title: Talking Tails: The Incredible Connection Between People and Their Pets
author:  Ann Love 
description: Grade 36Love and Drake explore the topic on 24 spreads such as "A Cat in the Family," "How to Love a Reptile," "Building a Rodent Relationship," and "Puppy Science: Dog Senses." Most spreads focus on pet-ownership requirements, domesticated and feral counterparts, animal behaviors, communication, breeds, and hybrids. <i>Tails</i> concludes with a moving vignette about a girl with epilepsy and her seizure-response canine. The pages are illustrated with mostly subdued, sometimes humorous pen-and-ink and watercolor cartoons. A running time line from 100,000 BC through AD 2009 appears across the bottom of the spreads, succinctly and effectively infusing facts about pet evolution, burial with their owners, aquarium invention, and breed evolution over time. While the text is informative and the topic popular, the artwork is merely adequate and won't appeal to readers old enough to appreciate the text, especially the time line data.<i>S. McClendon, Friends School of Atlanta, Decatur, GA</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  # Something to Shout About
  
  
  
  
  
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  Berdine Cloud Dent
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Copyright © 2013 Berdine Dent (All rights reserved in all media)
  
  
  
  
  
  Title: “Something to Shout About”
  
  
  Number 6 in a Series
  
  
  The Neddlebee Family Tales
  
  
  By Berdine Cloud Dent
  
  
  Cover Art by Robyn Thompson
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction based on the lives of real animals and people. The
  people’s names have been changed for the stories. The pets’ names, however,
  are the ones that the N. family gave them. Thoughts and dialogue of the
  animals are purely the imagination of the author based on her interpretation
  of their actions.
  
  
  
  
  
  pets, fiery tree toads, relationships, birth, family, children, humor
  
  
  
  
  
  Author’s observation: Technology has provided a myriad of games, movies and TV
  shows to engage children and keep them happy. However, as a teacher, I
  recognize that with every innovation, one reality is a constant. Kids love
  their pets and want to hear about animals in all 