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Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird: A True Story
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Patrick McDonnell
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.
The Magic School Bus Spins A Web: A Book About Spiders
Tracey West, Joanna Cole · 32 pages
Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do
Steve Jenkins, Robin Page · 32 pages
Eye to Eye: How Animals See The World
Steve Jenkins · 32 pages
Profiles a series of animals with unusual eyes and explains how such animals use their uniquely evolved eyes to gain essential information about the biological world. This book explain how, for most animals, eyes are the most important source of information about the world in a biological sense. The simplest eyes, clusters of light-sensitive cells, appeared about 600 million years ago.
Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship
Isabella Hatkoff, Paula Kahumbu, Craig Hatkoff · 40 pages
The inspiring true story of two great friends, a baby hippo named Owen and a 130-yr-old giant tortoise named Mzee (Mm-ZAY). When Owen was stranded after the Dec 2004 tsunami, villagers in Kenya worked tirelessly to rescue him. Then, to everyone's amazement, the orphan hippo and the elderly tortoise adopted each other. Now they are inseparable, swimming, eating, and playing together. Here is a joyo
Frogs
Nic Bishop · 48 pages
Nic Bishop's photographs show all different kinds of frogs, big ones, very tiny ones, frogs with beautiful colors of skin, and one frog you can see inside of.
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands
Katherine Roy · 46 pages
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones
Ruth Heller · 44 pages
A pictorial introduction to the animals that lay eggs, including chickens as well as other birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, insects, and even a few mammals.
A Nest Is Noisy
Dianna Hutts Aston · 40 pages
This book introduces the world of nests, revealing the variety created by the world's birds, animals, and insects.
A Boy and a Jaguar
Alan Rabinowitz
The renowned cat conservationist reflects on his early childhood struggles with a speech disorder, describing how he only spoke fluently when he was communicating with animals and how he resolved at a young age to find his voice to be their advocate. In this true story, a boy who stutters except when he speaks to animals, promises that if he can find his voice, he will be their voice and keep the
Just Ducks!
Nicola Davies
On her way to school, a young girl spots mallard ducks in the river and enthusiastically describes their appearance, habits, and behavior. Interspersed throughout the pages are facts about ducks.
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla
Katherine Applegate · 40 pages
"The true story of Ivan, known as the Shopping Mall Gorilla, who lived alone in a small cage for almost 30 years before being relocated to the gorilla habitat at ZooAtlanta."-- This picture book tells the true story of Ivan, known as the Shopping Mall Gorilla, who lived alone in a small cage for almost 30 years before being relocated to the gorilla habitat at Zoo Atlanta.
Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm
Jon Katz
Welcome to Bedlam Farm! Meet Rose, Izzy, Frieda, and Lenore, four dogs that work hard on the farm doing various jobs. They're good friends now, but it wasn't always this way. Just as each dog has a different role on the farm, each has a unique story. Filled with his captivating photographs, bestselling author Jon Katz's heartwarming account of his dogs' lives on Bedlam Farm is unforgettable.
Winter's Tail: How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again
Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff
Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas
Jim Ottaviani, Maris Wicks · 138 pages
This account of the life stories of three ground-breaking researchers, Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas, students of the great Louis Leakey, explores how each made profound contributions to primatology.
Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals
Hal Herzog · 334 pages
Does living with a pet really make people happier and healthier? What can we learn from biomedical research with mice? Who enjoys a better quality of life -- the chicken destined for your dinner plate or the rooster in a Saturday night cockfight? Why is it wrong to eat the family dog? Drawing on more than two decades of research into the emerging field of anthrozoology, the science of human–animal
What the Dog Knows: The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs
Cat Warren · 347 pages
Explores the world of working dogs, as well as canine intelligence and training, as the author and her German shepherd, Solo, work with forensic anthropologists, detectives, and dog handlers to find the bodies of the missing.
Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home & Other Unexplained Powers of Animals
Rupert Sheldrake · 368 pages
Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved
Frans de Waal · 232 pages
Une longue tradition philosophique et scientifique situe l'origine de la moralité humaine non dans l'évolution mais dans la culture : nous serions moraux par choix et non pas nature. Bien plus, la moralité serait une fine écorce recouvrant une nature par ailleurs mauvaise. «C'est l'animal en nous», entendons-nous souvent quand notre comportement a laissé à désirer.Sa réflexion va bien au-delà de l
Five True Dog Stories
Margaret Davidson · 47 pages
An anthology of five dog stories including the story of Barry, the Saint Bernard.
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis
Edward O. Wilson · 708 pages