Review By HOMA WOODRUM This is a board book that manages to do something a little new (to me) in an ABC book – there is a hint of narrative as the various animals in the book progress through the letters of the alphabet. I have always thought ABC books for babies were more for […]
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Click, Clack, ABC
July 3rd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books
Tags: Alphabet·Baby Book·Betsy Lewin·Board Book·Cows·Doreen Cronin·Farmed Animals·Good for Toddlers·Homa Woodrum
Old MacDonald Has No Farm … ee-i-anymore
March 12th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY It’s probably inevitable that a book on factory farming will elicit strong reactions from vegetarian and vegan families, and no doubt some people will have a quarrel with Old MacDonald Has No Farm … ee-i-anymore. The premise of this book is that industrialized animal agriculture has driven Old MacDonald out of […]
Tags: Animals as Food·Chickens·Cows·Depictions of Animals·Early Elementary·factory farming·Farm·Farmed Animals·Kathy Coughlin·Pigs
Whooo Loves You?
August 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM I read this lift a flap board book (a review copy from the publisher) to both my 1 year old and my 3 year old. My 1 year old was interested in pulling at the flaps which, sadly, are a structural weak point in a book with otherwise sturdy pages (which […]
Tags: Animals·Baby Book·Birds·Cows·Good for Toddlers·Homa Woodrum·Love·Owls·Sandra Magsamen
Six Is So Much Less Than Seven
June 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Six Is So Much Less Than Seven is the thoughtful story of an older farmer with six affectionate cats. The book opens with all of them rising together, heading out to milk the farm’s cow and then moving on to the occupations of the day. It is clear that the farmer […]
Tags: Cats·Companion Animals·Cows·Death·Death of a Pet·Early Elementary·Farm·Jennifer Gannett·Loss·Preschoolers·Ronald Himler