Review By JESSICA ALMY The other day, my 6-year-old was slumped over Sylvia Plath, moping. Before you assume she’s terribly precocious or that I’m semi-negligent in giving my child depressing books, however, let me direct you to a recent article on Brain Pickings about obscure children’s books by famous “adult” lit authors. It’s true, Sylvia Plath [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Cats'
The It-Doesn’t-Matter Suit
January 18th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Books
Tags:Cats·Dogs·Early Elementary·Fishing·Hunting·Sylvia Plath
Christmas Kitten, Home at Last
December 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE Christmas Kitten is a sweet book for kids to enjoy during the holidays. It has the typical Christmas cast of characters including Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, elves, and reindeer, but it also has a kitten, which adds to the cute factor. While making deliveries Santa Claus finds a homeless kitten. [...]
Tags:Animal Adoption·Animal Rescue·Cats·Christmas·Companion Animals·Early Elementary·Holiday Books·Holidays·Kittens·Preschoolers·Robin Pulver·Robyn Moore·Santa Claus
Uncle Andy’s Cats
October 4th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Uncle Andy’s Cats is the imaginative story of artist Andy Warhol’s life with many, many cats. Young cat lovers will giggle at the silliness of 25 cats all named Sam running rampant through Andy Warhol’s home, but animal advocates will wince at the unapologetic, unexplained depiction of overbreeding. Eventually, author James Warhola’s (yes, he [...]
Tags:Andy Warhol·Cats·Companion Animals·Early Elementary·James Warhola·Jennifer Gannett·Preschoolers
Houndsley and Catina
September 20th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM On vacation recently, I stopped into an independent bookshop that exclusively catered to children’s books and let them know I was looking for charming chapter books. Moments later I had a number of books to choose from and was flipping through the first of four books in the Houndlsey and Catina [...]
Tags:Books for Vegetarian Kids·Cats·Chapter Books·Companion Animals·Depiction of Vegetarian Food in Books·Dogs·Early Elementary·Friendship·Homa Woodrum·James Howe·Marie-Louise Gay·Preschoolers
The Little Island
September 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I love this book the way I love Goodnight, Moon. I love its simplicity. I love that it touches on the metaphysical, but does not dwell. And above all, I love its illustrations. Margaret Wise Brown wrote both books, and in each, her simple prose inspires calming, classical illustrations. Leonard Weisgard, [...]
Tags:1940s Childrens Literature·Caldecott Medal·Cats·Early Elementary·Environment·Environmental Children's Literature·Fish·Gulls·Islands·Leonard Weisgard·Lobsters·Margaret Wise Brown·Marine Animals·Natural History·Preschoolers·Seals
Black Cat
August 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Black Cat is the rhythmic, melodious story of a black cat who moves through the urban environment of New York City — and not the opulent neighborhood that redtailed hawk Pale Male chose as his home. Christopher Myers’s graphic collage illustrations captivate us as he takes us through some of the aspects of urban life [...]
Tags:Cats·Christopher Myers·Companion Animals·Early Elementary·Homeless Animals·Homelessness·Illustration·Jennifer Gannett·New York City·Preschoolers
The Good Luck Cat
August 15th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT A sign displayed on the wall of our veterinarian’s office discusses what indoor cats “miss” — indoor-only cats miss out things like attacks by wild or domestic animals, being hit by vehicles, killing songbirds, abuse at human hands etc. In The Good Luck Cat, a young girl tells the story of her [...]
Tags:Cats·Companion Animals·Early Elementary·Illustration·Jennifer Gannett·Joy Harjo·Native American·Native Peoples·Paul Lee
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
Six Is So Much Less Than Seven
June 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Six Is So Much Less Than Seven is the thoughtful story of an older farmer with six affectionate cats. The book opens with all of them rising together, heading out to milk the farm’s cow and then moving on to the occupations of the day. It is clear that the farmer [...]
Tags:Cats·Companion Animals·Cows·Death·Death of a Pet·Early Elementary·Farm·Jennifer Gannett·Loss·Preschoolers·Ronald Himler
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