Review By JESSICA ALMY This lovely book is more about empathy than religion. A boy awakens in the middle of the night to realize he forgot to say his prayers. He kneels and prays for people without homes, for an end to war, for the sick to be healed, and for the hungry to be […]
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Beautiful Moon: A Child’s Prayer
February 4th, 2015 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Early Elementary·Empathy·Eric Velasquez·Homelessness·Hunger·Picture Books·Prayer·Preschoolers·Tonya Bolden·War
The House that Baba Built
July 1st, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL The House Baba Built: An Artist’s Childhood in China is a beautiful tribute to author Ed Young’s father and childhood home as well as it is a window into his own childhood. Young’s illustrations are a delightful collage of photos, sketches, and cutouts housing his memories of his family during the […]
Tags: Asia·Autobiography·China·Depictions of Meat in Books·Early Elementary·Ed Young·Family·Fathers·History·Huyen MacMichael·Illustration·Picture Books·War
Old Abe, Eagle Hero
August 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN You don’t hear much historical lore about bald eagles outside of them being known as the United States’ national bird, and even that was famously contested by Benjamin Franklin’s favoritism for the American turkey. Old Abe, Eagle Hero brings history to life and shows readers the importance of mascots in […]
Tags: Anne Lee·Birds·Captive Wildlife·Carolyn M. Mullin·Civil War·Eagles·Early Elementary·History·Patrick Young·Preschoolers·Raptors·War·Wild Animals in Captivity
Saving the Baghdad Zoo: A True Story of Hope and Heroes
April 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN All too often in human conflict and warfare, animals also suffer although their struggle for survival tends to be put on the backburner. The case was no different during America’s Iraq invasion. The U.S. Army eventually made it into the Baghdad Zoo and the royal palaces where wild animals had […]
Tags: Animals·Animals in Captivity·Captive Wildlife·Carolyn M. Mullin·Kelly Milner Halls·Major William Sumner·Older Elementary·Tigers·War·Wildlife·Zoos