Review By JENNIFER KALI I took my kids (ages 3 and 7) to see the movie “Trolls.” I had heard that it was about happiness but didn’t know much beyond that, so I was pleasantly surprised at the animal friendly message. In the middle of it, my daughter exclaimed, “You have to review this one!” […]
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Trolls (2016)
November 18th, 2016 · No Comments · Movies
Tags: Animated Movies·Early Elementary·Family Films·Family Movies·Happiness·Jennifer Kali·Meat-eating·Music
Harmony on the Farm
July 23rd, 2012 · 7 Comments · Books
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 […]
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
Perfect the Pig
August 20th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Before Granny Gomez and Jigsaw, vegetarian and vegan families had Susan Jeschke’s book Perfect the Pig. Celebrating porcine intelligence and the human-animal bond, Ms. Jeschke’s storybook also deals with animal cruelty and the problems that arise when we use animals for our own purposes rather than allow them to simply be […]
Tags: Animal Abuse·Best Books for Vegetarian Kids·Compassion·Early Elementary·Farm·Farmed Animals·Interspecies Friendship·Lesson Plans·Meat-eating·Performing Animals·Pigs·Vegan Childrens Books·Vegetarian Kids Books
Free the Worms!
June 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo is a series of books about a young girl. In Free the Worms, she is at odds with the notion that she is a vegetarian and her teacher wants the class to gather worms to feed to the classroom snake. While gathering worms with the other students, she […]
Tags: Animal Liberation·Female Protagonist·Jacqueline Bodnar·Meat-eating·Nancy Krulik·Older Elementary·Vegetarian Characters·Vegetarian Protagonist