books about: animals     books:       Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing25 reviews Judi Barrett Aladdin, 1988 There is a kid in all of us. We found this book while searching for another one, "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs." Both of these make great bed time reading for our now second grader. Everyone enjoys "reading." Its a great bonding time with our son.             Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)424 reviews Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ... Harper Perennial, 2008 Read it twice....so far. My husband and I just loved this book. I resd it out loud to him, and so far we've read it twice!!!!             Animal Farm: Centennial Edition1210 reviews George Orwell Plume, 2003 Contemporary Relevant Once written as a parody of the communist system, it actually works just as well as a contemporary parody of Corporate America. The pigs are ingrained in the corporate culture - from Wall Street to Big-Box-Marts - and there is no shortage of dumb horses working to death to support them. Certainly not the author's intent, but an extension that makes sense to anyone who has seen how small cliques ...             Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink9 reviews Jane Goodall, Gail Hudson, ... Grand Central Publishing, 2009 So good! Jane Goodall has an incredibly positive writing style! Its very fun to read and inspiring!             Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals49 reviews Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009 This will change the way you look at dog behaviors! I believe that I have read all of Dr. Grandin's previous books, however this to me is the best one yet! As someone who nearly never marks up a book, my copy of Animals Make Us Human has now set the record for my most folded, underlined and highlighted so far! Dr. Grandin provides numerous "ah-HAH" moments......presenting us with ideas where you immediately feel its' truth. As an example, ...             Animal-Speak: The Spiritual & Magical Powers of Creatures Great & Small130 reviews Ted Andrews Llewellyn Publications, 1996 We will miss Ted Andrews... This is probably his best, but it's hard to choose. It is the most comprehensive compendium on animals and totems that I have found. Ted Andrews left a magnificent legacy of his knowledge and teachings. We will surely miss him.             Eating Animals63 reviews Jonathan Safran Foer Little, Brown and Company, 2009 Thought Provoking I have been a vegetarian for over a year, which is what originally made me pick up this book. However, the reader will soon see that this book is not advocating vegetetarianism, but simply analyzes eating animals and its moral, economic, and environmental impacts on society. To dumb it down, it was an amazing book that helped reinforce my ideas on my eating habits and forced me to reconsider ...             My Big Animal Book (My Big Board Books)63 reviews Roger Priddy Priddy Bicknell, 2002 a kid pleaser and very sturdy book Everything the other reviewers have said is absolutely true. Your kid will love this book and want to read it over and over. My 1 year old can't talk yet, but she was able to point out the animals she had seen during a trip to the zoo. I bought my copy at a thrift store, and I was especially impressed by the fact that crayon marks wiped right off the pages leaving the book good as new. This ...             Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism56 reviews George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller Princeton University Press, 2009 The Power of Great Stories The phrase "animal spirits" comes from John Maynard Keynes, the great British economist, who saw the role of emotion and irrationality as looming large in economic behavior. As Akerlof and Shiller see it, Keynes had it right, but the neo-Keynesians who followed him watered his theories down to conform more closely with the "invisible hand" classical economics of Adam Smith. The key person in ...             Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior171 reviews Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson Harvest Books, 2006 Original and Absolutely Fascinating The title says it all. Temple Grandin is unique so her thoughts are unique. It changed the way I think about animals *and* humans.             National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals18 reviews Karen McGhee, George Mc Kay Ph.D. National Geographic Children's Books, 2006 Great for little animal lovers We bought this book 6 months ago for my then 2 1/2 yo son and it is still by far his favorite book. There are pictures and snippets of info on so many animals he has never been bored with it. Rather than just identifying an animal as a shark, bear or fish etc, he loves identifying the different types of each animal. He loves for someone to read it to him, but he also simply enjoys just lying on ...             The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild21 reviews Craig Childs Back Bay Books, 2009 Terrific Read If you enjoy a combination of natural history and lyrical narrative, then you will be enthusiastic about this book. You learn a great deal about each of the animals mentioned, as well as receiving some story/stories of appreciation and intrigue related to each. I savored this book, and also found it good for reading aloud with friends. If you have found yourself sharing some form of ...             Draw 50 Animals8 reviews Lee J. Ames Broadway, 1985 daughter loves My daughter loves these books. I think we own them all now. Very easy to follow. Great for beginners.             The Book of Animal Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong12 reviews John Mitchinson, John Lloyd Harmony, 2008 Interesting and funny/wierd If you have read "Everything you think you know is wrong" and liked it, you will def like this one as well. Most of the topics are intriguing and funny. There are a ton of interesting facts and things that i never knew about animals. A must read for people who like useless knowledge.             Reaching the Animal Mind: Clicker Training and What It Teaches Us About All Animals53 reviews Karen Pryor Scribner, 2009 Brilliant! A wonderful read for all animal lovers! This is a really insightful look into how to understand the thoughts and feelings of many different species. She shows how clicker training is a tool for all mammals - even humans! I really love her videos, and I can't get over the video of the fish who throws a small tantrum when he is not rewarded for his trick. She manages to show that all sorts ...             Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife69 reviews David Burnie DK ADULT, 2005 Best Bucks I've Spent In A While This book is amazing! Full colors, great pictures in every page, lots of animals I'd have never known otherwise. I mean, apparently Pikachu is real! Well, at least one that doesn't shoot thunderbolts is. Anyway, this book is both entertaining and educational. I'm an artist, I really draw a lot of inspiration from this book. For the price, I think it is totally worth it. I would recommend this ...             First Animal Encyclopedia (Dk First Reference Series)16 reviews DK Publishing DK CHILDREN, 2004 Interesting book with awesome pictures I bought this book for my 6 and 9 year old boys. They love it. It's filled with awesome pictures, interesting facts and information, and it is well written and easy to understand. We usually read a section or two each night. It's become my 6 year old's favorite book to read.             Harvest Moon: Animal Parade Official Strategy Guide1 review BradyGames BRADY GAMES, 2009 Worth the Money! I've been a Harvest Moon fan since the Super Nintendo days, and it's fun to see how the game has advanced. Animal Parade is by far the most detailed and complex in the series so far, and the stratagy guide is a big help. The guide is devided into 4 sections: Basics, Events, Character Data, and Item Data. The sections are color coded and it's not too hard to find what you're looking for. ...             The Nature of Animal Healing : The Definitive Holistic Medicine Guide to Caring for Your Dog and Cat133 reviews Martin Goldstein D.V.M. Ballantine Books, 2000 Great resource for pet care Everyone we share this with loves it. It is truly a clear simple resource for a safe alternative pet care.             How to Draw 101 Animals11 reviews Dan Green Top That! Kids, 2004 This is a great buy! I've been looking for a way to get my kids interested in drawing, I ordered the books (101 Monsters, 101 Funny People & 101 Animals) and pretended like I bought them for myself, my 6 year old son saw me drawing and asked what I was doing "oh, just learning to draw monsters" he called up his older brother and they asked me if they could try, "sure" they took the book and spent hours drawing that ...              search for books animal-speak, behavior, capitalism, centennial, clothing, creating, creatures, definitely, definitive, dialogues, encounters, encyclopedia, endangered, everything, geographic, holistic, ignorance, medicine, mysteries, national, official, psychology, reaching, reference, spiritual, training, translation, uncommon, vegetable, wildlife books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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