Review By JENNIFER KALI Dora’s cousin Diego is also an adventurer, but Diego is a boy with a mission. At the beginning of each episode, Diego announces, “Hi! I am Diego and I am an animal rescuer!” Then he goes on to exclaim, “I love animals!” With his team, made up of his sister Alicia and Click [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Animal Welfare'
Go, Diego, Go!
January 14th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Movies
Tags:Adventure·Animal Rescue·Animal Welfare·Early Elementary·Good for Toddlers·Jennifer Kali·Preschoolers
Mother to Tigers
July 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I tend to oppose zoos and zoo literature for children. As much as zoos try to replicate the natural habitats of exotic animals, an image from a childhood visit to a zoo is indelibly marked in my mind: the eyes of a nonhuman primate behind thick plexiglass looking blankly forward, seeming not [...]
Tags:Animal Welfare·Biography·Books·Captive Wildlife·Chimpanzees·George Ella Lyon·Helen Martini·Tigers·Zoo
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Mysterious Howling
April 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Good series are hard to come by. Here’s one for fans of the witty and spellbinding writing of Harry Potter and Lemony Snicket. Set in 19th-century England, the novel tells the story of 15-year-old Penelope Lumley, a Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females graduate and newly hired governess to Alexander, [...]
Tags:19th Century·Animal Welfare·Circus·England·Female Protagonist·Hunting·Maryrose Wood·Older Elementary·Series·Slaughterhouse
Abe Lincoln Loved Animals
March 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Down the historical rabbit hole, it can be hard to determine whether or not there is truth to an anecdote, especially when it pertains to the legendary American icon and President Abraham Lincoln. Within the animal rights community, he’s famously associated with saying: “I am in favor of animal rights [...]
Tags:Abraham Lincoln·Animal Welfare·Animals·Carolyn M. Mullin·Early Elementary·Ellen Jackson·History·President
ASPCA: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
November 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT ASPCA: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is part of Reading Power’s Helping Organizations series. It is a great little book, providing very comprehensive information on the history of America’s oldest humane organization. While many adults may be familiar with founder Henry Bergh and his legacy, not all of [...]
Tags:Anastasia Suen·Animal Welfare·ASPCA·Early Elementary·Henry Bergh·Humane·Humane Organizations·Jennifer Gannett·Preschoolers
Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, and a Miracle
October 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Several years ago, Nubs was living in a remote border fort in Western Iraq when he developed a relationship with members of a U.S. Border Transition Team stationed there — in particular, Major Brian Dennis. Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine and a Miracle chronicles the story of what [...]
Tags:Animal Rescue·Animal Welfare·Companion Animals·Devotion·Dogs·Early Elementary·Jennifer Gannett·Kindness to Animals·Loyalty·Military·War
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