15 Vegbooks reviews tagged Easter.
Little Colt’s Palm Sunday is a gentle retelling of Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem on a young donkey, who had never been ridden before and was recruited along with his mother from a nearby town by Jesus and his…
Tags: Ben DeVriesChristianityDonkeysEarly ElementaryEasterIllustrationPalm SundayPreschoolers
I am in a period of major bunny dreaming, even occasionally cruising over to Petfinder so that I can gaze adoringly at bunnies available at a local rescue (adopting one is a dream deferred since my place is already…
Tags: Animal AdoptionAnimal CareAnimal FamiliesCaretakingCompanion AnimalsDr. Bernie SiegalEarly ElementaryEasterJennifer GannettLaura J. BryantPet StoresRabbits
What Is Easter? describes traditional Easter celebrations as the narrator attempts to determine the true meaning of Easter. Is it the bunnies, the eggs, the candy, the baby chicks, the gifts, the fancy dress, the…
Tags: Amy WummerChristian VegetariansChristianityEasterHolidayJennifer KaliMichelle AdamsReligionSpring
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
Quiet Bunny sees the beautiful spring colors around him – the red tulips, the yellow sun, the blue jays, the green frogs – and is sad that he is the dull brown and white color of winter. Quiet Bunny rolls in red…
Tags: ColorsDiversityEasterGood for ToddlersJennifer KaliLisa McCueNatureNature BooksOwlsPreschoolersRabbitsSelf-AcceptanceSpring
Illustrating Fibonacci’s famous Rabbit Problem, in which the mathematician explored the numerical ramifications of a hypothetical world in which a rabbit population increases exponentially, Emily Gravett’s delightful…
Tags: AnimalsAutumnEarly ElementaryEasterEmily GravettFibonacciMathematicsNeuterPet OverpopulationRabbitsReproductionSeasonsSpaySpringSummerWinter
Christian children’s books about the biblical story of Easter or the animals we culturally associate with the celebration today (bunnies, chicks, etc.) are plentiful. But books which are true to the original message…
Tags: Anna VojtechBen DeVriesBirdsChristian VegetariansChristianityDandi Daley MackallEarly ElementaryEasterEggsFemale ProtagonistGrandparentsHolidaysReligionReligious Books
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
A lovely, vegan-friendly Easter book/song about an Easter bonnet and going through town for the Easter parade. I picked up this story serendipitously at the library and was hopeful that I had found a chicken-free,…
Tags: Early ElementaryEasterHolidayHoliday BooksHumorHuyen MacMichaelIrving BerlinLisa McCueNew York CityPreschoolers
I’ve been on a quest for vegan-friendly Easter books for two years now, but the pickin’s are awfully, awfully slim. It’s a surprise too, since Easter is about new life, so you’d think there would be a huge number of…
Tags: Baby AnimalsBest Books for Vegetarian KidsDori ChaconasEarly ElementaryEasterHoliday BooksHolidaysLife-AffirmingMargie MooreMothersPreschoolersReverenceveganVegetarian
This counting book opens with the pronouncement that it is spring and immediately queries whether the children have remembered their animal friends. I found that one question very powerful- how have we remembered our…
Tags: Baby BookEasterGood for ToddlersJennifer GannettMousePreschoolersSpring
All the rabbits are busily decorating eggs and Hoppi searches for a way to make a unique egg for his first year to impress the Easter Bunny, the judge of the egg competition. As Hoppi witnesses the other rabbits…
Tags: CompassionEarly ElementaryEasterEggsHuyen MacMichaelJan BrettPreschoolersRabbitsSpring
Janet Morgan Stoeke writes and illustrates an unusual Easter story from a chicken’s perspective. Minerva Louise is a compassionate chicken with a personality. As she enjoys the sights of spring, she discovers…
Tags: ChickensEarly ElementaryEasterEggsFarmed AnimalsFemale ProtagonistGood SamaritanHuyen MacMichaelJanet Morgan StoekeMinerva LouisePreschoolers
To say the very least, Easter-themed books are not animal-friendly (think: dyed eggs, ham-based feasts, and marshmallow “peeps”, although you can find these vegan from Sweet & Sara). I scoured the library bookshelves…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinChickensEarly ElementaryEasterPreschoolersTerry Golson
Author Geraldine Elschner and illustrator Alexandra Junge have put together a brilliantly multi-faceted book in The Easter Chick. Not only does book tell the story of an egg that wants to hatch on Easter, but it…
Tags: Alexandra JungeEarly ElementaryEasterEggsGeraldine ElschnerHuyen MacMichaelIllustrationPreschoolersSpring