Entries Tagged as 'Dogs'

Rhymoceros

March 28th, 2015 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Another board book to share! Following up on the 2012 smash hit Hippopposites, Janik Coat is back with another visually driven, humorous book that parents are sure to like as much as their toddlers do. Our protagonist this time around is, as the title suggests, a rhinoceros. Juxtaposing a single word on each […]

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What is the Dog Doing: Singular Present Tense Verbs

September 27th, 2014 · 2 Comments · Books

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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Hobbes Goes Home

August 28th, 2014 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Last year, I had the distinct pleasure of meeting author Tami Crupi Zeman, wife of Vermont radio personality Bruce Zeman, Jr. at the National Animal Rights Conference in DC. The animal-welfare activist pair had written a book, Hobbes Goes Home, about Mr. Zeman’s canine co-star and his path from a […]

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Frankenweenie (2012)

May 2nd, 2014 · No Comments · Movies

Review By JESSICA ALMY For a recent family movie night, I settled down with my kiddo and husband (and a big bowl of popcorn) to watch the 2012 Tim Burton flick “Frankenweenie.” Spoofing on Frankenstein, the plot revolves around a boy’s loss of his dog, his quest to revive his faithful companion, and the mayhem […]

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