Books for Animal Lovers: E-Book Version!

Our pets bring us joy, support and companionship. Fluffy, feathery, scaly, or slimy. Pets enrich human lives. Over countless years, in countless ways, our animal friends have shaped human development. The following titles explore the unique interconnection we have with our pets.

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A Friend Like Henry
Gardner, Nuala
Ebook
"This touching story is an emotional rollercoaster."--Book Review The New York Times bestselling story of a boy, his dog, and the love that changed their lives forever. When Jamie and Nuala Gardner chose a puppy for their son, Dale, they weren't an ordinary family choosing an...
Never Turn Your Back on an Angus Cow
Pol, Dr. Jan
Ebook
The star of The Incredible Dr. Pol shares his amusing, and often poignant, tales from his four decades as a vet in rural Michigan.   Dr. Jan Pol is not your typical veterinarian. Born and raised the Netherlands on a dairy farm, he is the star of Nat Geo Wild's hit show...
A Big Little Life
Koontz, Dean
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In a profound, funny, and beautifully rendered portrait of a beloved companion, bestselling novelist Dean Koontz remembers the golden retriever who changed his life. A retired service dog, Trixie was three when Dean and his wife, Gerda,...
Dog Sense
Bradshaw, John
Ebook
Dogs have been mankind's faithful companions for tens of thousands of years, yet today they are regularly treated as either pack-following wolves or furry humans. The truth is, dogs are neither -- and our misunderstanding has put them in serious crisis. What dogs really need is a...
All Creatures Great and Small
Herriot, James
Ebook
From a Yorkshire veterinarian and a "wise and wonderful writer": The New York Times bestseller and basis for the beloved BBC series of the same name (The Boston Globe).   In the rolling dales of Yorkshire, a simple, rural region of northern...
Rescuing Christmas: Holiday HavenHome for ChristmasA Puppy for Will
Thompson, Vicki Lewis
Ebook
Holiday Haven by Vicki Lewis Thompson All Ben Rhodes wants for Christmas is to be left alone. And yet, in a fit of Christmas-cheer-induced insanity, he agrees to help beautiful shelter director Tansy Dexter find homes for all her rambunctious animals. Little does he know...
The Dalai Lama's Cat
Michie, David
Ebook
"In the months that followed I watched His Holiness working on a new book . . . I began to think that perhaps the time had come for me to turn my paws to a book of my own . . . one that tells my own tale . . . How I was rescued from a fate too grisly to contemplate, to become constant companion...
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Van Pelt, Shelby
Ebook
A New York Times Bestseller Soon to be a Netflix Film A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! "Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing." -...
Until Tuesday A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him
Witter, Bret.
Ebook

Until Tuesday is the story of how two wounded warriors, who had given so much and suffered the consequences, found salvation in each other. It is a story about war and peace, injury and recovery, psychological wounds and spiritual restoration. But more than that, it is a story about the love between a man and dog, and how, together, they healed each other’s souls.

No Cats Allowed
James, Miranda
Ebook
The New York Times bestselling Cat in the Stacks series continues as librarian Charlie Harris and his cat Diesel must clear a friend when the evidence is stacked against her... Mississippi librarian Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat Diesel are on their guard. Oscar...
A Christmas Home
Kincaid, Greg
Ebook
Todd McCray, hero of A Dog Named Christmas, is now twenty-four years old and working at a local animal shelter, where he meets and quickly becomes best friends with Laura, a young volunteer. Laura, like Todd, has disabilities of her own, but her struggles are more physical than developmental....
The Soul of an Octopus
Montgomery, Sy
Ebook
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable...
Bird Sense
Birkhead, Tim
Ebook
What is it like to be a swift, flying at over one hundred kilometres an hour? Or a kiwi, plodding flightlessly among the humid undergrowth in the pitch dark of a New Zealand night? And what is going on inside the head of a nightingale as it sings, and how does its brain improvise? ...
Deck the Hounds
Rosenfelt, David
Ebook
"The perfect holiday gift for animal lovers." - Publisher's Weekly This Christmas mystery, featuring criminal defense lawyer Andy Carpenter and his faithful golden retriever, Tara, showcases Rosenfelt's trademark humor and larger-than-life characters. ...
A Dog Named Boo: How One Dog and One Woman Rescued Each Other - and the Lives They Transformed Along the Way
Edwards, Lisa J.
Ebook
She thought she was rescuing an abandoned puppy. Turns out, he was rescuing her. The last thing Lisa Edwards needed was a new dog. But when she came across an abandoned litter on Halloween, her heart went out to the runt who walked into walls and couldn't steady his...

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