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Therapy Animals

Connie Colwell Miller (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534297

Describes what therapy animals do, where they work, how they are trained, and which kinds of animals are best for certain jobs. Includes stories about real animals who have provided therapy to people.

Search and Rescue Dogs

Connie Colwell Miller (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534280

Describes what search and rescue dogs do, where they work, how they are trained, and which dog breeds are the best at working as search and rescue dogs. Includes stories about real dogs who have saved lost or trapped people.

Boa Constrictors

Elizabeth Raum (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534204

Explains cobras, especially the king cobra, including what they eat, where they live, and information about their life cycle and interaction with humans.

Movie Animals and their Trainers

Connie Colwell Miller (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534273

Describes animals that might work in movies, how they are trained, and what a day is like on a movie set. Includes information about movie animals in history and what it’s like to train animals to work in a movie.

Anacondas

Elizabeth Raum (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534198

Describes boa constrictors including what they eat, where they live, and information about their life cycle and interaction with humans.

Rattlesnakes

Elizabeth Raum (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534242

 

Cobras

Elizabeth Raum (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534211

Explains garter snakes including what they eat, where they live, and information about their life cycle and interaction with humans.

Pythons

Elizabeth Raum (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534235

Describes rattlesnakes including what they eat, where they live, and information about their life cycle and interaction with humans.

Triceratops

Barbara Alpert (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534167

Describes how the Triceratops was discovered, how paleontologists study its bones, and what the fossil evidence tells us about the behavior of this three-horned plant-eating dinosaur.

Garter Snakes

Elizabeth Raum (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534228

Describes pythons including what they eat, where they live, and information about their life cycle and interaction with humans.

K-9 Police Dogs

Elizabeth Raum (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534259

Describes what K9 police dogs do, where they work, how they are trained, and which dog breeds are the best at working as police dogs. Includes stories about dogs that work for real police forces around the world.

Bomb Sniffing Dogs

Ann Well (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534266

Describes dogs that work to detect explosives in many locations. Explains training dogs and handlers require, along with the best breeds for the job. Includes stories of dogs that have worked on K9 Police squads and as military working dogs in Iraq.

Stegosaurus

Barbara Alpert (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534150

Describes how the Stegosaurus was discovered, how paleontologists study its bones, and what the fossil evidence tells us about this plant-eating dinosaur with plates.

Pterodactyl

Barbara Alpert (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534143

Describes how the Pterodactyl and other pterosaurs were discovered, how paleontologists study their bones, and what the fossil evidence tells us about these ancient flying lizards.

Apatosaurus

Barbara Alpert (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534136

Describes how the Apatosaurus was discovered, how paleontologists study its bones, and what the fossil evidence tells us about dinosaur behavior.

Do You Really Want a Bird?

Bridget Heos (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607533979

Several pet birds (and the narrator) teach a young boy the responsibility—and the joys—of owning a pet bird. Includes "Is this pet right for me?" quiz.

Do You Really Want a Hamster?

Bridget Heos (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607533986

Mischievous hamsters (and the narrator) teach a young boy the responsibility—and the joys—of owning a hamster. Includes "Is this pet right for me?" quiz.

Do You Really Want a Dog?

Bridget Heos (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607533955

A mischievous dog (and the narrator) teach a young boy the responsibility—and the joys—of owning a dog. Includes "Is this pet right for me?" quiz.

Do You Really Want a Cat?

Bridget Heos (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607533962

A mischievous cat (and the narrator) teach a young girl the responsibility—and the joys—of owning a cat. Includes "Is this pet right for me?" quiz.

Do You Really Want a Horse?

Bridget Heos (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607533993

A horse (and the narrator) teach a young girl the responsibility—and the joys—of owning a horse. Includes "Is this pet right for me?" quiz.

Do You Really Want a Rabbit?

Bridget Heos (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607534006

A shy, yet somewhat mischievous rabbit (and the narrator) teach a young girl the responsibility—and the joys—of owning a rabbit. Includes "Is this pet right for me?" quiz.

Bearded Dragons

Elizabeth Raum (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607536963

Describes bearded dragons, including what they look like, where they live, some of their behaviors, how they reproduce, and how they fit in the world.

Do You Really Want to Meet a Platypus?

Cari Meister (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607536758

A child goes on an adventure to Australia in search of a duck-billed platypus, which is hard to spot in the wild.

Do You Really Want to Visit a Wetland?

Bridget Heos (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607536697

A child goes on an adventure to the Florida Everglades, discovering what the climate is like and encountering many animals and plants that live in wetlands. Includes world map of wetlands and glossary.

Do You Really Want to Meet a Crocodile?

Cari Meister (author)

Publisher: Amicus Publishing ISBN: 9781607536727

A child goes on an adventure to Australia in search of the largest crocodile and learns about the dangers of these wild reptiles.