For Ages
7 to 10

Animal Rescue Team: Show Time is a part of the Animal Rescue Team collection.

The squirrels at Mt. Mercy College are getting too friendly—they're frightening the students, making the nuns jumpy . . . and they're super messy. It's time to call the Animal Rescue Team! 

Meanwhile, Keisha's got a problem of her own. The Grand River Steppers jump rope team has a chance to win first place in their school district this year, but Keisha's so nervous, she keeps messing up! When she and Daddy go to the Veteran's Facility to check out their squirrel situation, Keisha meets Sergeant Pinkham, who's learning how to use his new prosthetic leg. Could Sarge be just the person to help Keisha stay calm, do well, and have fun at the competition?

Perfect for independent readers, the Animal Rescue Team books offer adventurous and heartwarming stories with lots of laughs—and plenty of critters.

An Excerpt fromAnimal Rescue Team: Show Time

Chapter 1
Keisha Carter was crawling across the kitchen floor, trying to catch her little brother Paulo, when a cold swirl of outside air blew up under her sweater.
"Look at the snow in the glow of the streetlights, everybody." Daddy pulled Mama to him and gave her a quick kiss. "It looks like a snow globe."
"Brrrrrr . . ." Keisha caught Paulo's ankle and gave him a kiss, too.
Mama rubbed Daddy's back. "Our truck is out in all that snow. I'll get the broom."
"Snow," Keisha told Paulo, pointing out the door.
"Rocket," he replied, pointing in the opposite direction as their puppy skittered down the steps.
"Daddy, you should close the door before--"
But Keisha was too late.
Paulo threw himself flat on the linoleum just in time to avoid a collision as Rocket bounded over the youngest Carter, then sailed through the doorway and out into the snowy white world.
"Hookey-hookey!" Paulo cried with a little scream of delight as he scrambled over to the doorway on his hands and knees to get a better look.
"Yep. He's doing the hoochie-coochie."…