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The Zoo Box

July 19th, 2014 · No Comments · Books

Review By HOMA WOODRUM Vegbooks readers will rejoice that The Zoo Box by Ariel Cohn and Aron Nels Steinke gets kids thinking about what it would mean to be on the other side of a zoo exhibit without being preachy or making conclusions on their behalf. Spoiler alert: I’ll detail the storyline here since the spoilers […]

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Litton’s Weekend Adventure

May 30th, 2014 · No Comments · Television

Review By JENNIFER KALI My family has started to really look forward to the block of Saturday morning programming on ABC called “Litton’s Weekend Adventure.” This group of six shows, which starts at 8am in my neighborhood, can be enjoyed by the entire family and are so much more enjoyable than the kids-focused programming found on other […]

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Brown Bear & Friends

January 12th, 2014 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER KALI My four-month-old son received the Brown Bear & Friends Board Book Gift Set (Amazon affiliate link) for Christmas. It contains the three Eric Carle books — the classic Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? — and two additional titles that I was not familiar with — Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do […]

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Tua and the Elephant

November 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Kiddo and I thoroughly enjoyed this adventure story about a young girl named Tua (meaning “peanut”) and her friend Pohn-Pohn, the elephant. Set in Thailand, the chapter book opens with their meeting — where Tua observes Pohn-Pohn being mistreated by her mahouts — and proceeds to a happy ending at an […]

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