Talking Tails: The Incredible Connection Between People and Their Pets

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From the earliest beginnings, humans have shared their lives with animals. Jane Drake and Ann Love explore these intriguing ties that have been formed between owners and their pets. From fish and reptiles to rodents and horses, this is a useful and fascinating history that celebrates all creatures great and small. Drake and Love address Dog Lovers and Cat Lovers, and offer plenty of intriguing facts about animals. They also introduce unusual pets like Polly the parrot who lived to be 126 years old belting whiskey and biting gold miners. A must-have for animal lovers.

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PRAISE FOR ALIEN INVADERS:
"This is a highly relevant topic.... A good choice for science enthusiasts and non-fiction readers, this succinct, lucid text makes global ecology palpable."
Toronto Star


PRAISE FOR SWEET!:
"... A yummy feast.... Sweet! is one tasty treat."
School Library Journal

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ANN LOVE and JANE DRAKE, sisters and coauthors, have written many award-winning books for young readers, including Cool Woods- A Trip around the World's Boreal Forest; Snow Amazing- Cool Facts and Warm Tales; Trash Action- A Fresh Look at Garbage; Sweet! The Delicious Story of Candy; and Alien Invaders- Species That Threaten Our World. They share a lifelong interest in the environment and the wild, travel extensively, and, through their books and presentations, inspire children to be more observant of the world around them. Ann Love and Jane Drake live in the Toronto area. BILL SLAVIN has illustrated over seventy books for children, including The Big Book of Canada by Christopher Moore and It's a Snap- George Eastman's First Photograph in Monica Kulling's 'Great Idea Series', biographies for the very young. He has won the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, the Blue Spruce Award, and the Zena Sutherland Award for Children's Literature, among many others. Bill Slavin lives in Millbrook, Ontario. From the Hardcover edition.