Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN It’s about time for an honest, open, factual, and focused discussion with older children about how animals suffer in our society. Rob Laidlaw, author of Wild Animals in Captivity and founder of Zoocheck Canada, recognized that and addresses his latest work, On Parade, on the subject of animals in entertainment. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Zoo'
On Parade
October 16th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Tags:Animals in Entertainment·Captive Wildlife·Carolyn M. Mullin·Circus·Older Elementary·Rob Laidlaw·Wild Animals in Captivity·Zoo
Mother to Tigers
July 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I tend to oppose zoos and zoo literature for children. As much as zoos try to replicate the natural habitats of exotic animals, an image from a childhood visit to a zoo is indelibly marked in my mind: the eyes of a nonhuman primate behind thick plexiglass looking blankly forward, seeming not [...]
Tags:Animal Welfare·Biography·Books·Captive Wildlife·Chimpanzees·George Ella Lyon·Helen Martini·Tigers·Zoo
Peter and the Pigeons
November 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Children’s literature is notoriously easy on the zoo industry. Zoos are depicted as places that animals want to be — with little mention of whether it’s natural for elephants to stand on concrete, or whether lions should really be pacing in their enclosures. So when a kids book is even a [...]
Tags:Animals in Captivity·Birds·Charlotte Zolotow·City·Early Elementary·Lions·Martine Gourbault·Pigeons·Preschoolers·Urban·Zoo
Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee
November 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Best Friends: The True Story of Owen and Mzee allows emerging readers to discover the touching real-life tale of an unlikely companionship. (You may have seen the duo on CNN or NBC.) While there is a sad side to this story — the young hippo Owen befriends the tortoise Mzee after he [...]
Tags:Africa·Carol Schwartz·Early Elementary·Early Readers·Friendship·Hippopotamus·Interspecies Friendship·Roberta Edwards·Tortoises·Zoo
Rights for Animals?
October 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Now out of print, Rights for Animals? in the Viewpoints series provides a close-up, bi-focal look at the myriad of issues plaguing animals, us and our ethics. Thoughtfully including quotes from notable organizations, philosophers, campaigners, and historical figures on either side of the AR debate, each topic is covered over [...]
Tags:animal rights·Animal Rights Books for Kids·Carolyn M. Mullin·Circus·Deidre Rochford·Fur·Hunting·Older Elementary·vegan·Vegetarian·Vivisection·Zoo
Happy Feet
July 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Movies
Review By JESSICA ALMY Vegetarians who forgo fish for environmental reasons will adore “Happy Feet.” Along with giving kids a glimpse into the natural history of penguins, this animated movie also deals with issues of overfishing, environmental destruction, and animal suffering in zoos. Kids will learn that we need to leave the fish in the oceans [...]
Tags:Early Elementary·Environmental Kids Movies·Fishing·Natural History·Older Elementary·Penguins·Warner Bros.·Zoo
When Lulu Went to the Zoo
July 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY When I found out my daughter’s camp was taking a field trip to the National Zoo, a facility that still keeps elephants and uses free contact to handle them, I knew I had to take action. Happily, the wonderful parents on the Vegetarian Resource Group’s parent listserv suggested I get my [...]
Tags:Activism·Andy Ellis·animal rights·Animal Suffering·Animal Welfare Books for Kids·Animals in Captivity·Female Protagonist·Preschoolers·Zoo
And Tango Makes Three
June 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By MARSHA RAKESTRAW Despite the unfortunate zoo setting (all the animals therein shown with happy smiles, of course), And Tango Makes Three, which is based on a true story, serves as touching celebration of love and of the rich diversity of families. Roy and Silo are two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo, [...]
Tags:Animal Courtship·Animal Families·Controversial Kids Books·Henry Bergh Award Winner·Marsha Rakestraw·Penguins·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids·Zoo
Wild Animals in Captivity
June 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN If my buddies Jonathan Balcombe and Marc Bekoff, along with PETA’s own Ingrid Newkirk, are endorsing a kid’s book then you know it’s not only going to be good, but ethically spot-on. Rob Laidlaw, a longtime campaigner for animal protection and founder of Zoocheck Canada, pens his first children’s book [...]
Tags:Animals in Captivity·Carolyn M. Mullin·Jonathan Balcombe·Marc Bekoff·PETA·Rob Laidlaw·Zoo
So, You Love Animals
April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR For a parent who is raising vegetarian children, this book can come in quite handy. It’s a good resource for finding things to do with your children that can help them get involved with learning more about animals and their habitats, and helping to care for them. The book covers such [...]
Tags:Books for Vegetarian Kids·Companion Animals·Dissection·Jacqueline Bodnar·Lab Animals·Meat-eating·Older Elementary·Vegan Childrens Books·Wildlife·Zoe Weil·Zoo
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