Entries Tagged as 'Kindness to Animals'

Vet Volunteers (book series)

February 20th, 2018 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER KALI My 8-year-old daughter has been making her way through every book in the Vet Volunteers book series available at our local library. The series combines her love of mystery novels (she’s also reading every Nancy Drew book available) with her love of animals. The series, an American Girl spin-off, follows 11-year-old […]

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Not a Nugget

November 18th, 2015 · No Comments · Books

Review by ROBYN MOORE Not a Nugget by Stephanie Dreyer (aka VeegMama) is a really sweet book that combines a dose of fun facts with a strong vegan message. Vegan books that are gentle, fun-spirited, informational, and toddler age-appropriate are hard to come by, but the author really accomplishes all this in her book. This […]

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I Am Abraham Lincoln (Ordinary People Change the World)

October 26th, 2015 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER KALI I’ve been interested in Brad Meltzer’s Ordinary People Change the World series since hearing about them on a local morning radio talk show. (Here’s a link; skip to the 5:47 mark.) Meltzer’s book series attempts to humanize American heroes to make them relatable and interesting to children. So I was happy […]

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Julia’s House for Lost Creatures

July 23rd, 2014 · No Comments · Books

Review By HOMA WOODRUM This book has the makings of a hit – I read through my review copy of Julia’s House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke and everything just suits the book so well. The illustrations, the colors, and the titular Julia herself. I love how in just a few pages you can […]

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