Review By JESSICA ALMY This book would make a fantastic gift for a dear friend going through a particularly hard breakup. But as a kids’ book? I’m skeptical. What I do know is that vegan and vegetarian kids are unlikely to enjoy the way this one ends. Like Lane Smith’s It’s a Book, this picture [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Frogs'
Mixed Beasts
January 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE Inside Mixed Beasts, you’ll find a collection of fictional beasts discovered by Zoologist and Professor Julius Duckworth O’Hare Esq. Each odd beast is a combination of two animals or two “things.” For example, there is a rhinocerostrich, a kangarooster, and a flamingocart. The book is set up as a field guide (a [...]
Tags:Animals·Ants·Creativity·Early Elementary·Frogs·Humor·Kenyon Cox·Older Elementary·Preschoolers·Robyn Moore·Wallace Edwards
The Princess and the Frog
January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Movies
Review By JESSICA ALMY I have to admit that a good part of my enchantment with Disney’s 2009 flick “The Princess and the Frog” has to do with its toe-tapping soundtrack, and the role that jazz plays in the New Orleans-based storyline. This retelling of the Frog Prince, now available on DVD, also features beautiful [...]
Tags:Animated Movies·Crocodiles·Disney·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Frogs·Jazz·Music·Older Elementary·Princess
Deformed Frogs
November 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN If anything, Deformed Frogs is a unique way to approach and support an organic lifestyle. The premise of this non-fiction, educational work is for the reader to sleuth their way through the enigma of why, in some habitats, up to 60% of frogs are disfigured, either with abnormal, additional or [...]
Tags:Amphibians·Biology·Carolyn M. Mullin·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Ecosystems·Environment·Frogs·Kathy Allen·Older Elementary·Science Books·Wildlife
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