Title: Clara
Description: During 18th-century Europe, this book showcases a moving portrait of the close relationship between a Dutch merchant marine, Captain Douwe Mout van der Meer, and a rhinoceros named Clara that took Europe by storm as they traversed the continent in a horse-drawn wagon.
Subjects: picture books, European history, Rhino, rhinoceros, historical fiction, juvenile literature, Juvenile fiction, Human-animal relationships, Rhinoceroses, Fiction, Children's fiction, Rhinoceroses, fiction, Human-animal relationships, fiction
Places: Europe
People: Douwe Mout van der Meer, Louis XV, Frederick the Great
Time periods: 18th century