Every review published by Vegbooks from 2009 through 2021.
I may just be a softie but this board book (you can also purchase it as a hardcover) made me teary! I received a review copy from Sleeping Bear Press. (You’ll be seeing a number of reviews of their review copies from…
Tags: Baby BookBoard BooksFather's DayFathersGood for ToddlersHoma WoodrumMichael ShouldersRead AloudTeri Weidner
Have you ever wanted a cookbook that was just for kids and offered up healthy, all vegan recipes? Well now you have it! The Kidlicious cookbook is exactly that, and more! This cookbook comes in a convenient-to-use…
Tags: Annalise HowardCookbooks for KidsJacqueline BodnarRaising Vegan KidsStephanie HowardveganVegan BakingVegan CookbooksVegan ParentingVegan ParentsVegetarian CookbooksVegetarian Cooking
Pango…what? Pangolins are adorable scaly mammals (author/illustrator Anna Dewdney clearly has a soft spot for them) and Roly Poly Pangolin(Amazon affiliate link) is an equally adorable book about a very shy baby…
Tags: AnimalsAnna DewdneyEndangered SpeciesGood for ToddlersPangolinsPreschoolersWildlifeWildlife Books for Kids
A friend with 2-1/2-year and six-month old daughters told me to check out singer/songwriter Frances England’s CDsfrom the library and I’m so glad I did. The first CD to come up on reserve was her 2010 album “Mind of…
Tags: BicyclesCookiesEggsFrances EnglandFriendshipHoma WoodrumMusicMusic for BabiesNature
This week as I walked past the shelves of books in the children’s library my eyes landed on one that was displayed on top of the shelf. The title, Each Living Thing, got me interested right away and I snagged it to…
Tags: Ashley WolffEarly ElementaryJacqueline BodnarJoanne RyderPreschoolersRespect for Nature
I received this book as a review copy from the publisher and I’m excited that I’ll soon be able to share it with my new baby. It’s the perfect book for babies because it’s full of silly sounds that babies love to…
Tags: Baby BookGood for ToddlersInsectsJennifer KaliJohn HimmelmanMusic
I was scared after reading the first chapter of The Cats of Tanglewood Forest with my 6-year-old. Not the hide-under-the-bed-like-a-scaredy-cat scared but the “what-the-heck-have-I-gotten-myself-into?” scared. The…
Tags: CatsChapter BooksCharles De LintCharles VessDeathFantasyHuyen MacMichaelOlder Elementary
Last weekend we visited Boston with our four year old daughter. Not living in a coastal town, seafood is not really a part of our life, and beyond fish, I don’t think my daughter was aware that people eat seafood. In…
Tags: Animal LiberationAnimals as FoodEric T. KrackowJennifer GinnJennifer KaliLobstersPreschoolers
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…
Tags: Anna RaffEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistGardenGardeningHealthy ChoicesHealthy EatingHealthy LivingJennifer GannettKatherine PryorPreschoolersSpinachVegetable BooksVegetables
This cute and humorous story of a pug coming to grips with the new baby in the house is told in rhyme to the cadence of The Raven. The illustrations are adorable as the frustrations of Andy the pug are very clearly…
Tags: Companion AnimalsDiana Ting DeloshDogsHumorJennifer KaliKelly Morrison HanderhanNew SiblingPreschoolersPugs
Once upon a time I was an undergraduate studying in the new, esoteric academic field of Religion and Nature, with an even more specific interest in animals. This penchant I have for the field has not been without…
Tags: Animal WelfareAnimal Welfare Books for KidsCarolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryHinduismIndiaKirk GradinNatureNature BooksPreschoolersRespect for NatureVegan Author
I thought we might have overdone it. I allowed my four-year-old daughter to pick three recipes from this book (Amazon affiliate link) for us to make for dinner one Friday night – homemade tomato sauce and pasta,…
Tags: Cookbooks for KidsCris ArboEarly ElementaryGardenGardeningJennifer KaliMarianne BerkesPreschoolersVegetable BooksVegetablesVegetarian CookbooksVegetarian Cooking
A Year With Friends is a sweet, simple book which celebrates the months of the year through the eyes of children. Each month is given a specific purpose involving nature, family and friends, or holidays, with…
Tags: ChristmasDepictions of Meat in BooksIllustrationJana ChristyJohn SevenMonthsPreschoolersSandi LancasterSeasonsThanksgiving
Young children marvel at the interesting things they find on the ground. An acorn is a particularly curious object to budding scientists. With its beret-like top, smooth exterior, and comforting weight in one’s palm,…
Tags: AnimalsEdward GibbsGrowthKatrina Donovan FlemingNature BooksPreschoolersTreesWildlife
They are the most striking animals. Their scaly legs and feet remind of us their distant relatives, the long extinct dinosaurs. Their bright red combs and wattles mesmerize, as do their beaks, wings and curious…
Tags: Animal EmotionAnimal ExploitationAnimal RescueAnnie WongCarolyn M. MullinChickensCompassionEarly ElementaryFarmed AnimalsYvonne M. Backman
This is a book for children with active minds and bodies. The ABCs of Nutrition by Robert Orchanian teaches children (ages 2 to 5) the abc’s and introduces them to vegetables and fruit with a colorful cast of home…
Tags: AlphabetBalletFruitsGood for ToddlersHealthy ChoicesHealthy EatingHealthy LivingJane CowlesKarateLacrossePreschoolersRobert OrchanianVegetable BooksVegetablesYoga
I would consider myself a fan of sequential art and storytelling through and through but my passion for the medium ebbs and flows. I believe in comic books, I believe that beautiful and powerful stories can and do…
Tags: AdventureComic BooksCompassionCruelty to AnimalsEarly ElementaryHoma WoodrumIllustrationKindnessLuke PearsonSequential Art
The words “reduce, reuse and recycle” have served as the battle cry of environmentalists for years and are worthy concepts to teach to the youngest of children, but how? One way is to show them through action:…
Tags: AdventureAndrea ZollmanChris GallComic BooksEarly ElementaryGreen LivingPreschoolers
Temple Grandin is one American icon who either rubs you the right way or wrong way…or somewhere in between on the ethical spectrum of animal welfare and protection. Best known for using her autism to relate to farm…
Tags: AutismBiographyCarolyn M. MullinFarmed AnimalsOlder ElementarySy MontgomeryTemple GrandinVegetarian Author
This story is, in a word, charming. The Monsters’ Monster is the tale of three tiny monster friends who constantly bicker over which of them is the biggest and baddest monster. Ultimately, they can’t make up their…
Tags: BatsCaretakingGood for ToddlersHumorJunk FoodKatrina Donovan FlemingKindnessMonstersPatrick McDonnellPicture BooksPreschoolersRatsSnakesSpiders
A Long Way Away: A Two-Way Story by Frank Viva is full of unusual illustrations that add a unique curiosity and distinctive style (reminiscent of Dr. Seuss) to this picture book, which I received as a review copy.…
Tags: Frank VivaIllustrationJane CowlesOceanPreschoolersSpace
Kids love the feeling of adventure and secrecy, and yet they also crave coziness and safety. Nighttime Ninja satisfies all these childlike yearnings and lends itself beautifully as a bedtime story. It opens with a…
Tags: Barbara DaCostaBedtimeEd YoungGood for ToddlersIllustrationKatrina Donovan FlemingNinjasPicture BooksPreschoolers
We are big fans of Kevin Henkes’ books – I actually remember reading Chrysanthemum as a kid when it first came out in the early 1990s. I could relate to the little mouse who loved her name until others teased her at…
Tags: Chapter BooksDollsEarly ElementaryEarly ReadersGood for ToddlersHoma WoodrumHonestyKevin HenkesMicePreschoolers
We’re in the midst of whale watching season here in coastal California and what better way to get in the mood than with this stunningly illustrated book: Here Come the Humpbacks!by April Pulley Sayre. One of the…
Tags: April Pulley SayreAtlantic OceanCaribbean SeaCarolyn M. MullinConservationEarly ElementaryIllustrationJamie HoganMaineMarine MammalsMothersNew EnglandPreschoolersWhales