507 Vegbooks reviews tagged Preschoolers.
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
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
That Pesky Rat by British children’s author/illustrator Lauren Child is a wonderful story about a brown rat who doesn’t quite fit in with his life circumstances. As he introduces himself and takes us on a tour of his…
Tags: Early ElementaryJennifer GannettLauren ChildPet StoresPreschoolersRatsRodents
On the Night You Were Born is a very sweet book, perfect for bedtime. This book shows kids just how special they really are. The book is based around a child’s birth. Kids will learn that on the night they were born,…
Tags: BedtimeEarly ElementaryNancy TillmanPreschoolersRobyn MooreZoos
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 delightful story about a precocious child cheers on children’s creativity and imagination. Even with stifling school agendas, lively children can re-animate a class and educational staff. At least in Olive’s…
Tags: CreativityDebbie TilleEarly ElementaryEducationFemale ProtagonistHuyen MacMichaelIllustrationOriginalityPreschoolersRoberta BakerSupportive Parents
Dog lovers will be especially appreciative of Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest’s I Didn’t Do It, a short volume of poems illustrating various facets of life from a dog’s perspective. All of the dogs…
Tags: Companion AnimalsDogsEarly ElementaryEmily MacLachlan CharestIllustrationJennifer GannettKaty SchneiderPatricia MacLachlanPoetryPreschoolers
I had never heard of Mardy Murie before reading this book, but after reading Jequita Potts McDaniel’s account of this pioneering conservationist, I now have an appreciation for the woman whose work influenced the…
Tags: Andrea ZollmanBiographyCaribousConservationDogsEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksFemale ProtagonistHistoryJequita Potts McDanielMardy MurieNational ParksPreschoolersWildernessWolves
A delightful animal tale for bedtime or anytime. Il Sung Na writes a simply sweet story of a night owl who witnesses a variety of sleeping creatures and their unique ways of snoozing. The playful, artistic…
Tags: AnimalsBedtimeBoard BookEarly ElementaryHumorHuyen MacMichaelIl Sung NaIllustrationOwlsPreschoolersSleep
14 Cows for America is the true story of a Maasai village’s response to the September 11, 2001 attacks. One of the villagers, Wilson Kimeli Ole-Naiyomah, was in Manhattan on that day, and when he returned to his…
Tags: AfricaCarmen Agra DeedyCowsEarly ElementaryJennifer GannettMaasaiPreschoolersSeptember 11TerrorismThomas GonzalezWilson Kimeli Naiyomah
This cookbook is probably a great find for vegetarian families — since all of the recipes, geared to preschoolers, are vegetarian — but for vegans like us, it was a bit of a disappointment. Mollie Katzen’s recipes…
Tags: CookingEarly ElementaryKids CookbooksMollie KatzenPreschoolersRecipesVegetarian ChildrenVegetarian CookbooksVegetarian Cooking
The message of this book is clear. If you have two moms, you are a lucky, lucky kid. “Mommies ride bikes and conquer the flu. They keep on the fridge the things that you drew. Mommies jump on trampolines and plant…
Tags: Consumption of AnimalsCrystal TompkinsDiverse FamiliesEarly ElementaryFamilyGood for ToddlersJennifer KaliLindsey EvansMothersPreschoolersTwo-Mom FamiliesZoos
One of the challenges that children’s authors and animal rights activists alike face is to portray animals as they are — not as humans in costume, but as feeling, sentient, and diverse creatures. In the new book…
Tags: Alan MarksEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistPreschoolersSandra MarkleWild AnimalsWildlifeWolvesYellowstone
Liz Garton Scanlon and Marla Frazee teamed up to create All the World,a book so beautiful that it received the Caldecott Honor last year. (The Caldecott Medal went to The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney.)…
Tags: BeachBedtimeCaldecott HonorCookingCybils AwardDepictions of Dairy in BooksDiverse FamiliesEarly ElementaryFamilyGardenGardeningHoneyLiz Garton ScanlonMarla FrazeeNaturePreschoolersShoreSummer
This story is a perfect introduction for youngsters to the Lunar New Year. It follows a Chinese family as they prepare and celebrate the coming new year. Simple sentences and colorful, energetic cartoon illustrations…
Tags: AsiaAsianChinese New YearCleaningCookingCultural TraditionsDumplingsEarly ElementaryEthnic FoodGrace LinHolidaysHuyen MacMichaelLunar New YearPreschoolers
Bertie loves the color blue, so much that he’s got a blue dog collar and pretends he has a bluedog. So when a “black and white, beautiful, spotted, perfect dog” comes into his life, he decides that he should give the…
Tags: Animal CareAnimalsCompanion AnimalsDogsEarly ElementaryKIND Children's Honor BooksPolly DunbarPreschoolers
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg is a children’s book inspired by a passage from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden. It juxtaposes two different approaches to experiencing life: focusing on the journey vs. the destination. In the…
Tags: BearsD. B. JohnsonEarly ElementaryHenry David ThoreauJourneyMassachusettsOlder ElementaryPreschoolersRalph Waldo EmersonRobyn Moore
If you’re anything of a history buff like me, *especially* when it comes down to touching human and animal interactions, then you’ll love this made-for-children’s tale researched and written by Mona Kerby and…
Tags: AnimalsCarolyn M. MullinCompanion AnimalsDogsEarly ElementaryHistoryLynne BaraschMona KerbyPostal ServicePreschoolersWorking Dogs
If you’re the kind of person who likes animals attired in 1940s garb and dark story lines revolving around persecuted animals secreted away from Gestapo-like police cats, you’ll love Mrs. Marlowe’s Mice. (For the…
Tags: Animal RescueCatsDark Children's BooksDevin AschEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistFrank AschMiceMoralityPersecutionPreschoolersWorld War II
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
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL This is such a beautiful and peaceful tale that it was a joy to read. I absolutely adore the soft and colorful watercolors, the well-rounded characters with such expressive faces and…
Tags: Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book AwardsCabbagesCatsCompanion AnimalsEarly ElementaryErika OllerFriendshipGardenGardeningHumorHuyen MacMichaelIllustrationPreschoolersVegetables
The Secret Life of Mitch Spinach begins in the cafeteria, where Mitch’s classmates are eating the standard American diet of pizza, French fries, and chicken fingers (this is a sad commentary on our schools today,…
Tags: ActivitiesAndrea VitaliAnimal RescueBooks for Vegetarian KidsCatsEarly ElementaryFruitsHealthy ChoicesHealthy EatingHealthy LivingHillary FeerickJeff HillenbrandJoel FuhrmanOlder ElementaryPreschoolersRobyn MooreSmoothiesveganVegetablesVegetarian CharactersVegetarian Kids BooksVegetarian Protagonist
There are a few classic books that belong on every nursery shelf. Take for example Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram, and Brown Bear, Brown Bear by…
Tags: Amy Krouse RosenthalBaby BookBoard BookCandyEarly ElementaryGood for ToddlersHealthy ChoicesHealthy EatingHealthy LivingIllustrationJen CoracePreschoolersVegetables
After reading this story and seeing the magnetic chart, my daughter hurried to the kitchen to set up the chart and eat more fruits and vegetables! My preschooler and I really enjoyed Kia Robertson’s book about five…
Tags: Cecilia MarianoFruitsGood for ToddlersHealthy ChoicesHealthy EatingHealthy LivingHuyen MacMichaelIllustrationKia RobertsonNutritionPreschoolersVegetables