Entries Tagged as 'Lobsters'

Lobsters on the Loose

May 19th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JENNIFER KALI Last weekend we visited Boston with our four year old daughter. Not living in a coastal town, seafood is not really a part of our life, and beyond fish, I don’t think my daughter was aware that people eat seafood. In Boston, seafood is everywhere. We did a day trip to […]

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The Little Island

September 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY I love this book the way I love Goodnight, Moon. I love its simplicity. I love that it touches on the metaphysical, but does not dwell. And above all, I love its illustrations. Margaret Wise Brown wrote both books, and in each, her simple prose inspires calming, classical illustrations. Leonard Weisgard, […]

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The Lucky Lobsters

September 2nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Life isn’t so lucky for most lobsters. Snatched from their habitats, they are kept in crowded tanks until they’re bought and boiled alive. Given new evidence that despite their simple nervous systems, lobsters may feel pain and I think you’d be hard pressed to find any human who’d be willing to trade […]

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Bob and Shirley: A Tale of Two Lobsters

April 28th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Looking for a feel-good children’s story about a pair of mature lobsters netted and dragged to Rhode Island, shipped to Philadelphia for sale, flown back home to Maine and the returned to the wild? Yes? In that case, Bob and Shirley: A Tale of Two Lobsters is the book for you. This is […]

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