Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR For those parents who want a good message regarding our relationship with animals, Harmony on the Farm makes a solid choice. The book follows Harmony, a young girl, who visits her grandparents’ farm. Only the farm is really more of a sanctuary, because her grandparents are vegetarian and the animals will […]
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Harmony on the Farm
July 23rd, 2012 · 7 Comments · Books
Tags: Animals·Animals as Food·Books for Vegetarian Kids·Compassion·Depictions of Meat in Books·Early Elementary·Farmed Animals·Female Protagonist·Grandparents·Jacqueline Bodnar·Jess Yeomans·Meat·Meat-eating·Portrayal of Vegetarians in Books·Preschoolers·Sean R. Smith·Vegetarian·Vegetarian Characters·Vegetarian Children·Vegetarian Kids Books
The House that Baba Built
July 1st, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL The House Baba Built: An Artist’s Childhood in China is a beautiful tribute to author Ed Young’s father and childhood home as well as it is a window into his own childhood. Young’s illustrations are a delightful collage of photos, sketches, and cutouts housing his memories of his family during the […]
Tags: Asia·Autobiography·China·Depictions of Meat in Books·Early Elementary·Ed Young·Family·Fathers·History·Huyen MacMichael·Illustration·Picture Books·War
Snow
December 25th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI This book by P.D. Eastman is part of the Dr. Seuss family. Similar in style to Go, Dog, Go, it’s an early reading book about two kids and their dog playing in the snow. They run, throw snow balls, build a snowman, ski, make an igloo. It’s a simple book with simple pictures […]
Tags: Baby Book·Depictions of Meat in Books·Early Readers·Good for Toddlers·Jennifer Kali·P.D. Eastman·Preschoolers·Roy McKie·Snow·Winter
The Giant Book of Giants
December 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By KRISTIN WALD Some stories can be told and retold ad infinitum, and they will continue to entertain and delight – or terrify. The Giant Book of Giants has managed to stuff six such stories centered on giants into one book that will delight any giant-lovers you know, and they haven’t sanitized the stories for […]
Tags: Depictions of Meat in Books·Early Elementary·Folk Tales·Giants·Kristin Wald·Mark Robertson·Older Elementary·Saviour Pirotta