Why the Wild Things Are

Gail F. Melson

Juni 2009 · Harvard University Press

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This is the first book to examine children's many connections to animals and to explore their developmental significance. Gail Melson looks not only at the therapeutic power of pet-owning for children with emotional or physical handicaps, but also the ways in which zoo and farm animals, and even certain television characters, become confidants or teachers for children--and sometimes, tragically, their victims.

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Gail F. Melson is Professor of Child Development and Family Studies at Purdue University.