Entries Tagged as 'Carol Schwartz'

Endangered Animals

April 16th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY, as part of our ongoing series celebrating Environmental Education Week “People and animals share the same earth. They have shared it for a long, long time.” So begins Faith McNulty’s simple, beautiful early reader that introduces children to the conservation of endangered species. This book is geared to younger children than […]

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Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee

November 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Books

Review  By JESSICA ALMY Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee allows emerging readers to discover the touching real-life tale of an unlikely companionship. (You may have seen the duo on CNN or NBC.) While there is a sad side to this story — the young hippo Owen befriends the tortoise Mzee after he […]

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