Beasts to Buddies!
How Cats and Dogs Became Our Friends
Will be published approx. on 26. November 2026
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-1-4197-8874-1 (ISBN)
Description
A new addition to the popular Big Ideas That Changed the World series, this entertaining nonfiction graphic novel from award winner Don Brown explores the fascinating science and history behind pets-from wild animals to our best friends
Beasts to Buddies tells the history of dogs and cats, an evolving journey through the ages, from the wild to the mild-narrated by Bummer and Lazarus, a couple of stray dogs who captured the hearts of San Franciscans in the 1860s.
Acclaimed author-illustrator Don Brown takes readers on a journey through history and around the world, from the evolution and taming of wolves 40,000-20,000 years ago, to the revered cats of ancient Egypt, to the birth of the barnyard, and to the present day, when pets are part of our families.
Full of fascinating facts and key developments in the domestication of animals, Brown demonstrates the many ways that pets have shaped humankind, like protection, herding, and emotional support, and even saving lives.
A middle-grade graphic novel series perfect for the classroom, this full-color book includes a timeline, endnotes, and a bibliography.
Big Ideas That Changed the World is a graphic novel series that celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humor, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with a big idea and then make it come true.
More from the Big Ideas That Changed the World series:
Rocket to the Moon! (#1)
Machines That Think! (#2)
A Shot in the Arm! (#3)
We the People! (#4)
All Charged Up! (#5)
It's About Time! (#6)
Keep It Clean! (#7)
Beasts to Buddies tells the history of dogs and cats, an evolving journey through the ages, from the wild to the mild-narrated by Bummer and Lazarus, a couple of stray dogs who captured the hearts of San Franciscans in the 1860s.
Acclaimed author-illustrator Don Brown takes readers on a journey through history and around the world, from the evolution and taming of wolves 40,000-20,000 years ago, to the revered cats of ancient Egypt, to the birth of the barnyard, and to the present day, when pets are part of our families.
Full of fascinating facts and key developments in the domestication of animals, Brown demonstrates the many ways that pets have shaped humankind, like protection, herding, and emotional support, and even saving lives.
A middle-grade graphic novel series perfect for the classroom, this full-color book includes a timeline, endnotes, and a bibliography.
Big Ideas That Changed the World is a graphic novel series that celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humor, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with a big idea and then make it come true.
More from the Big Ideas That Changed the World series:
Rocket to the Moon! (#1)
Machines That Think! (#2)
A Shot in the Arm! (#3)
We the People! (#4)
All Charged Up! (#5)
It's About Time! (#6)
Keep It Clean! (#7)
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Third Grade to Seventh Grade, Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Illustrations
Full-color illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4197-8874-1 (9781419788741)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many nonfiction graphic novels and picture books, including Keep It Clean!, It's About Time!, All Charged Up!, We the People!, A Shot in the Arm!, Machines that Think!, and Rocket to the Moon! His books have been called "masterful" and "a must for youth graphic collections." Don has received an Eisner nomination, two Sibert Honors, two YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Awards, an NCTE Orbis Pictus Award, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award honor, and multiple starred reviews, among other awards and notices. He lives in the Hudson Valley in New York.