Review By JENNIFER KALI Allie Gator (a John Deere tractor) is excited to be pulling her first hayride. She will take the children through the cornmaze to the pumpkin patch. Just as she is about to begin, a black cat crosses her path, and her friends Corey Combine and Johnny Tractor (J.T.) warn that black cats are [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Cats'
Uncle Andy’s Cats
October 4th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Uncle Andy’s Cats is the imaginative story of artist Andy Warhol’s life with many, many cats. Young cat lovers will giggle at the silliness of 25 cats all named Sam running rampant through Andy Warhol’s home, but animal advocates will wince at the unapologetic, unexplained depiction of overbreeding. Eventually, author James Warhola’s (yes, he [...]
Tags:Andy Warhol·Cats·Companion Animals·Early Elementary·James Warhola·Jennifer Gannett·Preschoolers
Houndsley and Catina
September 20th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM On vacation recently, I stopped into an independent bookshop that exclusively catered to children’s books and let them know I was looking for charming chapter books. Moments later I had a number of books to choose from and was flipping through the first of four books in the Houndlsey and Catina [...]
Tags:Books for Vegetarian Kids·Cats·Chapter Books·Companion Animals·Depiction of Vegetarian Food in Books·Dogs·Early Elementary·Friendship·Homa Woodrum·James Howe·Marie-Louise Gay·Preschoolers
The Little Island
September 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I love this book the way I love Goodnight, Moon. I love its simplicity. I love that it touches on the metaphysical, but does not dwell. And above all, I love its illustrations. Margaret Wise Brown wrote both books, and in each, her simple prose inspires calming, classical illustrations. Leonard Weisgard, [...]
Tags:1940s Childrens Literature·Caldecott Medal·Cats·Early Elementary·Environment·Environmental Children's Literature·Fish·Gulls·Islands·Leonard Weisgard·Lobsters·Margaret Wise Brown·Marine Animals·Natural History·Preschoolers·Seals




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