Together Forever: True Stories of Amazing Animal Friendships! (National Geographic Chapters Series)

by Mary Quattlebaum

Overview

A fluffy chicken and a pup on wheels? A goat and a donkey who are inseparable? Puppy and cheetah best friends? This new chapter book features all kinds of heartwarming, awwwww-inspiring—and completely true—stories about animal friendships. It's so funny, sweet, and filled with engaging photos, fast facts, and fascinating sidebars, that you can't help but want to cuddle up and read about these unlikely pairings and animal best buddies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781426324642
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/12/2016
Series:	National Geographic Kids Chapters Series
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	685,059
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	740L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Mary Quattlebaum loved playing pirates, reading ghost stories, and planting seeds in the family garden when she was a kid. And pirates, ghosts, and a garden are all featured in her books, which include Hero Dogs!: True Stories of Amazing Animal Heroes!, Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns, and Jo MacDonald Hiked in the Woods. She is the author of 20 award-winning children's picture books, books of poetry, chapter books, and novels. Quattlebaum teaches in the Vermont College MFA program and at the Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland. She also regularly reviews children's books for The Washington Post.

Editorial Reviews

"So funny, sweet, and filled with engaging photos, fast facts, and fascinating sidebars, that you can't help but want to cuddle up and read about these unlikely pairings and animal best buddies." — the Mommy Island

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From the Publisher

12/01/2016
Gr 2–5-This title contains all the ingredients for great, accessible nonfiction: stories featuring unlikely and heartwarming animal friendships, adorable photographs, and engaging trivia. However, the tales are uninspiring and meandering, and the overall result is somewhat flat. Visually, the book is appealing, with colorful borders, informational sidebars, and fun "Did You Know" tidbits. But the three main stories (each divided into three chapters) are slow and bland. VERDICT With so many exceptional animal selections already on library shelves (e.g., K.A. Applegate's The One and Only Ivan and Lindsay Mattick's Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear), this mediocre offering will be easy to pass up.-Laura Lintz, Henrietta Public Library, Rochester, NY

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