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World Water Watch

October 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Lured by its cover featuring adorable marine life and its eco-conscious title, I eagerly flipped through the pages of World Water Watch.  What I found inside was a mixed bag.  The book presents our gloomy environmental situation within the framework of several geographical locations, for example, we learn in the first section […]

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Once I Was A Cardboard Box… but Now I’m a Book About Polar Bears!

October 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Once I Was a Cardboard Box … But Now I’m a Book About Polar Bears! is a clever book designed not only to inform children about the biology and status of polar bears but also give them a detailed look at what happens to some of our cardboard when it enters […]

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Hug Time

July 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT With Hug Time, Patrick McDonnell, longtime cartoonist and creator of “Mutts” (as well as the artist behind New Jersey’s animal friendly license plate), has crafted another winner. The sweet rhyming cadence and nicely balanced illustrations happily hook adults and children as they follow Jules the Kitten. Jules is feeling a little […]

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Winston of Churchill

June 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By MARSHA RAKESTRAW Pictures of polar bears clinging to small bits of ice have been a primary rallying symbol for the fight to stop global climate change. In Winston of Churchill: One Bear’s Battle Against Global Warming, the bears take matters into their own paws, thanks to the courage and foresight of Winston, who […]

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