I J Noble: 3 books

Tim has had to change schools owing to his parents recent divorce. He likes his new school but there is a fly in the ointment - a gang of bullies who want money, something he doesn't have. Every day he has to devise plans to keep out of there reach, and every day the gang become more determined...

This is the life adventure of a mallard duck on the River Teifi. His every day battle for survival against the elements, and all the hungry things that want to eat him: rats, foxes, buzzards, and particularly, his final battle against two wild mink desperate to eat him.

Toomo, a young zebra finch, is kidnapped in Australia and transported under the most brutal conditions to England. He is sold to a family who need a companion for a female finch named Henabe. Life is good for a while, until a cat gets into the house with the intention of eating them. They escape the...