Every review published by Vegbooks from 2009 through 2021.
14 Cows for America is the true story of a Maasai village’s response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. One of the villagers, Wilson Kimeli Ole-Naiyomah, was in Manhattan on that day, and when he returned to his…
Tags: AfricaCarmen Agra DeedyCowsEarly ElementaryJennifer GannettMaasaiPreschoolersSeptember 11TerrorismThomas GonzalezWilson Kimeli Naiyomah
February is National Bird-Feeding Month! What better way to get in the mood than with trivia and folklore about one of the smallest and most intriguing creatures of flight, the hummingbird? Like any reputable…
Tags: Adrienne YoinksBirdsCarolyn M. MullinEco-Friendly Kids BooksFabric ArtFolk TalesHummingbirdsJanet LarsonNatural HistoryNatureNonfictionOlder ElementaryWildlife
This cookbook is probably a great find for vegetarian families — since all of the recipes, geared to preschoolers, are vegetarian — but for vegans like us, it was a bit of a disappointment. Mollie Katzen’s recipes…
Tags: CookingEarly ElementaryKids CookbooksMollie KatzenPreschoolersRecipesVegetarian ChildrenVegetarian CookbooksVegetarian Cooking
The message of this book is clear. If you have two moms, you are a lucky, lucky kid. “Mommies ride bikes and conquer the flu. They keep on the fridge the things that you drew. Mommies jump on trampolines and plant…
Tags: Consumption of AnimalsCrystal TompkinsDiverse FamiliesEarly ElementaryFamilyGood for ToddlersJennifer KaliLindsey EvansMothersPreschoolersTwo-Mom FamiliesZoos
One of the challenges that children’s authors and animal rights activists alike face is to portray animals as they are — not as humans in costume, but as feeling, sentient, and diverse creatures. In the new book…
Tags: Alan MarksEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistPreschoolersSandra MarkleWild AnimalsWildlifeWolvesYellowstone
If I had the chance to modify the lyrics to The Sound of Music’s My Favorite Things, I’d be sure to list “finding random children’s animal rightsy books at the library” as one of them. I just recently scored this…
Tags: Animal Rescueanimal rightsAnimal Rights Books for KidsBest Books for Vegetarian KidsCarolyn M. MullinChapter BooksClaudia MillsDissectionFemale ProtagonistOlder Elementaryveganvegan kidsVegetarian CharactersVegetarian Kids BooksVegetarian Protagonist
Old Turtle and the Broken Truth is a beautifully written book, with beautiful watercolor illustrations to match. In this story, a “truth” falls from the sky. The creatures of the land all pick up the “truth,” but…
Tags: Acceptance of OthersAnimalsDouglas WoodEco-Friendly Kids BooksIllustrationInclusionJon J. MuthNatureOlder ElementaryRobyn Moore
Liz Garton Scanlon and Marla Frazee teamed up to create All the World,a book so beautiful that it received the Caldecott Honor last year. (The Caldecott Medal went to The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney.)…
Tags: BeachBedtimeCaldecott HonorCookingCybils AwardDepictions of Dairy in BooksDiverse FamiliesEarly ElementaryFamilyGardenGardeningHoneyLiz Garton ScanlonMarla FrazeeNaturePreschoolersShoreSummer
In the same spirit and format as the other titles in this series, Champions of the Ocean is a sound aggregation of the colorful characters who have fashioned the modern movement to explore, understand, and protect…
Tags: Archie CarrBiographyCarolyn M. MullinCris ArboEugenie ClarkFran HodgkinsHistoryJacques-Yves CousteauMargaret Wentworth OwingsMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsOceanOlder ElementaryRoger PayneSylvia EarleTierney ThysWilliam Beebe
As a parent, I find myself grappling with how to talk to my daughter about the serious issues our world faces. Sometimes books can help start the conversation in an age-appropriate, nonthreatening way. The…
Tags: Alex WaltonConservationEarly ElementaryEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureIllustrationIssues Facing WildlifeOrangutanPet TradeSandra F. SternWildlife
“Let me root, root, root for the home team. If they don’t win it’s a shame.” Let’s just say I was rooting for this book, but with more than three strikes The Animal Rescue Store is awash. Based on and inspired by a…
Tags: Anne WilsonBooks to AvoidCarolyn M. MullinElizabeth SwadosPoetryRatsSnakes
The People Who Hugged the Treesis a beautiful adapted tale from India about the importance of not only protecting the environment but also standing up for what you believe in. Amrita from a village in India,…
Tags: CourageDeborah Lee RoseEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureFemale ProtagonistIndiaOlder ElementaryRobyn MooreTrees
This story is a perfect introduction for youngsters to the Lunar New Year. It follows a Chinese family as they prepare and celebrate the coming new year. Simple sentences and colorful, energetic cartoon illustrations…
Tags: AsiaAsianChinese New YearCleaningCookingCultural TraditionsDumplingsEarly ElementaryEthnic FoodGrace LinHolidaysHuyen MacMichaelLunar New YearPreschoolers
It never ceases to amaze me how poets are able to condense abstract and even concrete ideas into the simplest of phrases or pen a poem that can alter your mood 180 degrees. A few authors in the poetic anthology All…
Tags: animal rightsCarolyn M. MullinCircusEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentIllustrationJohn MiltonOlder ElementaryPiet GroblerPoetryTony BradmanWendy CoolingWhalesWilliam BlakeZoos
Bertie loves the color blue, so much that he’s got a blue dog collar and pretends he has a bluedog. So when a “black and white, beautiful, spotted, perfect dog” comes into his life, he decides that he should give the…
Tags: Animal CareAnimalsCompanion AnimalsDogsEarly ElementaryKIND Children's Honor BooksPolly DunbarPreschoolers
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg is a children’s book inspired by a passage from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden. It juxtaposes two different approaches to experiencing life: focusing on the journey vs. the destination. In the…
Tags: BearsD. B. JohnsonEarly ElementaryHenry David ThoreauJourneyMassachusettsOlder ElementaryPreschoolersRalph Waldo EmersonRobyn Moore
If you’re anything of a history buff like me, *especially* when it comes down to touching human and animal interactions, then you’ll love this made-for-children’s tale researched and written by Mona Kerby and…
Tags: AnimalsCarolyn M. MullinCompanion AnimalsDogsEarly ElementaryHistoryLynne BaraschMona KerbyPostal ServicePreschoolersWorking Dogs
If you’re the kind of person who likes animals attired in 1940s garb and dark story lines revolving around persecuted animals secreted away from Gestapo-like police cats, you’ll love Mrs. Marlowe’s Mice. (For the…
Tags: Animal RescueCatsDark Children's BooksDevin AschEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistFrank AschMiceMoralityPersecutionPreschoolersWorld War II
I didn’t give the new picture book from Darrin Lunde and Patricia J. Wynne Hello, Baby Beluga enough credit when I first picked it up. Scanning through it on my own, I got the impression that the way it presented…
Tags: Animal EmotionAnimal FamiliesAnimalsDarrin LundeEnvironmentMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsNatural HistoryPatricia J. WynnePreschoolersWhalesWildlifeWildlife Books for Kids
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL This is such a beautiful and peaceful tale that it was a joy to read. I absolutely adore the soft and colorful watercolors, the well-rounded characters with such expressive faces and…
Tags: Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book AwardsCabbagesCatsCompanion AnimalsEarly ElementaryErika OllerFriendshipGardenGardeningHumorHuyen MacMichaelIllustrationPreschoolersVegetables
The Secret Life of Mitch Spinach begins in the cafeteria, where Mitch’s classmates are eating the standard American diet of pizza, French fries, and chicken fingers (this is a sad commentary on our schools today,…
Tags: ActivitiesAndrea VitaliAnimal RescueBooks for Vegetarian KidsCatsEarly ElementaryFruitsHealthy ChoicesHealthy EatingHealthy LivingHillary FeerickJeff HillenbrandJoel FuhrmanOlder ElementaryPreschoolersRobyn MooreSmoothiesveganVegetablesVegetarian CharactersVegetarian Kids BooksVegetarian Protagonist
There are a few classic books that belong on every nursery shelf. Take for example Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram, and Brown Bear, Brown Bear by…
Tags: Amy Krouse RosenthalBaby BookBoard BookCandyEarly ElementaryGood for ToddlersHealthy ChoicesHealthy EatingHealthy LivingIllustrationJen CoracePreschoolersVegetables
After reading this story and seeing the magnetic chart, my daughter hurried to the kitchen to set up the chart and eat more fruits and vegetables! My preschooler and I really enjoyed Kia Robertson’s book about five…
Tags: Cecilia MarianoFruitsGood for ToddlersHealthy ChoicesHealthy EatingHealthy LivingHuyen MacMichaelIllustrationKia RobertsonNutritionPreschoolersVegetables
A compilation of outstanding biographies from 19th century to modern day environmentalists geared towards upper elementary and middle school-aged children, Champions of the Wilderness is a detailed reference guide…
Tags: Aldo LeopoldBiographyBruce MalnorCarol L. MalnorCarolyn M. MullinEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentHenry David ThoreauHistoryHuntingJohn MuirMardy MurieOlder ElementaryWildernessWildlife