Collects unusual and amazing stories about animals, including the fastest fish in the ocean, an elephant that paints pictures, and the smallest bat in the world.
"At the pet show, there are so many different types of pets. With dogs and cats, horses and chickens, hamsters and chinchillas--and many, many more--this book celebrates animal companions of all shapes and sizes"--
Everyday, animals get themselves into crazy situations. Come join author Carol Campodonica and she tells some Crazy Animal Stories. Meet Deliverance, a goose who has some interesting habits, like scaring cats and playing in the swimming pool. As Christmas draws near, Katy is worried that her pet goose won't survive the holidays. How will Deliverance ever make it through? Meet Charger, a happy, energetic dog who loves his family. When a unwanted visitor shows up in the family's yard, Charger knows it's up to him to save the day. Readers young and old will love these Crazy Animal Stories.
PEOPLE is about people - except when it's about pets. PEOPLE's Best Pet and Animal Stories brings 35 years of great pet and animal stories and one-of-a kind pictures together in one book. The book will feature chapters on celebrities and their pets; hero pets; strange friends; unusual pets (the buffalo in the living room, the giraffe in the backyard); and I -can't-believe-they-do-that pets (who can forget Bert, the skydiving dachshund?). If you like pets, own a pet or, perhaps, even are a pet, this is the book for you. Caution: may cause even hardened cynics to smile.
"will give toddlers a happy Halloween" – The Sunday Times This eye-poppingly colourful, hilarious book is an instant winner with children and adults alike. Starring an adorably grumpy bat and animal friends, I Am Bat is perfect for fans of Superbat and Oi Frog! Bat's cherries keep going missing. One by one, they are whisked away by mischievous animal tricksters behind Bat's back. Super-talent Morag Hood cleverly draws the reader into this interactive story: as Bat attempts to track down the guilty cherry thief everyone's a suspect – including you! From the illustrator of Sophie Johnson: Unicorn Expert and creator of The Steves, Aalfred and Aalbert and Colin and Lee, Carrot and Pea.
A provocative scholar delivers the first book on the new science of storytelling: the latest thinking on why we tell stories and what stories reveal about human nature.