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It would be easy to make a catalog of all the pets we've had over the years, but that's not the kind of "favorite animals" we're talking about. Favorite animals are those animals that have most thoroughly captured the imagination and love of humans. Okay, so maybe love is the wrong word to describe the dragon-craze or our enduring fascination with dinosaurs, but it surely applies to horses, dogs and cats.

The philosopher Plato had an idea that subsequent thinkers called "idealism." They didn't mean that Mr. Plato was an idealist in the way we'd call Rosa Parks or Gandhi idealists: the term idealism referred to the concept that for everything in the world (trees, chairs, noses), there was an ideal form or version of that thing in the spiritual realm.

According to Plato's theory, the azalea bush in your front yard is simply a physical representation of the perfect Azalea Bush floating who-knows-where in the infinite void. While we don't want to start any kind of philosophical war here, that's kind of the idea we're going for in this category. The animals you'll encounter in these stories, coloring books, and reference volumes embody "horseness," "catness," and "dragon-ness."

After all, the image Fred Gipson paints of Old Yeller is just a bit too good to be true. Sure, many of us have had a favorite dog who could do no wrong in our forgiving eyes, but Old Yeller is like every awesome dog who ever lived rolled into one mangy mutt. Which is the whole point—by creating a slightly unrealistic portrait of an old doggy, Gipson is able to celebrate doghood itself.

In a culture that generally looks only at the way things sometimes appear to be, however, it's easy to value animals too highly. Sure, they deserve our attention and care as representatives of creation, but no more. The Creator who made them is the only One deserving all our praise, glory and love; the animals He's made are simply avenues through which to show our worship and gratitude.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he is a husband and father, teaches adult Sunday school in his Presbyterian congregation, and likes weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

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	Album of Horses by Marguerite Henry from Scholastic Inc. Realistic Animal Stories for 3rd-7th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Beautiful Joe A Dog's Own Story G&D Famous Dog Stories by Marshall Saunders from Grosset & Dunlap for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
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	Old Yeller by Fred Gipson from HarperCollins Realistic Animal Stories for 4th-8th grade 1957 Newbery Honor Book in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $9.99 $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Real Book About Prehistoric Life by Dorothy Shuttlesworth, illustrated by Matthew Kalmenoff from Garden City Books for 4th-8th grade in Real Books series (Location: VIN-RBA) $6.00 (2 in stock)
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	San Domingo The Medicine Hat Stallion by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Robert Lougheed from Rand McNally for 3rd-7th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.60 (1 in stock)
	Scout's Distant Journey Scout Series by Piet Prins from Inheritance Publications Action/Adventure for 4th-8th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $10.95 $7.00 (1 in stock)
	Sea Star, Orphan of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry; illustrated by Wesley Dennis from Rand McNally for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $7.20 (1 in stock)
	Seaman's Journal The Dog Who Explored the West with Lewis and Clark by Patricia Reeder Eubank from Ideals Children's Books Historical Fiction for 5th-8th grade in Lewis & Clark (Location: HISA-19L&C) $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Seven True Dog Stories by Margaret Davidson from Hastings House in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Shiloh Shiloh #1 by Phyllis R. Naylor from Aladdin Paperbacks Realistic Animal Stories for 5th-8th grade 1992 Newbery Medal winner in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $8.99 $3.00 (2 in stock)
	Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor from Atheneum for 5th-8th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $5.00 (1 in stock)
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	Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham by J. R. R. Tolkien from Ballantine Books Fantasy for 4th-10th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $3.00 (1 in stock)
	Smoky the Cow Horse by Will James August 1928 printing from Charles Scribner's Sons for 4th-7th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $10.00 (1 in stock)
	Smoky the Cow Horse by Will James 1930 printing from Charles Scribner's Sons for 4th-7th grade 1927 Newbery Book in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.00 (1 in stock)
	Sounder by William H. Armstrong from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction for 3rd-8th grade 1970 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.99 $4.00 (2 in stock)
	Sounder by William H. Armstrong from HarperCollins Realistic Fiction for 3rd-8th grade 1970 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Sounder by William H. Armstrong from Harper & Row Realistic Fiction for 3rd-8th grade 1970 Newbery Medal winner in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Stormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite Henry from Rand McNally for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.60 (1 in stock)
	Stormy, Misty's Foal (pictorial hardcover) by Marguerite Henry from Rand McNally for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $9.60 (2 in stock)
	Tolkien Reader by J. R. R. Tolkien from Ballantine Books Fantasy for 4th-12th grade in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20) $3.00 (6 in stock)
	Trails to Poosey by Olive R. Cook from Misty Hill Press Pioneer Fiction for 4th-7th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $4.00 (2 in stock)
	Treasury of Classical Mythology by A. R. H. Moncrieff from Barnes & Noble for 7th-Adult in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Valiant, Dog of the Timberline by Jack O'Brien from John C. Winston for 4th-7th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $4.50 (1 in stock)
	Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls from Bantam Books Realistic Animal Stories for 4th-8th grade in Animal Stories (Location: FIC-ANI) $8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
	Wild Cats and Other Dangerous Predators by Clare Oliver from Parragon Publishing for 4th-8th grade in Cat Books (Location: SCI-MAMCAT) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Wilderness Champion The Story of a Great Hound by Joseph Wharton Lippincott, illustrated by Paul Bransom from J.B. Lippincott Co. for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $12.00 (1 in stock)
	Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle from Yearling for 7th-9th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $3.50 (2 in stock)
	Winged Colt of Casa Mia by Betsy Byars, illustrated by Richard Cuffari 1^st edition from Viking Press for 4th-8th grade in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC) $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Wonder Clock by Howard & Katherine Pyle from Dover Publications Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 4th-8th grade in Myths, Fairy Tales & Folklore for Children (Location: FIC-MYT) $12.95 $7.50 (1 in stock)
	Wonder Clock by Howard & Katherine Pyle 1^st edition from Starscape Fairy Tales, Fables, and Legends for 4th-8th grade in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Year of the Black Pony by Walt Morey from Blue Heron Publishing Realistic Fiction for 6th-9th grade in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA) $5.00 (2 in stock)

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