36 Vegbooks reviews tagged Nature Books.
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
For every parent who wants to teach their child about urban sprawl and what happens when the woods are cleared for more houses, Where Once There Was a Wood is a great choice. The book, which is perfect for young…
Tags: Denise FlemingEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentFoxesHeronsJacqueline BodnarNatural HistoryNature BooksPreschoolersUrban SprawlWoodchucks
In the hum drum of suburbia, Wesley is an inharmonious presence, disliking pizza, soda and, goodness gracious, even professional football! Let’s root for the ambitious young underdog as he subtly sticks it to his…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryGreen LivingNatural LivingNature BooksPaul FleischmanPreschoolers
I have to admit that one of the reasons I think books are the perfect gift for a child is because, as a rule, they don’t make noise. So I’m more than a little surprised to find myself so enamored with Sounds of the…
Tags: AfricaEarly ElementaryElephantsMaurice PledgerNatural HistoryNature BooksWildlifeWildlife Books for KidsZebras
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
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
“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
The Carrot Seed is a board book about a little boy who plants a seed and patiently awaits its sprout. While not pertaining to animals, the book illustrates the sense of awe for and love of the earth natural to…
Tags: 1940s Childrens LiteratureBaby BookBoard BookConfidenceCrockett JohnsonGardenGardeningMaureen McDowellNatural LivingNature BooksRuth Krauss
Sherry Been and Cathy Morrison’s book gives kids a taste of natural history by telling them about a tiger’s life in the second person. “If you were a tiger,” the book reads, “we would call you Great Swimmer. You have…
Tags: Cathy MorrisonEarly ElementaryNatural HistoryNature BooksPreschoolersSherry BeenTiger
I want to wallpaper my apartment with the illustrations from Carin Berger’s The Little Yellow Leaf! OK, maybe I’ll just frame a few images. All joking aside, this is one of the most beautiful children’s books I’ve…
Tags: Carin BergerEarly ElementaryNature BooksNew York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008Preschoolers
It’s hard not to be amazed by this book by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell. First there’s the surprise of a carnivorous snail. To see one up close, complete with lip extensions that look like a mustache,…
Tags: CarnivoresEarly ElementaryGeisel Honor BookNature BooksPreschoolersRichard P. CampbellSarah C. Campbellvegetarian kidsWolfsnail