16 Vegbooks reviews tagged Series.
My 8-year-old daughter has been making her way through every book in the Vet Volunteers book series available at our local library. The series combines her love of mystery novels (she’s also reading every Nancy Drew…
Tags: Animal RescueFemale ProtagonistJennifer KaliKindness to AnimalsMysteryOlder ElementarySeriesVeterinarian
My daughter and I have attempted to read The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict(book 4, the prequel of The Mysterious Benedict Society bestselling series) several times- we’ve read the beginning three…
Tags: Chapter BooksDiana SudykaHuyen MacMichaelOlder ElementarySeriesTrenton Lee Stewart
By JESSICA ALMY As in years past, we are celebrating Vegbooks’ birthday by sharing with you our favorite books for kids of the same age. This year we’re turning six, and without further ado, we present our top picks…
Tags: Best Books for Vegetarian KidsBooks for Vegetarian KidsDeborah UnderwoodEarly ElementaryHoma WoodrumJennifer KaliKristin WaldRaising Vegan KidsSarah StewartSeriesVegan Childrens BooksVegetarian Children
I’ve expressed my love for all things Magic School Bus previously. My almost six-year-old daughter and I are having a great time working our way through our library’s collection of Magic School Bus chapter books. The…
Tags: Animals as FoodButterfliesChapter BooksEarly ElementaryEnvironmentFood ChoicesJennifer KaliMagic School BusSeries
My five-year-old loves all things Magic School Bus — the TV show, the picture books, the chapter books, the science kits — all of it. And I have to say that I’m right there with her. The Magic School Bus series…
Tags: Chapter BooksEarly ElementaryEva MooreJennifer KaliMagic School BusScience BooksSeriesWhale WatchingWhalesWildlife Books for Kids
What more can be said about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone? The obsessively beloved first book of the seven book series has been dissected and read and re-read since it first burst onto the Young Adult…
Tags: Animals in CaptivityBullyingCaptive WildlifeDepictions of Meat in BooksEmpathyFantasyJ.K. RowlingKristin WaldMagicOlder ElementarySeriesWizards
I received a review copy of Jo MacDonald Hiked in the Woods from the publisherand after following Jo MacDonald when sheSaw a Pond and Had a Garden, I was eager to follow as she Hiked in the Woods. As in the previous…
Tags: Early ElementaryHuyen MacMichaelIllustrationLaura J. BryantMary QuattlebaumNatureNature BooksPlantsPreschoolersScienceSeriesTreesWildlife
I picked up this book (Amazon affiliate link) from the new arrivals shelf at our local library and thought it would be a good one to share on Vegbooks because the premise of a young girl taking a ladybug and making…
Tags: Anna BranfordChapter BooksDeathEarly ElementaryElanna AllenFemale ProtagonistHoma WoodrumInsectsRead AloudSeriesViolet Mackerel
Animals used for therapeutic services are seen all over the American landscape, but their presence in children’s literature is just now making its foray. After chronicling her struggles with the real-life Toby (read:…
Tags: Carolyn M. MullinCharmaine HammondCompanion AnimalsDogsEarly ElementaryEarly ReadersHuman-Canine BondIllustrationPreschoolersRose Anne PrevecSeriesTherapy Animals
Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate Di Camillo (of The Tale of Despereaux fame) and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen is the first of what is currently a six book series centered around the exuberant pig Mercy Watson.…
Tags: Chapter BooksChris Van DusenEarly ElementaryHoma WoodrumHumorIllustrationInterspecies FriendshipKate Di CamilloPigsPreschoolersRead AloudSeriesUnconditional Love
I love Keith Baker’s Who Is the Beast? but had never read any of his other children’s books, so when I discovered he had written a series about two alligators, I eagerly sought out a book for my six-year-old…
Tags: AlligatorsCampingEarly ElementaryEarly ReadersKeith BakerMarriageSeries
In this latest installment of the “Aggie and Ben” series, Ben learns that Aggie does not listen well. After she chews his homework, he decides to send her to “Doggie school.” Unfortunately, Aggie does not listen to…
Tags: Andrea ZollmanChapter BooksCompanion AnimalsDogsEarly ElementaryEarly ReadersFrank W. DormerHumorIllustrationLori RiesPreschoolersSeries
In the same vein as the Grow It Yourself! series, the six titles in the Trash to Treasure lineup make arts and crafts an easy, green practice for early elementary students and also challenge their reading skills.…
Tags: ArtCarolyn M. MullinCraft ProjectsDaniel NunnEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksHomeschoolingPreschoolersRecyclingSeriesTrash
The Magic School Bus series of books and cartoons are a reliable source of good information about science for elementary aged kids. We have read a number of these books and enjoyed them, so I picked up The Magic…
Tags: Animals as FoodEarly ElementaryFishJennifer GannettMagic School BusMigrationNatural HistoryReproductionSalmonScienceScience BooksSeriesWildlife
Good series are hard to come by. Here’s one for fans of the witty and spellbinding writing of Harry Potter and Lemony Snicket. Set in 19th-century England, the novel tells the story of 15-year-old Penelope Lumley, a…
Tags: 19th CenturyAnimal WelfareCircusEnglandFemale ProtagonistHuntingJon KlassenMaryrose WoodOlder ElementarySeriesSlaughterhouse
Climate change is not just a difficult problem, but difficult to understand as well. Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen attempt to make the causes and effects of global warming accessible to children in The Magic School Bus…
Tags: Alternative EnergyBruce DegenClimate ChangeEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentEnvironmental Children's LiteratureGlobal WarmingGreen LivingJoanna ColeMagic School BusSeries