Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Daniel Pinkwater’s Wolf Christmas is the tale of a small wolf pack on Christmas Eve. Told from the perspective of one of the pack’s young wolves, Pinkwater and his illustrator wife Jill Pinkwater depict life in the pack. On this particular night, the young wolves are playful in the moonlight, but [...]
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Wolf Christmas
December 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Christmas·Daniel Pinkwater·Early Elementary·Holiday Books·Holidays·Jennifer Gannett·Jill Pinkwater·Living With Wildlife·Peace·Preschoolers·Wildlife·Wolves
Redbird at Rockefeller Center
December 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT A surprise find at during a swing through a neighboring town’s library, Redbird at Rockefeller Center is an appealing story based around the famous Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center. When her mom sells their huge spruce to be the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, Kate pleads with her to change her [...]
Tags:Birds·Christmas·Early Elementary·Felicia Zekauskas·Female Protagonist·Habitat Destruction·Holiday Books·Holidays·Jennifer Gannett·New York City·Peter Maloney·Preschoolers·Trees
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
A Christmas Horse Named Cairo
December 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By MOLLY FRISINGER A Christmas Horse Named Cairo: A Rescued Palomino from Sunny Day Farms is a fundraiser book for Sunny Day Farms Animal Sanctuary. Using photographs and a simple storyline, the book tells the true story of rescued horse Cairo through the eyes of a little girl who lives on the farm. The [...]
Tags:Animal Neglect·Animal Rescue·Animal Sanctuaries·Betty Buckley·Brooke Chavez·Christmas·Holiday Books·Holidays·Horses·Molly Frisinger·Photography
Gobble Gobble
November 13th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL As my husband and I sat with our specially ordered vegan meals in front of us, I heard the wedding guests sitting on the other side of the table raving about deep frying turkeys and giving pointers to another couple about how to do it and I had an insane urge [...]
Tags:Cathryn Falwell·Christmas·Early Elementary·Huyen MacMichael·Illustration·Natural History·Preschoolers·Thanksgiving·Thanksgiving Books for Vegetarian Kids·Turkeys·Vegan Thanksgiving·Vegetarian Thanksgiving·Wildlife
The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy
July 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Jane Thayer and Lisa McCue’s picture book The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy is a tribute to the love between dogs and their boys. All Petey, the puppy-protagonist of the book, wants for Christmas is a boy — but his mother discovers there are no boys to be found. She suggests [...]
Tags:Christmas·Companion Animals·Dogs·Early Elementary·Holiday Books·Jane Thayer·Lisa McCue·Preschoolers




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