Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Many veg families are familiar with author/illustrator Ruby Roth’s first book That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals, in which the reasons for compassionate eating are assiduously laid out. Ms. Roth’s most recent book, Vegan Is Love, is aimed at a slightly older audience (seven and up) and picks up where her […]
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Vegan Is Love
April 30th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Books
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It’s a Book
January 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY 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) crude, dumb, or mundane. But subversive should be reserved for books that […]
Tags: Controversial Kids Books·Donkeys·Early Elementary·Humor·Lane Smith·Language·Mice·Monkeys·Older Elementary
And Tango Makes Three
June 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By MARSHA RAKESTRAW Despite the unfortunate zoo setting (all the animals therein shown with happy smiles, of course), And Tango Makes Three, which is based on a true story, serves as touching celebration of love and of the rich diversity of families. Roy and Silo are two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo, […]
Tags: Animal Courtship·Animal Families·Controversial Kids Books·Henry Bergh Award Winner·Marsha Rakestraw·Penguins·Wildlife·Wildlife Books for Kids·Zoo