Tag Archives: animals-and-people
Lizard Music by D. Manus Pinkwater
Read November 2019 Recommended for ten-year-olds and Reynolds ★ ★ ★ ★ I had lizards when I was young, so it stands to reason that a book titled “Lizard Music” would appeal. With allergies to fur and … Continue reading
Venomous: How Earth’s Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry by Christie Wilcox
Read July 2019 Recommended for people who really like venoms ★ ★ 1/2 First of all, let’s just knock it off with those subtitles, shall we? Because I am so tired of having to rewrite them in my head. … Continue reading
Wild Country by Anne Bishop
Read May 2019 Recommended for fans of The Others ★ ★ ★ The short version: Wild Country is All The Books in The Others series thrown in a food processor then tossed together in a fruit salad. In … Continue reading
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
Read February 2019 Recommended for older little people who like animals, sick days ★ ★ ★ Zookeeper Amos is faithfully at the zoo every single day, taking care of the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, … Continue reading
Other Minds
Read September 2018 Recommended for fans of philosophy of thought, octopi ★ ★ 1/2 Octopi, or the floppy floppy spider of the sea,”(source: ZeFrank) are pretty freaking amazing. Godfrey-Smith agrees, which is how this book came about. As he … Continue reading
Wild Neighbors by HSUS
Read November 2017 Recommended for people having animal conflicts ★ ★ ★ Written in 1997, Wild Animals is no less pertinent today. I picked it up largely out of curiosity, as I’m one of the ones that feels like … Continue reading
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Read October 2017 Recommended for fans of Roald Dahl ★ ★ Things that are cool: a cigar-smoking grandma who encourages you to take safe action investigating solving problems witches with accents Things that are creepy: Having to stay a … Continue reading
The Get Fuzzy Eperience
Read June 2017 Recommended for Bucky fans (not the badger) ★ ★ 1/2 Sometimes you just need some easy laughter in life, and what better than comics to fit the bill? I’ve enjoyed the Get Fuzzy comic strip for … Continue reading
Being a Dog: Following the Dog Into a World of Smell by Alexandra Horowitz
Read October 2016 to February 2017 Recommended for dog lovers and scent enthusiasts ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Me, non-fiction and the Kindle–we’re a match made in heaven. For naps. So the fact that it took me so long to … Continue reading
Spillover by David Quammen. Be very, very afraid. But impressed.
January 2015 Recommended for fans of diseases, outbreaks, animals, public health, travel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ David Quammen is prescient. He appears to have predicted the 2014 Ebola outbreak and country jumping years before it happened. Alright, … Continue reading
