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21265 Stevens Creek Blvd.Suite 205
Cupertino, CA 95014
Happy About Animals
An 8-year olds view on sharing the Earth
By Duncan Levywith a foreword by
Award-winning Videographer Fred Heiman
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Happy About Animals: An 8-year olds view on sharing the Earth
Copyright 2007 by Happy About
All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ortransmitted by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise withoutwritten permission from the publisher. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of theinformation contained herein. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of thisbook, the publisher and authors assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is anyliability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.
First Printing: February 28, 2006Tradebook ISBN 1-60005-019-0Place of Publication: Silicon Valley, California, USALibrary of Congress Number: 2006938569
eBook Version 1.0: February2007eBook ISBN 1-60005-020-4
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Acknowledgments
I wish to thank my Dad for giving me the support to make this book happen.
I wish to thank my Grandpa for showing me all the animals that hes seen and researched about andfor some of the photos used.
I wish to thank my Mom for putting me on this Earth.
I wish to thank my Grandma for helping my Grandpa research about the animals in this book and allover the world.
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Happy About Animals Page v
foreword Foreword by Award Winning Videographer Fred Heiman - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
chapter 1 Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3
chapter 2 Animals on Land - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5
Wolf - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -6
Penguin- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -8
Albatross - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -8
Gorilla - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10
Leopard- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12
Hyena - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12
Flamingo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14
Red Fox- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16
Bobcat- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16
Porcupine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18
Lion- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20
Tiger - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 20
Moose - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22
Cheetah - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 22
Baboon - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24
Eagle- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 26
Parrot - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 26
Walrus- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28
Seal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -28
Polar Bear - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -30
Conclusion of Animals on Land - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 32
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chapter 3 Animals in the Sea - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33
Schools of Fish - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 34
Salmon Swimming Upstream - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 36
Eel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38
Boxfish - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 40
Stonefish- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 40
Jellyfish- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 42
Dolphins - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 44
Hammerhead Shark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 46
Killer Whale (Orca)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 48
Humpback Whale - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 48
Ray - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50
Conclusion of Animals in the Sea - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -52
chapter 4 Conclusion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 53
why read Inspire to Learn and to Write- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -55
Share Duncan Levys Passion, Insightfulness & Wit - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -56
One Reason Not to Share this Book - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -56
author About the Author - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -57
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Happy About Animals Page 1
f o r e w o r d
Foreword by Award Winning Videographer FredHeiman
There is no greater thrill for me than looking through the lens at an animalin the wild and having him look back at me. There seems to be a senseof communication with the animal, but perhaps that is just my vividimagination. However, most wildlife photographers would agree with me.I have had this experience with humpback whales in the warm waters offthe Vavau island group in Tonga, with Bengal tigers in RanthambhoreNational Park in India, with polar bears on the ice edge of Baffin Bay inCanada, with grizzly bears in Katmai National Park in Alaska and with aparticularly inquisitive moose in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
Being with animals in the wild is an awe-inspiring experience. Many of theanimals described in this book are endangered, with some close toextinction. Scientists estimate that there are less than 5,000 tigers in the
wild, with two-thirds residing in India. Yet, one is killed each day bypoachers. Humans kill more than 100 million sharks each year so thatAsian diners can pay up to $100 for a bowl of shark fin soup. Humpbackwhales are making a good recovery from the devastation they faced duringthe whaling days of the 1900s, but soon may face a greater threat if high-level sonar is used by the U.S. Navy. And, if scientists are correct, polarbears will disappear entirely from central Canada by 2070 as globalwarming prevents Hudson Bay from freezing.
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Page 2 foreword
When my eight year old grandson Duncan came to me to write a forewardto this book, I was thrilled and flattered. He has been sitting on my lap,looking at footage from one of my wildlife adventure since he was born. Itis through these sessions that he has come to understand and appreciatethe place that they have on our planet. I hope you enjoy this book, not onlyfor the information contained in its pages, but for the in-depthunderstanding that comes to an eight year old doing a project of thismagnitude.
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c h a p t e r
1 Introduction
This book talks about animals and why they are special. I am very "HappyAbout Animals" and would like to see them protected. The Bald Eagle, ournational bird, is very important to the history of the United States and hasbeen upgraded from an endangered animal to a threatened one. Bothdont sound good to me.
In this book you will find specially chosen animals from land and from sea.Ive seen a number of these animals personally and my Grandfather hasseen the rest. Its very cool that he can tell me about what hes seen and Ican share some of that knowledge with you.
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Page 4 Chapter 1: Introduction
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c h a p t e r
2 Animals on Land
Animals on land are fun to look at and can be fun to pet, particularlydomestic animals. I love my grandparents cats. However, many of theanimals in this book are wild animals, which can only be looked at. Pettingthem will result in losing fingers or an arm or worse. Yikes!
In looking at the pictures that my dad collected, I chose these animalsbecause I liked the way they looked and wanted to know more about them.I hope you enjoy my choices of animals on land.
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Page 6 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Wolf
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Wolves
Wolves are cool amazing animals. Some people think that humans turn intoWerewolves. This is nonsense. Wolves are in the dog family and arecarnivores. The three recognized wolf species are coyote, grey, and red.
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Page 8 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Penguin
Albatross
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Penguins
Penguins are smart creatures who are in the bird family, but cannot fly. Isntthat weird? They have different names, like emperor, little blue, and rock
jumper.
Albatross
Albatrosses are small smart creatures but are as different from Penguins as
night and day. Although they are both black and white, the Albatross can flyand generally lives in a warmer environment.
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Page 10 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Gorilla
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Gorillas
Gorillas are huge hairy mammals that closely resemble humans that needa haircut. The males can reach a height of 5-6 feet tall. The average life spanof a gorilla is 40 years. They are vegetarians and primarily eat fruits andvines.
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Page 12 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Leopard
Hyena
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Leopards
Leopards are yellow with black spots on them. They are carnivores in thecat family and are also big.
Hyenas
Hyenas are usually brown with black spots. They have very sharp teeth andare carnivores. Dad and Mom saw hyenas in South Africa. They said theylooked like cute little cats and wanted to jump out of the van to pet them.Their guide told them that they would lose a finger or worse if they did.
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Page 14 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Flamingo
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Flamingos
Flamingos are pink and beautiful with amazingly long necks. They are in thebird family. They are tropical birds that like the sun light. They get their colorfrom the algae in the water where they live.
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Page 16 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Red Fox
Bobcat
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Red Foxes
Red Foxes are red with grey and are in the dog family. They too arecarnivores. Foxes are usually preyed on by larger animals and humans.
Bobcats
Bobcats are light brown with black tipped spiky ears, and a short black-tipped tail. I saw three baby bobcats up at my Grandpas house. They were
so cute, I wanted to pet them. They were easily scared. Most wild animalsare scared of humans.
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Page 18 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Porcupine
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Porcupines
Porcupines are black with grey spikes which are their protectivemechanism. The spikes go into other animals when they feel threatened.They are in the rodent family. These animals are unable to climb trees.
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Page 20 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Lion
Tiger
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Lions
Lions are big ferocious beasts which are also carnivores. Almost everyoneknows that. They are in the cat family and are found in Africa and, of course,in zoos.
Tigers
Tigers have six different species. They are Siberian, Bengal, Sumatran,
Malayan, South China and North Indochinese. The males do not have amane. They are carnivores and typically hunt at night. Tigers are the largestspecies of the cat family. The Siberian tiger may grow to 13 feet and weighup to 640 pounds.
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Page 22 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Moose
Cheetah
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Moose
Moose are furry brown animals that are the largest in the deer familyweighing between 1,000 and 1,800 pounds. They are mostly found in thenorthern parts of Eurasia and North America. They eat grass and arevegetarians.
Cheetahs
Cheetahs are my favorite animal. They are the fastest mammals in the worldand can run up to speeds of 70mph. They are carnivores and are part of thecat family. Cool.
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Page 24 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Baboon
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Baboons
Baboons are large powerful animals with thick fur that are in the monkeyfamily. They live mostly in Africa. Sometimes they are called dog-facedmonkeys. They mostly travel in groups of 40-80 and live in groups of 350.Wow, what a family.
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Page 26 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Eagle
Parrot
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Eagles
Eagles are in the bird family and are predators. They live all over the world.They have a wing span of up to 7 1/2 feet. The bald eagle is the UnitedStates national bird. They feed on rodents and fish.
Parrots
Parrots are also part of the bird family. There are 315 different species of
parrots. Parrots come in all colors. They have large heads and short necks.They eat insects and nuts.
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Page 28 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Walrus
Seal
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Walruses
The walrus male can grow to be 10 feet long and weigh over 3,000 pounds.Believe it or not, walruses are mammals. They like to hang out in packs of100 or more. Their teeth look like the tusks of an elephant.
Seals
Seals are big smelly creatures, who swim underwater like the penguin.
Seals are carnivores. There are different species of seals like: elephant,harp, harbor and common.
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Page 30 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Polar Bear
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Polar Bears
Polar bears are in the bear family. They are large and white with a cute blacknose. They are powerful swimmers. They can grow to between 7 and 9 1/2feet and can run up to speeds of 25mph.
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Page 32 Chapter 2: Animals on Land
Conclusion of Animals on Land
There are many different species of animals on land, although Ive onlyshown you a small number of them. They are in the bear, bird, cat, dog anddeer families, to name a few. I like all animals, but cheetahs are my favorite.
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c h a p t e r
3 Animals in the Sea
The fish in the sea come in all different colors, shapes and sizes. They rangein size from minnows to rays. They range in color from frogfishes to butterflyfishes. They range in shapes from sea horses to flying fish. They havenames like jacks, gars, mullets, groupers and gobbies.
Actually, there are about 30,000 species. I do not eat any kind of fish,although lots of people do. Fish are limbless and breath through gills. Someare big and some are small; some have color and some are camouflaged toblend into their surroundings. The most obvious thing about fish is that theydont breath air.
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Page 34 Chapter 3: Animals in the Sea
Schools of Fish
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Schools of Fish
Lots of specifies of fish like to swim in packs called schools. It appears thatthey like to hang out together. Dad says its because they feel moreprotected in larger groups. There are a lot of fish in a school. Its amazinghow they can all change direction at the same time.
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Page 36 Chapter 3: Animals in the Sea
SalmonSwimmingUpstream
Barracuda
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Salmons
Salmon live in the sea. They are renowned as game fish since they areplentiful and easy to catch. Salmon are born and mate in the river and swimupstream to find a nesting place to lay eggs. Dad eats salmon, particularlyin the form of lox on a bagel. He also eats it as sushi. Yuck!
Barracudas
Barracuda are slender fish with long snouts. They hang out in schools, asyou can see in the picture. They live in tropical seas and are verydangerous, with sharp teeth striking at anything that gleams. The greatbarracuda can grow to be up to 6 feet long, but 2-4 feet is more common. Inever want to be in front of a great barracuda.
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Page 38 Chapter 3: Animals in the Sea
Eel
Clownfish
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Eels
Eels are slender, have a snake-like shape and look cool in the water. Thereare 13 families of eel in a variety of colors. Some are green and some areblue, plus a host of other colors. My favorite eel is the electric eel; if youtouch one you will get a shock.
Clownfish
Clownfish are orange and white stripped. The real name for clownfish isanemone fish because they take refuge in anemone. Clownfish do not reallytell jokes like real clowns do, but they do look as funny.
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Page 40 Chapter 3: Animals in the Sea
Boxfish
Stonefish
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Boxfish
Boxfish are tropical fish and come in a variety of colors. They really look likeboxes. They are slow swimmers who can produce a toxic poison as aprotective mechanism.
Stonefish
Stonefish are probably one of the ugliest fish Ive ever seen. They are also
deadly. Stonefish feed on shrimp and small fish. When youre in the ocean,try to keep your eyes open to make sure you do not step on one.
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Page 42 Chapter 3: Animals in the Sea
Jellyfish
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Jellyfish
Jellyfish are pink with an orange tinge and have stingers. Try not to touch ajellyfish unless you want to get stung and feel something gooey. They usethe stingers to secure prey and as a protective mechanism. My Grandfatherswam in a lake with hundreds of thousands of jellyfish that had lost theirstingers. He said it was amazing. Jellyfish look like bubbles to me.
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Page 44 Chapter 3: Animals in the Sea
Dolphins
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Dolphins
Dolphins are the second smartest animals on earth according to TheHitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Mice are first, but thats another story...Most of them can do amazing tricks since their intelligence makes themtrainable and because they have powerful tails. They typically grow up to 8feet and weigh up to 165 pounds.
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Page 46 Chapter 3: Animals in the Sea
HammerheadShark
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Hammerhead Sharks
Hammerhead sharks have heads shaped like hammers. These sharks aretypically 11 feet long with the largest one found being 20 feet. The amazingpart of these animals is their sense of smell. Ok, where is its nose?
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Killer Whale(Orca)
Humpback Whale
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Killer Whales (Orca)
Killer Whales are also known as Orcas. Babies are 7 feet long at birth andmales can grow up to 30 feet. They are black and white mammals (mymoms favorite colors). They are fast and ferocious with four dozen sharpteeth.
Humpback Whales
Humpback Whales are huge with females measuring up to 50 feet. You cantell the difference between them by their tails (flukes) which have differentpatterns. They eat 3,000 pounds of krill and small fish a day, and I thoughtmy dad ate a lot. Every humpback whale has a different pattern on its tailwhich is as distinctive as our fingerprints.
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Ray
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Rays
Rays are related to sharks and also have no bones. The pictures are of asting ray and an eagle ray. The largest are manta rays which are also calleddevilrays. These fish can weigh up to 3,000 pounds and are 22 feet wide(wing span). They look like kites flying in the water. My Grandparents saidthey were able to float underneath them and touch their bellies.
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Conclusion of Animals in the Sea
Most of these fish are beautiful except for the stonefish. We were going toshow you all 30,000 species but that would be too much. Im amazed at howbig some of these fish can become and how pretty they are. I dont think Illever eat them!
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4 Conclusion
After researching and thinking about all of these animals, my favorite twoare the cheetah and killer whales. I cant decide which I like better. Mymoms favorite animal is the male lion. Dad says that its a hard choice topick just one, but if he could have any of the animals in the book as a pet, itwould be the dolphin.
So, what is your favorite animal? Please e-mail me and let me know [email protected]
I hope after reading this book that you may have learned more facts aboutsome of my favorite animals. Maybe some of these animals will be youfavorites as well. It was a pleasure writing this book for you. I hope youenjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
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Inspire to Learn and to Write
Animals on land Duncan discusses include: albatross, baboon, bobcat,cheetah, eagle, flamingo, gorilla, hyena, leopard, lion, moose, parrot,penguin, porcupine, red fox, seal tiger, walrus, wolf, and the polar bear.Animals in the sea include: boxfix, dolphins, eel, schools of fish, jellyfish,hammerhead, humback whales, killer whales, rays, salmon, sharks, andstonefish.
Read the intro paragraph from chapter 2 to get a feel for Duncan's writingstyle. "Animals on land are fun to look at and can be fun to pet, particularlydomestic animals. I love my grandparents cats. However, many of theanimals in this book are wild animals, which can only be looked at. Pettingthem will result in losing fingers or an arm or worse. Yikes!"
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Page 56 Why Read This Book?
Share Duncan Levys Passion, Insightfulness & Wit
"'Happy About Animals' is a lovely look at a young boy's love of animals.Reading through Duncan Levy's eyes reminds us how we can use ourpassions to educate and encourage change. I know that this book will bea favorite in my classroom library."Lauren Skye, Teacher, Portland, Oregon
"'Happy About Animals' is a very thoughtful look at the creatures whoshare the world with us from a boy who not only enjoys wildlife, but is also
keenly aware of the dangers animals face in our rapidly developing world.Kids of all ages, and their parents and teachers, will find Duncan Levy'sbook insightful and fun!"An Anonymous Librarian
One Reason Not to Share this Book
"I liked this book because there were lots of colorful pictures. My favoritewas the flamingo. The facts were interesting and some were funny. Myfavorite animals were the hyena, lion, cheetah and polar bear. The onlyreason I may not read 'Happy About Animals' again is because a boy wrote
it."Sierra Rodrigues - 8 year old girl
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About the Author
Duncan Levy is eight years old and enjoys all animals. He has brown hairand freckles. The picture above was taken during the couple times a yearthat it snows in the mountains in Northern California.
Duncan has over 20 Happy About books hed like his father to write. Titlesinclude:
Happy About Learning from your Mistakes Happy About Life Happy About Death Happy About Yourself Happy About Your Self Consciousness Happy About Education Happy About Reading Happy About Writing Happy About Coloring Happy About Having a Mom and a Dad Happy About Having Food and Water Happy About Having Shelter