Review By KRISTIN WALD The Monster Mall is a worthy second installment to The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo series. Author and illustrator Drew Weing expands the world of Echo City with adventures via the subway, a moped, and checking out new neighborhoods. And while the variety of “monsters” isn’t as wide as in the […]
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The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo: The Monster Mall
September 10th, 2018 · 2 Comments · Books
Tags: Differences·Drew Weing·First Second Books·Gentrification·graphic novel·Margo Maloo·The Monster Mall
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
One Cool Friend
July 25th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JANE COWLES One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo (pictures by David Small) explores the quirky interests of a father and son in an accepting and playful way. Elliot is a little man with manners. Dressed in a tux, Elliot cannot be bothered with childhood fun. When his father asks him to go to […]
Tags: Activities·Animals in Captivity·Aquariums·Communication·David Small·Differences·Early Elementary·Fathers·Jane Cowles·Parenting·Parents·Penguins·Toni Buzzeo·Wild Animals in Captivity
The Vegetarian Lion
December 1st, 2011 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI I had such high hopes for this book. It’s the story of a lion that is a little different. He doesn’t like to eat meat and would rather eat vegetables instead. He is a loner amongst his lion friends, but that’s okay because he bides his time with other vegetarian animals like […]
Tags: Animals·Differences·Early Elementary·Illustration·Jennifer Kali·Kristen Stein·Lions·Preschoolers·Vegetarian·Vegetarian Characters·Vegetarian Kids Books·Vegetarian Protagonist