20 Vegbooks reviews tagged Marine Mammals.
My kids, ages 3 and 8, are obsessed with “Dolphin Tale.” I reviewed the junior novel based on the screenplay recently, and the plot is exactly the same. But the movie, with real people (Ashley Judd, Harry Connick…
Tags: Animal RescueAshley JuddDolphinsEarly ElementaryFamily FilmsFamily MoviesHarry Connick JrJennifer KaliMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsMorgan FreemanOlder Elementary
My 7-year-old daughter has recently decided she wants to be a marine biologist, which is how we ended up reading Dolphin Tale together. Dolphin Tale, the junior novel, is based on the screenplay for the 2011 hit…
Tags: Animal RescueDolphinsEarly ElementaryJennifer KaliMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsOlder ElementaryWildlife Rehabilitation
We’re in the midst of whale watching season here in coastal California and what better way to get in the mood than with this stunningly illustrated book: Here Come the Humpbacks!by April Pulley Sayre. One of the…
Tags: April Pulley SayreAtlantic OceanCaribbean SeaCarolyn M. MullinConservationEarly ElementaryIllustrationJamie HoganMaineMarine MammalsMothersNew EnglandPreschoolersWhales
I learned a lot about orcas and their families reading my review copy of Granny’s Clan and was excited to discover that the characters in the story are actually real wild orcas in the Pacific Northwest. A children’s…
Tags: Animal FamiliesAnn JonesDr. Sally HodsonGrandparentsHoma WoodrumMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsNonfictionOrcas
Vegbooks favorite, author Marianne Berkes, presents the concept of animal migration in the multi-tiered way I’ve come to enjoy in her books (Over in the Forest and Over in the Jungle). For younger readers the book is…
Tags: AnimalsArctic TernsCanada GeeseE-BooksFishHoma WoodrumIllustrationJennifer DiRubbioManateesMarianne BerkesMarine MammalsMigrationNatureNature Booksnature books for kidsPenguinsTurtlesWhalesWildlifeWildlife Books for Kids
Looking for a kids’ CD featuring a range of musical styles and a strong, positive message of marine conservation? Then The Banana Slug String Band’s album “Only One Ocean” is definitely for you! The copy of this CD…
Tags: Banana Slug String BandConservationEarly ElementaryEcosystemsJennifer GannettMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsMusicOceanOceansOlder ElementaryPollutionPreschoolers
Manatee Winter tells the story of a mother manatee and her calf in late fall taking the journey from the chilly Gulf of Mexico to warmer waters of a spring fed river. The journey is long and the water is cold and the…
Tags: AnimalsBaby AnimalsFloridaGood for ToddlersJennifer KaliKathleen Weidner ZoehfeldManateesMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsMother's DayMothersPreschoolersSteven James Petruccio
Ever since I learned that Universal Pictures was making a film recounting the rescue of a family of Alaskan whales in the 1980s, I’ve been looking forward to seeing it. Happily, “Big Miracle,” starring Drew…
Tags: 1980s CultureAlaskaAnimal RescueEarly ElementaryFamily FilmsFamily MoviesMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsOlder ElementaryWhalesWhaling
This beautiful little story book is lovely to read aloud to young children. It’s about the relationship between Lilly, her grandmother, and the whales who appear at the ocean nearby, to sing their mysterious and…
Tags: ActivitiesDyan SheldonEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistGrandparentsLisa OnykahonieMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsPreschoolersWhalesWhaling
They’re magnificent and majestic, generally easy going and easily taken advantage of. As large and as intimidating as they once were, whales have come a long way in our cultural and societal portrayals and…
Tags: Animal Exploitationanimal intelligenceBiologyCarolyn M. MullinCharles SiebertMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsMoralityOlder ElementaryWhalesWhaling
Earlier this year I reviewed Wonder Woman: Rumble in the Rainforest and this next book is in the same DC Super Heroes style, perfect for any fan of fast-paced, action-packed adventure with an environmental twist.…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinDisastersEco-Friendly Kids BooksGraphic NovelsMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsOil SpillOlder ElementaryWhales
What a wonderful book, packed with so much! One Nighttime Sea is a book about discovering the many creatures who lurk in the sea at night—while we sleep (which makes it a perfect bedtime story). As we count up from…
Tags: AnimalsBedtimeCountingDeborah Lee RoseGood for ToddlersMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsNighttimeOceanPreschoolersRhyming BooksRobyn MooreSteve JenkinsTurtlesWhales
When I saw Hiroe Nakata was the illustrator of this book, I got excited because my daughter and I had long ago fallen in love with her work in Dashka Slater’s Baby Shoes and Jane Yolen’s Time for Naps. Nakata…
Tags: AnimalsBirthDeborah Lee RoseEarly ElementaryHiroe NakataHuyen MacMichaelMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsOceanPreschoolersReproductionSeahorsesWildlife
In the same spirit and format as the other titles in this series, Champions of the Ocean is a sound aggregation of the colorful characters who have fashioned the modern movement to explore, understand, and protect…
Tags: Archie CarrBiographyCarolyn M. MullinCris ArboEugenie ClarkFran HodgkinsHistoryJacques-Yves CousteauMargaret Wentworth OwingsMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsOceanOlder ElementaryRoger PayneSylvia EarleTierney ThysWilliam Beebe
I didn’t give the new picture book from Darrin Lunde and Patricia J. Wynne Hello, Baby Beluga enough credit when I first picked it up. Scanning through it on my own, I got the impression that the way it presented…
Tags: Animal EmotionAnimal FamiliesAnimalsDarrin LundeEnvironmentMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsNatural HistoryPatricia J. WynnePreschoolersWhalesWildlifeWildlife Books for Kids
My Friend Whale is a short story about a young boy who develops a friendship with a blue whale. Each night, they meet and swim together in the ocean. The story is really about whales, though, so it’s sprinkled with…
Tags: Anti-HuntingDeathEarly ElementaryHuntingMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsOlder ElementaryRobyn MooreSimon JamesWhalesWhaling
When talking to kids about animals, something I like to ask them is how they can help creatures big and small. “I can be a veterinarian.” “I adopted my dog from the shelter.” These are the more common responses. But…
Tags: ActivismAnimal RescueAnimal Rights Books for KidsAnimals in NeedCarolyn M. MullinCompanion AnimalsHelping AnimalsKindness to AnimalsMarine MammalsOlder Elementary
I wouldn’t normally review a series-based publication, like those of the “Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out Science” compilation (although many of their titles are quite interesting), but this particular one is dietary…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinDairyEarly ElementaryMarine MammalsPreschoolersveganVegan Childrens Booksvegan kidsVegan ParentingWhales
John Lithgow takes a different approach in writing this story about a young boy who dreams he is a manatee and believes that somewhere a manatee is dreaming that he is the boy. This is a fun and unique storybook,…
Tags: Books that Teach EmpathyJacqueline BodnarJohn LithgrowMarine Mammals
By JESSICA ALMY School Libary Journal has the skinny on loads of forthcoming kids books. Several look like good reads for vegetarian and vegan kids. Moon Bear by Brenda Z. Guiberson and Ed Young promises to expose…
Tags: BadgersBearsBest Books for Vegetarian KidsBirdsBrenda Z. GuibersonBrian SkerryBrigette LucianiCarin BergerChickensDaniel PinkwaterEd YoungEve TharletForthcoming BooksFoxesManateesMarine MammalsMeggan HillMoon BearsParrotsRabbitsSoon-to-be-publishedSusan M. Graunke