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Entries Tagged as 'Animal Liberation'

The Lucky Lobsters

September 2nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Life isn’t so lucky for most lobsters. Snatched from their habitats, they are kept in crowded tanks until they’re bought and boiled alive. Given new evidence that despite their simple nervous systems, lobsters may feel pain and I think you’d be hard pressed to find any human who’d be willing to trade [...]

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The Chimpanzee Kid

May 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT The Chimpanzee Kid is the story of seventh grader Harold Pinto.  Harold is a sensitive kid with a history of taking up causes that other kids in his school are uninterested in hearing about, and consequently is somewhat of a lonely young guy.  His parents have divorced not long ago and [...]

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Bob and Shirley: A Tale of Two Lobsters

April 28th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Looking for a feel-good children’s story about a pair of mature lobsters netted and dragged to Rhode Island, shipped to Philadelphia for sale, flown back home to Maine and the returned to the wild?  Yes?  In that case, Bob and Shirley: A Tale of Two Lobsters is the book for you. This [...]

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Deep in the Jungle

July 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR What happens when you take an arrogant jungle lion and put him in a circus? He finds that he much preferred life in the jungle, and he returns with a new, more refined attitude toward his animal neighbors. In Deep in the Jungle, author Dan Yaccarino takes a look at circuses through [...]

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Free the Worms!

June 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo is a series of books about a young girl. In Free the Worms, she is at odds with the notion that she is a vegetarian and her teacher wants the class to gather worms to feed to the classroom snake. While gathering worms with the other students, she [...]

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Farmer Duck

April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Poor, poor Farmer Duck! He irons. He gardens. He even does the dishes. Duck has been picking up the “real” farmer’s slack while the sloth lies in bed, munching on chocolates. Bleary eyed and exhausted from all his (or her… gender really isn’t used for the animals) multitasking, Farmer Duck [...]

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Souperchicken

April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By MARSHA RAKESTRAW We know that reading is important, but in Souperchicken by Mary Jane and Herm Auch, Henrietta discovers just how life-saving reading can be. On the farm, Henrietta’s aunts wonder why Henrietta spends so much time reading and so little time laying eggs. When the farmer sends Henrietta’s aunts on “vacation,” she [...]

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The Great Pig Escape

April 8th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Books

Review By MARSHA RAKESTRAW The last laugh is on the farmers in The Great Pig Escape by Eileen Christelow. Bert and Ethel decide to try their hand at pig farming. When it’s time to take the pigs to auction, the pigs concoct an escape plan that includes pilfering clothes, impersonating townspeople and boarding a bus [...]

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