Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN In the many years that I’ve been working with children and literacy programs, there never has seemed to be enough bilingual books on the shelves of the classrooms, libraries or museums, much less titles with an environmental lens. Most recognized for penning Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, the […]
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I Love Our Earth // Amo Nuestra Tierra
February 11th, 2013 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Bilingual·Bill Martin Jr.·Carolyn M. Mullin·Dan Lipow·Early Elementary·Love·Multicultural·Nature Books·Preschoolers·Spanish
Come and Eat!
August 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Come and Eat! is a delicious banquet of food photos and cultural eating customs around the world. It brings to mind Time Photos of “What the World Eats” (Peter Menzel’s book Hungry Planet) except Come and Eat! serves to children with less of an agenda towards changing what’s on the reader’s […]
Tags: Cultural Traditions·Depictions of Meat in Books·Early Elementary·Food Choices·George Ancona·Huyen MacMichael·Multicultural·Preschoolers
Anh’s Anger
January 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Anh is a young Vietnamese boy happily building his tower of blocks when he is asked to stop to eat the dinner his grandfather cooked. After repeated requests, Anh reluctantly stops building, but is suddenly ambushed by tears followed by anger. He lashes out at Grandfather who attempts to comfort him. […]
Tags: Anger·Christiane Kromer·Compassion·Early Elementary·Emotion·Gail Silver·Grandparents·Huyen MacMichael·Illustration·Kindness·Meditation·Multicultural·Preschoolers·Zen Teachings