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By Farley Mowat. 1957
By Natalie Angier. 1996
Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer for the New York Times offers her essays on the beauty of organisms usually considered beastly,…
and the beastliness behind conventional icons of beauty in the natural world. Admitting she "anthropomorphizes shamelessly," she humorously discusses commonalities that humans share with other species. Topics include loving, adapting, healing, creating, and dying. Some descriptions of violence. 1995.By J. Edward Chamberlin. 2006
Chamberlin draws on archaeology, biology, art, literature and ethnography to describe the relationship between humans and horses throughout history -…
from Alexander the Great to Genghis Khan, from the Moors in Spain and the knights in France to the great horse cultures of native America. From the Ice Age to the Industrial Age, horses have provided sustenance, transportation, status, companionship and the ability to establish and expand empires. Included are stories of horses at work, at war and at play, both wild horses and famous horses, in paintings, books and movies. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.By Evelyne Daigle, Geneviève Wright. 2004
An exploration of the world of the whales that live in the St. Lawrence River, including their physical characteristics, methods…
of communication, and food sources. Among the behaviours described are mating, hunting, and stranding, and information about the decimation of whale populations in the last 100 years and the current threats to their survival is also provided. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. 2004. Uniform title: Tant qu'il y aura des baleines--By Elizabeth Cody Kimmel. 1999
By Karleen Bradford. 1990
Karleen Bradford describes the heroic deeds of thirteen animals -- two cats, ten dogs, and a rabbit. She also provides…
information about guide dogs, police tracking dogs, the Akita breed of dogs, and racing sled dogs. Grades 3-6.By Simon Barnes. 2000
This is a challenging, and at times highly emotive, account of 100 animals threatened by extinction and in need of…
human help as we enter the new millennium. Each chapter presents the knock-on effect of the animal's likely disappearance and how the future of the planet depends on its creatures. Grades 3-6.By Les Murray. 1993
Ravens, cuttlefish, sunflowers and a shell-back tick are among those non-verbal members of our natural world which find distinctive voices…
in this new collection of poems by Les Murray. Few poets could achieve such variety of approach to express character and feelings and to give us their vision of the universe. 1993.By Erich Hoyt, Ted Schultz. 1999
This text seeks to assemble some of the most unusual, dramatic and revealing writings about insects, ranging through history from…
the Bible to Darwin and Tom Eisner. The text varies from horror film extracts to scientific fact, and each section is introduced and annotated. 1999.By Deborah Hodge. 2004
Introduces how bees live and work together, the life cycle of a bee as it grows from an egg to…
an adult, and how bees "talk" to one another. Grades 2-4. 2004.By Deborah Hodge. 2004
Introduces how a colony of ants works together, the life cycle of an ant as it develops from an egg…
to an adult, and how ants find food. Includes instructions to build an ant nest out of modeling clay. Grades 2-4. 2004.By Adrienne Mason. 2003
A look at the two main kinds of bats - megabats and microbats. You'll find out where bats live, what…
they eat, how they move and how they use their sense. Grades 2-4. 2003.By Etta Kaner, Pat Stephens. 2004
A look at different kinds of animals and how each has its own way of working together. Bees do a…
dance to tell other bees where to find food, while a flamingo may take care of many flamingo chicks that aren't even hers to help them survive. Grades 3-6. 2004.By Merrily Weisbord, Kim Kachanoff. 2000
All around the world there are certain dogs that provide life saving duties in a variety of different settings. This…
book looks at these canines and discusses their specific talents. It describes the lives of 22 working dogs that rescue, protect, entertain, hunt and happily serve people for a living. 2000.By Pamela Wallin. 2002
Often revered, sometimes feared, cats have been companions to us for over 5,000 years. Included here are reflections on the…
comfort and solace that comes from having a quiet, purring companion through the difficult times in life. 2002.By Morton B Caplan. 1994
A veterinarian discusses what pet owners can do to care for their pets. The first part of the book covers…
basic concerns of pet care, including choosing the right pet, nutrition and feeding, problem behaviour, visitng the vet, breeding, travelling with pets, and the senior years. In the second part, Caplan discusses the most common medical conditions encountered by vets. He explains how the conditions develop, and how they are diagnosed and treated. 1994.By Pamela Hickman. 2000
Meet a fish that flies, a frog that climbs trees and a bird that flies backward. "Animals in Motion" contains…
facts, activities, and easy-to-do experiments that show kids how animals walk, run, glide, fly, slither and jump. Grades 3-6. 2000.By J. C Haigh. 2002
In 1965 Jerry Haigh graduated from veterinary college in Glasgow, Scotland, and within four days - armed with enthusiasm but…
little experience - returned to his birth country, Kenya. While working at a veterinary facility in Kabete, he met and married a Dutch doctor, and they often combined their medical skills to treat both human and animal patients, and each other. Haigh practiced on a wide array of species, including horses, dogs, lions, giraffes, rhinos, and elephants. 2002.By David Attenborough. 1979