Enlightening and Inspiring Generations with Generations of Ideas

The public library building, in my view, is just a little lower than the church, the cathedral, the temple, the synagogue and the mosque.  Within those walls and along those stacks, I have found security and assurance.

Dr. Maya Angelou
to the LaSalle Public Library on the occasion of the Library's Centennial Celebration, 2007

Animal Heroes : True Rescue Stories

Author: 
Markle, Sandra
Age Range: 
Grades 6 - 8
Format: 
Non-Fiction

Summary: A guide dog leads its owner to safety down seventy-seven flights of stairs in the World Trade Center before the building collapses. A female gorilla in a zoo picks up and protects an unconscious toddler who falls into her enclosure. An elderly dog named Frisky keeps his owner awake and alive when Hurricane Katrina floods the house. Winnie the cat saves her owners from carbon monoxide poisoning. Animals, both wild and domestic, have become heroes when they've come to the rescue of humans. In these heartwarming, true stories, Sandra Markle shows how dogs, cats, cows, monkeys, and even dolphins use their normal senses or special training to help people in trouble or in need all over the world.
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