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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
With love from Koko	Faith McNulty	The author records her visit with Koko, a young gorilla in California who uses sign language and who experiences many of the same feelings a child feels.	OL14985537W
Screams and songs	Robin Michal Koontz	"An exploration of animals who use special skills, such as singing and making other distinct noises, in order to survive"--Provided by publisher.	OL15616252W
Koko's story	Francine Patterson	The author recounts her experiences with Koko, a gorilla, during the fourteen years she has been teaching her to communicate through sign language.	OL15869164W
Do animals work together?	Faith Hickman Brynie	"Leveled reader that explains how different animals work together and communicate with each other in both first grade text and third grade text"--Provided by publisher.	OL1637687W
Does a seal smile?	Harriet Ziefert	"Does a Seal Smile? explores the meanings of body and facial expressions in wild animals and people. A funny, kid-like question ("Does a coyote smile?") is shown with a realistic scenario (coyote how…	OL17924769W
Whoops, Words, and Whistles	Henry Pluckrose	Examines forms of animal communication, including warning signals, family communication, and mating calls.	OL1806634W
Animal talk	Karen Gravelle	Examines the different methods and purposes of communication among such animals as rattlesnakes, honeybees, and domestic animals, and describes experiments in teaching apes and dolphins to communicat…	OL1807212W
Man must speak	Roy A. Gallant	Describes ways animals communicate and discusses theories on the origin and evolution of speech, languages, and writings. Also traces the history of the English language.	OL1809267W
Could you ever speak chimpanzee?	David J. Darling	Explores how animals communicate and whether people will ever be able to communicate with them.	OL18155837W
Jungle sounds	Hawkins, Colin.	Introduces the hippo's snort, the tiger's roar, the snake's hiss, and other animal sounds heard in the jungle.	OL1843518W
The secret language	Rebecca L. Johnson	Examines how some animals communicate through the chemicals known as pheromones.	OL1875599W
The language of animals	Millicent E. Selsam	Discusses the signals of sound, smell, or sight, made by fish, amphibians, birds, mammals, and insects when they communicate with others of their species.	OL1876457W
Singing Birds and Flashing Fireflies (Discovering Science Series)	Dorothy Hinshaw Patent	Illustrates how animals use a variety of signals to communicate with each other.	OL19353360W
Songs, roars, and rituals	Gisela Kaplan,Lesley J. Rogers	"Rogers and Kaplan take us on a journey through communication in the animal world, offering insights on how animals communicate by sight, sound, smell, touch, and even electrical signaling. They expl…	OL19700137W
The secret language of animals	Janine M. Benyus	Humans have always pondered what makes us different from animals. After all, many species exhibit behaviors that resemble our own (or is it the other way around?). This informative volume covers 20 o…	OL19980096W
Voices in the ocean	Susan Casey	Through dolphins, we can see the best and worst of mankind. On average, seventy four dolphins wash up on the Gulf of Mexico's north shore every year. In the first half of 2012, there were eight hundr…	OL20005626W
Bee dance	Rick Chrustowski	"A honeybee searches for nectar, then returns to the hive to tell the other bees. She does a waggle dance, moving in a special figure-eight pattern to share the location of the foodsource with her hi…	OL20007485W
Splash, splash	Jeff Sheppard	All kinds of animals, from a bee to a frog, fall into the water, making their own distinctive noises as they get wet.	OL2026065W
Hello, Hello!	Miriam Schlein	Describes different ways animals greet each other, for example, beavers rub noses and penguins flap their wings.	OL20432264W
The vanishing cat	Diana Kimpton	Amy loves being part of the secret clan that looks after the animals on Clamerkin Island. When one of her furry friends goes missing, Amy faces her biggest mystery yet. Where is Willow, the Siamese c…	OL20637827W