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Step right up : how Doc and Jim Key taught the world about kindness  Cover Image Book Book

Step right up : how Doc and Jim Key taught the world about kindness / by Donna Janell Bowman ; illustrated by Daniel Minter.

Bowman, Donna Janell, (author.). Minter, Daniel (illustrator.).

Summary:

"A picture book biography of Dr. William Key, a former slave and self-trained veterinarian who taught his horse, Jim, to read and write and who together with Jim became one of the most famous traveling performance acts around the turn of the twentieth century. Includes afterword and author's sources"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781620141489
  • ISBN: 1620141485
  • Physical Description: 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Key, Bill, 1833-1909 > Juvenile literature.
Key, Bill, 1833-1909
Beautiful Jim Key (Horse) > Juvenile literature.
Humane education > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Horses > Training > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Horse trainers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Human-animal communication > United States > Juvenile literature.
Human-animal relationships > United States > Juvenile literature.
Beautiful Jim Key (Horse)
Humane education
Horses > Training
Horse trainers
Human-animal communication
Human-animal relationships

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Oregon Trail Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at OTLD Irrigon Branch.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
OTLD Irrigon Branch J 636.1 BOW (Text) 37818000246811 Juvenile Non-Fiction Available -


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