Displaying 1 of 1 1996 Format: Book Author: George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012. Title: The tarantula in my purse : and 172 other wild pets / written and illustrated by Jean Craighead George. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, ©1996. Description: 134 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Summary: A collection of autobiographical stories about raising a houseful of children and wild pets including crows, skunks, and raccoons. Subjects: George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012. Wild animals as pets. Naturalists -- United States -- Biography. Contents: The genesis -- The screech owl who liked television -- Letting Yammer go -- A bathtub full of ducklings -- The goose and the duck who were arrested for disturbing the peace -- A trouble-making crow -- A talking crow -- The mystery of the pond in the foyer -- Raising a raccoon -- Crowbar goes to the bank -- The demise of the kestrel -- The robin in a teacup and the chickadee in the sunporch -- A crow kidnapping -- The boa constrictor and the Nancy Drew club -- The white mouse experiment -- The skunk in the closet -- Learning from a box turtle -- The bat in the refrigerator -- The tarantula in my purse -- The magpie dilemma -- Filling the empty nest -- The bullfrog who was a prince. Web Site: Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 95054151 ISBN: 0060236264 9780060236267 0060236272 9780060236274 Other Number: 34118082 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 650342 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: BIO George Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
