FOCUS: Reviews and essays about animal books.
An Animal Dilemma for Children to Solve
Michael Pollan proves to be versatile enough to devise two versions of The Omnivore’s Dilemma: the initial one, subtitled A Natural History of Four Meals, written for adults and a second one, subtitled The Secrets Behind What You Eat which is an abridged and rewritten Young Readers Edition, meant for a juvenile audience. Of course, in the latter version the disturbing details of … Read on …
Scary ones, darling ones
Some of you might be repelled by such a subject. If it is so, my advice for you is not to judge a book by its covers, but to read it closely, as you may never know who you’ll fall in love with. You will never know what similarities you can find between yourself and the creatures that scare you. Read on …
A Voiceless Trumpeter
E.B. White’s tale of a wild trumpeter swan born without a voice celebrates his love of wildlife and the outdoors. A story of acceptance and of choosing kindness, that captivates young readers and makes them accept disability and difference. Read on …