Review By JESSICA ALMY After falling in love with J. Patrick Lewis’ Swan Song, I was certain I would like his early reader Tugg and Teeny, published last year. It’s a sweet, short book of 1,100 words that focuses on the friendship between Tugg, a gorilla, and Teeny, a monkey. Entitled “The Strange Stick,” “What’s […]
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Tugg and Teeny
May 18th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags: Activities·Art·Christopher Denise·Early Elementary·Early Readers·Female Protagonist·Friendship·Gorillas·Homeschooling·Interspecies Friendship·J. Patrick Lewis·Monkeys·Music·Painting·Poetry
Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart
April 29th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM We’ve been really enjoying our review copy of Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart. Full of lovely illustrations by Michael Emberly, the poems are organized into eleven categories and are all selected by former Children’s Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman with a mind towards memorization. My 3-1/2 year old daughter and I […]
Tags: Early Elementary·Elephants·Homa Woodrum·Mary Ann Hoberman·Michael Emberly·Poetry·Poets·Preschoolers
Emily and Carlo
February 10th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Once upon a time, Newfoundlands were a very popular canine companion to keep, or so it seems. Emily Dickinson, one of America’s most beloved poets, joined the ranks of Newfoundland lovers when she was bestowed a little pup in her lonely youth by her father. The Emily Dickinson Museum believes […]
Tags: Carolyn M. Mullin·Companion Animals·Dogs·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·History·Marty Rhodes Figley·Massachusetts·Poetry·Poets
Swan Song
June 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I can’t imagine a more ambitious project than creating a book of children’s poems and illustrations to pay tribute to species of animals now extinct — and yet, J. Patrick Lewis and Christopher Wormell have accomplished just that in Swan Song. Without speaking down to the reader or resorting to sing-songy […]
Tags: Animals·Childrens Poet Laureate·Christopher Wormell·Early Adult·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Endangered Species·Environment·Environmental Children's Literature·Extinction·Illustrations·J. Patrick Lewis·Older Elementary·Parents·Poetry·Preschoolers·Woodcut