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Entries Tagged as 'Natural History'

How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum

February 4th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By HOMA WOODRUM How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum is written by Lois Wyse and Molly Rose Goldman and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (the illustrator of the lovely Houndsley and Catina series previously reviewed on Vegbooks).  I was drawn to this book when searching for other books by the illustrator and couldn’t [...]

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Just a Second

December 31st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY I remember the long stretch of days when I was a kid, how summer seemed endless, and that we settled into games quickly enough to (nearly) finish them in twenty minutes of recess. Looking back, I think that time seemed different then, possibly because of my point of reference — only a few [...]

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All About Turkeys

November 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT We picked up All About Turkeys at the library and have been enjoying it a great deal during the last few weeks. Author and illustrator Jim Arnosky provides detailed facts and images about the bird that is always late November’s talk of the town: the turkey. Our young fact collector loved [...]

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The Magic School Bus Goes Upstream

November 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT The Magic School Bus series of books and cartoons are a reliable source of good information about science for elementary aged kids. We have read a number of these books and enjoyed them, so I picked up The Magic School Bus Goes Upstream: A Book About Salmon Migration thinking that this [...]

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