Review By ROBYN MOORE What a great new book! In You Will Be My Friend, young Lucy the bear sets out in the world to find a friend. She is so excited she can barely contain herself. However, her excitement soon turns to disappointment quickly as animal after animal rejects her as a friend. For […]
Entries Tagged as 'Flamingos'
You Will Be My Friend
October 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Bears·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Flamingos·Friendship·Humor·Interspecies Friendship·Peter Brown·Preschoolers·Robyn Moore
Animals Charles Darwin Saw: An Around-the-World Adventure
July 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN With special attention paid to the animals encountered during the travels of Robert Scott, Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, and Charles Darwin, author Sandra Markle not only created an award-winning book series, but made important headway in providing kid-friendly lit within the burgeoning field of Human-Animal Studies (HAS). In light of […]
Tags: Beetles·Carolyn M. Mullin·Charles Darwin·Early Elementary·Evolution·Flamingos·History·Human-Animal Studies·Illustration·Natural History·Older Elementary·Sandra Markle·Zina Saunders
Sleepy Time
January 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE Sleepy Time is a very short board book, full of simple rhymes. It showcases a handful of different animals and how they sleep—including baby Whale, who floats asleep in the ocean while her mom watches over her; baby Flamingo, who sleeps with his head tucked under his wing while standing on […]
Tags: Animals·Baby Book·Bats·Bedtime·Board Book·Flamingos·Good for Toddlers·Illustration·Kathryn White·Pastel·Preschoolers·Robyn Moore·Whales