Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Farm animals are nothing short of magnificent. Seemingly, they’re more esoteric than our household companion animals, but friendlier and more approachable than say wildlife from the African savannah. Perhaps that’s why we are so enchanted with them. They’re a bit foreign to us city-dwellers, yet at the same time we […]
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Our Farm
June 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags: Carolyn M. Mullin·Chickens·Coffee Table Books·Cows·Early Elementary·Farmed Animals·Goats·Maya Gottfried·Older Elementary·Pigs·Poetry·Preschoolers·Turkeys
A Turkey for Thanksgiving
February 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR Finding Thanksgiving-themed children’s books that are vegetarian-friendly can be a daunting task. Most are focused on dinner themes and images that most vegetarian parents would rather avoid, if at all possible. With A Turkey For Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting and Diane de Groat, the tables, so to speak, are turned. This […]
Tags: Diane deGroat·Eve Bunting·Goats·Jacqueline Bodnar·Moose·Rabbits·Thanksgiving·Thanksgiving Books for Vegetarian Kids·Turkeys·Vegetarian Kids Books
A Pinky Is a Baby Mouse
November 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Inspired by the fact that a baby spiny anteater is a puggle (!), Pam Munoz Ryan wrote A Pinky Is a Baby Mouse to introduce young children to animal families ranging from spiders to lions. Her delightful text is accompanied by very detailed and realistic illustrations by Diane deGroat. I had picked […]
Tags: Animal Families·Birds·Diane deGroat·Early Elementary·Fish·Frogs·Goats·Lion·Maine Animal Coalitiion·Moms and Babies·Mouse·Pam Munoz Ryan·Pig·Pigeon·Preschoolers·Snakes·Spiny Anteater·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids·Zoo