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 'Whales'
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
No Plain Hair!
October 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI The girl in this book has long curly red hair. Each day of the week she wears it differently – she’ll dress it up with barrettes, give it bangs like spaghetti, and adorn it with headbands, gold dust, and confetti. She hates to be restricted and loves to experiment. She matches [...]
Tags:Beginning Readers·Early Elementary·Early Readers·Jennifer Kali·Preschoolers·Tamara Petrosino·Whale Watching·Whales
The Snail and the Whale
June 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL The Snail and the Whale was so entertaining that it helped my four-year-old and my friend’s active two-year-old stay seated and riveted during our lengthy lunch at a restaurant. Sure, I had to read between bites but the rhyming couplets were a succulent mouthful and the adorable illustrations were packed with [...]
Tags:Animal Rescue·Axel Scheffler·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environmental Children's Literature·Huyen MacMichael·Invertebrate Animals·Julia Donaldson·Marine Animals·Preschoolers·Snails·Whales
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
All the Wild Wonders: Poems of Our Earth
February 8th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN It never ceases to amaze me how poets are able to condense abstract and even concrete ideas into the simplest of phrases or pen a poem that can alter your mood 180 degrees. A few authors in the poetic anthology All the Wild Wonders are superstars when it comes to [...]
Tags:animal rights·Carolyn M. Mullin·Circus·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Illustration·John Milton·Older Elementary·Piet Grobler·Poetry·Tony Bradman·Wendy Cooling·Whales·William Blake·Zoos
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
Sleepy Time
January 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE Sleepy Time is a very short board book, full of simple rhymes. It showcases a handful of different animals and how they sleep—including baby Whale, who floats asleep in the ocean while her mom watches over her; baby Flamingo, who sleeps with his head tucked under his wing while standing on [...]
Tags:Animals·Baby Book·Bats·Bedtime·Board Book·Flamingos·Good for Toddlers·Illustration·Kathryn White·Pastel·Preschoolers·Robyn Moore·Whales
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
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