Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL A delectable, veg-friendly story about a wicked witch named Gritch who gets a craving for piggie pie. Of course the witch is not veg-friendly, but we can happily cheer on the clever piggies as they outsmart her. The tale was so edible the first helping that my daughter and I have [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Pigs'
Piggie Pie
February 14th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Early Elementary·Howard Fine·Humor·Huyen MacMichael·Illustrations·Margie Palatini·Pigs·Witches
All Kinds of Kisses
January 16th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM Lavishly illustrated, All Kinds of Kisses by Caldecott Medalist Nancy Tafuri is a big and bright book that follows animal parents kissing their babies. The unifying narrative that is noteworthy for veg parents, however, is that the animals featured are all connected by living on the same farm, ending with the human mother [...]
Tags:Animal Families·Animals·Baby Book·Chickens·Farm·Farmed Animals·Farming·Good for Toddlers·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Mother's Day·Mothers·Nancy Tafuri·Pigs·Preschoolers·Sheep
Lucky Pigs
September 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL I was really excited about a true farm sanctuary pig story for children. (They are so few and far between considering how many amazing farm animal biographies are out there.) There are some really great farm animal biographies geared for adults (Ninety-Five and Farm Sanctuary) and a lovely collection of poetic [...]
Tags:Early Elementary·factory farming·Farmed Animals·Gestation Crates·Huyen MacMichael·Pigs·Preschoolers·Susan Rooker
Pigs Make Me Sneeze
September 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By SANDI LANCASTER Mo Willems is a favorite children’s author in our house. We have most of the books in his “Elephant and Piggie” series, and they always make for a fun read. In Pigs Make Me Sneeze, when Gerald the elephant is approached by his best friend, Piggie, he finds that he cannot [...]
Tags:Early Elementary·Early Readers·Elephants·Mo Willems·Piggie and Elephant·Pigs·Preschoolers·Sandi Lancaster




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