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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Marine Mammals'
The Whales’ Song
January 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Activities·Dyan Sheldon·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Grandparents·Lisa Onykahonie·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Preschoolers·Whales·Whaling
The Secret World of Whales
May 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN They’re magnificent and majestic, generally easy going and easily taken advantage of. As large and as intimidating as they once were, whales have come a long way in our cultural and societal portrayals and understandings. As main characters of legend, myth and tall tales across the globe, whales were mistaken [...]
Tags:Animal Exploitation·animal intelligence·Biology·Carolyn M. Mullin·Charles Siebert·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Morality·Older Elementary·Whales·Whaling
Aquaman: Deepwater Disaster
May 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Earlier this year I reviewed Wonder Woman: Rumble in the Rainforest and this next book is in the same DC Super Heroes style, perfect for any fan of fast-paced, action-packed adventure with an environmental twist. Aquaman, also known as the Sea King, is delivering a few seafaring men to shore [...]
Tags:Carolyn M. Mullin·Disasters·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Graphic Novels·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Oil Spill·Older Elementary·Whales
One Nighttime Sea
April 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE What a wonderful book, packed with so much! One Nighttime Sea is a book about discovering the many creatures who lurk in the sea at night—while we sleep (which makes it a perfect bedtime story). As we count up from one to 10 and back down again, we learn that there [...]
Tags:Animals·Bedtime·Counting·Deborah Lee Rose·Good for Toddlers·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Nighttime·Ocean·Preschoolers·Rhyming Books·Robyn Moore·Steve Jenkins·Turtles·Whales
Ocean Babies
March 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL When I saw Hiroe Nakata was the illustrator of this book, I got excited because my daughter and I had long ago fallen in love with her work in Dashka Slater’s Baby Shoes and Jane Yolen’s Time for Naps. Nakata consistently delivers with her distinctively loose and energetic illustrations in Deborah [...]
Tags:Animals·Birth·Deborah Lee Rose·Early Elementary·Hiroe Nakata·Huyen MacMichael·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Ocean·Preschoolers·Reproduction·Seahorses·Wildlife
Earth Heroes: Champions of the Ocean
February 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN In the same spirit and format as the other titles in this series, Champions of the Ocean is a sound aggregation of the colorful characters who have fashioned the modern movement to explore, understand, and protect the earth’s oceans and its inhabitants. Readers meet naturalist William Beebe, sea turtle scientist [...]
Tags:Archie Carr·Biography·Carolyn M. Mullin·Cris Arbo·Eugenie Clark·Fran Hodgkins·History·Jacques-Yves Cousteau·Margaret Wentworth Owings·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Ocean·Older Elementary·Roger Payne·Sylvia Earle·Tierney Thys·William Beebe
Hello, Baby Beluga
January 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I didn’t give the new picture book from Darrin Lunde and Patricia J. Wynne Hello, Baby Beluga enough credit when I first picked it up. Scanning through it on my own, I got the impression that the way it presented facts, without any real storyline, was a little dry. My 5-year-old daughter, [...]
Tags:Animal Emotion·Animal Families·Animals·Environment·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Natural History·Preschoolers·Whales·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids
My Friend Whale
January 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE My Friend Whale is a short story about a young boy who develops a friendship with a blue whale. Each night, they meet and swim together in the ocean. The story is really about whales, though, so it’s sprinkled with interesting facts throughout. We learn that whales are the biggest animals in the [...]
Tags:Anti-Hunting·Death·Early Elementary·Hunting·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Older Elementary·Robyn Moore·Simon James·Whales·Whaling
Kids Making a Difference for Animals
October 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN When talking to kids about animals, something I like to ask them is how they can help creatures big and small. “I can be a veterinarian.” “I adopted my dog from the shelter.” These are the more common responses. But in Kids Making a Difference for Animals, readers will be [...]
Tags:Activism·Animal Rescue·Animal Rights Books for Kids·Animals in Need·Carolyn M. Mullin·Companion Animals·Helping Animals·Kindness to Animals·Marine Mammals·Older Elementary
Baby Whales Drink Milk
July 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN I wouldn’t normally review a series-based publication, like those of the “Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out Science” compilation (although many of their titles are quite interesting), but this particular one is dietary ammunition in a vegan parent’s bookshelf. Drinking milk, particularly cows’ lacteal secretions, past infancy has become a given in human society. Looking [...]
Tags:Carolyn M. Mullin·Dairy·Early Elementary·Marine Mammals·Preschoolers·vegan·Vegan Childrens Books·vegan kids·Vegan Parenting·Whales
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