistance in Europe
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The fascinating, untold story of how British intelligence secretly used homing pigeons as part of a clandestine espionage operation to gather information, communicate, and coordinate with members of the Resistance to defeat the Nazis in occupied Europe during World War II.
Between 1941 and 1944, British intelligence dropped sixteen thousand homing pigeons in an arc across Nazi-occupied Europe, from Bordeaux, France to Copenhagen, Denmark, as part...
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Real Pigeons volume 2
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"La Pandilla Paloma no sólo es un alucinante grupo de palomas que luch contra el crimen y protege la ciudad. También son los mejores amigos del mundo. Pero ¿lograrán mantener su amistad cuando se encuentren con un almacén Secreto lleno de pájaros embotellados, un avestruz criminal fugitivo y una ibis loca por el poder?"--
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Needing to brush his teeth, a bus driver asks the reader to make sure that the pigeon goes to bed on time -- but the bird has many excuses about why it should stay awake.
"Llega la noche, pero la paloma no quiere ir a la cama! ℗Dejarás que se quede despierta hasta tarde?"--Back cover.
150) Hugo
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Hugo the pigeon, the park warden of a small Parisian park, tries to coax a mysterious Somebody, the only one who never opens the windows for his visits, to come out to enjoy the park and make new friends.
151) Pax and Blue
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"A little boy forms an unlikely friendship with a pigeon who knows what it's like to be small"--
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Don't let the pigion stay up late: One stubborn pigeon is not going to bed -- Knuffle Bunny free: Trixie and her family set off to visit her grnadparents, but Knuffle Bunny has other ideas -- Edwina: Everyone loves Edwina except for a know-it-all who tries to convince everyone that dinosaurs are extinct.
153) A courage undimmed
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"Weaving wartime intrigue, rural village life, and little-known historical facts about the role of carrier pigeons in WWII, Stephanie Graves continues the adventures of British pigeoneer Olive Bright, but as bitter cold weather forces her racing birds indoors in November 1941, Olive is assigned to a new role in the war effort--escorting none other than Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming on his visit to the Brickendonbury Manor spy training center"--...
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"Growing up in a ballpark sounds like fun when you're a pigeon, but even baseball-loving Smidgen has his worries: like passing his flying test and playing a rivalling team, will Smidgen's love for baseball help him earn his stripes? Gather around, feathery friends and all, it's time to play ball!"--Back cover.
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Don't let the pigeon drive the bus! : When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place -- a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before.
Leonardo, the terrible monster : Leonardo is terrible at being a monster. He can't seem to frighten anyone. Then he decides to find the perfect nervous little boy and scare the tuna salad out of him.
The pigeon finds a hot dog! : When Pigeon finds a delicious...
157) Get bready!
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Real Pigeons volume 6
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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! The REAL PIGEONS are a team of crime-fighters who battle baddies wherever they go! But fighting crime is hard when the city mayor has BANNED all birds, a BREAD MONSTER is on the loose and EVIL BUNNIES are taking over! Can the Real Pigeons save the day when they're the ones in trouble? No-one can protect a city like Rock, Frillback,...
159) The ire of Iron Claw
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"The daring and loyal dachshund Noodles, the boy inventor Wally Kennewickett, and his scientific genius family and staff of automatons join forces with Nikola Tesla to defeat sky pirates, cross Europe in a giant mechanical spider, and defy the evil Mesmers"--
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