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Writers and Their Pets

True Stories of Famous Authors and Their Animal Friends

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Writers and Their Pets

By: Kathleen Krull
Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
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Discover how animals influenced 20 of the world's most beloved authors, from Charles Dickens to J. K. Rowling.

Did you know that a dog saved Pablo Neruda's life? Or that Mark Twain had a cat named Bambino? Or that Edgar Allan Poe wrote with a cat on his shoulders?

Writers and Their Pets tells these stories and many more that will delight not only children but also literary experts, history lovers, and animal enthusiasts. Each short chapter focuses on one author's life, using simple and entertaining text to weave tales of the pets that affected the lives and works of these writers.

Writers and Their Pets features a diverse list of both male and female international authors, from the 19th to the 21st century, including Beatrix Potter, E. B. White, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Kurt Vonnegut, Maurice Sendak, Ernest Hemingway, and and more.

©2019 Kathleen Krull (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing
Animals Animals & Nature Art Biographies Historical Nonfiction

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