929 Vegbooks reviews in Books.
Inside Mixed Beasts, you’ll find a collection of fictional beasts discovered by Zoologist and Professor Julius Duckworth O’Hare Esq. Each odd beast is a combination of two animals or two “things.” For example, there…
Tags: AnimalsAntsCreativityEarly ElementaryFrogsHumorKenyon CoxOlder ElementaryPreschoolersRobyn MooreWallace Edwards
Barack Obama’s inspiring children’s book Of Thee I Sing is part love song to his daughters and part ode to the heroes who made this country great. Many of the historical figures featured in this book — such as Helen…
Tags: Barack ObamaEarly ElementaryGeorge WashingtonGeronimoHelen KellerHistoryJackie RobinsonLoren LongPreschoolersSitting BullUnited States
Working through complicated problems calls for complex discussions and Al Gore’s Our Choice: Young Readers Edition is rich with challenging topics and potential solutions based on the myriad of issues presented by…
Tags: Al GoreAlternative EnergyClimate ChangeEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentGlobal WarmingJennifer GannettOlder ElementarySolar PowerWind Power
Ivy League vs. Community College. White Collar vs. Blue. India’s Caste System. No matter where we look, in virtually every culture, there’s a discrimination of some sort, either based on skin color, heritage or…
Tags: AdventureCarolyn M. MullinCommunityCompanion AnimalsDavid Dayan FisherDogsEqualityOlder Elementary
Pippi Longstocking is an adventurous 9-year-old girl who lives in Sweden. Her mother passed away when she was a baby, and her father was blown overboard at sea (but Pippi feels that he’s still alive), so she lives on…
Tags: 1940s Childrens LiteratureAstrid LindgrenCircusClassic BooksEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistGirlsHumorOlder ElementaryPreschoolersRobyn MooreSweden
It’s hard to believe that people have called It’s a Book by Lane Smith subversive, simply because it uses a mild expletive. I can see calling this picture book (which I suspect is geared more to adults than children)…
Tags: Controversial Kids BooksDonkeysEarly ElementaryHumorLane SmithLanguageMiceMonkeysOlder Elementary
Jean Craighead George and Wendell Minor, the team responsible for The Wolves Are Back, bring us an Arctic tale. The Last Polar Bearfocuses upon young Tigluk, who encounters a polar bear in his Arctic village.…
Tags: ArcticClimate ChangeEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureGlobal WarmingJean Craighead GeorgeJennifer GannettNative PeoplesOceanOlder ElementaryPolar BearsTribesWendell Minor
Meet Gorilla Grodd, a brainiac super ape with the power of mind control and a zest for conquering the world. And Poison Ivy, a femme fetal with a keen relationship with all things plant-based and a self-preserving…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinClearcuttingEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentFemale ProtagonistGraphic NovelsOld Growth ForestOlder ElementaryPollutionSarah Hines StephensWonder Woman
My Friend Whale is a short story about a young boy who develops a friendship with a blue whale. Each night, they meet and swim together in the ocean. The story is really about whales, though, so it’s sprinkled with…
Tags: Anti-HuntingDeathEarly ElementaryHuntingMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsOlder ElementaryRobyn MooreSimon JamesWhalesWhaling
Dr. Isabel “Izzy” Soto, respected historian, anthropologist and colleague of Max Axiom, makes a strong, female lead in her series of graphic-like novels that span the subject matter gamut: investigations into the…
Tags: AdventureCarolyn M. MullinClimate ChangeEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentFemale ProtagonistGlobal WarmingGraphic NovelsOlder ElementaryTerry Collins
What’s an out-of-work bulldog to do when he’s too afraid of heights to wash windows, too allergic to flowers to assist a painter who’s capturing their beauty, and too enthralled by books to shelve instead of read…
Tags: AnimalsBakingCookiesDogsEarly ElementaryForthcoming BooksPreschoolersRaising Vegan KidsRecipesSweetsveganVegan BakingWork
Meet Max Axiom, a superhero scientist who leads readers into the renewable energy unknown in this attention-grabbing, educational graphic novel. Max is an atypical persona. He’s African American and bald. His lab…
Tags: Alternative EnergyCarolyn M. MullinEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentGraphic NovelsHydroelectric PowerKatherine KrohnOlder ElementaryScience BooksSolar PowerWind Power
I Want to Be…An Environmentalist is a comprehensive resource for young environmentalists and their families. The book discusses why people characterize themselves as environmentalists (fascination with animals,…
Tags: AnimalsCareersEco-Friendly Kids BooksEndangered SpeciesEnvironmentJennifer GannettNatureOlder ElementaryPollutionWild AnimalsWildlifeZoos
The Snow Bear is a beautiful wintry tale of a polar bear cub who awakens from hibernation with his mother nowhere in sight. So with the help of his forest friends—Ox, Goose, Moose, Fox, Wolf, and Rabbit—he decides to…
Tags: Baby BookBearsEarly ElementaryFoxesGeeseGood for ToddlersMiriam RossMooseOxenPolar BearsPreschoolersRabbitsRobyn MooreSnowTouch and FeelWinterWolves
If Deformed Frogs sounded pretty bad, get ready for Onion Juice, Poop, and Other Surprising Sources of Alternative Energy. Repugnant as it may be, these energy sources reel kids into learning about our global…
Tags: Alternative EnergyCarolyn M. MullinCowsfactory farmingFarmed AnimalsFarmingFossil FuelsGross BooksMark WeaklandOlder Elementary
The Magic Squad and the Dog of Great Potential is a well-written, engaging story of a boy and a dog — both with great potential. The dog of great potential in this book is called Trane, who is a rescue being fostered…
Tags: Animal SheltersCompanion AnimalsDogsJennifer GannettMary QuattlebaumOlder ElementaryPoetsVeterinarian
Whether you’ll like this book depends on the reason that you pick it up. If your family consumes a lot of packaged food, or eats out frequently, and you’re looking for new approaches to eating that incorporate whole…
Tags: CookingHealthy LivingJeannette BessingerNutritionParentsTracee Yablon-Brenner
Nicole Corse’s Pet Heroes is a short book of fourteen stories about animals who have acted heroically to save lives. Some are companion animals, and others trained service dogs who have been called to duty. While…
Tags: Companion AnimalsDogsEarly ElementaryEarly ReadersEmergenciesHeroesJennifer GannettPigsRabbitsRescue
A “Red Level” book in Picture Window Books’ Read-it! Readers series, Max Goes to the Recycling Center places its audience alongside Max’s diverse group of friends as they tour the local recycling hub. Together, we…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryEarly ReadersEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentPreschoolersRecyclingTrash
In Give Us a Chance, author Jane Mann introduces us to those creatures “we love to hate or may not yet appreciate.” It’s a short book of 26 rhyming poems intended to provide some understanding of the animals who…
Tags: AntsBirdsEarly ElementaryInsectsJane MannMagpiesOlder ElementaryPigeonsRatsRespect for NatureRobyn MooreSpiders
After a botched attempt at activism involving her Texas school’s mascot (“a poor, ancient, drugged up steer” named Angus),the eighth-grade protagonist in Tofu and T. rex, Frederika Murchison-Kowalski, is sent to live…
Tags: ActivismFemale ProtagonistGreg Leitich SmithJennifer GannettNovelOlder ElementaryPortrayal of Vegetarians in Booksveganvegan kidsVegan Protagonistvegan teens
Little Owl Lost is a sweet book about the tale of an baby owlet lost in the forest. With the help of other forest creatures, he is eventually reunited with his mom. The book’s uniquely colored and stylized…
Tags: Chris HaughtonCommunityFearForestGood for ToddlersJennifer GannettOvercoming FearOwlsPreschoolersSquirrelWildlife
Wurst Case Scenario is a young adult novel chronicling the coming-of-age of a young vegan woman as she moves from her hometown in Colorado to begin college in Wisconsin. Author Catherine Clarkdoes an excellent job of…
Tags: Catherine ClarkCollegeEarly AdultFemale ProtagonistJennifer GannettOlder ElementaryPortrayal of Vegetarians in Booksveganvegan teensWisconsin
Accompanied by striking linocut illustrations, Hilda Hen’s Search is a cute story of a hen’s hunt for the perfect place to lay her eggs. After finding several appealing places that aren’t quite right — such as the…
Tags: 1990s BooksAnimal EmotionAnimal FamiliesChickensFarmed AnimalsFemale ProtagonistIllustrationMary WormellPreschoolers