Review By JESSICA ALMY If you’re the kind of person who likes animals attired in 1940s garb and dark story lines revolving around persecuted animals secreted away from Gestapo-like police cats, you’ll love Mrs. Marlowe’s Mice. (For the record, kiddo and I both fall in this category.) Is Frank and Devin Asch’s smart picture book […]
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Mrs. Marlowe’s Mice
January 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Animal Rescue·Cats·Dark Children's Books·Devin Asch·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Frank Asch·Mice·Morality·Persecution·Preschoolers·World War II
Cherry and Olive
August 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Move over Nikki McClure fans, there’s a new hot shot artist-author on the Vegbooks blog. He’s Parisian. A little dark. A little gothic. And he has my heart. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Benjamin Lacombe. Cherry, who doesn’t actually like the fruit she’s named after, is a plump, alienated child who […]
Tags: Animal Shelters·Animal Welfare Books for Kids·Animals in Need·Benjamin Lacombe·Bravery·Carolyn M. Mullin·Companion Animals·Compassion·Dark Children's Books·Dogs·Female Protagonist·Friendship·Illustration