Tales of Amazing Animal Heroes, Mike Unwin
Tales of Amazing Animal Heroes, Mike Unwin
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Tales of Amazing Animal Heroes
With an introduction from Michael Morpurgo

Author: Mike Unwin

Narrator: Roy McMillan, Rachel Bavidge

Unabridged: 2 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Puffin

Published: 10/10/2019


Synopsis

Brought to you by Puffin.

Be truly inspired by these powerful true stories of animal heroes: meet heroic bears, drone-catching eagles, loyal dogs, sassy cats, and much, MUCH more!

This book brings you the heart-wrenching stories of the real animals who traversed treacherous paths, made daring rescues and went above and beyond to save human lives. When faced with human conflict, these animals have all shown bravery, friendship, or brought comfort.

Journey throughout history from Hannibal's elephants to a guide dog in the Twin Towers. Uncover 34 amazing animal stories - and celebrate their humans.

With a heart-warming introduction from Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated in vivid colour by five different illustrators, and with knowledge from the experts at the Imperial War Museums, this is a book to treasure and share.

About Mike Unwin

Mike Unwin is an award-winning writer of popular natural history books for adults and children. He writes for The Daily Telegraph, The Times, BBC Wildlife, Travel Africa, as well as the RSPB and WWF. Also a widely published photographer, his travels have taken him to every continent in search of its birds and other wildlife.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bookworm86 on September 18, 2020

Lovely book filled with heroic animals. It's sad to see how many animals lives have been lost through trying to help humans. Not sure how factual some of the stories were. Nice photos at back of some of the animals mentioned. My son enjoyed me reading it to him......more

Goodreads review by Aina2021 on July 03, 2022

En bra bok som handlar om djur som hjälpt och räddat livet på många olika människor.......more

Goodreads review by Fern on January 24, 2020

Animals truly are a mans best friend. In this moving collection of animals stories, Mike Unwin tells 34 heart-wrenching yet uplifting real tales of animal bravery, loyalty and love. From beloved horses to daring dogs, heroic bears, dolphin divers, plucky pigeons, local cats and so many more incredible......more