Review By JESSICA ALMY Kiddo and I thoroughly enjoyed this adventure story about a young girl named Tua (meaning “peanut”) and her friend Pohn-Pohn, the elephant. Set in Thailand, the chapter book opens with their meeting — where Tua observes Pohn-Pohn being mistreated by her mahouts — and proceeds to a happy ending at an […]
Entries Tagged as 'Wild Animals in Captivity'
Tua and the Elephant
November 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Animal Liberation·Animal Rescue·Captive Wildlife·Chapter Books·Early Elementary·Elephant Sanctuary·Elephants·Female Protagonist·Interspecies Friendship·Older Elementary·R. P. Harris·Taeeun Yoo·Thai Foods·Thailand·Wild Animals in Captivity
Belly Up
August 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT At first blush, a whodunnit about a mysterious death in FunJungle, a glitzy animal theme park, might not be considered a great choice for aware veg kids and their families or friends. However, Stuart Gibbs’s Belly Up (Amazon affiliate link) is written with a crisp, clever plot and smart, appealing characters. It is a great choice for tweens […]
Tags: Animal Liberation·Animals in Captivity·Captive Wildlife·Chapter Books·Hippopotamus·Jennifer Gannett·Older Elementary·Stuart Gibbs·Wild Animals in Captivity·Wildlife
Christian, the Hugging Lion
August 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT You may have read about Christian, a well-known lion, or seen a video that went viral several years ago featuring him. Christian, the Hugging Lion, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, is another telling about Christian and his caregivers Ace and John. At the well-known London department store, Harrods, one day, the two men […]
Tags: Africa·African Animals·Early Elementary·Jennifer Gannett·Justin Richardson·Kenya·Lions·Peter Parnell·Wild Animals in Captivity
The One and Only Ivan
August 10th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY hello I am Ivan. I am a gorilla. It’s not as easy as it looks. So begins the spare, beautiful tale of The One and Only Ivan, a novel about a gorilla kept in a shopping mall exhibit, next to animals forced to perform in a circus. It’s difficult to review complex […]
Tags: Animal Abuse·Animal Rescue·animal rights·Animals in Captivity·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Books that Teach Empathy·Captive Wildlife·Circus·Early Elementary·Elephants·Empathy·Gorillas·Katherine Applegate·Older Elementary·Patricia Castelao·Pet Trade·Primates·Wild Animals in Captivity·Zoos