Pets and Their Famous Humans
Pets and Their Famous Humans In this charmingly illustrated collection of pet-related stories children will find out about some of history's most important scientists, artists, writers, and musicians…
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Pets and Their Famous Humans
In this charmingly illustrated collection of pet-related stories children will find out about some of history's most important 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? These are just a couple of the stories in this delightful and surprising collection that profiles the strong bond between humans and their pets. Or that writer Dorothy Parker loved animals so much she let a pair of alligators swim in her bathtub?
Some are a little quirky: Albert Einstein, convinced that his parrot, Bibo, was sad, told bad jokes to cheer the bird up. Some of these stories are touching: Frida Kahlo memorialized her pet deer Granizo in her painting The Wounded Deer. Each of these wonderfully entertaining stories is made even more appealing by Katherine Quinn's