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Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
246 pages
Description
"In Unlikely Heroes, Ms. Holland uncovers and celebrates yet another side of animals that we often think belongs primarily to people--heroism, that indefinable quality of going above and beyond, often for altruistic reasons, often at great personal risk. These 37 inspiring true tales show animals whose quick acts have saved lives, like the pod of dolphins who protected swimmers in New Zealand from a great white shark by forming a screen around them....
Author
Publisher
Workman Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xiii, 210 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
Presents a collection of stories about animals who have forged unlikely, abiding bonds with other animals of different species, from Koko the gorilla and All Ball the kitten to Owen the hippo and the tortoise Mzee.
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xv, 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Description
Jennifer Holland, who writes about animal relationships with insight, compassion, and a fine narrative touch, explores animal attachments that, in human terms, can only be called love. Packed with beautiful, breathtaking full-color photographs, Unlikely Loves is a celebration of love between species. Here are stories of parental love, like the Dalmatian who mothers a newborn lamb a lamb that just happens to be white with black spots! Stories of playful...
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