15 Vegbooks reviews tagged Respect for Nature.
This is a book that has been written for those in high school and beyond. It provides great insight into the many ways that animals are impacted by humans. Not only does it provide facts and information, but it also…
Tags: AnimalsCompassionJacqueline BodnarJane GoodallMarc BekoffNonfictionParentsRespect for NatureYoung Adult
This week as I walked past the shelves of books in the children’s library my eyes landed on one that was displayed on top of the shelf. The title, Each Living Thing, got me interested right away and I snagged it to…
Tags: Ashley WolffEarly ElementaryJacqueline BodnarJoanne RyderPreschoolersRespect for Nature
Once upon a time I was an undergraduate studying in the new, esoteric academic field of Religion and Nature, with an even more specific interest in animals. This penchant I have for the field has not been without…
Tags: Animal WelfareAnimal Welfare Books for KidsCarolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryHinduismIndiaKirk GradinNatureNature BooksPreschoolersRespect for NatureVegan Author
The early pages of Nature’s Patchwork Quilt by Mary Miché tell the reader that “[n]ature is like a patchwork quilt. It has many different habitats all pieced together to create our wonderful planet.” With large pages…
Tags: Consie PowellDesertsEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentForestsHabitatsHoma WoodrumIllustrationMary MichéNatureNature BooksOceansPrairiesPreschoolersRainforestRespect for NatureSeashores
With simple pictures and a single word on each page, Apple by Nikki McClure tells the story of the life cycle of an apple. The story begins with the apple falling from a tree. The readers follow the apple on its…
Tags: ApplesAutumnCompostingEarly ElementaryIllustrationLifecycleNature BooksNikki McClurePreschoolersRespect for NatureSandi Lancaster
I was delighted to receive this bookfor review. It was already on my wish list! A book about a boy with our family name, Kali,who was disinterested in hunting, seemed right up my alley. Kali lives in ancient times,…
Tags: Anti-HuntingBooks that Teach CharacterBraveryChallenging StereotypesComing of AgeCompassionEarly ElementaryGenderHuntingJennifer KaliNaturePreschoolersRespect for NatureWildlife
Bear-ly Thereis a refreshing look at the now common conflict between wild animals and people (and property). This book has a wonderful message of accountability and respect for all different kinds of human and…
Tags: BearsConflictConflict ResolutionEarly ElementaryGeeseJennifer GannettLiving With WildlifePreschoolersRebekah RayeRespect for NatureRural LivingWild AnimalsWildlife
In Give Us a Chance, author Jane Mann introduces us to those creatures “we love to hate or may not yet appreciate.” It’s a short book of 26 rhyming poems intended to provide some understanding of the animals who…
Tags: AntsBirdsEarly ElementaryInsectsJane MannMagpiesOlder ElementaryPigeonsRatsRespect for NatureRobyn MooreSpiders
The storyline and imagery may seem to border on the chimerical, but what takes place in Amy’s Light is a summertime occasion that adults can recollect with the same childlike wonder, joy and fascination as the main…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistFirefliesLightning BugsNatural LivingNaturePreschoolersRespect for NatureRobert Nutt
What happens when you take an arrogant jungle lion and put him in a circus? He finds that he much preferred life in the jungle, and he returns with a new, more refined attitude toward his animal neighbors. In Deep in…
Tags: Animal LiberationCircusCommunityDan YaccarinoEarly ElementaryJacqueline BodnarLionsPreschoolersRespect for Nature
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
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 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
Robert McCloskey’s classic book describes a chance encounter between a child and her momma and a bear cub and his momma. When both families head to Blueberry Hill to stock up on fruit for the winter, the little ones…
Tags: 1940s Childrens LiteratureBaby BookBearsClassic BooksFemale ProtagonistIllustrationLiving With WildlifeMothersPicture BooksPreschoolersRespect for NatureRobert McCloskeyWildlife Books for Kids