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ELVIS AND THE WORLD AS IT STANDS

By TJ August 10, 2021Books, Cat Adoption, Cats, Dogs, Fiction, Middle-Grade, Pets

Love, love, love this new middle-grade novel! ELVIS AND THE THE WORLD AS IT STANDS by Lisa Frenkel Riddiough with sweetly evocative illustrations by Olivia Chin Mueller stars Elvis, a kitten, who is adopted from a shelter in the San Francisco Bay area during a special Fourth of July…

Review of WAYWARD CREATURES by Dayna Lorentz

By TJ June 12, 2021Books, Fiction, Middle-Grade, Wild Animals

This sweet middle-grade novel doesn't publish until January, but I read an advance copy and loved it so much, I just have to write about it now! It's one of the first novels I've read that encourages the reader to empathize with a coyote, and for that it is…

Holiday Gift List

By TJ December 5, 2020Books, Dogs, Farm Animals, Fiction, Horses, Marine Animals, Memoir, Middle-Grade, Nonfiction, Picture Books, Teens, Wild Animals

Books that make a perfect present for the animal lover!

Story-Time with Irina: SAUCY by Cynthia Kadohata and SKUNK AND BADGER by Amy Timberlake

By TJ September 26, 2020Books, Fiction, Middle-Grade

We LOVED Saucy by Cynthia Kadohata! Saucy is a middle-grade novel (ages 8 on up) about a pig named Saucy - who is very saucy indeed! - and her family.

Story Time with Irina: A WHALE OF THE WILD, by Rosanne Parry

By TJ September 1, 2020Books, Fiction, Marine Animals, Middle-Grade, Wild Animals

We just finished this fun, adventurous, and very enlightening kids' book (ages 8-12) called A Whale of the Wild, written by Rosanne Parry and illustrated by Lindsay Moore. It's about two orcas (we've heard some call them "killer whales" but they don't seem that scary to us) - a sister, Vega, and her little brother, Deneb.

LOUISIANA’S WAY HOME by Kate DiCamillo

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Fiction, Middle-Grade

Lovely book we discovered the other day at the Chandler Public Library. LOUISIANA'S WAY HOME by one of our favorite middle-grade authors, Kate DiCamillo, tells the story of Louisiana Elefante, a young girl whose parents have died and who is living with her grandmother. One day, her granny insists…

Review of THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON by Kelly Barnhill

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Fiction, Middle-Grade

Normally, I focus on books about or starring animals as main characters, but this middle-grade novel was too brilliant to pass up! And, it has a couple of fantastical animals - a sweet little dragon named Fyrion, and an equally endearing huge swamp creature named Glerk. Both characters stole…

Review of GOOD DOG by Dan Gemeinhart

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Dogs, Fiction, Middle-Grade

This is a time when I wish I had a good book club for animal lovers because I'd so love to discuss this one with others! GOOD DOG is a middle-grade novel by well-regarded author Dan Gemeinhart. The book begins with Brodie having died and gone to a place…

Review of CHESTER AND GUS by Cammie McGovern

By TJ June 9, 2020Books, Dogs, Fiction, Middle-Grade

Absolutely loved this middle-grade novel by Cammie McGovern. Chester, a chocolate lab, has failed his certification as a service dog due to his fear of loud noises, to his mother's dismay. Chester feels badly at displeasing his family so. But his trainer, Penny, says he may still serve as…

Review of THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN by Katherine Applegate

By TJ June 8, 2020Books, Fiction, Middle-Grade

Our sister, Rhea, poses with our copy of the book. Ivan’s coloring on the cover kind of matches her coat :) The One and Only Ivan is an excellent novel by Katherine Applegate, and it very deservedly won the Newbery Medal for children’s literature in 2013. Set in a…