Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL This story is as sad as a droopy basset hound’s face for as many reasons as he has wrinkles. Although the pencil-sketch style illustrations of the animals are adorable, the story illustrates so many acts of irresponsible pet ownership. And my daughter loved the story. We selected the story thinking of […]
Entries Tagged as 'Birth'
The Dog Who Had Kittens
May 13th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags: Birth·Cats·Dogs·Early Elementary·Huyen MacMichael·Illustration·Janet Stevens·Kittens·Polly M. Robertus·Preschoolers·Reproduction·Spay
Ocean Babies
March 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL When I saw Hiroe Nakata was the illustrator of this book, I got excited because my daughter and I had long ago fallen in love with her work in Dashka Slater’s Baby Shoes and Jane Yolen’s Time for Naps. Nakata consistently delivers with her distinctively loose and energetic illustrations in Deborah […]
Tags: Animals·Birth·Deborah Lee Rose·Early Elementary·Hiroe Nakata·Huyen MacMichael·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Ocean·Preschoolers·Reproduction·Seahorses·Wildlife