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Dog Finds Lost Dolphins!: And More True Stories of Amazing Animal Heroes by Elizabeth Carney
abigailbat's review
4.0
Another appealing early chapter title with three different animal stories: dogs trained to locate stranded dolphins, a monkey trained as a helper for people with disabilities, and rats trained to locate land mines. This is a great series for animal lovers and the writing is just right for new chapter book readers.
Sidebar: I did cry in the break room about the Capuchin monkey Kasey who went to MONKEY COLLEGE* to learn how to become a helper for people with disabilities. Then, when he started working with a college kid who became a quadriplegic after a car accident, Kasey actually started challenging the kid to reach farther for objects and HELPED HIM REGAIN SOME OF HIS MOVEMENT. THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THE MONKEY WAS TRAINED TO DO. HE DID IT ON HIS OWN. <3333333
The feels.
(I don't think this would make kids cry, though. I am just a softie.)
* A REAL THING: http://www.monkeyhelpers.org/meet-our-monkeys/monkey-college/monkey-see-monkey-do
Sidebar: I did cry in the break room about the Capuchin monkey Kasey who went to MONKEY COLLEGE* to learn how to become a helper for people with disabilities. Then, when he started working with a college kid who became a quadriplegic after a car accident, Kasey actually started challenging the kid to reach farther for objects and HELPED HIM REGAIN SOME OF HIS MOVEMENT. THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THE MONKEY WAS TRAINED TO DO. HE DID IT ON HIS OWN. <3333333
The feels.
(I don't think this would make kids cry, though. I am just a softie.)
* A REAL THING: http://www.monkeyhelpers.org/meet-our-monkeys/monkey-college/monkey-see-monkey-do
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