Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN In the same vein as the Grow It Yourself! series, the six titles in the Trash to Treasure lineup make arts and crafts an easy, green practice for early elementary students and also challenge their reading skills. Books are broken up into their respective reuse material: cardboard, jars and pots, buttons [...]
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From Trash to Treasure
January 23rd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags:Art·Carolyn M. Mullin·Craft Projects·Daniel Nunn·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Homeschooling·Preschoolers·Recycling·Trash
Grow It Yourself!
January 6th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Capstone now has a new wonderful imprint, Heinemann-Raintree, that’s solely dedicated to publishing curriculum-driven nonfiction “that encourages inquiry and satisfies curiosity” for students in grades PreK-8. In their “Grow It Yourself!” series, children are challenged to cultivate something with a tangible result – catnip for a cat toy, tomatoes for [...]
Tags:Carolyn M. Mullin·Classroom Books·Early Elementary·Garden·Gardening·Homeschooling·John Malam·Natural Living·Nonfiction
Stickeen: John Muir and the Brave Little Dog
December 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Who doesn’t love a John Muir story? Every year that I visit the always impressive and stupefying Yosemite, I make it a point to attend one of the monologues put on by Lee Stetson. I don’t want to call him an impersonator per se; he’s far too talented for that, [...]
Tags:Adventure·Alaska·Carolyn M. Mullin·Christopher Canyon·Companion Animals·Dogs·Donnell Rubey·Early Elementary·Exploration·John Muir·Nature·Nature Books
101 Ways to Save the Planet
December 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN A few weeks ago I got my hands on one of those 100-ways-to-help-earth type books. I usually just scan them to see if farm animals and dietary choices are mentioned at all. All too often these books pull an Al Gore and ignore the biggest way to make a positive [...]
Tags:Activism·Carolyn M. Mullin·Deborah Underwood·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Food Choices·Older Elementary·vegan·Vegetarian
Suryia and Roscoe
November 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Ack! Why does something so sweet and well-intentioned have to be such a letdown? Suryia and Roscoe, in theory, is a perfect tale for preschoolers and early elementary students about a unique friendship between an orangutan and a rescued dog who live at the T.I.G.E.R.S. “Preservation Station” in South Carolina. [...]
Tags:Bhagavan Antle·Books to Avoid·Carolyn M. Mullin·Dogs·Interspecies Friendship·Orangutan
Turk and Runt
November 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Wishbone Farm is a popular place come fall. Pumpkins abound in October. Apples are ripe for the picking. And in November, the public is on the hunt for the perfect turkey. But it seems that only Runt, the smallest turkey of his four-member family understands what that means. His brother [...]
Tags:Autumn·Carolyn M. Mullin·Early Elementary·Fall·Farmed Animals·Lisa Wheeler·Preschoolers·Thanksgiving·Thanksgiving Books for Vegetarian Kids·Turkeys
Re-Craft
November 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Most of us apply the “reduce, reuse and recycle” mantra in many ways during the day. As veggies we reduce our ecological footprint with our choice to eat lower on the food chain (go, plants!). Likely we’ve invested in canvas bags that we can reuse time and again when buying [...]
Tags:Art·Carol Sirrine·Carolyn M. Mullin·Craft Projects·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Jen Jones·Older Elementary·Recycling·Upcycling
On Parade
October 16th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN It’s about time for an honest, open, factual, and focused discussion with older children about how animals suffer in our society. Rob Laidlaw, author of Wild Animals in Captivity and founder of Zoocheck Canada, recognized that and addresses his latest work, On Parade, on the subject of animals in entertainment. [...]
Tags:Animals in Entertainment·Captive Wildlife·Carolyn M. Mullin·Circus·Older Elementary·Rob Laidlaw·Wild Animals in Captivity·Zoo
Animal Aha!
October 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN In order to prove to the masses that animals are intelligent, scientists have spent countless hours – decades even (think: Jane Goodall) – observing their behavior or carrying out experiments. On a personal level, that irks me; it should be a given that animals (at the very least mammals since people [...]
Tags:animal intelligence·Animals·Carolyn M. Mullin·Cockroaches·Diane Swanson·Dolphins·Elephants·Gorillas·Nonfiction·Older Elementary·Parrots·Pythons·Science
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