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Amazing Gracie: A Dog’s Tale

By Dan Dye
Recommended By Lisa C., Library Clerk

“The co-founders of Three Dog Bakery describe how the rescue of Gracie, a deaf, partially blind, albino Great Dane pup, and her relationship with her owner, Dan Dye, led to the founding of their successful enterprise (From the Publisher).”

Among the Islands

By Tim Flannery

Twenty-five years ago, young Australian museum curator Tim Flannery set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. He shares his accounts of discovering, naming, and sometimes eating new mammal species, being thwarted or aided by local customs, and undertaking historic scientific expeditions.

Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves

By Laurel Braitman

Examines parallels between the ways humans and animals express feelings and experience mental decline, tracing studies of emotionally disturbed animals and their caregivers to consider how their recoveries can inform the human medical community.

Animals Make Us Human

By Temple Grandin

Drawing on the latest research and her own work, Grandin identifies the core emotional needs of animals and explains how to fulfill them.

Art of Racing in the Rain

By Garth Stein
Recommended By Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian
With Ed Goldberg, Head of Reference, Lisa Jones, Readers' Services Librarian, Sonia Grgas, Health Reference Librarian, Ralph Guiteau, Readers' Services Librarian

“He Said, She Said” Book Discussion
Join us for a special evening to celebrate a year of great books and discussions.

Monday, December 19, 2011. 7:30 PM.

Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher’s soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe’s maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.

Betty and Friends

By Betty White
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

“The popular actress and animal welfare advocate offers personal stories of the zoo animals she has known and loved through the years... (From the Publisher).”

Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel

By Carl Safina

Explores the lives and minds of animals, drawing on observations of elephants in Kenya, wolves in Yellowstone National Park, and whales in the Pacific Northwest to describe their profound capacity for perception, thought, and emotion.

Cat Abroad

By Peter Gethers

“...The extraordinary feline with the great Scottish Fold ears, is hightailing it to the south of France - and making pit stops all over the globe (with his favorite human, of course) ... (From the Publisher).”

Cat Daddy: What the World's Most Incorrigible Cat Taught Me About Life, Love, and Coming Clean

By Jackson Galaxy
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

The star of Animal Planet's My Cat From Hell traces the story of his 13-year relationship with gray-and-white feline companion Benny, related their shared healing experiences while offering advice on how to promote optimal human-cat bonds.

Cat Getting Out of a Bag and Other Observations

By Jeffrey Brown
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

A collection of comics based on the author’s cat, depicting its antics as it eats, plays, purrs and engages in other distinctively feline behaviors.

Cat Who Went to Paris

By Peter Gethers

“At one time, publisher and author Peter Gethers was a confirmed cat hater … THE CAT WHO WENT TO PARIS proves that sometimes all it takes is paws and personality to change a life (From the Publisher).”

Cat Who’ll Live Forever

By Peter Gethers

“A good balance of laugh-out-loud and tear-jerking recollections: Gethers makes Norton immortal, delivering an affecting narrative that belongs on the bookshelf of all cat-fanciers (Kirkus Reviews).”

Cats Are Weird and More Observations

By Jeffrey Brown
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

Cartoonist Jeffrey Brown’s drawings perfectly capture the humor and quirkiness of cats in all their strange and charming glory.

Dewey: a Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

By Vicki Myron
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

“This charming and heartwarming story of an extraordinary feline will be welcomed by cat lovers and all librarians who wish they had a library cat (Library Journal).”

Dog Songs: Thirty-five Dog Songs and One Essay

By Mary Oliver
Recommended By Sue Ann R., Head of Children's Services

A selection of new and favorite poems by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Primitive celebrates the canine companions who have enriched her world, exploring how they have accompanied her walks, inspired her work and served as life guides. 

Following Atticus: Forty–Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship

By Tom Ryan

Relates how the author and his dog named Atticus M. Finch attempted to climb all forty–eight of New Hampshire's four–thousand–foot peaks twice to pay tribute to a friend who died of cancer and raise money for charity

Giant George: Life with the World's Biggest Dog

By Dave Nasser

The funny and heartwarming story of one couple's unexpected life with the 'runt of the litter' puppy who grew to be the largest dog in the world...in fact ever.

Going Home: Finding Peace When Pets Die

By Jon Katz

Presents a meditation on coping with the loss of an animal who has enriched one's life, sharing observations on the ways in which people grieve for their pets, related philosophical quesions, and the process of letting go.

Homer’s Odyssey : A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat

By Gwen Cooper
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

A pet rescue volunteer and literacy outreach coordinator describes her relationship with a three-pound blind cat whose daredevil character and affectionate personality saw the author through six moves, a burglary, and the healing of her broken heart.

Izzy and Lenore: Two Dogs, An Unexpected Journey, and Me

By Jon Katz
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

The author describes how Izzy, a dog with an uncanny sensitivity toward ill and troubled humans, led him to take on the difficult but rewarding job of hospice volunteer, while his acquisition of Lenore, a Labrador puppy, helped him overcome depression.

Last Rhinos: my battle to save one of the world's greatest creatures

By Lawrence Anthony with Graham Spence

An award-winning conservationist traces his efforts to save the endangered White Rhino, describing the brutal region where the last 15 were struggling to survive, the bureaucratic forces the author navigated to establish protections and his work as chief negotiator between the violent Lord’s Resistance Army and the Ugandan government.

Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog

By Dave Barry
Recommended By Sue Ann R., Head of Children's Services

A Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist and best–selling author of Dave Barry Turns 40 now shows how to age gracefully, taking cues from his beloved and highly intelligent dog, Lucy.

Lily and the Octopus

By Steven Rowley
Recommended By Sue Ann R., Head of Children's Services

A man is reminded of how it feels to love fiercely, to fight for a loved one and to work through the pain of letting go as he becomes gradually aware of his devoted bond with his aging canine companion.

Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story

By Daphne Sheldrick

A conservationist who has dedicated her life to saving orphan elephants in Africa describes her relationships with her late husband, Tsavo Park warden David Sheldrick, and a host of animals, including the majestic elephant, Eleanor.

Making Rounds with Oscar

By David Dosa
Recommended By Jean Buchholtz, Library Clerk, Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director

 “Making Rounds with Oscar is the story of an unusual cat, the patients he serves, their caregivers, and of one doctor who learned how to listen. Heartfelt, inspiring, and full of humor and pathos, this book allows readers to take a walk into a world rarely seen from the outside, a world we often misunderstand (From the Publisher).”

Marley & Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog

By John Grogan
Recommended By Amy B., Children's Librarian

Follows the life story of an exuberant Labrador retriever who gets into perpetual trouble and experiences a range of inspiring adventures, from shutting down an entire beach to guarding a seventeen–year–old neighbor after a stabbing attack.

My Gentle Barn: Creating a Sanctuary Where Animals Heal & Children Learn to Hope

By Ellie Laks
Recommended By Sue Ann R., Head of Children's Services

“Traces the uplifting story of a Los Angeles-based nonprofit animal rescue that has saved hundreds of creatures from unsafe conditions, describing how the author and shelter volunteers rehabilitate their charges, many of whom become companions for at-risk inner-city and special-needs children (From the Publisher).”

Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love

By Larry Levin
Recommended By Sue Ann R., Head of Children's Services

“…Heartwarming and redemptive, OOGY is the story of the people who were determined to rescue this dog against all odds, and of the family who took him home, named him "Oogy" (an affectionate derivative of ugly), and made him one of their own (From the Publisher).”

Pet Sematary

By Stephen King

When a little boy's pet dies, and he persuades his parents to bury it in an old Indian cemetary, reputed by legend to house restless spirits, a nightmare of death and destruction begins.

Possibility Dogs

By Susannah Charleson

A tour of the psychiatric service dog industry traces the author's work with unwanted shelter dogs before matching them with people in need, documenting her own partnership with a search canine while sharing uplifting success stories.

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

By Laura Hillenbrand
Recommended By Jean Buchholtz, Library Clerk

"Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938… Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race (From the Publisher)."

Secrets of a Pet Nanny: A Journey from the White House to the Dog House

By Eileen Riley

At aged twenty–eight, Eileen Riley had an enviably glamorous life; her globe– trotting career as a diplomat took her from the corridors of power at the White House to postings in Cameroon and Papua New Guinea, and finally, London–where she decided to give it all up to become a professional dog-sitter. But her diplomatic skills were to prove invaluable in her new career.

Street Cat Named Bob: And How He Saved My Life

By James Bowen
Recommended By Lisa C., Library Clerk

“A U.S. release of a best-selling account from England traces the story of an impoverished London street musician who after saving an injured and highly intelligent cat found his life profoundly changed in unexpected ways (From the Publisher).”

Thereby Hangs a Tail

By Spencer Quinn
Series Chet and Bernie Mysteries
Recommended By Ed Goldberg, Head of Reference

“A follow-up to Dog On It finds the human-and-canine investigative team endeavoring to rescue an abducted show dog, a case that is complicated by reporter Susie Sanchez's disappearance and Chet's separation from Bernie (From the Publisher).”

Unlikely Friendships

By Jennifer S. Holland
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

“A senior writer for National Geographic magazine presents a collection of heart-warming tales about animals who have forged unlikely, abiding bonds with other animals not of their own species, from Koko the gorilla's famous adoption of All Ball the kitten to the friendship between Owen the hippo and the tortoise Mzee (From the Publisher).”

Unsaid

By Neil Abramson
Recommended By Arlene Silverman, Library Clerk

“After veterinarian Helena Colden dies of breast cancer, she is unable to move on and narrates the emotional deterioration and struggle of her attorney husband David as he becomes involved in a court case to save the life of a chimpanzee (From the Publisher).”

When Harry Met Minnie: A True Story of Love and Friendship

By Martha Teichner
Recommended By Donna Burger, Readers' Services Librarian

The Emmy Award–winning CBS Sunday Morning correspondent describes how she adopted a dying friend’s Bull Terrier as a companion to her own, forging unexpected heartwarming and heartbreaking bonds along the way.

Will's Red Coat

By Tom Ryan
Recommended By Lisa C., Library Clerk

Traces the author's adoption of a traumatized, hearing-impaired elderly dog who throughout his remaining years transformed from a hostile and violent canine to a happy, puppy-like companion.

Wolves at Our Door: The Extraordinary Story of the Couple Who Lived With Wolves

By Jim and Jamie Dutcher

Two filmmakers offer a look at wolf behavior as they describe their six years living among and filming an Idaho wolfpack and reveal new facts about one of the world's most complex, intelligent, and misunderstood animals.

World According to Bob: The Further Adventures of One Man and His Streetwise Cat

By James Bowen
Recommended By Lisa C., Library Clerk

Describes the author’s transition from a street musician to an international celebrity and the moments of friendship, bravery, and humor he has shared with his feline companion (From the Publisher).

Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story, From Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris

By Michael Allin

Zarafa was a gentle 19th-century giraffe, a simple animal whose life was dictated by the tumultuous times around her. From the African savanna where she was caught and tamed as an infant, to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and then on to France, this odd animal captivated the French people for almost two decades, as she lived out her life as a part of the royal menagerie.