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April 2014
The spring issue of Bark! magazine is out now!
Readers can also meet some musical and crafty kids who helped animals around the province in our regular High Paws section, and enter our Cat Care Contest to win a purrrfect cat lover prize pack. Look for Bark! on your school library shelf now or order a class set of this issue by email. Include your name, number of students, grade, school name and address and we’ll package them up and send them off to your class.
The One and Only Ivan by
Katherine Applegate
Though he has an elephant friend named Stella, a dog friend named Bob and a young human friend named Julia, Ivan lives alone in his cage. He is the only gorilla he knows. Told in short, poetic chapters, or vignettes, The One and Only Ivan is a beautifully written and moving book. It subtly asks the reader to contemplate how humans treat animals, particularly wild animals in captivity. Why do some humans help while others cause harm? Is there such a thing as a “good zoo”? What can we do, as individuals and as a society, to improve the lives of animals? Through the artfully imagined voices of Ivan and his friends, as well as human characters like the young girl, Julia, and the boss and the Big Top Mall, Mack, the author paints a heartbreaking but hopeful portrait of the lives of animals in captivity. While recommended for a grade 3-5 reading level, The One and Only Ivan should not be limited to a specific age group. Read it aloud to younger students or recommend it to teenagers and adults; this is a story for all ages. Read more BC SPCA book recommendations.
Be Kind to Animals Month is coming up in May! To help schools
celebrate, we will be sending a package to all school librarians with a poster
and list of animal books Get a head start in April by talking to your librarian about setting up a Be Kind to Animals Month display in your library! If a book review is on your assignment list in the next couple of months, consider choosing one from our recommended book list and sharing it with your class. Become an ambassador for animals by teaching others about animals and animal welfare issues. Don’t forget to send us pictures of your projects so we can put them up on our website as well as enter your club into a draw for some cool prizes.
Help the BC SPCA raise awareness about animal abuse on April 23, Animal Abuse Prevention day.
Learn more about this this news item and other BC SPCA news that you may want to include in class discussions. |
Click on a lesson plan below to learn more.
Kindness Counts
Companions for Life
You Can Make a Difference
Cluck - The life of an egg-laying hen (Gr. 4-6)
Bite Free (K - Gr. 5) Bite Free is on the recommended resource list for Health and Career Planning for grades K-5.
Please email us your questions and comments.  Informational DVDs and BC SPCA merchandise available at shop.spca.bc.ca |
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How do cats
let you know when they are annoyed, anxious or frightened? Is it better for a
cat to live indoors or outdoors? What litter is best? What can you do to keep your
cat safe and healthy? Answers to all of these questions and more can be found
in this “all about cats” issue of Bark!. 
The One and
Only Ivan is the story of Ivan, a wild-born gorilla who now lives, and works, at
the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. Ivan spends his time watching TV,
drawing pictures for the gift shop to sell and pondering the ways of humans.
for all ages and interests to display during this
special month.
Neglect,
abandonment, lack of veterinary care, animal hoarding, intentional abuse –
sadly, these examples of 
