Review By JENNIFER KALI My three-year-old daughter has been obsessed with orangutans lately. It started when, in an effort toavoid the Memphis heat Memorial Day weekend, we stepped into an IMAX theater and saw the movie “Born to Be Wild.” The movie is adorable with cute baby orangutans in diapers drinking milk from a bottle, and […]
Entries Tagged as 'Circus'
The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps
June 17th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books
Tags: Activism·Africa·Biography·Chimpanzees·Circus·Female Protagonist·Illustration·Jane Goodall·Jeanette Winter·Jennifer Kali·Nonfiction·Preschoolers·Science·Science Books·Vivisection·Wild Animals·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids
Vegan Is Love
April 30th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Many veg families are familiar with author/illustrator Ruby Roth’s first book That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals, in which the reasons for compassionate eating are assiduously laid out. Ms. Roth’s most recent book, Vegan Is Love, is aimed at a slightly older audience (seven and up) and picks up where her […]
Tags: Animals as Food·Animals in Entertainment·Anti-Hunting·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Circus·Compassion·Controversial Kids Books·Early Elementary·Elephants·Hunting·Jennifer Gannett·Older Elementary·Raising Vegan Kids·Ruby Roth·vegan·Vegan Author·Vegan Childrens Books·vegan is love·Vegan Parenting·Vegan Parents
On Parade
October 16th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN It’s about time for an honest, open, factual, and focused discussion with older children about how animals suffer in our society. Rob Laidlaw, author of Wild Animals in Captivity and founder of Zoocheck Canada, recognized that and addresses his latest work, On Parade, on the subject of animals in entertainment. […]
Tags: Animals in Entertainment·Captive Wildlife·Carolyn M. Mullin·Circus·Older Elementary·Rob Laidlaw·Wild Animals in Captivity·Zoo
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling
April 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Good series are hard to come by. Here’s one for fans of the witty and spellbinding writing of Harry Potter and Lemony Snicket. Set in 19th-century England, the novel tells the story of 15-year-old Penelope Lumley, a Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females graduate and newly hired governess to Alexander, […]
Tags: 19th Century·Animal Welfare·Circus·England·Female Protagonist·Hunting·Jon Klassen·Maryrose Wood·Older Elementary·Series·Slaughterhouse