Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Authored by humane educator extraordinaire Zoe Weil, Claude and Medea traces the compassionate awakening of two twelve year olds. Both students at a prestigious private school in Manhattan, Claude comes from a background of wealth and privilege while his classmate Medea’s background is working class. The two are not friends at [...]
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Claude and Medea
February 2nd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books
Tags:Animal Rescue·Animal Research·animal rights·Dogs·Humane Education·Jennifer Gannett·Older Elementary·Portrayal of Vegetarians in Books·Rats·Vegetarian Protagonist·Zoe Weil
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
Hairy Hezekiah
January 8th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books
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 [...]
Tags:Animal Exploitation·Camels·Captive Wildlife·Dick King-Smith·Early Elementary·England·Interspecies Friendship·Jennifer Gannett·Nick Bruel·Wild Animals in Captivity·Zoos
Vegan Pregnancy Survival Guide
January 2nd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Not to engage in hyperbole, but the first thing a pregnant vegan should do after getting that plus sign on a stick is dash out and purchase the Vegan Pregnancy Survival Guide. Authored by Bonzai Aphrodite’s Sayward Rebhal and published by the fine folks at Herbivore Clothing (who provided me with [...]
Tags:Jennifer Gannett·Parenting·Sayward Rebhal·Vegan Parenting·Vegan Pregnancy
Wolf Christmas
December 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Daniel Pinkwater’s Wolf Christmas is the tale of a small wolf pack on Christmas Eve. Told from the perspective of one of the pack’s young wolves, Pinkwater and his illustrator wife Jill Pinkwater depict life in the pack. On this particular night, the young wolves are playful in the moonlight, but [...]
Tags:Christmas·Daniel Pinkwater·Early Elementary·Holiday Books·Holidays·Jennifer Gannett·Jill Pinkwater·Living With Wildlife·Peace·Preschoolers·Wildlife·Wolves
Redbird at Rockefeller Center
December 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT A surprise find at during a swing through a neighboring town’s library, Redbird at Rockefeller Center is an appealing story based around the famous Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center. When her mom sells their huge spruce to be the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, Kate pleads with her to change her [...]
Tags:Birds·Christmas·Early Elementary·Felicia Zekauskas·Female Protagonist·Habitat Destruction·Holiday Books·Holidays·Jennifer Gannett·New York City·Peter Maloney·Preschoolers·Trees
The Twin Giants
December 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Lottavim and Normus are twin brothers who also happen to be giants. They are closely bonded best friends who do everything together but there is one difference between them: Lottavim likes meat and Normus is a vegetarian. This difference is woven throughout the telling of their story in The Twin Giants. [...]
Tags:Brothers·Dick King-Smith·Early Elementary·Giants·Humor·Illustration·Jennifer Gannett·Mini Grey·Siblings·Vegetarian Protagonist
The Mountain that Loved a Bird
December 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT When a bird named Joy alights for a rest on a bare, lonely mountain in the middle of nowhere, their conversation sets in motion a series of events that will forever change the mountain. Alice McLerran’s The Mountain that Loved a Bird is the tender, touching tale of a friendship that [...]
Tags:Alice McLerran·Birds·Early Elementary·Eric Carle·Friendship·Illustration·Jennifer Gannett·Wildlife
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 [...]
Tags:Animal Adoption·Animal Rescue·Animal Shelters·Books that Teach Character·Books that Teach Empathy·Companion Animals·Dogs·Early Elementary·Illustration·Jennifer Gannett·Joe Hyatt·Nancy Furstinger
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