Review By HOMA WOODRUM Lavishly illustrated, All Kinds of Kisses by Caldecott Medalist Nancy Tafuri is a big and bright book that follows animal parents kissing their babies. The unifying narrative that is noteworthy for veg parents, however, is that the animals featured are all connected by living on the same farm, ending with the human mother [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Animal Families'
All Kinds of Kisses
January 16th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Books
Tags:Animal Families·Animals·Baby Book·Chickens·Farm·Farmed Animals·Farming·Good for Toddlers·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Mother's Day·Mothers·Nancy Tafuri·Pigs·Preschoolers·Sheep
Gracie the Lighthouse Cat
August 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN I’m naturally drawn to historical accounts involving animals, and the story of Gracie, a lighthouse cat whose kitten becomes imperiled during a storm is a short, action-packed and dramatic one. Based on a true account on one of the Farne Islands of England in 1838, Gracie’s attempt to rescue her [...]
Tags:Animal Emotion·Animal Families·Carolyn M. Mullin·Cats·Companion Animals·Early Elementary·History·Preschoolers·Ruth Brown
Animal Dads
June 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Beginning with the words, “Dads do many things,” this charming book by Sneed B. Collard III and Steve Jenkins draws parallels between the dads of other species and human dads. The use of the first person plural is inclusive, and invites readers to reflect on all the ways that dads make [...]
Tags:Animal Families·Dads·Early Elementary·emperor penguins·Family·Father's Day·Fathers·Natural History·prairie voles·Preschoolers·sicklebacks·Sneed B. Collard III·Steve Jenkins·Wild Animals·Wildlife
Smudge Bunny
May 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT I am in a period of major bunny dreaming, even occasionally cruising over to Petfinder so that I can gaze adoringly at bunnies available at a local rescue (adopting one is a dream deferred since my place is already bursting at the seams with dog, cats and humans). Since I have bunnies [...]
Tags:Animal Adoption·Animal Care·Animal Families·Caretaking·Companion Animals·Dr. Bernie Siegal·Early Elementary·Easter·Jennifer Gannett·Laura J. Bryant·Pet Stores·Rabbits
The Happy Egg
April 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson, the team behind The Carrot Seed, created this lovely little book, which captures the life of an egg in simple terms for young listeners and beginning readers. While the use of the pronoun “it” may cause some people to cringe, vegans will appreciate that this book [...]
Tags:Animal Families·Baby Book·Birds·Crockett Johnson·Easter·Eggs·Good for Toddlers·Parents·Preschoolers·Ruth Krauss·Spring
Hello, Baby Beluga
January 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I didn’t give the new picture book from Darrin Lunde and Patricia J. Wynne Hello, Baby Beluga enough credit when I first picked it up. Scanning through it on my own, I got the impression that the way it presented facts, without any real storyline, was a little dry. My 5-year-old daughter, [...]
Tags:Animal Emotion·Animal Families·Animals·Environment·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Natural History·Preschoolers·Whales·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids
I Am a Turkey
January 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY This lighthearted picture book gives kids a realistic view of what the lives of wild turkeys are like. If you’ve ever been to a farm or farm sanctuary, you might be surprised to learn that wild turkeys — who have not been fattened up to be someone’s dinner — can fly [...]
Tags:Animal Emotion·Animal Families·Birds·Communication·Good for Toddlers·Jim Arnosky·Natural History·Preschoolers·Thanksgiving·Turkeys·Wild Animals·Wildlife
Hilda Hen’s Search
December 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Accompanied by striking linocut illustrations, Hilda Hen’s Search is a cute story of a hen’s hunt for the perfect place to lay her eggs. After finding several appealing places that aren’t quite right — such as the basket of a bicycle — Hilda finally finds a place to hatch her brood [...]
Tags:1990s Books·Animal Emotion·Animal Families·Chickens·Farmed Animals·Female Protagonist·Illustration·Mary Wormell·Preschoolers
Bats at the Beach
September 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Vacillating between anthropomorphism and a playful look at bats as bats, Bats at the Beach is a fun read for kids ages 4 to 8. Some of the images are designed to make kids squirm — marshmallows made of bugs, for example — but all in all, most kids will enjoy [...]
Tags:Animal Emotion·Animal Families·Bats·Brian Lies·Early Elementary·Preschoolers
If You Were My Baby: A Wildlife Lullaby
August 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN If you were my baby squirrel,/ I would welcome you to the world/ In a secret nest I made just for you. And so begins this tender bedtime story. Following the same format on each page — three poetic lines written from a parental perspective — children are introduced to [...]
Tags:Animal Emotion·Animal Families·Beavers·Carolyn M. Mullin·Ducks·Early Elementary·Fran Hodgkins·Good for Toddlers·Preschoolers·Squirrels·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids
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