Review By JENNIFER GANNETT We picked up All About Turkeys at the library and have been enjoying it a great deal during the last few weeks. Author and illustrator Jim Arnosky provides detailed facts and images about the bird that is always late November’s talk of the town: the turkey. Our young fact collector loved [...]
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All About Turkeys
November 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Birds·Early Elementary·Jennifer Gannett·Jim Arnosky·Natural History·Nonfiction·Science Books·Thanksgiving·Turkeys·Wild Animals·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids
Olivia’s Birds: Saving the Gulf
May 9th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Wow! What a kid! Olivia Bouler is an artist, ornithologist, fundraiser, and now published author at just eleven years of age. Wish I was as cool and effective in my tween years. Catching nationwide attention for her Save the Gulf Campaign (read: hang time with Kathie Lee Gifford, Kevin Jonas, [...]
Tags:Birds·Carolyn M. Mullin·Disasters·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Habitats·Oil Spill·Older Elementary·Olivia Bouler·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids
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
If You Were My Baby: A Wildlife Lullaby
August 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN If you were my baby squirrel,/ I would welcome you to the world/ In a secret nest I made just for you. And so begins this tender bedtime story. Following the same format on each page — three poetic lines written from a parental perspective — children are introduced to [...]
Tags:Animal Emotion·Animal Families·Beavers·Carolyn M. Mullin·Ducks·Early Elementary·Fran Hodgkins·Good for Toddlers·Preschoolers·Squirrels·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids
Jubela
August 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN I never could watch “Bambi” or “The Land before Time” more than once. Any baby, whether animal or human, losing his or her mother is one of the most depressing things I could ever imagine. I do, however, give much credit to these emotionally charged films for helping to lay [...]
Tags:Adoption·Carolyn M. Mullin·Conservation·Cristina Kessler·Early Elementary·Mothers·Poaching·Preschoolers·Rhinos·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids
Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet
August 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL In Gone Wild, An Endangered Animal Alphabet, David McLimans creates a beautifully artistic animal alphabet that reminds us of the variety of animal life sharing our earth. The unique black and white animal letters (in the style of a pictogram) paired with details about the 26 critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable species [...]
Tags:Caldecott Honor·David McLimans·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Endangered Species·Huyen MacMichael·New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2006·Preschoolers·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids
Sounds of the Wild: Safari
August 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I have to admit that one of the reasons I think books are the perfect gift for a child is because, as a rule, they don’t make noise. So I’m more than a little surprised to find myself so enamored with Sounds of the Wild: Safari by Maurice Pledger. Open the first page of Safari [...]
Tags:Africa·Early Elementary·Elephants·Maurice Pledger·Natural History·Nature Books·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids·Zebras
One Smart Goose
August 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR Many people have the misconception that animals are not smart. Many of us realize this to be completely untrue, and books like One Smart Goose can help to further that understanding. This book demonstrates two main points – that some animals are actually quite clever, and that being a leader may [...]
Tags:animal intelligence·Caroline Joyne Church·Early Elementary·Jacqueline Bodnar·Preschoolers·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids
The Blues Go Birding at Wild America’s Shores
August 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL The Blues Go Birding is a nice introduction to ornithology as well as a jaunt through geography for children and adults. This deceivingly slim paperback is packed with fun and educational information about birds along America’s shoreline and various regions, refuges, and parks that are bird-friendly. The book contains a storyline [...]
Tags:Birding·Birds·Carol L. Malnor·Early Elementary·Homeschooling·Huyen MacMichael·Louise Schroeder·Natural History·Older Elementary·Ornithology·Sandy F. Fuller·Teachers·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids
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