Comments for ReadingAnimals http://readinganimals.com from the library to liberation Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:32:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on A pair of animal books from Puss Reboots by Julie http://readinganimals.com/a-pair-from-puss-reboots/#comment-110 Julie Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:29:59 +0000 http://readinganimals.com/?p=134#comment-110 Have you ever read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Salamander-Room-Dragonfly-Paperbacks/dp/0679861874" rel="nofollow">The Salamander Room</a>? It's a wonderful children's picture book about animal conservation. Little boy wants to keep a salamander as a pet. His mom responds with questions: where will he eat, sleep, etc., pointing out all the things salamanders need. The little boy imagines transforming his room to meet the salamander's needs and at the end his room is basically a forest. It has gorgeous illustrations, and although the point is made very gently, it's a great starting point for discussion.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('110','Julie'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('110','Julie','Have you ever read <a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Salamander-Room-Dragonfly-Paperbacks/dp/0679861874\" >The Salamander Room</a>? It\'s a wonderful children\'s picture book about animal conservation. Little boy wants to keep a salamander as a pet. His mom responds with questions: where will he eat, sleep, etc., pointing out all the things salamanders need. The little boy imagines transforming his room to meet the salamander\'s needs and at the end his room is basically a forest. It has gorgeous illustrations, and although the point is made very gently, it\'s a great starting point for discussion.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Have you ever read The Salamander Room? It’s a wonderful children’s picture book about animal conservation. Little boy wants to keep a salamander as a pet. His mom responds with questions: where will he eat, sleep, etc., pointing out all the things salamanders need. The little boy imagines transforming his room to meet the salamander’s needs and at the end his room is basically a forest. It has gorgeous illustrations, and although the point is made very gently, it’s a great starting point for discussion.
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]]> Comment on Children’s non-fiction - I’m Lucy: A day in the life of a young bonobo by Debra Durham http://readinganimals.com/childrens-non-fiction-im-lucy/#comment-105 Debra Durham Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:11:23 +0000 http://readinganimals.com/childrens-non-fiction-im-lucy-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-young-bonobo/#comment-105 <a href="#comment-99" rel="nofollow">@Julie</a> - Mental note: Do a month of chimpanzees series. Thanks for the suggestion!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('105','Debra Durham'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('105','Debra Durham','<a href=\"#comment-99\" >@Julie</a> -\nMental note: Do a month of chimpanzees series.\nThanks for the suggestion!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Julie -
Mental note: Do a month of chimpanzees series.
Thanks for the suggestion!
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]]> Comment on Children’s non-fiction - I’m Lucy: A day in the life of a young bonobo by Julie http://readinganimals.com/childrens-non-fiction-im-lucy/#comment-99 Julie Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:48:16 +0000 http://readinganimals.com/childrens-non-fiction-im-lucy-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-young-bonobo/#comment-99 Looks great! I have a special fondness for bonobos after writing a paper about them in college. Maybe your next "animal of the month" could be chimps? Hint, hint. ;-) Julies last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pilcrow/bookworm/~3/323739532/" rel="nofollow">Rock Band 101: update</a><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('99','Julie'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('99','Julie','Looks great! I have a special fondness for bonobos after writing a paper about them in college. Maybe your next \"animal of the month\" could be chimps? Hint, hint. ;-)\n\nJulies last blog post..<a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pilcrow/bookworm/~3/323739532/\" >Rock Band 101: update</a>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Looks great! I have a special fondness for bonobos after writing a paper about them in college. Maybe your next “animal of the month” could be chimps? Hint, hint. ;-)
Julies last blog post..Rock Band 101: update
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]]> Comment on What an Animal! Reading Challenge by Debra Durham http://readinganimals.com/what-an-animal/#comment-98 Debra Durham Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:59:25 +0000 http://readinganimals.com/?p=132#comment-98 <a href="#comment-97" rel="nofollow">@Kristi</a> -My thanks to you for putting together such a great challenge! I'm always on the look out for science reads, too. Off the top of my head, I can think of several books that frame the kinship between humans and other primates in terms of genetic similarity to greater and lesser degrees - for example "What it means to be 98% chimpanzee in the case of the former and Next of Kin in the case of the latter. Thanks again! The entire challenge is relevant ot the theme of hte blog so I expect I'll be writing and linking often.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('98','Debra Durham'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('98','Debra Durham','<a href=\"#comment-97\" >@Kristi</a> -My thanks to you for putting together such a great challenge! I\'m always on the look out for science reads, too. \n\nOff the top of my head, I can think of several books that frame the kinship between humans and other primates in terms of genetic similarity to greater and lesser degrees - for example \"What it means to be 98% chimpanzee in the case of the former and Next of Kin in the case of the latter. \n\nThanks again! The entire challenge is relevant ot the theme of hte blog so I expect I\'ll be writing and linking often.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Kristi -My thanks to you for putting together such a great challenge! I’m always on the look out for science reads, too.

Off the top of my head, I can think of several books that frame the kinship between humans and other primates in terms of genetic similarity to greater and lesser degrees - for example “What it means to be 98% chimpanzee in the case of the former and Next of Kin in the case of the latter.

Thanks again! The entire challenge is relevant ot the theme of hte blog so I expect I’ll be writing and linking often.

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]]> Comment on What an Animal! Reading Challenge by Kristi http://readinganimals.com/what-an-animal/#comment-97 Kristi Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:47:38 +0000 http://readinganimals.com/?p=132#comment-97 I'm so glad you're joining the challenge! You have some intriguing books on your list (the parrot one especially speaks to me for some reason. I'm not sure why, I don't own a parrot, although I may someday -- my mother has an African Gray ;>)). Anyway, I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts on these books. My training is in biochem and genetics and, as well as the Animal Challenge, I have a personal, on-going, non-fiction science challenge that I'm working on. So I'm always looking for well-written, engaging science books to read ;>). I hope you enjoy the challenge! Kristis last blog post..<a href="http://passionforthepage.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-animal-reading-challenge.html" rel="nofollow">What an Animal Reading Challenge</a><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('97','Kristi'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('97','Kristi','I\'m so glad you\'re joining the challenge! You have some intriguing books on your list (the parrot one especially speaks to me for some reason. I\'m not sure why, I don\'t own a parrot, although I may someday -- my mother has an African Gray ;&gt;)). Anyway, I\'m looking forward to reading your thoughts on these books. My training is in biochem and genetics and, as well as the Animal Challenge, I have a personal, on-going, non-fiction science challenge that I\'m working on. So I\'m always looking for well-written, engaging science books to read ;&gt;). I hope you enjoy the challenge!\n\nKristis last blog post..<a href=\"http://passionforthepage.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-animal-reading-challenge.html\" >What an Animal Reading Challenge</a>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m so glad you’re joining the challenge! You have some intriguing books on your list (the parrot one especially speaks to me for some reason. I’m not sure why, I don’t own a parrot, although I may someday — my mother has an African Gray ;>)). Anyway, I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts on these books. My training is in biochem and genetics and, as well as the Animal Challenge, I have a personal, on-going, non-fiction science challenge that I’m working on. So I’m always looking for well-written, engaging science books to read ;>). I hope you enjoy the challenge!

Kristis last blog post..What an Animal Reading Challenge

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]]> Comment on Weekly Geeks: Nombre 9 by Debra Durham http://readinganimals.com/weekly-geeks-nombre-9/#comment-91 Debra Durham Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:54:32 +0000 http://readinganimals.com/?p=131#comment-91 <a href="#comment-89" rel="nofollow">@Julie</a> - We have to be brave and bust out of those comfort zones. (deep breaths!) Hooray for us. :) Finding Nouf review was very interesting - and thankfully I did get my FF3 issues resolved (but am still miffed that it was such a royal disaster!)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('91','Debra Durham'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('91','Debra Durham','<a href=\"#comment-89\" >@Julie</a> -\nWe have to be brave and bust out of those comfort zones. (deep breaths!) Hooray for us. :)\n\nFinding Nouf review was very interesting - and thankfully I did get my FF3 issues resolved (but am still miffed that it was such a royal disaster!)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Julie -
We have to be brave and bust out of those comfort zones. (deep breaths!) Hooray for us. :)
Finding Nouf review was very interesting - and thankfully I did get my FF3 issues resolved (but am still miffed that it was such a royal disaster!)
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]]> Comment on Weekly Geeks: Nombre 9 by Debra Durham http://readinganimals.com/weekly-geeks-nombre-9/#comment-90 Debra Durham Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:52:41 +0000 http://readinganimals.com/?p=131#comment-90 <a href="#comment-87" rel="nofollow">@Sarah @ pussreboots</a> - Sweet! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I have already picked my books.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('90','Debra Durham'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('90','Debra Durham','<a href=\"#comment-87\" >@Sarah @ pussreboots</a> -\nSweet! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I have already picked my books.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Sarah @ pussreboots -
Sweet! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I have already picked my books.
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]]> Comment on Weekly Geeks: Nombre 9 by Julie http://readinganimals.com/weekly-geeks-nombre-9/#comment-89 Julie Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:59:24 +0000 http://readinganimals.com/?p=131#comment-89 Moo's post was interesting. I've never had any desire to join challenges either, and I read mostly fiction! Come to think of it, though, my IRL book group pick for next month is nonfiction (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle). I haven't started it yet, but I will soon. So we'll both be reading outside our comfort zones for a little while. :) BTW, I saw your tweet -- I hope you've got FF up & running now! Julies last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pilcrow/bookworm/~3/321322193/" rel="nofollow">Finding Nouf</a><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('89','Julie'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('89','Julie','Moo\'s post was interesting. I\'ve never had any desire to join challenges either, and I read mostly fiction! Come to think of it, though, my IRL book group pick for next month is nonfiction (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle). I haven\'t started it yet, but I will soon. So we\'ll both be reading outside our comfort zones for a little while. :)\r\n\r\nBTW, I saw your tweet -- I hope you\'ve got FF up &amp; running now!\n\nJulies last blog post..<a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pilcrow/bookworm/~3/321322193/\" >Finding Nouf</a>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Moo’s post was interesting. I’ve never had any desire to join challenges either, and I read mostly fiction! Come to think of it, though, my IRL book group pick for next month is nonfiction (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle). I haven’t started it yet, but I will soon. So we’ll both be reading outside our comfort zones for a little while. :)

BTW, I saw your tweet — I hope you’ve got FF up & running now!

Julies last blog post..Finding Nouf

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]]> Comment on Weekly Geeks: Nombre 9 by Sarah @ pussreboots http://readinganimals.com/weekly-geeks-nombre-9/#comment-87 Sarah @ pussreboots Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:08:58 +0000 http://readinganimals.com/?p=131#comment-87 Speaking of animal books, did you see the <a href="http://passionforthepage.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-animal-reading-challenge.html" rel="nofollow">What an Animal!</a> challenge? Sarah @ pussrebootss last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pussreboots/~3/321818973/06.html" rel="nofollow">No More Monsters for Me</a><div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('87','Sarah @ pussreboots'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('87','Sarah @ pussreboots','Speaking of animal books, did you see the <a href=\"http://passionforthepage.blogspot.com/2008/06/what-animal-reading-challenge.html\" >What an Animal!</a> challenge?\n\nSarah @ pussrebootss last blog post..<a href=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pussreboots/~3/321818973/06.html\" >No More Monsters for Me</a>'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Speaking of animal books, did you see the What an Animal! challenge?

Sarah @ pussrebootss last blog post..No More Monsters for Me

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]]> Comment on Elephants and Ethics has shipped! by Debra Durham http://readinganimals.com/elephants-and-ethics-has-shipped/#comment-81 Debra Durham Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:07:09 +0000 http://readinganimals.com/?p=125#comment-81 <a href="#comment-79" rel="nofollow">@Julie</a> - Library = smart. I just dropped $90 more on a 50% off sale at Columbia University Press! Doh!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('81','Debra Durham'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('81','Debra Durham','<a href=\"#comment-79\" >@Julie</a> -\nLibrary = smart. I just dropped $90 more on a 50% off sale at Columbia University Press! Doh!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Julie -
Library = smart. I just dropped $90 more on a 50% off sale at Columbia University Press! Doh!
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