{"product_id":"talking-tailsisbn-9780887768842","title":"Talking Tails","description":"Pets and their owners appear together in a book as heartwarming as it is informative.\u003cp\u003eFrom our earliest beginnings, we have shared our lives with animals. Jane Drake and Ann Love explore the ties that humans and their pets have formed. With fun and fascinating facts, they address Dog People and Cat People. (Why does a cat wind around her owner's legs? She's rubbing her owner with glands on her face to say \"you're mine.\") They also introduce us to more unusual pets. There's Polly the parrot, who lived through the Klondike Gold Rush to be 126 years old by belting back whiskey, swearing, and biting gold miners. And, of course, there are fish and reptiles, rodents and horses, all of whom can be beloved pets. As useful as it is fun, \u003cb\u003eTalking Tails\u003c\/b\u003e is a must for children who have or want a pet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR ALIEN INVADERS:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a highly relevant topic.... A good choice for science enthusiasts and non-fiction readers, this succinct, lucid text makes global ecology palpable.\"\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR SWEET!:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"... A yummy feast.... \u003cb\u003eSweet!\u003c\/b\u003e is one tasty treat.\"\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003eANN LOVE and JANE DRAKE, sisters and coauthors, have written many award-winning books for young readers, including \u003cb\u003eCool Woods: A Trip around the World's Boreal Forest\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eSnow Amazing\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eCool Facts and Warm Tales\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eTrash Action: A Fresh Look at Garbage\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eSweet! The Delicious Story of Candy\u003c\/b\u003e; and \u003cb\u003eAlien Invaders: Species That Threaten Our World\u003c\/b\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBILL SLAVIN has illustrated over seventy books for children, including \u003cb\u003eThe Big Book of Canada\u003c\/b\u003e by Christopher Moore and \u003cb\u003eIt's a Snap: George Eastman's First Photograph\u003c\/b\u003e 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.","brand":"Tundra Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303959941349,"sku":"NP9780887768842","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780887768842_849c1f61-46f7-40e7-be52-3335fdd28a36.jpg?v=1730755903","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/talking-tailsisbn-9780887768842","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}