Jennifer Gannett

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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 [...]

Animalia

August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT In Animalia, author and illustrator Graeme Base treats readers to a remarkably captivating alphabet book. Each letter is represented with an alliterative phrase about a featured animal. Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that the detailed pictures contain not only illustrations related to the animals described but that there are also depictions of [...]

Hug Time

July 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT With Hug Time, Patrick McDonnell, longtime cartoonist and creator of “Mutts” (as well as the artist behind New Jersey’s animal friendly license plate), has crafted another winner. The sweet rhyming cadence and nicely balanced illustrations happily hook adults and children as they follow Jules the Kitten. Jules is feeling a little [...]

I Heard It from Alice Zucchini

July 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT I Heard It From Alice Zucchini: Poems About the Garden spans the course of all four seasons. The poems are narrated by various garden denizens at different places and times in their growing grounds, and the book offers the opportunity to contemplate gardening from a perspective other than that of a [...]

The Ugly Vegetables

July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT In The Ugly Vegetables, author and illustrator Grace Lin‘s narrator is excited about planting a garden with her mother, but her joy quickly turns to concern as she notices all of the things that her mom is doing differently from their neighbors. Why, she wonders, does it seem that everyone else [...]

10 Little Rubber Ducks

July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Author and illustrator Eric Carle has an extensive body of work that is well known to those with children or even those who have set foot in the children’s section of any American bookstore or library. A brief forward in 10 Little Rubber Ducks explains that Mr. Carle’s inspiration for this [...]

Animal Poems

July 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Animal Poems features thoughtful poems about a variety of animals and insects. The late Valerie Worth’s poems unfold from a welcome awareness of the creatures’ perspective. These are not silly childish rhymes but rather more substantial, complex poems containing an abundance of food for thought and discussion. Whether it is about [...]

Fantastic Mr. Fox

July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT When mean, crusty farmers become fed up with Mr. Fox’s pilfering of their poultry, they decide to eradicate Mr. Fox and his family. They declare a full-on war against Mr. Fox and declare their intentions to stop at nothing to achieve their goal of annihilating the Fox family. This includes stakeouts [...]

Heroes of the Environment

June 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Oil spills. Climate change. Polluted oceans, rivers, lakes, bays and watersheds. Environmental justice concerns. Drought. Famine. Collapse of global fisheries stocks. Factory farming. Sometimes it feels like despite our best efforts and intentions, we’ve devolved into one big environmental catastrophe from which there is no escape. This is especially concerning when [...]

The Curious Garden

May 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Liam, a curious young urbanite, looks at the drab, grey concrete bleakness around him and wonders if it could be different. While he’s out exploring, a few neglected pieces of greenery peeking out from an abandoned track bed assure him that it can be. And the tale of Peter Brown‘s The [...]

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