Movies that let your wild animals get back to nature
School’s out for summer, and arithmetic drills and cursive writing workbooks have given way to popsicles and sprinklers. In the spirit of kids unleashed into their natural habitat for two glorious months, we present five fab film finds in which we are, as Steppenwolf reminds us, born to be wild.
We know, when kids are asked about their favourite animals, birds aren’t often at the top of the their lists. As far as we know, Discovery Channel has no Bird Week, but birds are a truly awesome class of animal. Winged Migration follows a few species of birds over four years as they travel great distances and face predators.
March comes in like a lamb, out like a lion. Or vice-versa, but it’s pretty lovely and sunny out there today which obviously means we’re in for a crappy end of the month. Where did this one-or-the-other idea even comes from? The Farmer’s Almanac says that our superstitious predecessors believed that there must be a balance both in weather and in life, so what starts out rough, ends up calm.
Whatever temperature swings Mother Nature throws at us, we’re looking forward to a roaring good month. Here are our favourite lion movies. (With a couple other big cats thrown in for good measure.)
What makes a muskrat guard his musk? Courage. What makes a lion endearing? A lack thereof. (And perhaps a few musical numbers) A cowardly lion makes for a strange companion for a girl from Kansas, but no stranger than a talking scarecrow or tin man. And he definitely makes a better traveling companion than a flying monkey. Read more...
