Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Raise your hand if you love New Orleans? I know I do… and so does most of America. It’s given us Mardi Gras, The Saints, Creole food, iconic vampires, and one heck of a vacation spot. It’s a place where magic, myth, and mystery converge, but if you’re a local […]
Entries Tagged as 'Healthy Choices'
Mr. Okra Sells Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
April 19th, 2016 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Carolyn M. Mullin·Early Elementary·Emile Henriquez·Healthy Choices·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Lashon Daley·New Orleans·Vegan Author·Vegetables
V Is for Vegan
December 10th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE Ruby Roth, the author of That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals and Vegan Is Love adds another book to her collection. This one, V Is for Vegan: The ABCs of Being Kind, is geared more towards younger kids than her other two. First is the fact that it’s an ABC book, […]
Tags: Alphabet·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Good for Toddlers·Healthy Choices·Healthy Living·Kindness·Kindness to Animals·Nutrition·Preschoolers·Raising Vegan Kids·Robyn Moore·Ruby Roth·vegan·vegan kids
The Prisoner of Carrot Castle
November 3rd, 2013 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI I received this book to review from the publisher and I would have to say that it was received quite timely in our household. Our four-year-old, who once ate anything and everything, has gotten pickier and pickier such that she may only be surviving on tofu at this point. The storyline of […]
Tags: Chris Pedersen·Early Elementary·Healthy Choices·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Jennifer Kali·Kate Jeong·Preschoolers
Sylvia’s Spinach
May 17th, 2013 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Sylvia Spivens refuses to eat spinach, despite her parents’ attempts to cajole her. She engages in some very serious picking-spinach-out-of-her-meal behavior (we see the same behavior with carrots in our house). One dreary March day, Sylvia’s teacher hands out a variety of seeds to the class for their upcoming garden project. […]
Tags: Anna Raff·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Garden·Gardening·Healthy Choices·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Jennifer Gannett·Katherine Pryor·Preschoolers·Spinach·Vegetable Books·Vegetables