Review by CAROLYN M. MULLIN Former elementary school teacher, Cindy Olejar, has developed a line of books that hone in on an early elementary student’s use of different words, whether they’re the prepositions in Find the Cat and More or the verbs in What is the Dog Doing? With the same basic set up, each page […]
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What is the Dog Doing: Singular Present Tense Verbs
September 27th, 2014 · 2 Comments · Books
Tags: Carolyn M. Mullin·Cindy Olejar·Dogs·Early Elementary·Education·Grammar·Homeschooling
Rob Laidlaw: Double Feature
August 5th, 2014 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN For those longtime Vegbooks readers, you’re fully aware of my deep appreciation and respect for the children’s titles written by Canadian animal activist, Rob Laidlaw. The man is not only a writing machine (new titles are popping up all the time!), but he’s spot-on in his delivery of important animal […]
Tags: Animal Rescue·Animal Sanctuaries·Animal Welfare·Animal Welfare Books for Kids·Carolyn M. Mullin·Humane Education·Nonfiction·Older Elementary·Rob Laidlaw
A Boy and His Jaguar
August 1st, 2014 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN A Boy and His Jaguar is one of the sweetest, most honest, and fragile works of children’s literature I’ve come across in a while. Rabinowitz candidly, yet innocently paints us a picture of his young life as a stutterer (“people ignore or misunderstand or hurt me”) and the only times […]
Tags: Alan Rabinowitz·Animals in Captivity·Carolyn M. Mullin·CaTia Chien·Differences·Jaguars·Picture Books·Speech·Wild Animals in Captivity·Zoos
Posie Pixie and the Torn Tunic
April 21st, 2014 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Minus a brief reference to ham on page 16, this 52-page book (received as a review copy) is one I wished was in my library when I was a young gal. Adorably British, this elementary reader centers on a delightful little pixie named Posie who wanders through a charming woods […]
Tags: Carolyn M. Mullin·Early Elementary·Fantasy·Forests·Rabbits·Sarah Hill·Sparrows·Wildlife