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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Elephants'
Born to Be Wild
January 20th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Movies
Tags:Animal Rescue·Biography·Birute Galdikas·Conservation·Daphne Sheldrick·Early Elementary·Elephants·IMAX·Indonesia·Jennifer Gannett·Kenya·Morgan Freeman·Older Elementary·Orangutans
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?
January 12th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM We are Eric Carle fans so I love discovering new (to us) books with his illustrations. Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? is a great book with a veg and family friendly theme (and a wonderful companion to Mister Seahorse). Each page asks if a different animal has a mother, responding on [...]
Tags:Bears·Dolphins·Elephants·Eric Carle·Foxes·Giraffes·Homa Woodrum·Kangaroos·Lions·Monkeys·Mother's Day·Mothers·Penguins·Sheep·Swans
Swirl by Swirl
November 11th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Through poetry and illustration, Joyce Sidman and Beth Krommes explore all the diverse places — from snail shells to hibernating chipmunks – that spirals appear in the natural world in Swirl by Swirl. This stunning book brings readers underground to woodchuck burrows, up close to observe snails, and into a torrent of [...]
Tags:Beth Krommes·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Elephants·Environment·Illustration·Joyce Sidman·Math·Nature·Nature Books·Preschoolers·Science·Seahorses·Wildlife
Animal Aha!
October 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN In order to prove to the masses that animals are intelligent, scientists have spent countless hours – decades even (think: Jane Goodall) – observing their behavior or carrying out experiments. On a personal level, that irks me; it should be a given that animals (at the very least mammals since people [...]
Tags:animal intelligence·Animals·Carolyn M. Mullin·Cockroaches·Diane Swanson·Dolphins·Elephants·Gorillas·Nonfiction·Older Elementary·Parrots·Pythons·Science
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 [...]
Tags:Carolyn M. Mullin·Compassion·Early Elementary·Elephants·Nicole de Cock·Preschoolers·Wild Animals·Wild Animals in Captivity·Wildlife·Zoos
Sato and the Elephants
September 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Ivory isn’t always an easy subject to broach with children, but author Juanita Havill, in retelling the true story of a Japanese carver, does so beautifully and eloquently. Sato was trained by his father, a master ivory carver who died while Sato was still a young boy, and was infatuated [...]
Tags:Black Market Trade·Carolyn M. Mullin·Elephants·Endangered Species·Illegal Trade of Animal Parts·Ivory Trade·Juanita Havill·Use of Animals
Pigs Make Me Sneeze
September 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By SANDI LANCASTER Mo Willems is a favorite children’s author in our house. We have most of the books in his “Elephant and Piggie” series, and they always make for a fun read. In Pigs Make Me Sneeze, when Gerald the elephant is approached by his best friend, Piggie, he finds that he cannot [...]
Tags:Early Elementary·Early Readers·Elephants·Mo Willems·Piggie and Elephant·Pigs·Preschoolers·Sandi Lancaster
Animals that Changed the World
May 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN When I was a kid, I had no idea what the Silk Road was, much less the dramatic impact animals have had in shaping our world. In Animals that Changed the World, author Keltie Thomas brings to life not only the ancient travels along the Silk Road and other historical [...]
Tags:Animals·Animals as Food·Beavers·Captive Wildlife·Carolyn M. Mullin·Climate Change·Elephants·Farmed Animals·Fish·Guinea Pigs·History·Idioms·Keltie Thomas·Mosquitos·Older Elementary·Wildlife
Dogs Have the Strangest Friends & Other True Stories of Animal Feelings
March 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN I had the pleasure of hosting Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson at a conference some years ago at Farm Sanctuary. He’s as down-to-earth as the animals he depicts in his books on animal sentience. Most recognized for When Elephants Weep and Dogs Never Lie About Love, Masson is a committed animal advocate [...]
Tags:Animal Emotion·Animals·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Carolyn M. Mullin·Cats·Dairy·Dogs·Elephants·Illustration·Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson·Older Elementary·Shirley Felts·vegan
Sounds of the Wild: Safari
August 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I have to admit that one of the reasons I think books are the perfect gift for a child is because, as a rule, they don’t make noise. So I’m more than a little surprised to find myself so enamored with Sounds of the Wild: Safari by Maurice Pledger. Open the first page of Safari [...]
Tags:Africa·Early Elementary·Elephants·Maurice Pledger·Natural History·Nature Books·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids·Zebras
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