Friendly animals can do wonders for people who feel scared, lonely, sad, or sick, and therapy animals are trained for exactly this purpose. This volume in the Animals That Help Us series (6 titles) introduces youngsters to a few scenarios where therapy animals are used, through simple text and heartwarming photos. A cat at a nursing home calms residents with its purr. In a different spread, a dog listens to a child practice her reading skills aloud at a library, while another features a special-needs boy riding a horse. Though the text would benefit from a directly stated definition of therapy animals, especially to distinguish them from service animals, readers will still absorb the variety of situations in which these friendly creatures make a positive difference in people's lives.