Entries Tagged as 'Lesléa Newman'

The Best Cat in the World

October 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Prolific children’s author Lesléa Newman has penned a poignant tale of love and loss — themes that are familiar to readers of her work — that will help children grieve the death of a companion and learn to love again. Told from the point of view of a young boy named Victor […]

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Just Like Mama

May 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Lesléa Newman, author of Hachiko Waits, wrote a lovely book entitled Just Like Mama that hit bookstores last month. She collaborates with  illustrator Julia Gorton on a tribute to motherhood, which is narrated by a little girl one summer day. My daughter, who is just beginning to read, loves the use of […]

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Hachiko Waits

March 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN I’m sporting a rather splotchy face and puffy, bloodshot eyes for the second time today. Should’ve known better than to read Hachiko Waits by Lesléa Newman and watch “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale” in the same day. I’m emotionally spent! In 1930s Japan, a professor named Ueno discovers a handsome Akita puppy at his […]

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