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Entries Tagged as 'Companion Animals'

Fred Eats a Pea

January 4th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Books

Review By HOMA WOODRUM This book tells the story of a real life dog named Fred who goes from a non-veg home to a vegan one when his caretaker, Gertie, becomes too ill to care for him. A large portion of the story sets up how Fred prefers people food over dog food but does [...]

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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. [...]

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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, [...]

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Pele’s Forever Home

December 5th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Books

Review By ROBYN MOORE I love Pele’s Forever Home, and the fact that it’s a true story about an important issue makes me love it even more. The story focuses on Pele, a greyhound who was born into the cruel world of dog racing, where animals are forced to run around tracks for the sake [...]

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Maggie’s Second Chance

November 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT As soon as a review copy of Maggie’s Second Chance: A Gentle Dog’s Rescue arrived, I looked through it and knew that Gryphon Press had another wonderful title with the release of this fantastic book. However, the true test is that of the intended audience, and in this case, the book [...]

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Care Bears to the Rescue Movie

October 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Movies

Review By JENNIFER KALI I watched this movie with my daughter (2 years old) and her friend (3 years old).  We were doing overnight babysitting and thought a movie night would be fun.   I loved the Care Bears as a kid but knew nothing about this movie or the current incarnation of our 80’s cartoon friends.  I took [...]

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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 [...]

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First Pooch

September 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY I’m charmed by Carole Boston Weatherford’s picture book on how First Dog Bo became part of the First Family. Living in Washington, DC, my family and I are intimate with the president’s motorcade, helicopters, and even the National Christmas Tree on the south lawn. But the man himself? We know as much [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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