Review By JENNIFER KALI My family has mad love for all things Star Wars and the latest movie is no exception. We saw “The Last Jedi” as a family and my 8-year-old daughter said, “That was just amazing! It’s the best movie I’ve ever seen!” The latest movies in the Star Wars franchise do an […]
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
December 29th, 2017 · No Comments · Movies
Tags: Depictions of Meat in Film·Diversity·Family Films·Family Movies·Fantasy·Female Protagonist·Gender·Jennifer Kali·Older Elementary·Star Wars
Of Course They Do! Boys and Girls Can Do Anything
March 5th, 2014 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI I love this book! It’s actually quite simple, which works well to illustrate its point. It’s a fairly short book that presents stereotypical pictures on one page and then counters them on the next page. For example, it will show a picture of a boy playing with cars and say, “Girls […]
Tags: Anne Sol·Gender·Good for Toddlers·Jennifer Kali·Marie-Sabine Roger·Nonfiction·Preschoolers·Role of Women
Little House in the Big Woods
January 5th, 2014 · 4 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI My daughter is really getting interested in read-aloud chapter books. I struggle to find books that meet her at her four-year-old level. We’ve had a few false starts with books that deal with subject matter that is too mature or language that is too advanced. We read the classic Winnie the Pooh […]
Tags: 1930s Childrens Literature·19th Century·Chapter Books·Depictions of Meat in Books·Early Elementary·Garth Williams·Gender·Hunting·Jennifer Kali·Laura Ingalls Wilder·Older Elementary·Preschoolers·Read Aloud
Kali’s Song
March 14th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI I was delighted to receive this book for review. It was already on my wish list! A book about a boy with our family name, Kali,who was disinterested in hunting, seemed right up my alley. Kali lives in ancient times, where Woolly Mammoths roam the earth and family history isrecorded on cave walls. Kali […]
Tags: Anti-Hunting·Books that Teach Character·Bravery·Challenging Stereotypes·Coming of Age·Compassion·Early Elementary·Gender·Hunting·Jennifer Kali·Nature·Preschoolers·Respect for Nature·Wildlife