86 Vegbooks reviews tagged Companion Animals.
A wide range of dinosaurs — from Euoplocephalus to Parasaurolophus — model behavior, good and bad, toward their cats. Kids will learn to clean the litter box, pay attention to their feline friends, and be gentle. The…
Tags: CatsCompanion AnimalsCompassion. KindnessDinosaursGood for ToddlersJane YolenMark TeaguePreschoolers
For a parent who is raising vegetarian children, this book can come in quite handy. It’s a good resource for finding things to do with your children that can help them get involved with learning more about animals…
Tags: Books for Vegetarian KidsCompanion AnimalsDissectionJacqueline BodnarLab AnimalsMeat-eatingOlder ElementaryVegan Childrens BooksWildlifeZoe WeilZoo
We can only speculate as to how dogs think and reason, but I find Maya Gottfried’s poetic interpretations to be rather spot on. Covering 16 canine breeds from Springer spaniels to mutts, Robert Rahway Zakanitch’s…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinCompanion AnimalsDogsEarly ElementaryMaya GottfriedPreschoolersRobert Rahway Zakanitch
Mary Casanova and Ard Hoyt’s picture book Some Dog! tells the story of George, a quiet but faithful canine companion who is suddenly displaced by the arrival of an energetic stray named Zippity. One night, a thunder…
Tags: Ard HoytBasset HoundCompanion AnimalsDogsEarly ElementaryFishingIllustrationMary CasanovaPreschoolersStray
I’m sporting a rather splotchy face and puffy, bloodshot eyes for the second time today. Should’ve known better than to read HachikoWaits by Lesléa Newman and watch “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale” in the same day. I’m…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinCompanion AnimalsDogsJapanLesléa NewmanLoyaltyOlder ElementaryRichard Gere
What would your dog say if he or she could talk human? Like the main canine character in Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh, your pup would probably have endless commentary on favorite foods and on life before becoming…
Tags: animal intelligenceAnimal SentienceCarolyn M. MullinCompanion AnimalsDogsEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistPreschoolersSusan Meddaugh
Slated for release in May, Art Corriveau‘s middle-grade novel How I, Nicky Flynn, Finally Get a Life (and a Dog) deals in equal measure with the pain of divorce and the trials of adopting a dog. When Nicky’s parents…
Tags: AdoptionAnimal SheltersArt CorriveauCompanion AnimalsDivorceDogsGerman ShepherdOlder ElementaryService DogTransformation
Prolific, award-winning author and illustrator Jan Brett’s Annie and the Wild Animals is the lushly illustrated winter tale of a girl and her cat Taffy. When Taffy begins acting strangely and disappears in the deep…
Tags: ActivitiesAnimal Welfare Books for KidsCompanion AnimalsFemale ProtagonistGood for ToddlersJan BrettJennifer GannettPreschoolersSpayWildlife
After much searching in winter weather, a homeless cat finds an abandoned building to deliver her kittens. When she leaves her kittens to find some nourishment, she returns to find the building up in flames. As the…
Tags: Animal FamiliesCatsCompanion AnimalsEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistHomeless AnimalsHomelessnessHuyen MacMichaelMother's DayMothersPreschoolers
Susan Boase tells a touching story about a neglected dog who luckily finds himself a better home with a widower. “He didn’t start out lucky.” The black and white illustrations depict the dog’s life with a family that…
Tags: Animal NeglectCompanion AnimalsDogsHuyen MacMichaelKIND Children's Book AwardLucky BoySusan Boase
Kiddo and I both loved “Bolt,” though I do think she was a little young to understand it entirely. It starts sweetly when Penny rescues Bolt as a puppy. Viewers soon discover that Bolt and Penny are stars of an…
Check out the stories, poems, and (most importantly) pictures of the dogs loved by Lucy Cousins, Barbara Westman, Lisa Campbell Ernst, Wendell Minor, Betsey Everitt, and other children’s book illustrators. From the…
Biscuit, the little golden pup in Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Pat Schories’s early reader book, wants all the same things as kids do when he’s getting ready for bed. He wants a snack, a drink, a kiss, a hug, one more…
Tags: Alyssa Satin CapucilliBiscuitBooks that Teach EmpathyCompanion AnimalsDogsPreschoolersPuppy
I’ve got mixed feelings about the Fancy Nancy series by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser. On one hand, Nancy is a bright, confident girl who likes learning new words and being thoughtful to her friends. On the…
Tags: Animal SheltersCompanion AnimalsDogsEarly ElementaryFancy NancyFemale ProtagonistJane O'ConnorMuttsPinkPreschoolersRobin Preiss Glasser