28 Vegbooks reviews tagged Animals in Captivity.
When I read the title Santa’s First Vegan Christmas, I thought that this was going to be a kids’ book about leaving Santa plant milk and vegan cookies under the tree. Boy was I wrong! This cute, rhyming kid’s story…
Tags: Animal Laboranimal rightsAnimals in CaptivityChristmasDiane VukovicEarly ElementaryHolidayHoliday BooksKara Maria SchunkPreschoolersRhyming BooksRobin Raven
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…
Tags: Animals in CaptivityDepictions of Meat in BooksFemale ProtagonistJennifer KaliRead AloudRoald DahlVegan Protagonist
My son, now 2.5, received this book version of Ringo Starr’s famous song for his first birthday and it has been his favorite book since. Many night this is the only book we ready before bed (again, and again…).…
Tags: Animals in CaptivityBen CortEarly ElementaryFishGood for ToddlersJennifer KaliMarine AnimalsMusicPicture BooksPreschoolersRingo StarrSea Life
We watched “Free Willy” for our family movie night with our six-year-old daughter. I hadn’t seen this movie since it came out years ago. I was amazed at how strong the anti-captivity message is in this lovely family…
Tags: Amazon PrimeAnimals in CaptivityCaptive WildlifeEarly ElementaryFamily MoviesJennifer KaliOrcasStreaming MoviesWhalesWild Animals in Captivity
What more can be said about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone? The obsessively beloved first book of the seven book series has been dissected and read and re-read since it first burst onto the Young Adult…
Tags: Animals in CaptivityBullyingCaptive WildlifeDepictions of Meat in BooksEmpathyFantasyJ.K. RowlingKristin WaldMagicOlder ElementarySeriesWizards
A Boy and His Jaguar is one of the sweetest, most honest, and fragile works of children’s literature I’ve come across in a while. Rabinowitz candidly, yet innocently paints us a picture of his young life as a…
Tags: Alan RabinowitzAnimals in CaptivityCarolyn M. MullinCaTia ChienDifferencesJaguarsPicture BooksSpeechWild Animals in CaptivityZoos
My four-month-old son received the Brown Bear & Friends Board Book Gift Set (Amazon affiliate link) for Christmas. It contains the three Eric Carle books — the classic Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? — and…
Tags: Animals in CaptivityBaby BookBearsBoard BooksCaptive WildlifeEric CarleGood for ToddlersJennifer KaliWild AnimalsZoos
I received this book as a review copy from the author. It is the story of a house cat that has a nice cushy life in a warm, comfy house. But she gets bored staring out the window at the world – she wants to…
Tags: Animals in CaptivityArtie KnappCatsEarly ElementaryJennifer KaliLionsPreschoolersSunayana Nair KanjilalZoos
At first blush, a whodunnit about a mysterious death in FunJungle, a glitzy animal theme park, might not be considered a great choice for aware veg kids and their families or friends. However, Stuart Gibbs’s Belly…
Tags: Animal LiberationAnimals in CaptivityCaptive WildlifeChapter BooksHippopotamusJennifer GannettOlder ElementaryStuart GibbsWild Animals in CaptivityWildlife
hello I am Ivan. I am a gorilla. It’s not as easy as it looks. So begins the spare, beautiful tale of The One and Only Ivan, a novel about a gorilla kept in a shopping mall exhibit, next to animals forced to perform…
Tags: Animal AbuseAnimal Rescueanimal rightsAnimals in CaptivityBest Books for Vegetarian KidsBooks that Teach EmpathyCaptive WildlifeCircusEarly ElementaryElephantsEmpathyGorillasKatherine ApplegateOlder ElementaryPatricia CastelaoPet TradePrimatesWild Animals in CaptivityZoos
Hippopposites is a visually appealing board book which presents opposites in a non-traditional way. Every page and its match on the following page features an abstract image of a hippo that’s morphed into different…
Tags: Animals in CaptivityBaby BookBoard BookCaptive WildlifeGood for ToddlersHippopotamusIllustrationJanik CoatOppositesPreschoolersRobyn MooreWild Animals in CaptivityZoos
One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo (pictures by David Small) explores the quirky interests of a father and son in an accepting and playful way. Elliot is a little man with manners. Dressed in a tux, Elliot cannot be…
Tags: ActivitiesAnimals in CaptivityAquariumsCommunicationDavid SmallDifferencesEarly ElementaryFathersJane CowlesParentingParentsPenguinsToni BuzzeoWild Animals in Captivity
I’ve loved elephants my whole life and eagerly anticipated receiving this review copy. After reading this book, however, visiting an elephant enclosure at the zoo will never be the same for me. When Anju Loved Being…
Tags: Andrea Zollmananimal rightsAnimal Rights Books for KidsAnimals in CaptivityBest Books for Vegetarian KidsCaptive WildlifeCircusEarly ElementaryElephantsJohn ButlerPreschoolersWendy HenrichsWild Animals in CaptivityZoo
Billie the Unicorn by Brianne Brouhard is a vividly illustrated story set in what we learn is a world where unicorns grow plants and flowers. Billie is a little blue unicorn who seems to continually long for…
Tags: Animals in CaptivityBrianne BrouhardEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistGardenGardeningHoma WoodrumIllustrationUnicorn
We love this book. We got it for our daughter (age 2.5) for Christmas and have read it many times since then. It’s the story of a little girl thinking about all of the fun she and her two moms are going to have in…
Tags: Animals in CaptivityCitiesGood for ToddlersJ. Cecelia HaytkoJeanelle FerreiraJennifer KaliPreschoolersTwo-Mom FamiliesUrbanUrban LivingWild Animals in CaptivityZoos
In the same spirit as The Little Prince comes this otherworldly tale of a young girl who befriends an elephant at the local zoo. A vulture, chimps, and of course the elephant look forlorn behind the bars of their…
Tags: AfricaAnimals in CaptivityCarolyn M. MullinCompassionEarly ElementaryEarly ReadersElephantsNicole de CockPicture BooksPreschoolersWild AnimalsWild Animals in CaptivityWildlifeZoos
Popular culture and movies abound with depictions of Doctor Dolittle, the man who could talk to the animals. The original series spanned several novels, of which The Story of Doctor Dolittle is the first. It’s a…
Tags: 1920s Children's LiteratureAfricaAnimals in CaptivityCommunicationCrocodilesDoctor DolittleDogsEarly ElementaryHugh LoftingMonkeysOlder ElementaryParrotsWild AnimalsWildlife
I absolutely love this book, and so does my daughter. It’s told from the perspective of a firefly that is captured by a little girl. The girl wants to keep the firefly in a jar by her bedside to serve as a nightlight…
Tags: Animals in CaptivityFirefliesGood for ToddlersInsectsJennifer KaliPreschoolersTwo-Mom Families
Deborah Noyes is a wonderfully attentive and insightful author and photographer. Melding these two strengths into One Kingdom, she has summarized our oftentimes quirky, odd, abusive, symbiotic, and vastly interesting…
Tags: AnimalsAnimals in CaptivityCaptive WildlifeCarolyn M. MullinDeborah NoyesHistoryHuman-Animal StudiesOlder ElementaryPhotographyZoos
All too often in human conflict and warfare, animals also suffer although their struggle for survival tends to be put on the backburner. The case was no different during America’s Iraq invasion. The U.S. Army…
Tags: AnimalsAnimals in CaptivityCaptive WildlifeCarolyn M. MullinKelly Milner HallsMajor William SumnerOlder ElementaryTigersWarWildlifeZoos
Barry Louis Polisar’s The Snake Who Was Afraid of People is the tale of a young snake named Leo, who is afraid of people — a fear stemming from his observations of how humans treat the natural world, including…
Tags: Animal AbuseAnimal EmotionAnimals in CaptivityBarry Louis PolisarCaptive WildlifeCompassionDavid ClarkEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksFearHumorIllustrationJennifer GannettPreschoolersReptilesSnakesViolenceWildlife
Children’s literature is notoriously easy on the zoo industry. Zoos are depicted as places that animals want to be — with little mention of whether it’s natural for elephants to stand on concrete, or whether lions…
Tags: Animals in CaptivityBirdsCharlotte ZolotowCityEarly ElementaryLionsMartine GourbaultPigeonsPreschoolersUrbanZoo
Whoever uses the word “chicken” to mean cowardly has certainly not met Louise, the feathered heroine of Kate DiCamillo’s book. Louise longs for adventure and wanders off the farm to find it. She narrowly escapes…
Tags: Animals in CaptivityChickensCircusEarly ElementaryFarmed AnimalsFemale ProtagonistHarry BlissKate DiCamilloPreschoolers
When I found out my daughter’s camp was taking a field trip to the National Zoo, a facility that still keeps elephants and uses free contact to handle them, I knew I had to take action. Happily, the wonderful parents…
Tags: ActivismAndy Ellisanimal rightsAnimal SufferingAnimal Welfare Books for KidsAnimals in CaptivityFemale ProtagonistPreschoolersZoo