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The Chimpanzee Kid

May 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT The Chimpanzee Kid is the story of seventh grader Harold Pinto.  Harold is a sensitive kid with a history of taking up causes that other kids in his school are uninterested in hearing about, and consequently is somewhat of a lonely young guy.  His parents have divorced not long ago and [...]

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Bob and Shirley: A Tale of Two Lobsters

April 28th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Looking for a feel-good children’s story about a pair of mature lobsters netted and dragged to Rhode Island, shipped to Philadelphia for sale, flown back home to Maine and the returned to the wild?  Yes?  In that case, Bob and Shirley: A Tale of Two Lobsters is the book for you. This [...]

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Standing Up to Mr. O.

February 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN If I had the chance to modify the lyrics to The Sound of Music’s My Favorite Things, I’d be sure to list “finding random children’s animal rightsy books at the library” as one of them.  I just recently scored this little literary nibble. Claudia Mills’ Standing Up to Mr. O. [...]

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All the Wild Wonders: Poems of Our Earth

February 8th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN It never ceases to amaze me how poets are able to condense abstract and even concrete ideas into the simplest of phrases or pen a poem that can alter your mood 180 degrees. A few authors in the poetic anthology All the Wild Wonders are superstars when it comes to [...]

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