Review By JESSICA ALMY If you’re the kind of person who likes animals attired in 1940s garb and dark story lines revolving around persecuted animals secreted away from Gestapo-like police cats, you’ll love Mrs. Marlowe’s Mice. (For the record, kiddo and I both fall in this category.) Is Frank and Devin Asch’s smart picture book [...]
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Mrs. Marlowe’s Mice
January 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Animal Rescue·Cats·Dark Children's Books·Devin Asch·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Frank Asch·Mice·Morality·Persecution·Preschoolers·World War II
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 [...]
Tags:Climate Change·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Environmental Children's Literature·Green Earth Book Award Winner·Jean Davies Okimoto·Marsha Rakestraw·Polar Bears·Respect for Nature·Wildlife·Winston Churchill·World War II
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