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Americans own 73 million dogs and 90 million cats, considering them best friends, family members, and even children. Relationships with cats and dogs are some of the longest and most intimate of our lives. Why are we attached? Animal behavior experts, evolutionary biologists, veterinarians, and pet owners get personal in a series of interviews and stories that are insightful, funny, heartwarming, and life-changing.
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With 39 presidents to date in the Oval Office come more than 400 pets over the course of 200 years. The real top dogs are the hundreds of animals that have called the White House their home. These four-legged creatures are a part of the inner sanctum. They influence elections and capture the hearts of the American people. From bears to parrots, dogs, and cats, learn of the creatures that have roamed the halls of one of the most famous homes in history....
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This children's book is a fictionalized biography of an abused kitten found in an alley and the life it shared with a non-traditional extended family. Cookie and the family members demonstrate to young children how a pet can come into a home and become an integral member of the family. The narration ends with a poem that is simple enough for any young child to memorize and recite. The simple, but colorful drawings are done by the author.