Blue Wolf Reviews

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  • Kind

    Kind

    Kind is a realistically illustrated hard back picture book and is just what we all need. It is guaranteed to bring a gentleness to the reader and the listener. The softly patterned front pages prepare us for the message to come. The first page explains that ‘Kind is more than a type, Kind is how to care.”

    The first colourful double page spread shows a variety of butterflies all colours, shapes, and sizes. The short rhyming texts suggests that even beautiful butterflies were once crawly things. Each butterfly is different showing many species. The next double page spread explains why we should be kind to those who weave, and a range of spiders is drawn. The double page spreads continue with scaly things, things with fins and things with shells.

    Many of the animals, insects, and birds shown here are all given their proper names. Then we are shown an illustration of the planets. The text reiterates that we need to be kind to where we live, it is the only home we have. We are also reminded to be kind to others and save a little kindness for ourselves.

    The message is delightful; simple and charming. Children will be able to choose favourite animals and explore the wonderful and precise illustrations. This is an end of the day book which will ensure a smile and a breath after reading.

  • Do You Love Bugs?

    Do You Love Bugs?

    While you may not think it ‘Bugs are truly brilliant’ is a totally, one hundred percent true statement, as without Bugs, life on earth would be very, very different to what it is today. Maybe we, the human race would no longer exist?

    But perhaps we have not always treated these slightly weird, often funny looking, sometimes very smelly, slimy and occasionally downright dangerous creatures with the respect they truly do deserve, as they go about their daily lives making things better for the humans and other species that inhabit planet earth.

    Do You Love Bugs from Matt Robertson takes a quirky, fun filled look at the importance of Bugs in daily life with the use of bright, intriguing illustrations and creative text, in a style even the most ‘sensitive’ of little people will enjoy.

    The educational value cannot be stressed enough, as children, like many of the bugs in the book, are very curious creatures who delight in discovering much about their world, which when presented in a format with great appeal, helps to open up a fresh new world.

    Each of the fourteen Bugs selected for this book have their own ’chapter’ filled scientific facts such as worms having up to five hearts, butterflies tasting with their feet and ants that can fire stinging acid at their enemies who want to eat them!

    It would seem some of the Bugs were none to happy about being left out, so they have been given their own Bonus chapter right at the very end, which creates the most amazing finale to a fascinating, very Buggy, read.

    Do You Love Bugs? is perfect for a wide range of readers and reading abilities and a wonderful introduction to the importance of a healthy environment to the planet.

     

  • Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet

    Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet

    In a world that is frantically trying to cope with climate change, forest devastation, pollution and so much damage to the natural environment, it is wonderful to see Kate Pankhurst create another in her series of Fantastically Great Women, with Fantastically Great Women Who Saved the Planet, which tells the stories of twelve women who spent their lives making a difference to the world in which we live.

    These twelve women began as pioneers in their field, passionate about the cause they were devoting their life to and in doing so, raised awareness of the  world as never before, particularly women such as Ingeborg Beling, who in 1920 helped to reveal that all creatures, no matter how small, have a special place in evolution and that should this change, many problems will be created, as we are now seeing in the world in 2020.

    Jane Goodall is well known for her work with the chimpanzees and the flow on effect that deforestation is having on their lives. Studying them for many years in their natural habitat she discovered the amazing amount if similarities between chimpanzees and humans; The Jane Goodall Trust was established in 1977 to carry out research and protect these intelligent creatures and their environment.

    Eileen Kampakuta Brown and Eileen Wani Wingfield, Aboriginal elders took on the might of the Australian Government when they wanted to create a Uranium Dump on their country, Woomera in South Australia.

    Maria Telkes developed technology using solar power The Dover House, an experimental house was the first of its kind to be heated using only solar technology. Back then, in 1948 Scientists understood that in the future fossil fuels would run out and an alternate source of fuels and heat needed to be discovered.

    Every woman in this book has left a legacy that is important for the future well-being of our planet and a legacy everyone should strive towards: making a better world better.

    These were exceptional women who in many cases were well ahead of their male counterparts, definitely before their time, all pose the same question, “What can you do to make the world a better place and help save the planet?”

    Fantastically Great Women Who Saved The Planet is a must read for every young girl who refuses to set barriers to what they can achieve in their lives, or is seeking inspiration for their future career.