Why the Wild Things Are

Animals in the Lives of Children

Gail F. Melson

    Introduction

    1. Animals and the Study of Children

    2. Reaching across the Divide

    3. Love on Four Legs

    4. Learning from Animals

    5. The Healing Lick

    6. Animal Selves

    7. Victims and Objects

    8. Deepening the Animal Connection

    Notes Index

  • Cover: Why the Wild Things Are
  • A photo of the author

Author photo: by Lisa L. Stein.

Gail F. Melson is Professor of Child Development and Family Studies at Purdue University.