A tale reminiscent of "Hamlet" that also celebrates the alliance between humans and dogs follows speech-disabled Wisconsin youth Edgar, who bonds with three yearling canines and struggles to prove that his sinister uncle is responsible for his father's death.
Wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer and his wife, filmmaker Leanne Allison, chronicle the experiences they had while following the Porcupine caribou herd as it migrated from the Yukon winter range to its endangered Alaskan calving grounds in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
A collection of true stories of famous animal lovers and their pets including Alexander the Great, Charlemagne, Ernest Hemingway, and Winston Churchill.
Discusses the use of animals for food, covering pigs, poultry, beef cattle and dairy cows, sheep and goats, exotic food animals, and fish farms, and discusses the ethical debates surrounding these practices.
Presents short stories by fourteen authors in which they explore the conflict between wildness and civilization that exists within every human being; including selections by Margaret Atwood, Barry Lopez, E. L. Doctorow, and others.
Hank the snake follows his friend Stanley into the city when Stanley goes off in search for inspiration, but after Hank looks and can not seem to find any, until he returns home.
A wordless story told with stark, black-and-white illustrations, in which a boy walks through a dark, snow-covered forest, unaware that something--perhaps friend, perhaps foe--is watching him.
