by Gerald-Knittel | May 27, 2022 | books-for-both-old-and-young
Brethren of Purity The Case of the Animals against Man ‘The case of the animals against man’ is not just one of the many books on animal welfare. In the West animal welfare came to the fore only in the nineteenth century and since then interest in the subject...
by Gerald-Knittel | Mar 5, 2022 | books-for-both-old-and-young
George Eliot Middlemarch Middlemarch was written by a woman, who used a man’s name because she did not want her work to be judged according to the prejudices against women that were usual during her lifetime. The story is set in the nineteenth century, during...
by Gerald-Knittel | Jan 29, 2022 | Books for the young
Ed Young Seven Blind Mice This story opens our eyes to see the whole and to recognize connections. Very understandable and clear for children, adolescents and adults (or for every age group), it shows that you sometimes have to distance yourself in order to see...
by Gerald-Knittel | Jan 29, 2022 | Books for the young
Tomie de Paola Now One Foot, Now the Other Grandpa Bob and grandson Bobby – it’s great how they help each other. First, grandpa is there to help the little one. And years later, after Bob has a stroke, Bobby is there for him. RK Back to Books for...
by Gerald-Knittel | Jan 29, 2022 | books-for-both-old-and-young, Books for the young
Michael Morpurgo An Elephant in the Garden In the last months of the Second World War, Dresden was reduced to rubble by the Royal Air Force bomber units, with thousands left dead. Peter, a twenty-one-year-old Canadian radio operator, is the sole surviver after...
