Author: Andrew Newman
Author: Anna Breytenbach
Illustrator: Alexis Aronson
Published: 2017
This is the first non-fiction book that I added to my collection. I became interested in this story when I saw a Facebook video about the ‘real-life’ Diablo (now named “Spirit”) and Anna, the woman who helped him. To see this video go to YouTube and search for “The incredible story of how leopard Diablo became Spirit”. I highly recommend the video, however I would suggest reading the book first and then watching the video afterwards.
This is a fantastic story with a wonderful message. The book itself is very well put together. I imagine that the story could be tricky to tell, but the authors did a wonderful job with the writing. And the illustrations are also masterfully done and help to translate the feeling and meaningfulness of the story.
I read this book with a student for the first time recently and it was a huge success. I brought this book to school for Isabella because she loves to read something new and interesting each week. She loved the book! She didn’t get hung up on the fact that a human communicated with an animal via her heart, she simply accepted this fact. But I worry that, in this day and age when some people are wanting to ban books for dubious reasons, that a parent might have trouble with this book. Use your best judgement about what settings this book would be appropriate for.
This book is one of several books in the Conscious Stories series of books written by Andrew Newman and his team. Each book has suggestions for how to get the most out of their books and where to get more information. I have not read any of the other Conscious Stories books yet but I’m sure I will because I was very impressed by this one!
Recommended for ages 5 through 12.
Author: Andrew Newman
Author: Anna Breytenbach
Illustrator: Alexis Aronson
Published: 2017
This is the first non-fiction book that I added to my collection. I became interested in this story when I saw a Facebook video about the ‘real-life’ Diablo (now named “Spirit”) and Anna, the woman who helped him. To see this video go to YouTube and search for “The incredible story of how leopard Diablo became Spirit”. I highly recommend the video, however I would suggest reading the book first and then watching the video afterwards.
This is a fantastic story with a wonderful message. The book itself is very well put together. I imagine that the story could be tricky to tell, but the authors did a wonderful job with the writing. And the illustrations are also masterfully done and help to translate the feeling and meaningfulness of the story.
I read this book with a student for the first time recently and it was a huge success. I brought this book to school for Isabella because she loves to read something new and interesting each week. She loved the book! She didn’t get hung up on the fact that a human communicated with an animal via her heart, she simply accepted this fact. But I worry that, in this day and age when some people are wanting to ban books for dubious reasons, that a parent might have trouble with this book. Use your best judgement about what settings this book would be appropriate for.
This book is one of several books in the Conscious Stories series of books written by Andrew Newman and his team. Each book has suggestions for how to get the most out of their books and where to get more information. I have not read any of the other Conscious Stories books yet but I’m sure I will because I was very impressed by this one!
Recommended for ages 5 through 12.
