“Take James Herriot, put him in inner-city Los Angeles in the early 1990s, and have him work on snakes, lions, and birds instead of farm animals—that’s Doug Mader’s story,” says Roark, founder of the ...

Any aspiring revolutionist likely feels some consternation when reading “Animal Farm.” The animals of George Orwell’s ...

More than 100 years before Morrissey declared that “meat is murder,” before PETA supporters disrupted runway shows featuring leather fashions, before documentaries like “Food, Inc.” galvanized viewers ...

Randal Ford remembers the first animal portrait he ever made. “Before I photographed any dogs or cats or tigers or lions,” he said, “I photographed a cow.” A graduate of Texas A&M, Ford fell in love ...

You almost can’t ignore it. Everywhere you look, you see baby bunnies, fluffy chicks and tiny ducks. The neighbor has new kittens at her house. You know a farmer who’s welcoming lambs into his barn, ...

Animals and books—it’s probably safe to say Jacqueline Johnson loves them equally. As a kid, she begged her parents for a cat for two years before they finally gave in, she always knew she wanted to ...

Independent bookstores are the heartbeats of their communities. They provide culture and community, generate local jobs and sales tax revenue, promote literacy and education, champion and center ...

Do your children want to find nonfiction and fiction children’s books about endangered animals? Do your kids know that some animal species are extinct? And that more are in danger of extinction? The U ...

US JUST HOW A SHELTER IS HOPEFUL AND LOVING. THE OLD SAYING GOES, A SHELTER IS A SAFE PLACE. THERE IS NO FRIEND AS LOYAL AS A BOOK. A SHELTER PROVIDES FOOD, WATER AND MEDICAL CARE EXCEPT FOR MAYBE A ...

Melanie Walsh is an assistant professor in the Information School and an adjunct assistant professor in the English department at the University of Washington. She uses data to analyze contemporary ...