Review By ROBYN MOORE In Give Us a Chance, author Jane Mann introduces us to those creatures “we love to hate or may not yet appreciate.” It’s a short book of 26 rhyming poems intended to provide some understanding of the animals who often get a bad rap—such as pigeons, magpies, spiders, toads, ants, and […]
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Give Us a Chance
December 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags: Ants·Birds·Early Elementary·Insects·Jane Mann·Magpies·Older Elementary·Pigeons·Rats·Respect for Nature·Robyn Moore·Spiders
Peter and the Pigeons
November 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Children’s literature is notoriously easy on the zoo industry. Zoos are depicted as places that animals want to be — with little mention of whether it’s natural for elephants to stand on concrete, or whether lions should really be pacing in their enclosures. So when a kids book is even a […]
Tags: Animals in Captivity·Birds·Charlotte Zolotow·City·Early Elementary·Lions·Martine Gourbault·Pigeons·Preschoolers·Urban·Zoo