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Cows Are Vegetarians

September 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JOHN MCINTYRE With a title like Cows Are Vegetarians, you would expect this book to tell you all about how cows eat grass all their lives. Fortunately, inside its cover is a message much more exciting and profound. Educating your kids about the vegan or vegetarian lifestyle can be tough at times, which [...]

Weslandia

August 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN In the hum drum of suburbia, Wesley is an inharmonious presence, disliking pizza, soda and, goodness gracious, even professional football! Let’s root for the ambitious young underdog as he subtly sticks it to his more normal classmates in this tale about a special summertime project. Utilizing knowledge he soaked up [...]

Amy’s Light

July 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN The storyline and imagery may seem to border on the chimerical, but what takes place in Amy’s Light is a summertime occasion that adults can recollect with the same childlike wonder, joy and fascination as the main character, Amy. Considering that fireflies live mere weeks (a fact I picked up [...]

I Heard It from Alice Zucchini

July 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT I Heard It From Alice Zucchini: Poems About the Garden spans the course of all four seasons. The poems are narrated by various garden denizens at different places and times in their growing grounds, and the book offers the opportunity to contemplate gardening from a perspective other than that of a [...]

Mama, Is It Summer Yet?

May 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY I cringe to find out how Jennifer Gannett, avowed Nikki McClure fan and avid contributor to Vegbooks, will respond when she finds out I snatched up Ms. McClure’s charming new book for myself to review on the site. But I felt we owed it to you, our readers, to provide another [...]

Ladybug Girl

April 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Wife-and-husband team Jacky Davis and David Soman have collaborated on a delightful book that follows preschool-aged Lulu through a morning when she must entertain herself. Proclaiming herself Ladybug Girl and flanked by her loyal dog Bingo, Lulu discovers that she’s fearless and powerful. She skips through a “lake” that may or [...]

I’m a Vegetarian

April 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR Not many books about vegetarianism are aimed specifically at the younger crowd. But I’m a Vegetarian: Amazing Facts and Ideas for Healthy Vegetarians by Ellen Schwartz does just that, being a book about vegetarianism specifically written for those ages 9-12. If you have a child in this age group, it may be a good idea [...]

The Carrot Seed

April 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By MAUREEN MCDOWELL The Carrot Seed is a board book about a little boy who plants a seed and patiently awaits its sprout. While not pertaining to animals, the book illustrates the sense of awe for and love of the earth natural to children. The little boy ignores his parents and older sibling when [...]

Earth Mother

February 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN The text and illustrations in Ellen Jackson’s Earth Mother are a dramatic change of pace in light of the more action-packed page-turners I’ve been reading. To be honest, the tone and tempo are polar opposites of the hurried lifestyles we all tend to lead these days. You almost have to [...]

The Baby Shower List

January 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

By JESSICA ALMY My sister-in-law and one of my dearest friends are both expecting. So me being me, I’m planning to give them books and diapers! (What else do you really need for a baby anyways?) While I’m shopping, I decided to compile a list of my favorite (veg) parenting books. Super Baby Food by [...]

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