Unforgettable Animals

 Anyone who has ever owned a pet understands how easily the cuddly critters nose their way into heart and home.  If you enjoy reading stories about animals and their human caretakers, these titles may be just what you're after:

• A Big Little Life : A Memoir of a Joyful Dog by Dean Koontz
• A Lion Called Christian by Anthony Bourke and John Rendall
• Just Gus : A Rescued Dog and the Woman he Loved by Laurie Williams
• Come Back, Como : Winning the Heart of a Reluctant Dog by Steven Winn
• Dewey : The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron

                  

• Wesley The Owl : The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and his Girl by Stacey O'Brien
• From Baghdad, With Love : A Marine, the War and a Dog Named Lava by Jay Kopelman
• The Good Good Pig : The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery
• Homer's Odyssey : A Fearless Feline Tale, or, How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat by Gwen Cooper
• Alex & Me : How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process by Irene M. Pepperberg