96 Vegbooks reviews tagged Eco-Friendly Kids Books.
Carl Hiaasen is probably best known for his beach-worthy page turners, which combine the environmental ethics of Edward Abbey with the fluff of a novel you might pick up in an airport bookstore. Happily for…
Tags: Carl HiaasenEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureFishFishingGreen Earth Book Award WinnerOlder ElementaryPollution
As someone who believes that at the very least animals deserve rights equal to, say, corporations, I’m disturbed that our legal system treats them as property. So when I read Mary Ann Hoberman’s Whose Garden Is It?,…
Tags: Early ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksGardenGardeningIllustrationInsectsJane DyerMary Ann HobermanPreschoolersRabbitsUrban Wildlife
While in school, were you ever challenged by a language arts teacher to create a poem that fashioned the outline of a shape? Joyce Sidman and Michelle Berg have taken the concept of concrete poetry, also known as…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinConcrete PoetryDogsEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksHenry Bergh Award WinnerPreschoolersPuppy
Oil spills. Climate change. Polluted oceans, rivers, lakes, bays and watersheds. Environmental justice concerns. Drought. Famine. Collapse of global fisheries stocks. Factory farming. Sometimes it feels like despite…
Tags: Alex LinEco-Friendly Kids BooksErica FernandezHarriet RohmerJennifer GannettOlder ElementaryWill Allen
Fans of Patrick McDonnell’s Wag!will love The Gift of Nothing. Featuring the adorable characters from his comic strip Mutts, the plot of this story can be summed up in a ten-word riddle. Q: What do you give a friend…
Tags: CatsCompanion AnimalsConsumerismDogsEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureIllustrationMuttsPatrick McDonnellPreschoolers
Pictures of polar bears clinging to small bits of ice have been a primary rallying symbol for the fight to stop global climate change. In Winston of Churchill: One Bear’s Battle Against Global Warming, the bears take…
Tags: Climate ChangeEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureGreen Earth Book Award WinnerJean Davies OkimotoMarsha RakestrawPolar BearsRespect for NatureWildlifeWinston ChurchillWorld War II
Based on the truisms that all life is interconnected and that we cannot artificially replicate nature, The Dancing Deer and the Foolish Hunter follows a hunter who discovers a deer dancing joyfully in the forest and…
Tags: DeerEco-Friendly Kids BooksElisa KlevenHuntingMarsha RakestrawNature BooksRespect for Nature
I cringe to find out how Jennifer Gannett, avowed Nikki McClure fan and avid contributor to Vegbooks, will respond when she finds out I snatched up Ms. McClure’s charming new book for myself to review on the site.…
Tags: Early ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureIllustrationNatural LivingNature BooksNikki McClurePreschoolersSeasonsWildlife
Famous for timeless works such as Jumanji, Zathura and The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg brings his exquisite artwork and poignant words to the pages of Just a Dream, an environmental tale cloaked in the guise of…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinChris Van AllsburgEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureFishingPreschoolers
Liam, a curious young urbanite, looks at the drab, grey concrete bleakness around him and wonders if it could be different. While he’s out exploring, a few neglected pieces of greenery peeking out from an abandoned…
Tags: Children's Choice Book AwardsE.B. White Read Aloud Award WinnerEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureGardeningJennifer GannettNew York CityPeter BrownPreschoolersUrban Wildlife
This book relates the story of a garbage barge leaving the New York City area and traveling thousands of miles, trying to find someplace to leave the garbage. The barge makes several stops along its journey, and…
Tags: Early ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmental Children's LiteratureGarbageIllustrationJacqueline BodnarNew York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2010PollutionPreschoolers
I wasn’t more than a few pages into Big Bear Hug by Nicholas Oldland before it became one of my new favorites. I rushed to share it with my husband, and we couldn’t stop laughing. I’ve since shared it with dozens of…
Tags: BearsEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureMarsha RakestrawPreschoolersTrees
Rainbows in the River is a new book by Nick and Maggie Russell which focuses on environmental pollution. The story takes place outdoors in Ireland and tells the story of a young man, Fergal, who has a love for…
Tags: Eco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentIrelandJacqueline BodnarMaggie RussellNick RussellPollution
“I wish we could save all the endangered animals in the world!” So begins this creative book by Frances Barry. Bold, simple sentences with compelling action verbs (rhinos wallowing, penguins skidding, turtles…
Tags: Early ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEndangered SpeciesEnvironmentFrances BarryMarsha RakestrawNature BooksPenguinsPreschoolersRespect for NatureRhinosTurtles
This new title from Alyssa Satin Capucilli introduces kids to the concept of Earth Day and provides suggestions for how kids can take care of the earth. I appreciate that the author considers caring for animals to be…
Tags: BiscuitEarth DayEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureGood for ToddlersPreschoolers
I love children’s books that even I can learn from and Chimpanzee Rescue by Patricia Bow delivers and then some. Who knew there were four subspecies of chimpanzees, based on their location in Africa (eastern,…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinChimpanzeesConservationEco-Friendly Kids BooksHabitat DestructionOlder ElementarySanctuaries
Big Cat Conservation starts off on shaky ground when early on, author Peggy Thomas exclaims how happy she is that she can see a beautiful tiger in his enclosure in the Buffalo Zoo. However, from there she goes on to…
Tags: ConservationEco-Friendly Kids BooksJennifer GannettOlder ElementaryPanthersPeggy ThomasTigerWildlifeZoo
The text and illustrations in Ellen Jackson’s Earth Motherare a dramatic change of pace in light of the more action-packed page-turners I’ve been reading. To be honest, the tone and tempo are polar opposites of the…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEllen JacksonEnvironmental Children's LiteratureHenry Bergh Award WinnerNatural LivingPreschoolers
Think of Eco-Women: Protectors of the Earth by Willow Ann Sirch as an Ecofeminism 101 course book meets short biographical compilation for pre-teens. Profiling eight highly influential female movers and shakers…
Tags: BiographyCarolyn M. MullinEco-Friendly Kids BooksEcofeminismFemale ProtagonistFeminismOlder ElementaryRachel Carson
In Breakfast in the Rainforest, award-winning photographer Richard Sobol details his trip to Africa to see rare mountain gorillas in their native habitat. This book is not simply a glossy biology of gorillas. There…
Tags: Early ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmental Children's LiteratureGorillasJennifer GannettKIND Children's Honor BooksNatural HistoryOlder ElementaryRichard SobolUgandaWildlife
This picture book by Marion Dane Bauer and Dorothy Donahue introduces kids to the ecological needs of animals through touching, even funny, poems — with gorgeous illustrations to boot. Each page could stand on its…
Tags: Dorothy DonahueEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksFrogsMarion Dane BauerPolar BearsPreschoolers
Newcomer to the publishing world, illustrator and now author Ruby Roth is making waves with That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals: A Book About Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things. Her stunning artwork mesmerizes…
Tags: animal rightsAnimals as FoodBest Books for Vegetarian KidsCarolyn M. MullinClimate ChangeControversial Kids BooksEco-Friendly Kids BooksFarm SanctuaryFishingFood ChoicesGlobal WarmingHuntingRaising Vegan KidsRuby RothveganVegan Authorvegan kidsVegan ParentingVegetarianVegetarian Familyvegetarian kidsVegetarian Kids Books
Dawn Bentley and Beth Stover have collaborated on four wildlife books in the Soundprints Read-and-Discover “Hoppers” series for kids preschool to first grade: Welcome Back, Puffin!, Wake Up, Black Bear!, Busy Little…
Tags: Beth StoverDawn BentleyEarly ElementaryEarly ReadersEco-Friendly Kids BooksPreschoolersWildlife Books for Kids
This hardcover book from Flowerpot Press talks about the natural history, conservation status, and threats to endangered animals all over the world. In addition to discussing environmental threats, such as toxic…
Tags: AlligatorsClimate ChangeEco-Friendly Kids BooksEndangered SpeciesEnvironmentOlder ElementaryParrotsPet TradePolar BearsRaptorsWildlife