Entries Tagged as 'Death'

Violet Mackerel’s Natural Habitat

October 3rd, 2013 · 6 Comments · Books

Review By HOMA WOODRUM I picked up this book (Amazon affiliate link) from the new arrivals shelf at our local library and thought it would be a good one to share on Vegbooks because the premise of a young girl taking a ladybug and making it a home in a jar touched on that desire […]

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The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook

August 20th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Kiddo and I read this book together over the summer. I never expected how much I would enjoy the narrator, Oona, and how I’d be drawn into the plot. Now that we’re done, I can say without hesitation that The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook ranks among my favorite chapter books […]

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The Cats of Tanglewood Forest

May 21st, 2013 · No Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL I was scared after reading the first chapter of The Cats of Tanglewood Forest with my 6-year-old. Not the hide-under-the-bed-like-a-scaredy-cat scared but the “what-the-heck-have-I-gotten-myself-into?” scared. The hide-under-the-bed-scared came later (my daughter did not seem to be scared at all by the story). But what can you do when you’ve started a […]

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Fred Eats a Pea

January 4th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Books

Review By HOMA WOODRUM This book tells the story of a real life dog named Fred who goes from a non-veg home to a vegan one when his caretaker, Gertie, becomes too ill to care for him. A large portion of the story sets up how Fred prefers people food over dog food but does […]

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