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This page will continue to develop, so please check back.  Also be sure to see our blog's zoology and feel-good categories.  The resources below come from a variety of perspectives, and some should be referenced with discernment.  But all of them have much to contribute to our appreciation for God's creatures.

learning about animals (zoology) / appreciating animals (stories) / spending time with animals / animal humor & cuteness / children & animals


learning about animals (zoology)

documentaries

Arctic Tale, DogTown, The Life of Birds (see this highly enjoyable clip), March of the Penguins, Winged Migration, many Animal Planet and National Geographic shows ...

books

your local library should be a treasure trove of animal reference books ...

articles

"Minds of Their Own" by Virginia Morell ...


appreciating animals (stories)

documentaries

The Story of the Weeping Camel, The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill:

movies

Babe & Babe: Pig in the City, Charlotte's Web, Chicken Run ...

books

All Creatures Great and Small series by James Herriot, Animals Can Be Almost Human by Reader's Digest, The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, Chosen by a Horse by Susan Richards, The Good Good Pig by Sy Montgomery, Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, Stuart Little by E. B. White, Watership Down by Richard Adams ...


spending time with animals

ideas

spend time in nature preserves or simply observing the wildlife around you, adopt and care for a pet (see our companion animal page), visit or volunteer at a local animal rescue organization or sanctuary (national directory).  See for example this video taken at Maple Farm Sanctuary in Mendon, MA:


animal humor and cuteness

video

a crow adopts a stray kitten, a crab hitches a ride on a jellyfish, many America's Funniest Home Videos clips, twin baby moose and a sprinkler:

books

The Blue Day Book by Bradley Trevor Greive ...


children and animals

helping children connect with animals

help them adopt and care responsibly for a pet (see our companion animal page), take them to a high-standards animal park or zoo, read descriptions and stories to them about animals from the earliest possible age, spend time at your local library which should have many books about animals for all age levels, ask them what they are learning about animals at school...

books for kids

Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales, Charlotte's Web, James Herriot's Treasury for Children, Knut: How One Little Pollar Bear Captivated the World, Owen & Mzee, Stuart Little ...

movies for kids

Babe:

also Babe: Pig in the City, Barnyard, Charlotte's Web, Chicken Run, Over the Hedge, Stuart Little...

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