Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones doesn’t start off on a promising note for vegans because the first few pages are dedicated to the traditional notion that chickens lay eggs to be bought, eaten (boiled or fried) or dyed. However, this book unfolds into a beautifully illustrated tour through the world of [...]
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Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones
August 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Amphibians·Birds·Chickens·Dinosaurs·Early Elementary·Fish·Jennifer Gannett·Natural History·Reptiles·Ruth Heller·Wildlife
Chicken Said Cluck
July 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL A plucky little My First I Can Read! book that helped ease my daughter into reading. The repetition, simple storyline, and large font all make it early reader-friendly. Earl and Pearl are two kids who start growing their own pumpkins. Chicken wants to help but continually gets shooed out of the [...]
Tags:Autumn·Chickens·Early Elementary·Early Readers·Huyen MacMichael·Judy Ackerman Grant·Preschoolers·Pumpkins·Sue Truesdell·Summer·Thanksgiving
Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken
June 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT If you love chicken books like I love chicken books, then Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken is one to add to your shelves. When I read a children’s book about chickens, even if it is humorous, I pay attention to see if the author is thinking of the chickens’ perspective or [...]
Tags:Animals as Food·Brooklyn·Chickens·Daniel Pinkwater·Early Elementary·Farmed Animals·Humor·Jennifer Gannett·Jewish Culture·Jill Pinkwater·Parrots·Preschoolers·Spanish
Henrietta and the Golden Eggs
June 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Any book that begins with the unlovely depiction of life on a factory farm, such as this one which opens, “once upon a time, there were three thousand three hundred and thirty-three chickens who lived in a great big chicken house…” has my rapt attention from the start. In Henrietta and the [...]
Tags:Animals·Chickens·Early Elementary·Eggs·factory farming·Farm·Farmed Animals·Hanna Johansen·Hens·Industrial Farming·Jennifer Gannett·Kathi Bhend




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