Topic: Thanksgiving Books for Vegetarian Kids

12 Vegbooks reviews tagged Thanksgiving Books for Vegetarian Kids.

The Great Turkey Race

The Great Turkey Race

The Great Turkey Racestarts with a silly premise. The turkeys have overheard the farmer saying one of them will be the Thanksgiving turkey, and so they begin a competition — the great turkey race — to determine who…

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Gobble Gobble

Gobble Gobble

As my husband and I sat with our specially ordered vegan meals in front of us, I heard the wedding guests sitting on the other side of the table raving about deep frying turkeys and giving pointers to another couple…

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Happy Thanksliving!

Happy Thanksliving!

It’s no secret that Nathalie VanBalen’s Garlic- Onion- Beet- Spinach- Mango- Carrot- Grapefruit Juice gets me totally, TOTALLY pumped! Or that ever since my husband and I started making our free-form garlic mashed…

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Sometimes It’s Turkey, Sometimes It’s Feathers

Sometimes It’s Turkey, Sometimes It’s Feathers

I’d first heard of Lorna Balian’s picture book Sometimes It’s Turkey, Sometimes It’s Feathers because it was recommended on the Vegetarian Resource Group’s veg parents listserv. Then I noticed that readers had also…

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Silly Tilly’s Thanksgiving Dinner

Silly Tilly’s Thanksgiving Dinner

Silly Tilly is a sweet, and yes silly, mole who invites her friends over for Thanksgiving dinner. She inadvertently a) forgets to make the dinner; and b) gives them recipes instead of invitations. Thinking they’ve…

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Over the River: A Turkey’s Tale

Over the River: A Turkey’s Tale

Using Lydia Maria Child’s poem, “Over the River and Through the Woods” as a backdrop for his book Over the River: A Turkey’s Tale, Derek Anderson spins this classic Thanksgiving piece by featuring a family of turkeys…

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A Turkey for Thanksgiving

A Turkey for Thanksgiving

Finding Thanksgiving-themed children’s books that are vegetarian-friendly can be a daunting task. Most are focused on dinner themes and images that most vegetarian parents would rather avoid, if at all possible. With…

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Run, Turkey, Run

Run, Turkey, Run

In this holiday story, the poor turkey remains on the run, even when he thinks he is finally safe. The farmer plans to cook him for Thanksgiving and when he sets out to get him, the turkey runs. He ends up using…

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‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving

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Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants, wrote and illustrated a decidedly pro-vegetarian children’s book for publishing behemoth Scholastic. In a playful parody on the classic Christmas poem, Pilkey brings a…

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Vegbooks reviews were published from 2009–2021.