Why the Wild Things Are

Animals in the Lives of Children

Gail F. Melson

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$30.50 • £24.95 • €27.50

ISBN 9780674017528

Publication Date: 03/15/2005

Short

256 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

World

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PSYCHOLOGY: Developmental: Child

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

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