35 Vegbooks reviews tagged Birds.
Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson, the team behind The Carrot Seed, created this lovely little book, which captures the life of an egg in simple terms for young listeners and beginning readers. While the use of the…
Tags: Animal FamiliesBaby BookBirdsCrockett JohnsonEasterEggsGood for ToddlersParentsPreschoolersRuth KraussSpring
Calvin is a young starling who is different from his three brothers, four sisters and sixty-seven thousand four hundred and thirty-two cousins (as this humorous book points out, starlings have big families). When it…
Tags: BirdsBooksCommunityEarly ElementaryJennifer BerneJennifer GannettKeith BendisLibraryPreschoolersReadingStarlingsWildlife
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 lighthearted picture book gives kids a realistic view of what the lives of wild turkeys are like. If you’ve ever been to a farm or farm sanctuary, you might be surprised to learn that wild turkeys — who have not…
Tags: Animal EmotionAnimal FamiliesBirdsCommunicationGood for ToddlersJim ArnoskyNatural HistoryPreschoolersThanksgivingTurkeysWild AnimalsWildlife
In Give Us a Chance, author Jane Mann introduces us to those creatures “we love to hate or may not yet appreciate.” It’s a short book of 26 rhyming poems intended to provide some understanding of the animals who…
Tags: AntsBirdsEarly ElementaryInsectsJane MannMagpiesOlder ElementaryPigeonsRatsRespect for NatureRobyn MooreSpiders
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
I love wordless or nearly wordless books. I’m simply captivated by Eric Rohmann’s The Cinder-Eyed Cats and David Wiesner’s Tuesday. For me, it doesn’t get much better than when illustrations carry the story, and the…
Tags: BeachBirdsEarly ElementaryIllustrationNatureNew York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008OceanPreschoolersSuzy LeeWordless Books
Kathryn Lasky and David Catrow’s award-winning book She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!tells the true story of the founding of the Audubon Society. I, for one, had no idea that the venerable bird organization had…
Tags: 1990s BooksActivismAudubonBirdsDavid CatrowFemale ProtagonistKathryn LaskyLegislationNew York Times Best Illustrated Children's BookPolitical ProcessSuffrage
All I’d heard about Pixar’s animated film “Up” was that it was about the loss of a loved one, so was I surprised when I discovered that it’s also about the protection of endangered animals! When widower Carl (voiced…
Tags: Animal AbuseBirdsEarly ElementaryEndangered SpeciesEnvironmentEnvironmental Kids MoviesOlder ElementaryPixarWildlife
By JESSICA ALMY School Libary Journal has the skinny on loads of forthcoming kids books. Several look like good reads for vegetarian and vegan kids. Moon Bear by Brenda Z. Guiberson and Ed Young promises to expose…
Tags: BadgersBearsBest Books for Vegetarian KidsBirdsBrenda Z. GuibersonBrian SkerryBrigette LucianiCarin BergerChickensDaniel PinkwaterEd YoungEve TharletForthcoming BooksFoxesManateesMarine MammalsMeggan HillMoon BearsParrotsRabbitsSoon-to-be-publishedSusan M. Graunke
Inspired by the fact that a baby spiny anteater is a puggle (!), Pam Munoz Ryanwrote A Pinky Is a Baby Mouseto introduce young children to animal families ranging from spiders to lions. Her delightful text is…
Tags: Animal FamiliesBirdsDiane deGroatEarly ElementaryFishFrogsGoatsLionMaine Animal CoalitiionMoms and BabiesMousePam Munoz RyanPigPigeonPreschoolersSnakesSpiny AnteaterWildlifeWildlife Books for KidsZoo