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Animal stories, heartwarming true tales from the animal kingdom, Jane Yolen with her children, Heidi E.Y. Stemple, Adam Stemple, & Jason Stemple ; illustrated by Jui Ishida

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-158) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Animal stories

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Jane Yolen with her children, Heidi E.Y. Stemple, Adam Stemple, & Jason Stemple ; illustrated by Jui Ishida

National Geographic kids

heartwarming true tales from the animal kingdom

Presents a collection of true animal stories from different historical periods, including the tales of Balto the Alaskan sled dog, Smoky the Bear, and Internet sensation Christian the lion

Machine generated contents note: The sled dog who helped save the children of Nome -- The Iditarod Race Ccmmemorates the run -- Balanchine's elephants -- The humane treatment of performing animals -- Simon: ship's cat first class -- Other onboard cats -- Keiko, the orca movie star -- Orca (Orcinus Orca), killer whale? -- Daughter of sunshine -- Altruism in animals -- Owen & Mzee: an unlikely pair -- Other unlikely pairs -- The Capitoline geese -- After the battle -- Hoover, the talking seal -- Talking animals -- Greyfriars Bobby -- Man's best friend -- The elephant whisperer -- Elephant mourners -- Cher ami, the pigeon hero -- Homing pigeons: how do they find their way home? -- Washoe, the hand-signing chimp -- Another famous signing chimp -- Christian the lion -- Lions in captivity -- Saving the whales -- Gray whale -- Seabiscuit, the people's horse -- Why was Seabiscuit so popular? -- Smokey, the firefighting bear -- Was mokey too good at fire prevention? -- Pale male, big-city hawk -- Red-tailed hawks outside the city -- The last of lonesome George -- Darwin, evolution, & tortoises -- The Tamworth two -- What is a Tamworth pig? -- Animal stories around the world -- Animal stories time line

juvenile