Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN When talking to kids about animals, something I like to ask them is how they can help creatures big and small. “I can be a veterinarian.” “I adopted my dog from the shelter.” These are the more common responses. But in Kids Making a Difference for Animals, readers will be […]
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Kids Making a Difference for Animals
October 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags: Activism·Animal Rescue·Animal Rights Books for Kids·Animals in Need·Carolyn M. Mullin·Companion Animals·Helping Animals·Kindness to Animals·Marine Mammals·Older Elementary
Cherry and Olive
August 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Move over Nikki McClure fans, there’s a new hot shot artist-author on the Vegbooks blog. He’s Parisian. A little dark. A little gothic. And he has my heart. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Benjamin Lacombe. Cherry, who doesn’t actually like the fruit she’s named after, is a plump, alienated child who […]
Tags: Animal Shelters·Animal Welfare Books for Kids·Animals in Need·Benjamin Lacombe·Bravery·Carolyn M. Mullin·Companion Animals·Compassion·Dark Children's Books·Dogs·Female Protagonist·Friendship·Illustration
The Dog Who Belonged to No One
November 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Our dog is supposed to be dead. Picked up as a skin-and-bones stray, he was scheduled to be euthanized in a high-kill shelter a few days before a rescue transport van arrived. A shelter worker hid him, hoping the transporter had room for him in her van and her small rescue facility. […]
Tags: Amy Bates·Amy Hest·Animal Rescue·Animals in Need·Dogs·Early Elementary·Homeless Animals·Illustration·Jennifer Gannett·Preschoolers