The zoo! What a great setting for kids’ books. The zoo allows young readers to ponder so many concepts, from the concrete to the abstract, so zoo books are great ‘grow with your kids’ books. Emi and the Rhino Scientist (Houghton Mifflin, $18) is a fascinating look at the work [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 30, 2007
Pssst!
Adam Rex is v. cool, as Bridget Jones would say. In his latest book, Pssst! (Harcourt, $16), a little girl is dum-dee-dee-dumming her way through the zoo, minding her own business, when—Pssst!—she is called over to the gorilla’s cage. He engages her in a conversation. He would really like a tire because, uh, his tire [...]
October 23, 2007
Where in the Wild?
Reading is in my nature! And nature is in my reading. Check it out…
I’m silent and still, till I leap out and pounce.
Even prey twice my size I can easily trounce.
To feast on a rabbit, a rat, or a mole,
I stalk it, then capture it deep in its hole.
The above [...]
