Best this month
By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Happy Feet Two
“If you can walk, you can dance” is an African proverb that expresses the sentiments of an emperor penguin community in Antarctica, where strange and startling changes are taking place in the climate and envi- ronment. Mumble and Gloria are stunned when their young son Erik
declares that he doesn’t like danc- ing and runs off to the Adelie Land penguin community. There he is fascinated by a flying penguin. After his father takes him back home, they discover that a large part of a glacier has broken off and trapped all the other penguins in an ice basin with no way to get food. This sequel to Happy Feet is
Saving Civility: 52 Ways to Tame Rude, Crude and Attitude for a Polite Planet
This accessible and practical resource by Sara Hacala outlines what is needed to restore civil- ity in American society, where it is under fire from all sides. Witness all the texting and cell phone abuse, road rage, general rudeness, and inability on the part of many people to listen to others with full attention. Since face-to-face communication has lessened, self-centered
and often aggressive individuals are using the Internet to trash bloggers and critics, to spread malicious gossip and to terrorize others through cyberbullying. Hacala sees this book as a call to action and believes we can
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all do our part to shape a more civilized society and a politer planet. She counsels us to each take a hard look at our public and private behavior. Here is sage advice on ways we can become emis- saries for such spiritual antidotes to incivility as common courtesy, rever- ence, respect and empathy (SkyLight Paths,
www.skylightpaths.com).
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directed by George Miller and is a total delight from start to finish with its quirky characters (especially Will and Bill, two krill looking for adven- ture, and Bryan the Beachmaster, a pugnacious elephant seal), soaring songs, and the heroism of many dif- ferent animals banding together in the face of an eco-disaster (Warner Bros, PG—some rude humor, mild peril).
One Love
The famous reggae song “One Love” by Bob Marley has been adapted into a joyful and hopeful children’s picture book by his
daughter Cedella Marley. As
this melodic ballad points out, love cuts across the races and unites people from differ- ent places, religions and cultures. Love is all around us: “One love, what my family gives to me. One love, which the flower gives the bee. One love, what Mother Earth gives the tree.” All are involved in this project of spreading life, love and mutual worth. Vanessa Brantley Newton’s color-splashed illustrations are right in sync with the song and its celebration of people getting together and feeling all right. This delightful book brings the beloved ballad and its worthwhile message alive for a new generation (Chronicle Books,
www.chroniclebooks.com).
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