120 Vegbooks reviews tagged Good for Toddlers.
What better way for baby to learn the colors of the rainbow than from the garden? What’s in My Garden?, a board book by Cheryl Christian, will entice babies with the illustrated, cut-out veggies that slide up from…
Tags: Baby BookBoard BookCheryl ChristianColorsGardenGardeningGood for ToddlersMaureen McDowellVegetables
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
Anne Miranda’s brilliant spoof of Mother Goose’s not-so-vegetarian-friendly nursery rhyme “To Market, To Market” is full of humor and compassion, teaching kids that animals make better companions than they do food.…
Tags: ALA Notable Children's booksAnne MirandaBest Books for Vegetarian KidsFarmed AnimalsFemale ProtagonistGood for ToddlersHealthy LivingJanet StevensPreschoolersveganVegetarianVegetarian Kids Books
If you are familiar with any of John Lithgow’s books, you may already know that they are usually a bit quirky. But that’s just what kids seem to love about them. He writes books that are fun and humorous, and that…
Tags: Animal CareBaby BookCompanion AnimalsDogsGood for ToddlersJacqueline BodnarPreschoolers
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
Billy the baby bunny is on the hunt for a “magical flying creature” called a butterfly. Together with his friends — a nuthatch, field mouse, and a black-nosed mole — he looks in the daffodils and the sweetbriar bush,…
Tags: Good for ToddlersGrasshoppersLadybugsNature BooksPreschoolersRabbitsRespect for Nature
Pete is a “perfectly predictable… perfectly practical… and a perfectly uncomplicated pig.” A sad little widower, Pete’s life gets turned upside down by Pickles, an imaginative and adventuresome circus-escapee…
Tags: Berkeley BreathedCircusEarly ElementaryElephantsGood for ToddlersHumorHuyen MacMichaelInterspecies FriendshipPigsPreschoolers
I enjoy Lois Ehlert’s colorful, captivating books and Growing Vegetable Soup is no exception. Featuring her trademark bold, graphic illustrations and a simple message laid out in large print, she tells a story…
Tags: GardenGardeningGood for ToddlersJennifer GannettLois EhlertPreschoolersVegetables
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
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
My love for Nikki McClure’s work is no secret, and I was thrilled to read this small volume. There are no words to the story of The Great Chicken Escape, only Ms. McClure’s expressive, charming papercut illustrations…
Tags: ChickensEarly ElementaryEggsGood for ToddlersIllustrationJennifer GannettNikki McClurePreschoolersWordless Books
This Winnie the Pooh book by Caroline Kenneth is a great addition to any young vegetarian’s book collection. The book takes kids on a journey of discovery, finding out what happens when we don’t treat the bees,…
Tags: Baby BookCaroline KennethGood for ToddlersJacqueline BodnarPoohPreschoolers
Why does Earl’s tail wag – fwip fwip fwip? Young readers will love the simple storyline of this book and its use of repetition, and parents will adore Patrick McDonnell’s sweet little mutt and his appreciation of…
Tags: CatsDogsEarly ElementaryGood for ToddlersMuttsPatrick McDonnellPreschoolers
It’s Raining Cats and Cats illustrates– literally– how many kitties an unspayed cat can be responsible for! Jim and his mom bring their cat Molly home after she’s been spayed. Concerned when he notices her shaved…
Tags: Animal Welfare Books for KidsCat OverpopulationCatsGood for ToddlersJennifer GannettKIND Children's Honor BooksPet OverpopulationPreschoolersSpay
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
Vegetable Friendsby Tony Lawlor and Bruce Kociemba is an older book, but still widely available for used purchase. It is a great book for vegetarian kids since its focus is to introduce certain vegetables to young…
Tags: Bruce KociembaGood for ToddlersHealthy EatingJacqueline BodnarPreschoolersTony LawlorVegetable Books
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
Vegetarian Christians can take comfort in Roger L. Robbennolt’s The Unicorn at the Manger: Yearlong Stories of the Holy Night. While animals are relegated to the role of a living backdrop in some traditional nativity…
Tags: Animal Rights Books for KidsBest Books for Vegetarian Christian ChildrenChristian VegetariansEarly ElementaryGood for ToddlersHoliday BooksOlder ElementaryOwlPreschoolersRead AloudReligious BooksUnicornVegetarian Christmas
This cute little board book by Jane Brett and Kate Davies teaches little kids counting while demonstrating a mother hen’s love for her brood. The farm is idyllic — picture Farm Sanctuary or Poplar Spring — unlike…
Tags: Animal FamiliesBaby BookChickensGood for ToddlersMomma Animals
Spiders have a special status in our home. Rather than shoo them outside — as we do for other bugs — we let spiders stay, at least for a little while. It’s not surprising then that Eric Carle’s classic board book,…
Tags: ActivitiesBaby BookBoard BookEric CarleGood for ToddlersPreschoolersSpider
This rhyming board book by John Schindel and Sean Franzen is a great primer on cat behavior for little ones. The kitties stroll, roll, hiss, kiss, think, and drink. The photos are delightful, showing a variety of…
Tags: Baby BookBoard BookCatsGood for ToddlersJohn SchindelPhotographySean Franzen
This is a sweet board book that’s funny and touching – and only peripherally about animals. But what it does say is good: animals love their families just as people do. Big Nutbrown Hare and Little Nutbrown Hare, the…
Tags: Anita JeramBaby BookBedtimeBoard BookGood for ToddlersPreschoolersRabbitsSam McBratney
When kiddo was a baby, this was my favorite of her board books. Keith Baker’s lush jungle scenes combine with a powerful message that applies in equal force to people and other animals. The first half of the book –…
Tags: Baby BookBoard BookCatfishGood for ToddlersJungleKeith BakerPreschoolersRainforestSnailSnakeSpeciesismTigerWildlife