Clara

By Emily Arnold McCully

Subjects: Human-animal relationships, rhinoceros, Rhino, Rhinoceroses, Fiction, Rhinoceroses, fiction, Children's fiction, Human-animal relationships, fiction, European history, Juvenile fiction, juvenile literature, historical fiction, picture books

Description: During 18th-century Europe, this book showcases a moving portrait of the close relationship between a Dutch merchant marine, Captain Douwe Mout van der Meer, and a rhinoceros named Clara that took Europe by storm as they traversed the continent in a horse-drawn wagon.