num_pages: 248
description: What role does an animal play in a child's developing sense of self? This book addresses these and other intriguing questions by revealing the interconnected lives of the inhabitants of the preschool classroom with birds, turtles, bugs, and other creatures. This book will be delightful and rewarding for parents, educators, and students of early childhood social development, as well as scholars of the intersection of human experience and the natural environment.
language: English
title: The Significance of Children and Animals: Social Development and Our Connections to Other Species
titlecomplete: The Significance of Children and Animals: Social Development and Our Connections to Other Species
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Purdue University Press