Review By HOMA WOODRUM How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum is written by Lois Wyse and Molly Rose Goldman and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (the illustrator of the lovely Houndsley and Catina series previously reviewed on Vegbooks). I was drawn to this book when searching for other books by the illustrator and couldn’t [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Early Elementary'
How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum
February 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Bugs·Dinosaurs·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Grandparents·Homa Woodrum·Lois Wyse·Marie-Louise Gay·Molly Rose Goldman·Natural History·Space·Wildlife
The Secret of NIMH
January 31st, 2012 · 6 Comments · Movies
Review By JESSICA ALMY When a mama mouse living in a field must save her family from the plow, including her son who is stricken with pneumonia, she discovers a secret world of super-intelligent rats who have suffered at the hands of vivisectors (at the National Institute of Mental Health, or NIMH) and are seeking [...]
Tags:1980s Childrens Movies·Animal Research·animal rights·Animated Movies·Don Bluth·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Mice·Older Elementary·Rats
The Whales’ Song
January 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Review By LISA ONYKAHONIE This beautiful little story book is lovely to read aloud to young children. It’s about the relationship between Lilly, her grandmother, and the whales who appear at the ocean nearby, to sing their mysterious and haunting songs. Grumpy Great Uncle Fredrick reminds Lilly and her grandmother that whales were hunted for [...]
Tags:Activities·Dyan Sheldon·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Grandparents·Lisa Onykahonie·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Preschoolers·Whales·Whaling
Billie the Unicorn
January 25th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM Billie the Unicorn by Brianne Brouhard is a vividly illustrated story set in what we learn is a world where unicorns grow plants and flowers. Billie is a little blue unicorn who seems to continually long for different pastures. She tends a cornfield but ventures into the forest to learn from her cousins [...]
Tags:Animals in Captivity·Brianne Brouhard·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Garden·Gardening·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Unicorn
From Trash to Treasure
January 23rd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
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 [...]
Tags:Art·Carolyn M. Mullin·Craft Projects·Daniel Nunn·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Homeschooling·Preschoolers·Recycling·Trash
One More Acorn
January 21st, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY In honor of Squirrel Appreciation Day, I thought it would be appropriate to review a book that my daughter received from some fellow squirrel enthusiasts entitled One More Acorn. The story follows a father grey squirrel in the late fall, as he searches for a buried acorn. People have descended upon Washington, D.C., [...]
Tags:Autumn·Civil Rights·Don Freeman·Early Elementary·Fall·Preschoolers·President Kennedy·Roy Freeman·Seasons·Squirrels·Urban Wildlife·Washington D.C.
Born to Be Wild
January 20th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Movies
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT “Born to Be Wild” is an IMAX film focusing on the conservation efforts of two women working a world away from each other in different conditions but with aligned goals. Both have set up systems of caring for and ultimately releasing orphaned wild animals back into the wild. Daphne Sheldrick, who [...]
Tags:Animal Rescue·Biography·Birute Galdikas·Conservation·Daphne Sheldrick·Early Elementary·Elephants·IMAX·Indonesia·Jennifer Gannett·Kenya·Morgan Freeman·Older Elementary·Orangutans
The It-Doesn’t-Matter Suit
January 18th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Books
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 [...]
Tags:Cats·Dogs·Early Elementary·Fishing·Hunting·Sylvia Plath
Go, Diego, Go!
January 14th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Movies
Review By JENNIFER KALI Dora’s cousin Diego is also an adventurer, but Diego is a boy with a mission. At the beginning of each episode, Diego announces, “Hi! I am Diego and I am an animal rescuer!” Then he goes on to exclaim, “I love animals!” With his team, made up of his sister Alicia and Click [...]
Tags:Adventure·Animal Rescue·Animal Welfare·Early Elementary·Good for Toddlers·Jennifer Kali·Preschoolers
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