In this illustrated collection of pet-related stories children will find out about some of history's scientists, artists, writers, and musicians and their beloved animals.
Did you know that Mozart's pet starling was the inspiration for his Piano Concerto No. 17? Or that writer Dorothy Parker loved animals so much she let a pair of alligators swim in her bathtub? Frida Kahlo memorialized her pet deer Granizo in her painting The Wounded Deer. Albert Einstein, convinced that his parrot, Bibo, was sad, told bad jokes to cheer the bird up. These are just a couple of the stories in this collection that profiles the bond between humans and their pets.
In this illustrated collection of pet-related stories children will find out about some of history's scientists, artists, writers, and musicians and their beloved animals.
Did you know that Mozart's pet starling was the inspiration for his Piano Concerto No. 17? Or that writer Dorothy Parker loved animals so much she let a pair of alligators swim in her bathtub? Frida Kahlo memorialized her pet deer Granizo in her painting The Wounded Deer. Albert Einstein, convinced that his parrot, Bibo, was sad, told bad jokes to cheer the bird up. These are just a couple of the stories in this collection that profiles the bond between humans and their pets.