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Charlie Carlisle's grandfather is ill. Charlie's friend, Singing Bird, a Teton Sioux, tells him that ravens have curing powers, so Charlie steals a baby bird from its nest. Granddad, a retired naturalist, encourages Charlie to record his observations of the bird and study the effect it has on humans. Charlie just hopes that the raven will make Granddad well.
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[1997]
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A mysterious elder teaches two Indian brothers Chris and Toby Greyeyes about respect for life and why they must not hurt the ravens they consider nuisance birds. All life is sacred and connected. The artist is from the Plains Cree Nation, the illustrator of the Dogrib Nation (from whom he drew the folklore basis of this book); their story is set in the Northwest Territories
5) After zero
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[2018]
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When Elise leaves homeschooling for public school, she copes by speaking as little as possible, but soon her silence becomes an impediment to friendship and to dealing with family secrets.
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2019.
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There is a legend that if the ravens at the Tower of London ever leave then Britain will fall, so when somebody steals the birds, the Queen calls for Mac B. to find the thief and retrieve them--a mission that takes him to Iceland, where he encounters secret submarines, hungry polar bears, and his arch-nemesis from the KGB.
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Gumluck the wizard volume 1
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[2023]
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Gumluck, a young, naive wizard, does his best to help the local townspeople (and a small friendly ghost) with his sometimes critical raven sidekick, Helvetica.
9) Oskar loves
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Oskar, a charming raven, loves trees, red cherries, and the smell of spring. He also loves rain, snow, clouds, books, and the moon. Children are invited into Oskars world and in turn to explore the wonders of the world around them.
10) Raven's roost
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c1987
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Raven's roost is cluttered with lots of things of no use. Suzy Choosy arrives and finds a use for everything.
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Gabriel Finley volume 1
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[2014]
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Eleven-year-old Gabriel, with the help of the young raven Paladin, which whom he has a magical bond, travels to the foreboding land of Aviopolis, where he must face challenges and unanswerable riddles to rescue his long-missing father.
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[2015]
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1869. While on a much-needed respite with her husband Sam in Nottinghamshire, undertaker Violet Harper is summoned to Welbeck Abbey by the Fifth Duke of Portland to prepare a body. His Grace is known as the "mad duke," and Violet has more than an inkling of why when she arrives at the grand estate and discovers that the corpse in question is that of the duke's favorite raven, Aristotle. Many of the duke's servants believe a dead raven is a harbinger...