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The Girl and the Elephant

September 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN In the same spirit as The Little Prince comes this otherworldly tale of a young girl who befriends an elephant at the local zoo. A vulture, chimps, and of course the elephant look forlorn behind the bars of their barren cages/enclosures. A carrot entices the elephant to consider this potential [...]

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Too Many Turkeys

April 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT After visiting Catskill Animal Sanctuary some time ago and meeting a rescued turkey named Ethel and her cohort, I became enamored with turkeys in a way that I hadn’t known was possible.  They are so cool!  So when I came upon the book Too Many Turkeys, I held my breath with each page I [...]

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Anh’s Anger

January 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Anh is a young Vietnamese boy happily building his tower of blocks when he is asked to stop to eat the  dinner his grandfather cooked. After repeated requests, Anh reluctantly stops building, but is suddenly ambushed by tears followed by anger. He lashes out at Grandfather who attempts to comfort him. [...]

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Madeline and the Bad Hat

January 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Madeline is a familiar and popular series to many so I thought I would introduce the stories to my daughter. We picked out this particular one by chance thinking it was about a hat, of course. But we were surprised to find Ludwig Bemelmans refers to the idiom of the bad [...]

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The Snake Who Was Afraid of People

December 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Barry Louis Polisar’s The Snake Who Was Afraid of People is the tale of a young snake named Leo, who is afraid of people —  a fear stemming from his observations of how humans treat the natural world, including snakes. This fear of people leads other snakes to make fun of [...]

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Zen Ties

October 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Jon J. Muth amuses and teaches again through the character of Stillwater the Zen panda in this second children’s book of Buddhist teachings. Just like in Zen Shorts, the giant panda is introduced by a child who notices a bear “sitting.” The watercolor illustrates Stillwater sitting Zazen in the traditional cross-legged Zen [...]

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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Mem Fox writes a brilliant and memorable tale of the innocence and simplicity of a child reaching out and connecting with the elderly, who have been forgotten and are forgetting a part of themselves. It is a compassionate story about a little boy who cares enough to gather memories for his [...]

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Hey, Little Ant

September 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Hey, Little Ant, written by father-daughter duo Hannah (then nine-years-old) and Phillip Hoose, is by far my favorite children’s book. Honestly! It has everything you could possibly wish for – inviting artwork, relatable scenarios, quick, upbeat writing, and a prompting message that leaves the reader with an ethical quagmire. Kid [...]

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The Snail’s Spell

August 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Many people are inspired to become vegetarians after they learn about the widespread animal exploitation that supports the Standard American Diet. For those of us, we can only hope that the next generation sees animals differently than ours does — not as commodities to be manipulated to maximize yield, but as [...]

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Garlic- Onion- Beet- Spinach- Mango- Carrot- Grapefruit Juice

August 25th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL Garlic- Onion- Beet- Spinach- Mango- Carrot- Grapefruit Juice is a fresh, one-of-a-kind book designed to get a person’s mental juices flowing about compassion, vegetarianism, stereotypes,  expectations, and (of course) juicing. Like the title, a lot of interesting ingredients get blended together in this book; and although it sounds funny, it sure [...]

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