Hero Cat
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL After much searching in winter weather, a homeless cat finds an abandoned building to deliver her kittens. When she leaves her kittens to find some nourishment, she returns...
View ArticleMutt Dog!
Review By JESSICA ALMY Kiddo has a couple books that will bring me to tears, and Mutt Dog! by Stephen Michael King is one of them. The book’s sensitive approach to homelessness, human and canine, and...
View ArticleGowanus Dogs
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Dark subject matter and equally dark drawings comprise Gowanus Dogs, the story of a family of homeless dogs and the homeless man who changes their lives and whose life is in...
View ArticleBlack Cat
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Black Cat is the rhythmic, melodious story of a black cat who moves through the urban environment of New York City — and not the opulent neighborhood that redtailed hawk Pale...
View ArticleUncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen
Review By JENNIFER KALI Around Martin Luther King Day, my 3-year-old daughter’s preschool class talked about their dreams. My daughter’s dream was: “One day I want to work in a soup kitchen.” Well,...
View ArticleBeautiful Moon: A Child’s Prayer
Review By JESSICA ALMY This lovely book is more about empathy than religion. A boy awakens in the middle of the night to realize he forgot to say his prayers. He kneels and prays for people without...
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