Writers and their pets : true stories of famous authors and their animal friends /
Krull, Kathleen,
Writers and their pets : true stories of famous authors and their animal friends / by Kathleen Krull ; art by Violet Lemay. - 192 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: her immortal dog -- Edgar Allan Poe: scary and strange -- Charles Dickens: keeper of the raven -- Mark Twain: of comedy and cats -- Edith Wharton: writing novels with a lap full of dogs -- Beatrix Potter: drawn to mice and bunnies -- Gertrude Stein: a poddle is a poodle is a poodle -- Virginia Woolf: a dog of her own -- Dorothy Parker: devoted to dogs -- William Faulkner: falling off a horse -- E.B. White: of dogs, pigs, and spiders -- Ernest Hemingway: a soft spot for cats -- John Steinbeck: the famous Charley -- Marguerite Henry: queen of the wild ponies -- Pablo Neruda: when your pet saves your life -- Kurt Vonnegut: black humor with a pumkin accent -- Flannery O'connor: life is better with peacocks -- Maurice Sendak: dogs and other wild things -- Alice Walker: communing with chickens -- J.K. Rowling: the best reason to have a pet.
"Did you know that Edgar Alan Poe wrote with a cat on his shoulders? That a dog saved Pablo Neruda's life? Or that Mark Twain had a cat named Bambino? Writers and Their Pets tells these stories and many more with full-color illustrations and a chirpy narrative that will delight literary buffs, history lovers, and animal enthusiasts. Writers and Their Pets is the perfect follow-up to the successful Artists and Their Pets"--
Grades 4-6. Ages 9-12.
9781947458529 1947458523
2018035151
Pets--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.
Authors--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.
Pet owners--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.
Human-animal relationships--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
Anecdotes.
Writers and their pets : true stories of famous authors and their animal friends / by Kathleen Krull ; art by Violet Lemay. - 192 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: her immortal dog -- Edgar Allan Poe: scary and strange -- Charles Dickens: keeper of the raven -- Mark Twain: of comedy and cats -- Edith Wharton: writing novels with a lap full of dogs -- Beatrix Potter: drawn to mice and bunnies -- Gertrude Stein: a poddle is a poodle is a poodle -- Virginia Woolf: a dog of her own -- Dorothy Parker: devoted to dogs -- William Faulkner: falling off a horse -- E.B. White: of dogs, pigs, and spiders -- Ernest Hemingway: a soft spot for cats -- John Steinbeck: the famous Charley -- Marguerite Henry: queen of the wild ponies -- Pablo Neruda: when your pet saves your life -- Kurt Vonnegut: black humor with a pumkin accent -- Flannery O'connor: life is better with peacocks -- Maurice Sendak: dogs and other wild things -- Alice Walker: communing with chickens -- J.K. Rowling: the best reason to have a pet.
"Did you know that Edgar Alan Poe wrote with a cat on his shoulders? That a dog saved Pablo Neruda's life? Or that Mark Twain had a cat named Bambino? Writers and Their Pets tells these stories and many more with full-color illustrations and a chirpy narrative that will delight literary buffs, history lovers, and animal enthusiasts. Writers and Their Pets is the perfect follow-up to the successful Artists and Their Pets"--
Grades 4-6. Ages 9-12.
9781947458529 1947458523
2018035151
Pets--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.
Authors--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.
Pet owners--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.
Human-animal relationships--Anecdotes--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
Anecdotes.