Entries Tagged as 'Jennifer Gannett'

Best Books for 5-Year-Old Vegan & Vegetarian Kids

October 24th, 2014 · 1 Comment · Books

By JESSICA ALMY It’s hard to believe, but it was 5 years ago that we launched Vegbooks. The website has grown and flourished thanks to the contributions of our numerous volunteer reviewers, and in the spirit of years past, we’ve come together to share with you our top picks for kids the same age as our […]

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How to Be a Cat

January 14th, 2014 · 3 Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Small Kitten learns the tricks of the cat trade and we are along for the ride in Nikki McClure’s How to Be a Cat (Amazon affiliate link). Spare in its prose but unskimping on detailed illustrations, this story is a delight for young cat friends as we see Small Kitten (and Big […]

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Our Top Picks for 4-Year-Olds

October 25th, 2013 · 3 Comments · Books

By JESSICA ALMY In honor of Vegbooks’ fourth birthday, I asked our contributors to name their top picks for 4-year-old kids. Here’s what they said. Jennifer Gannett: My choice for 4-year-olds is…. Pizza Kittens! Homa Woodrum recommends Violet Mackerel’s Natural Habitat, Monster on the Hill, and Kevin Henkes’ Penny books. Jane Cowles (who designed the lovely graphic at the beginning of […]

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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. […]

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