Review By KRISTIN WALD Many children go through an adoration and admiration of horses when they are young. With paint-by-number kits and young adult novels and films based on kids and horses, there’s no shortage of material to keep the love alive. But when those children get a little older, very real and disturbing issues start to emerge […]
Entries Tagged as 'Sanctuaries'
Horse Sanctuary
October 11th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags: Allison Milionis·Animal Rescue·Animal Sanctuaries·Horses·Karen Tweedy-Holmes·Kristin Wald·Older Elementary·Photography·Sanctuaries
City Chickens
August 8th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT The tale of Chicken Run Rescue, a chickens-only rescue located in North Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the focus of the lovely, thoughtful book City Chickens, a copy of which I received from the publisher for review (Amazon affiliate link). Tracing the humble origins of the rescue, where all bird residents are referred […]
Tags: Animal Adoption·Animal Rescue·Animal Sanctuaries·Chickens·Christine Heppermann·Cockfighting·Early Elementary·factory farming·Jennifer Gannett·Minnesota·Photography·Photos·Sanctuaries
Ninety-Five
September 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Anyone who has ever visited a farm animal sanctuary is touched by the stories and personalities of the animals. The next best thing to visiting a farm sanctuary, is reading Ninety-Five: Meeting America’s Farmed Animals in Stories and Photographs, a fabulously tender collection of farm animal biographies with gorgeous accompanying photo […]
Tags: Activism·Chickens·Cows·Farmed Animals·No Voice Unheard·Older Elementary·Parents·Photography·Sanctuaries·vegan·Vegan Parenting·Vegan Parents·Vegetarian
Chimpanzee Rescue
April 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN I love children’s books that even I can learn from and Chimpanzee Rescue by Patricia Bow delivers and then some. Who knew there were four subspecies of chimpanzees, based on their location in Africa (eastern, central, western, and Nigeria/Cameroon)? Or that they have a red-blue-green color vision? In addition to these […]
Tags: Carolyn M. Mullin·Chimpanzees·Conservation·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Habitat Destruction·Older Elementary·Sanctuaries