155 Vegbooks reviews by Carolyn M. Mullin.
In this day and age, kids can use all the positive reinforcement they can get in feeling good about themselves. Other children and society at large can be rather cruel, even to the youngest of minds, pointing out…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinConfidenceEarly ElementaryJamie Lee CurtisPreschoolersSelf EsteemSoymilkTofuVegetarian
If you were my baby squirrel,/I would welcome you to the world/In a secret nest I made just for you. And so begins this tender bedtime story. Following the same format on each page — three poetic lines written from a…
Tags: Animal EmotionAnimal FamiliesBeaversCarolyn M. MullinDucksEarly ElementaryFran HodgkinsGood for ToddlersPreschoolersSquirrelsWildlifeWildlife Books for Kids
I never could watch “Bambi” or “The Land before Time” more than once. Any baby, whether animal or human, losing his or her mother is one of the most depressing things I could ever imagine. I do, however, give much…
Tags: AdoptionAfricaCarolyn M. MullinConservationCristina KesslerEarly ElementaryMothersPoachingPreschoolersRhinosSouth AfricaWildlifeWildlife Books for Kids
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…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryGreen LivingNatural LivingNature BooksPaul FleischmanPreschoolers
I think I gained a pound or two just reading this delectable little morsel. Using oh-so-tempting cookies to teach children the significance of new vocabulary words, Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s text can be challenging…
Tags: Amy Krouse RosenthalCarolyn M. MullinCompassionCookiesEarly ElementaryJane DyerPreschoolersVirtues
Move over Nikki McClure fans, there’s a new hot shot artist-author on the Vegbooks blog. He’s Parisian. A little dark. A little gothic. And he has my heart. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Benjamin Lacombe. Cherry, who…
Tags: Animal SheltersAnimal Welfare Books for KidsAnimals in NeedBenjamin LacombeBraveryCarolyn M. MullinCompanion AnimalsCompassionDark Children's BooksDogsFemale ProtagonistFriendshipIllustration
I probably should’ve bitten my tongue in an earlier post, because here I find myself reviewing yet another publication in the “Let’s Read and Find out Science” series. At the “Sea & Me” Gallery in the children’s…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentMelvin BergerOil SpillPaul MirochaPollution
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…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistFirefliesLightning BugsNatural LivingNaturePreschoolersRespect for NatureRobert Nutt
What’s probably most impressive about this publication is the way in which it was manufactured- as green as can feasibly be. Shunning a dust jacket, using vegetable ink, and printing on paper derived from…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinDavid de RothschildEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentGreen PublishingNonfictionOlder Elementary
I wouldn’t normally review a series-based publication, like those of the “Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out Science” compilation (although many of their titles are quite interesting), but this particular one is dietary…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinDairyEarly ElementaryMarine MammalsPreschoolersveganVegan Childrens Booksvegan kidsVegan ParentingWhales
Cutie patootie high schooler, Emma Jackson, penned this photo essay as a way to generate awareness of and funding for homeless dogs. Essentially a journal of her experiences looking for and finding her pup, Dixie, at…
Tags: AdoptionAnimal SheltersCarolyn M. MullinCompanion AnimalsDogsEarly Elementary
Nothing says summer like spending time at the beach. Lucky Jim Arnosky and his wife, Deanna, had the difficult task of visiting 26 different beaches along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts – for “research” purposes, of…
Tags: BeachCarolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksJim ArnoskyMarine AnimalsOceanPreschoolers
While in school, were you ever challenged by a language arts teacher to create a poem that fashioned the outline of a shape? Joyce Sidman and Michelle Berg have taken the concept of concrete poetry, also known as…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinConcrete PoetryDogsEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksHenry Bergh Award WinnerPreschoolersPuppy
Why vegetables have a bad rap amongst the younger crowd, I haven’t the faintest idea. Even when the school cafeteria overcooked the broccoli, I enjoyed it. Maybe that’s because vegetables were a rarity in my Mexican…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryGail GibbonsHealthy EatingHealthy LivingPreschoolersVegetable BooksVegetables
Farm animals are nothing short of magnificent. Seemingly, they’re more esoteric than our household companion animals, but friendlier and more approachable than say wildlife from the African savannah. Perhaps that’s…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinChickensCoffee Table BooksCowsEarly ElementaryFarmed AnimalsGoatsMaya GottfriedOlder ElementaryPigsPoetryPreschoolersTurkeys
It’s hip. It’s fun. And it’s about my two favorite subjects: animals and history. While written as a Scholastic textbook, Animals in the House is unbelievably reader-friendly, filled with puns, jokes, and lively…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinCatsCompanion AnimalsDogsHistoryOlder ElementaryReptiles
Roadschooling (v.): a nomadic form of homeschooling. For the Wright Family, this educational path calls for a cross-country adventure – RV style – that will eventually span 50 chapter books, authored by Lisa M.…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinHomeschoolingHumaneLisa M. Cottrell-BentleyOlder ElementaryTanja BauerleVegan Childrens Booksvegan kids
If my buddies Jonathan Balcombe and Marc Bekoff, along with PETA’s own Ingrid Newkirk, are endorsing a kid’s book then you know it’s not only going to be good, but ethically spot-on. Rob Laidlaw, a longtime…
Tags: Animals in CaptivityCarolyn M. MullinJonathan BalcombeMarc BekoffPETARob LaidlawZoo
Undoubtedly you’ve seen the famous photos and YouTube video of long lost friends Anthony and John and their lion, Christian, reuniting and hugging in the African panorama to everyone’s surprise and joy (at the fact…
Tags: Animal RescueAnimals in CaptivityAnthony BourkeCarolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryInterspecies FriendshipJohn RendallLionsOlder Elementary
Famous for timeless works such as Jumanji, Zathura and The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg brings his exquisite artwork and poignant words to the pages of Just a Dream, an environmental tale cloaked in the guise of…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinChris Van AllsburgEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureFishingPreschoolers
Do you remember having summer reading lists dished out by your public school? There was always such diversity and intrigue (at least in my opinion) amongst the titles that made it to the list. One that I’ll never…
Tags: Animal BehaviorCarolyn M. MullinCatsDeerFoxesJean Craighead GeorgeNatural HistoryOlder ElementaryOwlsRaccoonsUrban Wildlife
This post is in honor of International Respect for Chickens Day (May 4). In a genre of hard-to-find vegetarian and vegan children’s books (more specifically, chapter books), Anne Fine’s The Chicken Gave it to Me is a…
Tags: 1990s BooksAnimal Rights Books for KidsBest Books for Vegetarian KidsBooks for Vegetarian KidsCarolyn M. MullinChapter BooksChickensOlder ElementaryVegetarian Kids Books
Poor, poor Farmer Duck! He irons. He gardens. He even does the dishes. Duck has been picking up the “real” farmer’s slack while the sloth lies in bed, munching on chocolates. Bleary eyed and exhausted from all his…
Tags: Animal LiberationAnimal Rights Books for KidsCarolyn M. MullinChickensCowsDucksFarmed AnimalsFarmingFriendshipHard WorkMartin WaddellPigs
We can only speculate as to how dogs think and reason, but I find Maya Gottfried’s poetic interpretations to be rather spot on. Covering 16 canine breeds from Springer spaniels to mutts, Robert Rahway Zakanitch’s…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinCompanion AnimalsDogsEarly ElementaryMaya GottfriedPreschoolersRobert Rahway Zakanitch