Entries Tagged as 'Wild Animals in Captivity'

Hippopposites

August 1st, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By ROBYN MOORE Hippopposites is a visually appealing board book which presents opposites in a non-traditional way. Every page and its match on the following page features an abstract image of a hippo that’s morphed into different sizes, shapes, textures, and other slightly advanced design concepts. For example, some of the opposites included in […]

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One Cool Friend

July 25th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JANE COWLES One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo (pictures by David Small) explores the quirky interests of a father and son in an accepting and playful way. Elliot is a little man with manners. Dressed in a tux, Elliot cannot be bothered with childhood fun. When his father asks him to go to […]

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When Anju Loved Being an Elephant

June 23rd, 2012 · 6 Comments · Books

Review By ANDREA ZOLLMAN I’ve loved elephants my whole life and eagerly anticipated receiving this review copy. After reading this book, however, visiting an elephant enclosure at the zoo will never be the same for me. When Anju Loved Being an Elephant tells the heartbreaking and poignant story of a Sumatran elephant who is abducted at a […]

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City Life

January 10th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER KALI We love this book. We got it for our daughter (age 2.5) for Christmas and have read it many times since then. It’s the story of a little girl thinking about all of the fun she and her two moms are going to have in her neighborhood the next day. As she lays in […]

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