15 Best animals books like Secrets of the Whales by James Cameron

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Secrets of the Whales

By: James Cameron

4.69

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

This provocative book of photography offers bold new insight into the lives of the world's largest …

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Cover of I Could Chew on This: And Other Poems by Dogs by Francesco Marciuliano

1. I Could Chew on This: And Other Poems by Dogs

By: Francesco Marciuliano

3.87

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller? Oh, you know the dogs weren't going to let the cats get away with that… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • animals
"Best not to ask "What is it?" until you finish rolling in it."

-Francesco Marciuliano, I Could Chew on This: And Other Poems by Dogs

"We were wolves once / Wild and wary / Then we noticed you had sofas"

-Francesco Marciuliano, I Could Chew on This: And Other Poems by Dogs

"Every time I watch Lady and the Tramp I think "SHE'S HAVING SOME OF YOUR PASTA!" "QUICK! EAT IT ALL! EAT IT ALL, NOW!!!" "GROWL! BARE YOUR TEETH! DO SOMETHING! "OH, DON'T GIVE HER THE MEATBALL! THERE…"

-Francesco Marciuliano, I Could Chew on This: And Other Poems by Dogs

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2. Jim Henson: The Biography

By: Brian Jay Jones

4.01

Format: 585 pages, Hardcover

For the first time ever-a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth-century's most innovative… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.' - Jim"

-Brian Jay Jones, Jim Henson: The Biography

"It is our responsibility to keep telling these tales--to tell them in a way that they teach and entertain and give meaning to our lives,' he [Jim] said later. 'This is not merely an obligation, it's …"

-Brian Jay Jones, Jim Henson: The Biography

"Indeed, [Jimmy] Dean believed in Rowlf so completely that he would sometimes genuinely break up when Rowlf delivered one-liners, laughing so hard that he was unable to sing. "I treated Rowlf like he …"

-Brian Jay Jones, Jim Henson: The Biography

"One viewer - a Mr. Dionne from California... fired off an angry, rambling letter, complaining haughtily that "the most disciplined attention I could give [The Cube] was a belch from the grave of Marc…"

-Brian Jay Jones, Jim Henson: The Biography

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3. The Log from the Sea of Cortez

By: John Steinbeck , Richard Astro

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An alternate edition can be found here. In 1940 Steinbeck sailed in a sardine boat with his grea… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
"The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of a writer."

-John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez

"Ideas are not dangerous unless they find seeding place in some earth more profound than the mind."

-John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez

"One who was born by the ocean or has associated with it cannot ever be quite content away from it for very long"

-John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez

"The paradoxes are becoming so great that leaders of people must be less and less intelligent to stand their own leadership."

-John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez

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4. The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear (Zamonia, #1)

By: J. Maxwell Brownjohn , Walter Moers

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Captain Bluebear tells the story of his first 13-1/2 lives spent on the mysterious continent of Zam… read more

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5. I Knead My Mommy: And Other Poems by Kittens

By: Francesco Marciuliano

3.95

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

Just when we all thought things couldn't get any cuter, from the author of the New York Times bests… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • animals
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6. Snow & Rose

By: Emily Winfield Martin

4.04

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

A New York Times bestselling author-illustrator brings readers into the woods to meet two young sis… read more

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"Rose pictured herself as a tidy bow, and Snow was a wild tangle."

-Emily Winfield Martin, Snow & Rose

"Snow and Rose didn't know that they were living in a fairy tale--people never do."

-Emily Winfield Martin, Snow & Rose

"A feeling of celebration spread through the woods as the changed ones found their long-forgotten voices"

-Emily Winfield Martin, Snow & Rose

"To find out what a story's really about,' the Librarian said, 'you don't ask the writer. You ask the reader ."

-Emily Winfield Martin, Snow & Rose

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7. Shark

By: Brian Skerry

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Get closer to the beauty and power of sharks with award-winning National Geographic photographer Br… read more

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  • photography
  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • nature
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8. Of Ants and Dinosaurs

By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm

3.87

Format: 55 pages, Kindle Edition

A satirical fable, a political allegory and an ecological warning from the author of The Three-Body… read more

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"If the entire history of the Earth were condensed into a single day, one hour would equate to 200 million years, one minute to 3.3 million years and one second to 55,000 years. Life would appear as e…"

-Liu Cixin, Of Ants and Dinosaurs

9. I Could Pee on This, Too: And More Poems by More Cats

By: Francesco Marciuliano

4.25

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

There's a new cat in town! This feisty sibling of the international bestseller I Could Pee on Thisw… read more

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10. Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish

By: John Hargrove , Howard Chua-Eoan

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

*Now a New York TimesBest Seller* Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 diff… read more

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11. You Need More Sleep: Advice from Cats

By: Francesco Marciuliano

4.50

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Our feline friends have spent eons observing, napping, pondering, napping, and taking notes about t… read more

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12. I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats

By: Francesco Marciuliano

3.29

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Cat lovers will laugh out loud at the quirkiness of their feline friends with these insightful and … read more

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13. Stellaluna

By: Janell Cannon

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Stellalunais the tender story of a lost young bat who finally finds her way safely home to her moth… read more

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14. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

By: Steve Brusatte

4.38

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • nature
  • science
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15. Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose

By: Dav Pilkey

4.52

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The Cat Kid Comic Club is deep in discovery in the newest graphic novel in the hilarious and heartw… read more

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  • animals
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16. Secrets of the Elephants

By: Paula Kahumbu

4.79

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Companion to the National Geographic television series , this book reveals the remarkable intellige… read more

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  • photography
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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17. Secrets of the Octopus

By: Sy Montgomery

4.43

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Remarkable new discoveries affirm the octopus as one of nature’s most intelligent and complex anima… read more

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  • photography
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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18. Micro Life: Miracles of the Miniature World Revealed

By: Derek Harvey

4.56

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Explore the everyday miracle of the microscopic world With spectacular macro photography and mic… read more

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  • photography
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • science
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19. Bea Wolf

By: Zach Weinersmith

4.37

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A modern middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, featuring a gang of troublemaking kids wh… read more

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"Dawn rose, like a jerk."

-Zach Weinersmith, Bea Wolf

"Make no more clouds. I have drawn the rainbow here."

-Zach Weinersmith, Bea Wolf

Cover of Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains by Bethany Brookshire

20. Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains

By: Bethany Brookshire

4.03

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals “pests” and others not—from cats t… read more

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  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
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21. The Brilliant Abyss

By: Helen Scales

4.04

Format: 288 pages, ebook

A journey into the alien depths of the sea, and into our possible future, from a marine biologist k… read more

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  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
"The oceans, it turns out, are full of bone-eating worms"

-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss

"Not so very long ago, the deep was a tremendous void containing myths, legends and endless unknowns."

-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss

"There are no compelling reasons for exploiting the deep, just industry and politics vying to push into that last frontier."

-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss

"The deep has no stars at night to remind us it is there, and no moon shining down. And yet, this hidden place reaches into our daily lives and makes vital things happen without our knowing. The deep,…"

-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss

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22. The Hidden World of the Fox

By: Adele Brand

3.81

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

Ecologist Adele Brand has devoted her life to understanding the fabled yet enigmatic fox. Now she r… read more

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  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
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23. I Am Ruby Bridges

By: Ruby Bridges

4.44

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Ruby Bridges tells her story as never before and shares the events of the momentous day in 1960 whe… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More by Darren Naish

24. Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More

By: Darren Naish

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Dive into prehistoric waters and discover extraordinary sea monsters who reigned the ocean for 150 … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • nature
  • science
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25. Secrets of the Whales

By: James Cameron

4.69

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

This provocative book of photography offers bold new insight into the lives of the world's largest … read more

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  • photography
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
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26. The Forbidden Expedition (The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club, #2)

By: Alex Bell

4.22

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Stella and the gang travel to Witch Mountain to save Felix and what they find along the way could c… read more

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27. Oceanology: The Secrets of the Sea Revealed (DK Secret World Encyclopedias)

By: D.K. Publishing

4.31

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Dive into this uniquely elegant visual exploration of the sea An informative and utterly beautiful… read more

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  • photography
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • environment
  • nature
  • science
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28. Brownstone

By: Samuel Teer

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more

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29. The Shark Almanac: A Fully Illustrated Natural History of Sharks, Skates, and Rays

By: Thomas B. Allen

4.07

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Sharks have a reputation of being the most feared creatures of the sea, and in this fantastic book,… read more

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30. Whales: An Illustrated Celebration

By: Kelsey Oseid

4.60

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeously illustrated, entertaining, and educational guide to the wonderful whales, dolphins, an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • animals
  • nature
  • science

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Francesco Marciuliano

3.87

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Brian Jay Jones

4.01

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John Steinbeck , Richard Astro

3.84

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3.95

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Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

Dan Flores

3.41

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Catherine Raven

3.68

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What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds

Jennifer Ackerman

4.16

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Bethany Brookshire

4.03

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