Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Poor Hezekiah! This Bactrian camel gent spends his days in a British zoo, very lonely indeed. The hairy fellow spends much of his time talking to himself, or to his keepers, who do not understand a word he utters. This makes him ill tempered and unhappy. Eventually Hezekiah has a go [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Interspecies Friendship'
Hairy Hezekiah
January 8th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books
Tags:Animal Exploitation·Camels·Captive Wildlife·Dick King-Smith·Early Elementary·England·Interspecies Friendship·Jennifer Gannett·Nick Bruel·Wild Animals in Captivity·Zoos
A Starlit Snowfall
December 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI I received this book as a review copy. It is the story of two friends making plans as winter approaches. Bear has a nice warm cave and invites Rabbit to stay with him until spring arrives. Rabbit says no at first, enjoying the freedom of the brisk fall mornings. But then the first frost of [...]
Tags:Bears·Early Elementary·Friendship·Illustration·Interspecies Friendship·Jennifer Kali·Jerry Pinkney·Nancy Willard·Preschoolers·Rabbits·Seasons·Snow·Winter
Suryia and Roscoe
November 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Ack! Why does something so sweet and well-intentioned have to be such a letdown? Suryia and Roscoe, in theory, is a perfect tale for preschoolers and early elementary students about a unique friendship between an orangutan and a rescued dog who live at the T.I.G.E.R.S. “Preservation Station” in South Carolina. [...]
Tags:Bhagavan Antle·Books to Avoid·Carolyn M. Mullin·Dogs·Interspecies Friendship·Orangutan
Stellaluna
October 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM In the evenings when we sit outside, we see bats swooping through the air. My daughter happily points out that they are “Stellalunas!” Granted, Stellaluna is about a fruit bat and we don’t have them here in Southern Nevada but I love that she has a positive impression of bats because of [...]
Tags:Bats·Early Elementary·Friendship·Halloween·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Interspecies Friendship·Janell Cannon·Preschoolers
You Will Be My Friend
October 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE What a great new book! In You Will Be My Friend, young Lucy the bear sets out in the world to find a friend. She is so excited she can barely contain herself. However, her excitement soon turns to disappointment quickly as animal after animal rejects her as a friend. For [...]
Tags:Bears·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Flamingos·Friendship·Humor·Interspecies Friendship·Peter Brown·Preschoolers·Robyn Moore
Friends: True Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendships
August 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Unlikely animal friendships has been a popular theme on Vegbooks, as can be seen with the reviews of Owen and Mzee, Tarra and Bella and Dogs Have the Strangest Friends. Author Catherine Thimmesh brings another compilation to this burgeoning genre with Friends: True Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendships. But what sets [...]
Tags:Carolyn M. Mullin·Catherine Thimmesh·Early Elementary·Friendship·Interspecies Friendship·Preschoolers
Lost and Found: Three Dog Stories
July 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN At some point we all get lost, and, if we’re lucky, we have a canine companion to help see us through…and vice versa. In Jim LaMarche’s triad of tender stories that feature child-dog friendships, he weaves through being lost and being found, finding home and nurturing home. Being lost could [...]
Tags:Carolyn M. Mullin·Companion Animals·Diverse Families·Dogs·Early Elementary·Interspecies Friendship·Jim LaMarche·Preschoolers
Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee
November 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee allows emerging readers to discover the touching real-life tale of an unlikely companionship. (You may have seen the duo on CNN or NBC.) While there is a sad side to this story — the young hippo Owen befriends the tortoise Mzee after he [...]
Tags:Africa·Carol Schwartz·Early Elementary·Early Readers·Friendship·Hippopotamus·Interspecies Friendship·Roberta Edwards·Tortoises·Zoo
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