Review By DIANE VUKOVIC The story takes place in Vegitopia, a land where humans and animals live in peace together and no one would ever dream of eating animals. One day, a little girl named Lena who has her own lettuce patch learns that the babies of Vegitopia are going missing. She sends a letter […]
Entries Tagged as 'Depiction of Vegetarian Food in Books'
Lena of Vegitopia and the Mystery of the Missing Animals
September 13th, 2014 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Animal Rescue·Carlos Patino·Consumption of Meat·Depiction of Vegetarian Food in Books·Depictions of Meat in Books·Diane Vukovic·Early Elementary·Fairy Tales·Princess·Sybil Severin·Vegan Children's Book·Vegan Fairytale
Houndsley and Catina
September 20th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM On vacation recently, I stopped into an independent bookshop that exclusively catered to children’s books and let them know I was looking for charming chapter books. Moments later I had a number of books to choose from and was flipping through the first of four books in the Houndlsey and Catina […]
Tags: Books for Vegetarian Kids·Cats·Chapter Books·Companion Animals·Depiction of Vegetarian Food in Books·Dogs·Early Elementary·Friendship·Homa Woodrum·James Howe·Marie-Louise Gay·Preschoolers·Vegetarian Characters
Toad Food & Measle Soup
July 7th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Kiddo and I love the humorous title of this chapter book by Christine McDonnell, and we now often refer to tofu (one of our favorite foods) as “toad food.” Vegetarian kids will get a kick out of how Leo Nolan, an omnivore whose mom goes through a short-lived vegetarian phase, misunderstands the […]
Tags: Chapter Books·Christine McDonnell·Depiction of Vegetarian Food in Books·Diane deGroat·Early Elementary·G. Brian Karas·Older Elementary·Tofu·Vegetarian Characters
The Sandwich Swap
April 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT In the aptly titled story The Sandwich Swap, Lily and Salma are best friends who share everything, including a love of sandwiches. Salma’s sandwich of choice is hummus in a pita, while Lily prefers peanut butter and jelly on white bread. Though they love each other dearly, they don’t give voice to their feelings about the […]
Tags: Depiction of Vegetarian Food in Books·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Friendship·Jennifer Gannett·Kelly DiPucchio·Queen Rania of Jordan Al Abdullah·Tolerance·Tricia Tusa