It is also possible that children who have more direct experience with real animals in their daily life may be less influenced in their reasoning by anthropocentric portrayals of animals in books.

A new study has found that kids' books featuring animals with human characteristics ... of books adults use to teach children about the real world. The researchers advise parents and teachers ...

And they may all play a role in children misunderstanding animals and biology You can ... young children relate to the content of the book to the real world I would encourage the parents of ...