Extreme Pets

by Jane Harrington, Bill Henderson

Exploring the pros and cons of owning unusual pets, an informative reference tool examines the wacky and weird things animals are able to do with their own bodies, including rodents that detach their own fur and spiders that shoot out spiky hairs.

Genres: Childrens, Animals

164 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Jane Harrington teaches creative writing and literature at Washington & Lee University and is a fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA). Her short fiction has appeared in an array of journals and anthologies, including Chautauqua, Feminine Collective, New Square, Big Fiction, Anthology of Appalachian Writers, and Mountains Piled Upon Mountains: Appalachian Nature Writing in the Anthropocene (West Virginia UP 2019). She has also authored best-selling books for the youth market (Scholastic, Lerner). Jane's novel In Circling Flight was the winner of the Brighthorse Books Prize and long-listed for Crook's Corner Book Prize. Her most recent book is Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance from Black Dog & Leventhal. www.janeharrington.com

Reviews

[Lupine · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a cool book but I could never recommend it because it puts tarantulas in the insect section which makes me question the accuracy of the rest of the book.