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How to be a good creature : a memoir in thirteen animals  Cover Image Book Book

How to be a good creature : a memoir in thirteen animals / by Sy Montgomery ; illustrated by Rebecca Green.

Montgomery, Sy, (author.). Green, Rebecca, 1986- (illustrator.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780544938328 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0544938321 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary, etc.:
A naturalist and adventurer discusses the personalities and quirks of thirteen animals who have profoundly affected her, exploring themes of learning to become empathetic, creating families, coping with loss, and the otherness and sameness of people and animals.
Subject: Human-animal relationships > Anecdotes.
Animals > Anecdotes.
Nature.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Anecdotes.
Illustrated works.

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  • 30 of 32 copies available at Bibliomation.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Salem Free Public Library. (Show)

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  • 1 current hold with 32 total copies.
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