Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN I absolutely love the genre of animal rights kiddy fiction, and was delighted to receive a copy of the now out-of-print Minny’s Dream by Clare Druce. The 129-page chapter book chronicles a young girl’s exciting move from the city to the country, where she unexpectedly finds herself neighboring a battery […]
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Minny’s Dream
October 12th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
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When Anju Loved Being an Elephant
June 23rd, 2012 · 6 Comments · Books
Review By ANDREA ZOLLMAN I’ve loved elephants my whole life and eagerly anticipated receiving this review copy. After reading this book, however, visiting an elephant enclosure at the zoo will never be the same for me. When Anju Loved Being an Elephant tells the heartbreaking and poignant story of a Sumatran elephant who is abducted at a […]
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Call Me Madame President
December 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI I like the idea of this book. Eight-year-old Amanda uses her IMAGINATION to pretend that she is president. When she is president, she and her dog Coolidge will have the run of the White House, attending state dinners and meeting with the troops. She won’t have any problems with public speaking, because as […]
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Standing Up to Mr. O.
February 19th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN If I had the chance to modify the lyrics to The Sound of Music’s My Favorite Things, I’d be sure to list “finding random children’s animal rightsy books at the library” as one of them. I just recently scored this little literary nibble. Claudia Mills’ Standing Up to Mr. O. […]
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