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Unlikely Friendships for Kids: The Dog & The Piglet: And Four Other Stories of Animal Friendships Kindle Edition

by Jennifer S. Holland (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 141 ratings
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Good friends come in all shapes and sizes!

Unlikely Friendships, the runaway New York Times bestseller with a compelling message of hope and friendship and differences overcome, is rewritten just for younger readers. This hardcover chapter book for children ages seven and up collects five heartwarming true stories of animal friendship: a hippo and the goat who is his best friend, an iguana that snuggles with a cat, a dog that takes care of a blind deer, a cat and orangutan who become friends, and a mother dog who cares for a tiny piglet.

Chapter books give young readers a strong sense of accomplishment, and these heartwarming animal stories, with their incredible photographs and inexplicable mysteries of attraction, their focus on friendship, love, and the ways that creatures of all different species can find common bonds of affection, will keep kids turning the pages to find out about the unusual ways animals help each other and discover the love of new friends.

Each is a perfect gift for young animal lovers, and a lovely subject to help kids get reading.
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  1. Reading age
    7 - 18 years
  2. Part of series
    Unlikely Friendships
  3. Print length
    36 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    1 - 2
  6. Lexile measure
    600L
  7. Publisher
    Workman Publishing Company
  8. Publication date
    May 2, 2012
  9. Page Flip
    Enabled
  10. Word Wise
    Enabled
  11. Enhanced typesetting
    Enabled
  12. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  13. ISBN-13
    978-0761170129
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About the Author

Jennifer S. Holland is the author of Unlikely Friendships, and a senior writer for National Geographic magazine, specializing in science and natural history. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her husband, two dogs, and dozens of snakes and geckos.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008041SEU
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Workman Publishing Company (May 2, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 2, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 8348 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 36 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 141 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
141 global ratings

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KKBD
5.0 out of 5 stars A great story
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2024
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A great text to discuss the bond humans and animals share. Beautifully written and great pictures!
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Judith Klausner
5.0 out of 5 stars Unlikely Friendships
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2013
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The more people who read this amazing book, the more you will want to buy her four book series for children, as well as two new books coming out soon. Watch for "Unlikely Love" coming up next. I love animals but, I love Jennifer Holland even more. She took me to The San Diego Zoo with a group of experts at the various animal sections that Jenny wanted to watch. We fed the giraffes and I saw my first Panda...the zoo has four of them. The San Diego Zoo is so up-to-date and maintained to the highest standards possible. They even built a very high screened in path for the Giraffes' who could then walk down this path as they were having scans, blood pressure, growth patterns and a number of other things to examine their health in general. I was overwhelmed. Jennifer's books are as unbelievable as my zoo experience. Unlikely Loves, which will come out next. You will have you oohing, smiling and laughing and learning all at the same time. I wrote this review because Jennifer Holland is so gifted as a writer and is my niece as well. Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom
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Sal2
5.0 out of 5 stars Love these stories ❤️❤️
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2022
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The stories are beautiful ❤️❤️ I love reading about animals but these all go the extra mile for me, awesome 🙏
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Deborah Salgado
5.0 out of 5 stars A great kid's book
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2019
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I love this book as an adult also. Such heartwarming stories. Very good price.
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J Gi
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful example of love
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2017
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Wonderful book our animal support group chose for children in our local schools.. Helps children understand the love animals can bestow and what a difference it can make
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Fire Lizard
4.0 out of 5 stars Animal's and short stories
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2013
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I bought this with another similar short story animal book. Great read for mid teens to adults! Should show us that animals can be so compassionate as compared to most of the human population!
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Karen Jacobs
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book to share with your little one.
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2013
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I bought this book for my 4 year old great-granddaughter. I sat down and read the entire book before I sent it to her. It is a small book with neat animal photos. I would highly recommend this book.
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lois
2.0 out of 5 stars Very small book
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2022
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Sweet story and pictures. However, it is such a small book and since the pictures occupy many of the small pages ( 15 out of 46), a child who can read would go thru this in 5 minutes. It is so pretty but too expensive for so little . returning it
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Andrew Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars A Really Nice Book
Reviewed in Canada on December 18, 2023
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We bought this for our Nephew. They are very nice collection of stories in the book.
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Trenna Squires
5.0 out of 5 stars A nice, happy book with good information fid. I saw the book Unlikely friendships at the physics and decided to buy this one for the children.
Reviewed in Australia on June 22, 2017
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They really enjoyed this one so will buy the grown up one for them soon. The illustrations are beautiful in both books.
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Brian Swaine
1.0 out of 5 stars The dog & the piglet etc.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 17, 2012
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this book Unlikely Friendships for Kids: The Dog and the Piglet: I returned as wasn't what I wanted when I first purchased and I don't have kids!
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Margaret Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Unlikely Friendships for Kids: The Dog and the Piglet: And four other stories.
Reviewed in Canada on May 11, 2014
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I got the book for my granddaughter and she loves it. I love the stories too. I'm looking for more like it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars which was equally good!, but the Monkey and the Dove has ...
Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2017
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It was a lovely story, and very well illustrated. I also received "The Leopard and the Cow", which was equally good! , but the Monkey and the Dove has not come yet. Has it been shipped?
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