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Jo MacDonald Saw a Pond

October 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL This adorable take on “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” made me and my daughter want to clap our hands and sing the story. We thoroughly enjoyed reading and rereading it. My daughter got a kick out of the surprise element near the end of the book (you’re going to have to [...]

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Lucky Pigs

September 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL I was really excited about a true farm sanctuary pig story for children. (They are so few and far between considering how many amazing farm animal biographies are out there.) There are some really great farm animal biographies geared for adults (Ninety-Five and Farm Sanctuary) and a lovely collection of poetic [...]

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Come and Eat!

August 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Come and Eat! is a delicious banquet of food photos and cultural eating customs around the world. It brings to mind Time Photos of “What the World Eats” (Peter Menzel’s book Hungry Planet) except Come and Eat! serves to children with less of an agenda towards changing what’s on the reader’s [...]

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Mary Had a Little Lamp

July 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Cruising our local library shelves, my eyes lit upon this ingeniously light-hearted variation of the nursery rhyme Mary had a Little Lamb. Of course my daughter and I took a shine to author Jack Lechner’s descriptive rhymes right off the bat. “Mary had a little lamp- The bendy, gooseneck kind. And [...]

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