Happy About Animals: An 8 Year Old's View on Sharing the Earth - Hardcover

Levy, Duncan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1600050190 ISBN 13: 9781600050190

Publisher: Happy About, 2007

Synopsis

This is a book written by a kid for kids. Duncan Levy chose 20
land animals and 11 sea animals to research and share his opinion. It
contains facts that are fun to learn delivered through type of wit you
would expect from a bright 8-year old.

Animals on land Duncan discusses include: albatross, baboon, bobcat,
cheetah, eagle, flamingo, gorilla, hyena, leopard, lion, moose, parrot,
penguin, porcupine, red fox, seal tiger, walrus, wolf, and the polar bear.
Animals in the sea include: boxfix, dolphins, eel, schools of fish,
jellyfish, hammerhead, humback whales, killer whales, rays, salmon, sharks,
and stonefish.

Read the intro paragraph from "Animals on Land" to get a feel for Duncan's
writing style. "Animals on land are fun to look at and can be fun to pet,
particularly domestic animals. I love my grandparent's cats. However, many
of the animals in this book are wild animals, which can only be looked at.
Petting them will result in losing fingers or an arm or worse. Yikes!"

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"I liked this book because there were lots of colorful
pictures. My favorite was the flamingo. The facts were interesting and
some were funny. My favorite animals were the hyena, lion, cheeta and polar
bear. The only reason I may not read Happy About Animals again is because a
boy wrote it."

Sierra Rodrigues - 8 year old girl.

Happy About Animals is a very thoughtful look at the creatures who share
the world with us from a boy who not only enjoys wildlife, but is also
keenly aware of the dangers animals face in our rapidly developing world.
Kids of all ages, and their parents and teachers, will find Duncan Levy's
book insightful and fun!

Anonymous Librarian

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

From chapter 1:

This book talks about animals and why they are special. I am very
"Happy About Animals" and would like to see them protected. The Bald Eagle,
our national bird, is very important to the history of the United States
and has been upgraded from an "endangered" animal to a "threatened" one.
Both don't sound good to me.

In this book you will find specially chosen animals from land and from sea.
I've seen a number of these animals personally and my Grandfather has seen
the rest. It's very cool that he can tell me about what he's seen and I can
share some of that knowledge with you.

About this edition

• Publisher: Happy About
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1600050190
• ISBN 13: 9781600050190
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 60