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The Last Polar Bear

January 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Jean Craighead George and Wendell Minor, the team responsible for The Wolves Are Back, bring us an Arctic tale.  The Last Polar Bear focuses upon young Tigluk, who encounters a polar bear in his Arctic village.  Ignoring the warnings of the adult villagers, Tigluk has a close encounter with the bear, named Nanuq.  Realizing [...]

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The Snow Bear

December 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By ROBYN MOORE The Snow Bear is a beautiful wintry tale of a polar bear cub who awakens from hibernation with his mother nowhere in sight. So with the help of his forest friends—Ox, Goose, Moose, Fox, Wolf, and Rabbit—he decides to build a mother bear out of snow to keep him company. Together, [...]

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The Earth Book: Two Perspectives

November 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

There are so many interesting kids books in the world that our contributors don’t often double up on a title — but in this case, they did.  First, read Jennifer’s review of The Earth Book by Todd Parr.  Then keep on reading for a different take from Carolyn. Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Todd Parr does [...]

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World Water Watch

October 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Lured by its cover featuring adorable marine life and its eco-conscious title, I eagerly flipped through the pages of World Water Watch.  What I found inside was a mixed bag.  The book presents our gloomy environmental situation within the framework of several geographical locations, for example, we learn in the first section [...]

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Once I Was A Cardboard Box… but Now I’m a Book About Polar Bears!

October 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Once I Was a Cardboard Box … But Now I’m a Book About Polar Bears! is a clever book designed not only to inform children about the biology and status of polar bears but also give them a detailed look at what happens to some of our cardboard when it enters [...]

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Hug Time

July 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT With Hug Time, Patrick McDonnell, longtime cartoonist and creator of “Mutts” (as well as the artist behind New Jersey’s animal friendly license plate), has crafted another winner. The sweet rhyming cadence and nicely balanced illustrations happily hook adults and children as they follow Jules the Kitten. Jules is feeling a little [...]

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Winston of Churchill

June 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By MARSHA RAKESTRAW Pictures of polar bears clinging to small bits of ice have been a primary rallying symbol for the fight to stop global climate change. In Winston of Churchill: One Bear’s Battle Against Global Warming, the bears take matters into their own paws, thanks to the courage and foresight of Winston, who [...]

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If Frogs Made Weather

January 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY This picture book by Marion Dane Bauer and Dorothy Donahue introduces kids to the ecological needs of animals through touching, even funny, poems — with gorgeous illustrations to boot.  Each page could stand on its own, but together they’re downright magical. One of the things I love about this book is, [...]

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Endangered Animals

October 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY This hardcover book from Flowerpot Press talks about the natural history, conservation status, and threats to endangered animals all over the world.  In addition to discussing environmental threats, such as toxic fertilizers that threaten endangered raptors and the effect of climate change on polar bears, this book talks about ways that [...]

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