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Bat Citizens: Defending the Ninjas of the Night is an “excellent information-packed book” says Resource Links Magazine

April 24th, 2018

“Rating: E…Readers of any of award winning Rob Laidlaw’s previous books will agree with the description on the jacket cover of Bat Citizens: Defending the Ninjas of the Night “Rob Laidlaw has devoted his life to protecting animals and empowering others to do the same.” One of the ways that Rob protects animals and empowers others is […]

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School Library Journal calls Bat Citizens: Defending the Ninjas of the Night an “extensive introduction to the world of bats”

March 2nd, 2018

“This extensive introduction to the world of bats covers a wide range of topics from where they live to what they eat to how they communicate. Laidlaw debunks myths such as bats are blind and discusses threats to their survival, such as the devastating disease, white nose syndrome, and human disruption of hibernating sites. He […]

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Sal’s Fiction Addiction says “Celia Godkin does a truly admirable job of presenting the [Yellowstone Park] project” in The Wolves Return

June 28th, 2017

“Celia Godkin does a truly admirable job of presenting the [Yellowstone Park] project in terms children will understand. The language is clear, the telling is positive and brings awareness for the remarkable results…. Those changes are portrayed in detailed mixed media artwork. The double page spreads clearly show the park and its dramatic change – all […]

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Canadian Children’s BookNews praises The Wolves Return as a book “adults and older children will also find wonder and a salutary message in”

June 27th, 2017

“This could be complicated subject matter for younger audiences to assimilate, but Celia Godkin, acclaimed environmental writer and illustrator for children, has presented the material persuasively in clear, direct language. From the initial release of the wolves, it is systematically shown how one change in the ecosystem leads to the next, leaving readers in awe […]

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ILA Literacy Daily includes The Wolves Return in their list of “STEM Stories”

June 23rd, 2017

“With an engaging, accessible text and expressive mixed-media illustrations, Godkin tells the environmental success story of the reintroduction of the grey wolf to Yellowstone National Park….An endnote, ‘The Wolf in North America,’ provides history of the wolf and a map of the pre-European and current North American wolf range.” Click here to read the full list […]

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The Wolves Return is the first featured book on The Pets/Wildlife Shelf of Midwest Book Review for April 2017

April 20th, 2017

“The Wolves Return is the true story of the successful release of twenty-three Canadian gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park in 1995-96….The Wolves Return explains in picture and in narrative how the reintroduction of the wolves, a natural predator of the elk, impacted positively on the whole environment….The Wolves Return ends with a map of North America with […]

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Skydiver “will be welcomed by nature lovers” – Kirkus Reviews

July 2nd, 2014

“Threatened with extinction across North America, peregrine falcons were bred in captivity and provided with new territories until their populations rebounded. Godkin begins her account of this environmental good news by introducing a peregrine pair who return from migration, court and lay eggs, only to have their first eggs taken by a rock-climbing human being…Dramatic […]

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