LibGuides: Pet Care Resources: Leisure Reading

University of Illinois Animal Leisure Reading books

All the King's Horses by Steven D. Price; A. Coleman
Call Number: Oak Street Facility [request only] Q. 636.15 P931A
ISBN: 0670225886
Publication Date: 1983-05-11
Cats to the rescue : true tales of heroic felines by Singer, Marilyn.
Call Number: SSHEL S Collection S.636.8 Si643c
ISBN: 0805074333
Publication Date: 2006
Clydesdale Horses by Julie Murray
Call Number: SSHEL S Collection S.636.15 M964c
ISBN: 1591973066
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
An introduction to the history, physical characteristics,and behavior of Clydesdale horses.
Doctor, Matilda's in Labor by James A. Porter
Call Number: Oak Street Facility [request only] 636.0890924 P834P1
ISBN: 0813804639
Publication Date: 1986-03-01
An autobiographical account, the life of a rural veterinarian practicing in Kansas in the 1950's.
Fields and pastures new : my first year as a country vet by McCormack, John
Call Number: Oak Street Facility [request only] 636.089092 M137F
ISBN: 0517596865
Publication Date: 1995
Hoofbeats and Society by Elizabeth A. Lawrence
Call Number: Oak Street Facility [request only] 798 L435H
ISBN: 0253328438
Publication Date: 1985-12-01
Horsepower by Cris Peterson; Alvis Upitis (Illustrator)
Call Number: SSHEL Oak Street [request only] S.636.15 P433h
ISBN: 1563976269
Publication Date: 1997-02-01
I Never Met an Animal I Didn't Like by Rory C. Foster; Jeanne Vestal (Editor)
Call Number: Oak Street Facility [request only] 636.0890924 F816D1I
ISBN: 0531150410
Publication Date: 1987-01-01
A memoir by a veterinarian who founded a wildlife hospital and rehabilitation center in Wisconsin.
If wishes were horses by Gage, Loretta
Call Number: 636.089092 G121I
ISBN: 0312088175
Publication Date: 1993
An autobiographical account, a woman's experience of the stresses and joys of vet school at Colorado State University.
Is There a Doctor in the Zoo by David Conrad Taylor
Call Number: Main Stacks 636.089 T21I
ISBN: 0397012845
Publication Date: 1978-05-01
James Herriot's favorite dog stories by Herriot, James
Call Number: Undergrad SF426.2 .H4725 1996
ISBN: 0312146310
Publication Date: 1996
Most of My Patients Are Animals by Robert M. Miller; James Herriot (Introduction by)
Call Number: Oak Street Facility [request only] 636.0890924 M612M1
ISBN: 083976037X
Publication Date: 1985-05-01
An autobiographical account by a vet who began his practice in 1950's California, full of humorous anecdotes and embarrassing moments. RMM is also known for his cartoons.
Olympic vet : a didactic memoir by O'Dea, Joseph C
Call Number: 636.089092 OD2O
Publication Date: 1996
Mr. O'Dea's account of his life as a veterinary practitioner and his work as a veterinary member of the U.S. Equestrian team from 1955-1975.
Paws & claws pet vet. Healing hands [electronic resource] by Agoura Hills, Calif. THQ Inc. Nintendo DS.
Call Number: Undergraduate Media Collection GAME GV1469.35.P3973 N56 2007
Publication Date: 2007
System requirements: Nintendo DS game system.
Phyllis, Phallus, Genghis Cohen and Other Creatures I Have Known by Fredric L. Frye; Robert M. Miller (Illustrator)
Call Number: 636.0890924 F948F1
ISBN: 0939674025
Publication Date: 1984-05-01
A book of humorous anecdotes about a veterinarian's practice in Berkeley , CA, in the 1960's and early 1970's.
The animals in my life : stories of a country vet by Kendall, Grant
Call Number: Undergrad SF613.K45 A3 1996
ISBN: 0876057466
Publication Date: 1996
The book of cats [electronic resource] : a chit-chat chronicle of feline facts and fancies, legendary, lyrical, medical, mirthful and miscellaneous by Ross, Charles H.
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 1868
The Care of Brute Beasts by Louise Hill Curth
Call Number: Online Resource
ISBN: 9047444256
Publication Date: 2010
The cat's meow : the story of a veterinary-girl-friday wife, the love-of-her-life D.V.M. and others in their busy world by Smith, LaVerne K.
Call Number: 636.089 Sm618c
ISBN: 0964773880
Publication Date: 2003
Dolphin Doctor by Sam Ridgway; Dougald Macdonald (Editor)
Call Number: Oak Street Facility [request only] 636.9530924 R43R1
ISBN: 0899091407
Publication Date: 1987-08-01
A Navy veterinarian's experience working with marine mammals, and more specifically, his loving relationship with a bottlenosed dolphin.
The Science of Animals by Lauri Seidlitz
Call Number: SSHEL S Collection S.590 Se42s
ISBN: 0836824644
Publication Date: 1999-07-01
Too short a day : a woman vet in Africa by Harthoorn, Susanne
Call Number: SSHEL Oak Street [request only] SB.H326H1T
Publication Date: 1967
Vet in Africa : life on the Zambezi, 1913-1933 : selected letters and memoirs of John Smith by Smith, John
Call Number: Main Stacks 636.089092 Sm61v
ISBN: 1860641326
Publication Date: 1997
You Be Good Vet, Doc by C. Ashby; Ann F. Ashby
Call Number: Oak Street Facility [request only] 636.08092 AS34Y
ISBN: 0962110302
Publication Date: 1988-12-01
Zoo Vet by David Conrad Taylor
Call Number: SSHEL Oak Street [request only] SB.T239T1
ISBN: 0397012071
Publication Date: 1977-04-01