Companion Animals

Entries Tagged as 'Companion Animals'

Now Hiring: White House Dog

September 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Loosely based on Malia and Sasha Obama’s quest for a canine companion, Now Hiring boasts a simple storyline where the girls take the dog search into their own hands. They fashion a homemade “Now Hiring” sign for the front lawn and receive half a dozen candidates on a particularly busy [...]

The Berenstain Bears’ New Kitten

September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT In The Berenstain Bears’ New Kitten, the popular series tackles the subject of stray animals. When Brother finds a kitten in a pond and brings her home, the whole family becomes involved in cleaning and comforting the animal. The Bear family elects to keep the kitten, but not before they take [...]

Two Bobbies

September 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN It’s been five years since Hurricane Katrina first struck New Orleans. While much of the city seems to have recuperated, sections like the Lower Ninth Ward look more like untamed fields than once lively homesteads. And emotional stories like that of the Two Bobbies still sit with us, reminding us [...]

Cherry and Olive

August 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Move over Nikki McClure fans, there’s a new hot shot artist-author on the Vegbooks blog. He’s Parisian. A little dark. A little gothic. And he has my heart. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Benjamin Lacombe. Cherry, who doesn’t actually like the fruit she’s named after, is a plump, alienated child who [...]

Unlovable

August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR In Unlovable, Alfred is a dog that is different – so much so that he is repeatedly told by the other animals in the house that he is unlovable. Even the other dogs don’t really care to play with him. Because of this, he feels bad about himself, and his self-confidence [...]

101 Dalmatians

July 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Movies

Review By JESSICA ALMY Revisiting this classic animated film with my little girl, I realized for the first time how much of the plot is one big chase scene. Still, if you can stand that, you’ll find yourself cheering for the Dalmatians as they try to elude Cruella de Vil and her goons. As the [...]

The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy

July 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Jane Thayer and Lisa McCue’s picture book The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy is a tribute to the love between dogs and their boys. All Petey, the puppy-protagonist of the book, wants for Christmas is a boy — but his mother discovers there are no boys to be found. She suggests [...]

A Home for Dixie

July 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Cutie patootie high schooler, Emma Jackson, penned this photo essay as a way to generate awareness of and funding for homeless dogs. Essentially a journal of her experiences looking for and finding her pup, Dixie, at Aunt Mary’s Doghouse, the book is accessible enough for young kids and teaches them [...]

I Got Two Dogs

June 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review by JACQUELINE BODNAR If you are familiar with any of John Lithgow’s books, you may already know that they are usually a bit quirky. But that’s just what kids seem to love about them. He writes books that are fun and humorous, and that tell a cute story. With I Got Two Dogs, he [...]

Animals in the House

June 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN It’s hip. It’s fun. And it’s about my two favorite subjects: animals and history. While written as a Scholastic textbook, Animals in the House is unbelievably reader-friendly, filled with puns, jokes, and lively fonts. Enough cannot be said of the graphic design work either. Always fresh and reflective of the [...]

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