Review By JESSICA ALMY A book about interspecies friendship? Written by Jane Goodall, hero for animals and founder of Roots and Shoots? AND illustrated by Alan Marks? Imagine my excitement when I found this title at my local library! Based on a true story, this book is geared to kids a little older than most […]
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Rickie and Henri
October 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Africa·Alan Marks·Captive Wildlife·Chimpanzees·Dogs·Early Elementary·Interspecies Friendship·Jane Goodall·Pet Trade
Family Pack
February 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY One of the challenges that children’s authors and animal rights activists alike face is to portray animals as they are — not as humans in costume, but as feeling, sentient, and diverse creatures. In the new book Family Pack, Sandra Markle hits just the right note, describing the reintroduction of wolves […]
Tags: Alan Marks·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Preschoolers·Sandra Markle·Wild Animals·Wildlife·Wolves·Yellowstone