rescue work

"Clarence joins his neighbor Mr. Dent and his cat Throttle for a day of surfing at the beach, but when Throttle gets into trouble and cannot swim, it's up to Clarence to save the day"--OCLC.

When Katie's grandmother trips and breaks her ankle, Katie learns about the importance of paramedics to her neighborhood.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text follow Pat, a fish, as he is caught by a shark, rescued by his friend Mike the elephant, and called on to return the favor.

Rubble the puppy tries to be a superhero for a day but finds he still needs a helping paw from the rest of his PAW patrol friends.

The Secretary of State's plane has gone down in the Central African Republic, Intelligence says he is currently in the hands of a bunch of child soldiers, and Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross and his Shadow Squadron are assigned to rescue him--but the situation is more complicated than Cross has been led to believe.

"One afternoon, eleven-year-old Titan, his friends from the Wild Boars soccer team, and their coach rode their bikes to explore local caves. They crawled through the narrow tunnels in the dark to reach the center of the cave. When they turned to go home, heavy rains had flooded the tunnel. They were trapped! With rising waters and monsoon season upon them, time and oxygen were running out. The world watched with bated breath as rescuers from around the globe joined forces to try to free the boys. After eighteen harrowing days, in an unprecedented effort of international teamwork, they were finally saved. Award-winning author Susan Hood and journalist Pathana Sornhiran based this picture book on Sornhiran's first-hand reporting of the event, and Dow Phumiruk's beautiful illustrations bring the story to life. The book also includes a timeline and back matter with additional resources"--From the publisher's web site.

"Woody is on a mission to rescue Bonnie's newest toy!"--Back cover.

Two stories in which the PAW patrol dogs save airplane with a broken wing and a baby octopus who has lost its mother.

"The . . . memoir of how Wilma Melville turned a band of shelter dogs into one of America's . . . disaster-response assets in catastrophes from 9/11 to Katrina"--.

In this fact-packed book, readers will follow the tracks of high energy search-and-rescue animals working hard to help.