17 Vegbooks reviews tagged Ducks.
Though billed as the fifth book in the “Hazel Ridge Farm” series, I Love You Just Enough is a great standalone picture book. Written by a husband and wife team, Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen (words) and Gijsbert van…
Tags: DucksFemale ProtagonistGijsbert van FrankenhuyzenHoma WoodrumIllustrationPicture BooksPreschoolersRobbyn Smith van FrankenhuyzenWildlifeWildlife Books for KidsWildlife Rehabilitation
Introduce little ones to the ideas of worker’s rights, justice and compromise through the 32 funny and colorful pages of Click, Clack, Moo. The cold farm cows are on strike until they receive electric blankets and…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinChickensCivil DisobedienceCowsDoreen CroninDucksEarly ElementaryFarmed AnimalsHensHumorLesson PlansNegotiationStrikeWorkers Rights
Mia Posada hatches a great children’s book that appeals to children’s curiosity and fascination with the natural world. She uses a couple rhyming sentences to hint at a mysterious animal in an egg before adding the…
Tags: AnimalsBiologyBirdsDucksEarly ElementaryEasterEggsEmbryo DevelopmentHuyen MacMichaelIllustrationMia PosadaPenguinsPreschoolersSpringWildlife
My toddler loves this book. Its simple repetitiveness keeps her interested to the end, when she often says, “Again.” It starts with the statement “I love animals,” and each page is an expression of love for a…
Tags: AnimalsBaby BookDucksFarmed AnimalsFlora McDonnellGood for ToddlersJennifer Kali
My daughter is just learning to read, and she gets easily discouraged when it takes too long to sound out words or figure out a sentence. Luckily, Alyssa Satin Capucilli’s Biscuit books are just about right. While…
Tags: Alyssa Satin CapucilliAnimal RescueDogsDucksEarly ElementaryEarly ReadersPreschoolersWildlife
In this story by Patricia L. Atchison and Jo-Anne Jagers, McKenzie is a Mallard duck with a mind of his own. Rather than follow the other ducks and make the annual migration when the weather starts to get colder, he…
Tags: Animal PersonalitiesDucksEarly ElementaryJacqueline BodnarJo-Anne JagersMigrationPatricia L. AtchisonPreschoolers
If you were my baby squirrel,/I would welcome you to the world/In a secret nest I made just for you. And so begins this tender bedtime story. Following the same format on each page — three poetic lines written from a…
Tags: Animal EmotionAnimal FamiliesBeaversCarolyn M. MullinDucksEarly ElementaryFran HodgkinsGood for ToddlersPreschoolersSquirrelsWildlifeWildlife Books for Kids
Author and illustrator Eric Carle has an extensive body of work that is well known to those with children or even those who have set foot in the children’s section of any American bookstore or library. A brief…
Tags: ConsumerismDucksEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEric CarleGlobalizationGood for ToddlersHuman RightsJennifer GannettPreschoolers
In Duck Soup by Jackie Urbanovic, all of Max’s friends believe he must have fallen into a pot of soup he was preparing. Frantic to get their friend out of the pot of soup, they strain it and search for him in all of…
Tags: Animals as FoodConsumption of AnimalsDucksEarly ElementaryJackie UrbanovicJacqueline BodnarPreschoolers
Jackie Urbanovic‘s lighthearted Duck at the Door is sure to tickle readers who love animals. When there’s a knock at the door late at night, all of the furry and feathered inhabitants of the house wake their person…
Tags: Animal RescueDucksEarly ElementaryHumaneHumorMigrationPreschoolersWildlifeWildlife Books for KidsWildlife Rehabilitation
As Duck demonstrates his bicycle riding skills to each of the other animals, we hear their critical opinions of a duck riding a bike. Then an opportunity arises that gives all the other animals access to wheels as…
Tags: David ShannonDucksEarly ElementaryFearHuyen MacMichaelIllustrationImaginationPreschoolers
Poor, poor Farmer Duck! He irons. He gardens. He even does the dishes. Duck has been picking up the “real” farmer’s slack while the sloth lies in bed, munching on chocolates. Bleary eyed and exhausted from all his…
Tags: Animal LiberationAnimal Rights Books for KidsCarolyn M. MullinChickensCowsDucksFarmed AnimalsFarmingFriendshipHard WorkMartin WaddellPigs
In this holiday story, the poor turkey remains on the run, even when he thinks he is finally safe. The farmer plans to cook him for Thanksgiving and when he sets out to get him, the turkey runs. He ends up using…
Tags: Diane MayrDucksEarly ElementaryHorsesJacqueline BodnarLaura RaderPigsPreschoolersThanksgivingThanksgiving Books for Vegetarian KidsVegetarian Thanksgiving
Beautiful illustrations depict an American wetland in Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri. When kiddo was little, she enjoyed looking for the lost duckling, who is barely in view in each of the scenes. Now…
Tags: Baby BookBoard BookCaldecott HonorDucksFemale ProtagonistGood for ToddlersHeronPreschoolersTurtlesWildlife
All that the scarecrow in Tim Preston and Maggie Kneen’s picture book wants is for the animals to like him. If only he weren’t so, well, scary. This simple story follows the progression of the seasons with stunning…
Tags: BadgersDucksEarly ElementaryFoxesMaggie KneenMicePreschoolersSnailTim PrestonWildlife Books for Kids
Published in 1941, Robert McCloskey‘s well-known picture book conveys respect for animals and kindness toward them. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard set up their home in Boston, carefully selecting a safe location, building…
Tags: 1940s Childrens LiteratureAnimal FamiliesClassic BooksDucksEarly ElementaryPreschoolersRobert McCloskeyWildlife
Ever get so mad at someone that you see red? When that happens to the narrator of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake’s book The Magic Finger, she points her magic finger and well … things happen. Veg kids will probably…
Tags: 1960s Childrens LiteratureAnimal Familiesanimal rightsAnti-HuntingDeerDucksHuntingOlder ElementaryQuentin BlakeRoald Dahlvegan kidsvegetarian kids