Entries Tagged as 'Vegan Protagonist'

The BFG

August 30th, 2016 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER KALI Inspired by the movie that was recently released, my seven-year-old daughter and I read The BFG together. It’s a fun read and many times my daughter laughed out loud. From Roald Dahl, the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Magic Finger, this novel tells the story of a […]

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Steven the Vegan

November 20th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN I’m in love with the vegan community. It’s a richly creative and ingenuitive one that is continuously finding new ways to help animals, raise awareness about animal suffering and facilitate a person’s transition to a plant-based diet. What other community has to tap its own talent to create leather-free shoes, […]

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Tofu and T. rex

December 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT After a botched attempt at activism involving her Texas school’s mascot (“a poor, ancient, drugged up steer” named Angus),the eighth-grade protagonist in Tofu and T. rex, Frederika Murchison-Kowalski, is sent to live with her grandfather and dinosaur-obsessed cousin in Chicago.  Freddie is a recent convert to veganism – formerly octo-lavo, she notes […]

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