Cows

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Cow

July 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR The reality that most vegetarian parents face when it comes to the way cows are treated is that the vast majority of these animals don’t have it good, to put it mildly. Pumped full of growth hormone and antibiotics, and then hooked up to mechanical milking machines, they live a production-line [...]

Our Farm

June 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Farm animals are nothing short of magnificent. Seemingly, they’re more esoteric than our household companion animals, but friendlier and more approachable than say wildlife from the African savannah. Perhaps that’s why we are so enchanted with them. They’re a bit foreign to us city-dwellers, yet at the same time we [...]

Too Many Pears

June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Pamela the clever cow will stop at nothing for her favorite fruit: pears. This is a cute story about a determined cow who overcomes all efforts to restrain her. The people (from whom Pamela steals the pears) try various methods of containing Pamela, without luck. Finally, the young girl Amy outsmarts Pamela with an idea [...]

Farmer Duck

April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Poor, poor Farmer Duck! He irons. He gardens. He even does the dishes. Duck has been picking up the “real” farmer’s slack while the sloth lies in bed, munching on chocolates. Bleary eyed and exhausted from all his (or her… gender really isn’t used for the animals) multitasking, Farmer Duck [...]

The Digging-est Dog

December 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Kiddo loves The Digging-est Dog by Al Perkins and Eric Gurney, but I’m not so crazy about it. Told from the dog’s point of view, the story has a somber but promising start: “I was the saddest dog you could ever see,/ Sad because no one wanted me./ The pet shop [...]

Low Song

November 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Written by poet Eve Merriam and illustrated by Pam Paparone, Low Song is a rhythmic ode to all things small and low. The narrator sings the praises of dachshunds, a cow’s tongue licking clover, sleeping giraffes, and baby raccoons. With an eye to seasonal changes, such as the falling of leaves [...]

Moo, Baa, La La La!

November 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Little kids seem to love Sandra Boynton‘s board books. Of all of that kiddo had, this is my favorite, in part because it teaches about the sounds animals make (albeit from a pretty anglo perspective) but also because it pokes fun at the anthropomorphism of so many little kids books. The [...]

Animal Babies on the Farm

October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY This is a book where the publisher compiled adorable photos of animals – with some close-ups worthy of Cute Overload – and added simple text. Each page is told from an animal’s perspective. How you’ll feel about this book ultimately depends on how you believe farmed animals should be portrayed. I [...]

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