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Every Living Thing
Each story in this collection features an animal, and in every case the existence of the animal helps to foster the feelings of love or compassion in the people. The stories touch upon topics such as alcoholism, aging, loneliness, and foster parenting.
Gowanus Dogs
A homeless man meets some homeless dogs. The meeting changes everyone's life.
Marley and Me
This is a memoir about a family's "life and love with the world's worst dog." It's interesting and funny and sad. Reviewers report that this book appeals to non-readers who can read but don't.
Measuring Penny
A young girl, Lisa, fulfills a math assignment by finding numerous ways to measure her dog, Penny.
| Author: Leedy, Loreen |
HSE Descriptors:
math
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One Kingdom: Our Lives with Animals
Subtitled "the human-animal bond in history, science, and story," this fascinating book focuses on animals, real and not real, throughout history, particularly as they have interacted with humans.
| Author: Noyes, Deborah |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
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Traveling Cat, The
A young girl takes in a stray cat who stays long enough to have kittens before traveling on.
| Author: Lyon, George Ella |
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Tulip Sees America
The author tells a fictionalized version of her trip from the midwest to her new home in Oregon.
Very Best of Friends, The
When a farmer dies, his wife deals with her grief by ignoring (hating) his favorite cat, until she finally realizes that they could find companionship with each other.
World According to Dog, The
This is a charming collection of the author's poems and short essays about dogs written by teens.
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