Why the Wild Things Are

Why the Wild Things Are
ISBN-10
0674040929
ISBN-13
9780674040922
Category
Psychology
Pages
248
Language
English
Published
2009-06-30
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Gail F. Melson

Description

This is the first book to examine children's many connections to animals and to explore their developmental significance. Gail Melson looks not only at the therapeutic power of pet-owning for children with emotional or physical handicaps, but also the ways in which zoo and farm animals, and even certain television characters, become confidants or teachers for children--and sometimes, tragically, their victims.

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