Famous firsts. Animals making history

Dolly, a Finn Dorset sheep and the first cloned mammal, explains the science of cloning, describes her own birth, life, and death, and discusses some of the controversy surrounding cloning.

In graphic novel format, this book introduces readers to the historical climate of the 1900s and World War I, background on Cher Ami, a chronology of Cher Ami's mission, and how that mission influenced history.

Albert, the first monkey in space, relates the history of space flight, from the earliest interest in the universe to his own historic ride into space in a United States space capsule in 1949.

In graphic novel format, Bud, an American bulldog, describes how he accompanied Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson and his chauffeur and mechanic, Sewall Crocker, on their historic drive from San Francisco to New York City in 1903, making them the first men--and the first dog--to make the cross-country trip in an automobile.

In graphic novel format, Laika, the first dog in space, relates the history of space flight, from the earliest interest in the universe to his own historic ride into space in a Soviet space capsule in 1957.

Shamu and her friend Sally, a marine biologist, describe how killer whales live in the wild, how Shamu and a male killer whale named Namu became the first killer whales to survive in captivity, and the role that the whales have had at Sea World in entertaining and educating people.

In graphic novel format, Dolly, a Finn Dorset sheep and the first cloned mammal, explains the science of cloning, describes her own birth, life and death, and discusses some of the controversy surrounding cloning.

In graphic novel format, Albert, the first monkey in space, relates the history of space flight, from the earliest interest in the universe to his own historic ride into space in a United States space capsule in 1949.