Review By JESSICA ALMY After falling in love with J. Patrick Lewis’ Swan Song, I was certain I would like his early reader Tugg and Teeny, published last year. It’s a sweet, short book of 1,100 words that focuses on the friendship between Tugg, a gorilla, and Teeny, a monkey. Entitled “The Strange Stick,” “What’s […]
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Tugg and Teeny
May 18th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags: Activities·Art·Christopher Denise·Early Elementary·Early Readers·Female Protagonist·Friendship·Gorillas·Homeschooling·Interspecies Friendship·J. Patrick Lewis·Monkeys·Music·Painting·Poetry
Swan Song
June 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I can’t imagine a more ambitious project than creating a book of children’s poems and illustrations to pay tribute to species of animals now extinct — and yet, J. Patrick Lewis and Christopher Wormell have accomplished just that in Swan Song. Without speaking down to the reader or resorting to sing-songy […]
Tags: Animals·Childrens Poet Laureate·Christopher Wormell·Early Adult·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Endangered Species·Environment·Environmental Children's Literature·Extinction·Illustrations·J. Patrick Lewis·Older Elementary·Parents·Poetry·Preschoolers·Woodcut