35 Vegbooks reviews tagged vegan.
The Plantiful Plate has an inventive and adaptable approach to its vegan and gluten-free recipes. Christine Wong, who created yommme.com, includes recipes that allow cooks to choose different types of bases,…
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Ruby Roth, the author of That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals and Vegan Is Love adds another book to her collection. This one, V Is for Vegan: The ABCs of Being Kind, is geared more towards younger kids than her other…
Tags: AlphabetBest Books for Vegetarian KidsGood for ToddlersHealthy ChoicesHealthy LivingKindnessKindness to AnimalsNutritionPreschoolersRaising Vegan KidsRobyn MooreRuby Rothveganvegan kids
A gold-hearted alien monster has come to visit us, and he seeks to spread the message that chickens are incredible creatures who deserve to be treated better than their human co-Earthlings are treating them. We can…
Tags: AliensAnimals as FoodBest Books for Vegetarian KidsCarlos PatinoChickensEarly ElementaryPreschoolersRaising Vegan KidsRaising Vegetarian Kidsvegan
Have you ever wanted a cookbook that was just for kids and offered up healthy, all vegan recipes? Well now you have it! The Kidlicious cookbook is exactly that, and more! This cookbook comes in a convenient-to-use…
Tags: Annalise HowardCookbooks for KidsJacqueline BodnarRaising Vegan KidsStephanie HowardveganVegan BakingVegan CookbooksVegan ParentingVegan ParentsVegetarian CookbooksVegetarian Cooking
This is a fun idea for a book (which I received as a review copy). It gives a vegan take on all of the winter holidays – from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. I was impressed with its inclusiveness – with…
Tags: ChristmasHanukkahJennifer KaliKwanzaaNew YearThanksgivingveganVegan CookbooksVegan ThanksgivingVegetarian ThanksgivingZel Allen
I’m in love with the vegan community. It’s a richly creative and ingenuitive one that is continuously finding new ways to help animals, raise awareness about animal suffering and facilitate a person’s transition to a…
Tags: Animal RescueAnimalsBest Books for Vegetarian KidsCarolyn M. MullinCompassionDan BodensteinEarly ElementaryFarmed AnimalsPigsPreschoolersRon RobrahnveganVegan Childrens BooksVegan ProtagonistVegetarian
Cody Greene and the Rainbow Mystery is unique – but in a good way! Throughout this book, there is a solid vegan-friendly message. Readers will also find that the lifestyle that resonates throughout the story line…
Tags: BreastfeedingChapter BooksEarly ElementaryFruitsHealthy ChoicesHealthy LivingJacqueline BodnarLinda FieldsMysteryOrganicveganVegetables
Many veg families are familiar with author/illustrator Ruby Roth’s first book That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals, in which the reasons for compassionate eating are assiduously laid out. Ms. Roth’s most recent book,…
Tags: Animals as FoodAnimals in EntertainmentAnti-HuntingBest Books for Vegetarian KidsCircusCompassionControversial Kids BooksEarly ElementaryElephantsHuntingJennifer GannettOlder ElementaryRaising Vegan KidsRuby RothveganVegan AuthorVegan Childrens Booksvegan is loveVegan ParentingVegan Parents
This book tells the story of a real life dog named Fred who goes from a non-veg home to a vegan one when his caretaker, Gertie, becomes too ill to care for him. A large portion of the story sets up how Fred prefers…
Tags: AgingCompanion AnimalsDeathDogsFoodFood ChoicesHealthy ChoicesHealthy EatingHealthy LivingHoma WoodrumIllnessPaula WeinerPeasTiffany WhitfieldveganVegan Childrens Booksvegan kidsVegetables
A few weeks ago I got my hands on one of those 100-ways-to-help-earth type books. I usually just scan them to see if farm animals and dietary choices are mentioned at all. All too often these books pull an Al Gore…
Tags: ActivismCarolyn M. MullinDeborah UnderwoodEco-Friendly Kids BooksEnvironmentFood ChoicesOlder ElementaryveganVegetarian
We debated here at Vegbooks headquarters about reviewing this book — after all, it is neither a kids book nor a movie. In the end, we accepted a review copy, and the lucky job of reviewing fell to me! My family and…
Tags: Best Family CookbooksCookbooksCookingJennifer GannettveganVegan CookbooksVegetarianVegetarian Cookbooks
The angle that brought this book to us at Vegbooks (a free review copy) is that the protagonist in the story is vegan and a vegan vampire also is featured, so I will focus on those aspects as well as the claim that…
Tags: Blair RichmondFemale ProtagonistHoma WoodrumOlder ElementaryPortrayal of Vegetarians in BooksVampiresveganvegan teensYoung Adult
I’m probably not the best person to review this book, since I’m not Jewish and this book is about the celebration of Passover in early 20th century St. Louis. Still, ever since my daughter attended a Jewish preschool…
Tags: Anna OlswangerEarly ElementaryHoliday BooksHolidaysJewish CultureJudaismPassoverPaula Goodman KozveganVegan AuthorVegetarianYiddish
I had the pleasure of hosting Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson at a conference some years ago at Farm Sanctuary. He’s as down-to-earth as the animals he depicts in his books on animal sentience. Most recognized for When…
Tags: Animal EmotionAnimalsBest Books for Vegetarian KidsCarolyn M. MullinCatsDairyDogsElephantsIllustrationJeffrey Moussaieff MassonOlder ElementaryShirley Feltsvegan
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
If I had the chance to modify the lyrics to The Sound of Music’s My Favorite Things, I’d be sure to list “finding random children’s animal rightsy books at the library” as one of them. I just recently scored this…
Tags: Animal Rescueanimal rightsAnimal Rights Books for KidsBest Books for Vegetarian KidsCarolyn M. MullinChapter BooksClaudia MillsDissectionFemale ProtagonistOlder Elementaryveganvegan kidsVegetarian CharactersVegetarian Kids BooksVegetarian Protagonist
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
What’s an out-of-work bulldog to do when he’s too afraid of heights to wash windows, too allergic to flowers to assist a painter who’s capturing their beauty, and too enthralled by books to shelve instead of read…
Tags: AnimalsBakingCookiesDogsEarly ElementaryForthcoming BooksPreschoolersRaising Vegan KidsRecipesSweetsveganVegan BakingWork
After a botched attempt at activism involving her Texas school’s mascot (“a poor, ancient, drugged up steer” named Angus),the eighth-grade protagonist in Tofu and T. rex, Frederika Murchison-Kowalski, is sent to live…
Tags: ActivismFemale ProtagonistGreg Leitich SmithJennifer GannettNovelOlder ElementaryPortrayal of Vegetarians in Booksveganvegan kidsVegan Protagonistvegan teens
Wurst Case Scenario is a young adult novel chronicling the coming-of-age of a young vegan woman as she moves from her hometown in Colorado to begin college in Wisconsin. Author Catherine Clarkdoes an excellent job of…
Tags: Catherine ClarkCollegeEarly AdultFemale ProtagonistJennifer GannettOlder ElementaryPortrayal of Vegetarians in Booksveganvegan teensWisconsin
Rhonda Lucas Donald’s book Animal Rights: How You Can Make a Difference is an excellent guide for helping kids harness their desire to create positive change for animals. The book intersperses real-life examples of…
Tags: Adam Fletcheranimal rightsAnimal Rights Books for KidsJennifer GannettLegislationOlder ElementaryRhonda Lucas DonaldSealsveganVegetarian
Now out of print, Rights for Animals? in the Viewpoints series provides a close-up, bi-focal look at the myriad of issues plaguing animals, us and our ethics. Thoughtfully including quotes from notable organizations,…
Tags: animal rightsAnimal Rights Books for KidsCarolyn M. MullinCircusDeidre RochfordFurHuntingOlder ElementaryveganVegetarianVivisectionZoo
Sarah Rudy’s slim paperback portrays a school-age boy’s crisis of faith in vegetarianism. While this book is likely to appeal only to a narrow subsection of vegetarians, it could serve as a helpful tool for parents…
Tags: ChickensCowsEarly ElementaryFarmed AnimalsHealthy LivingPeer PressurePigsSarah RudyveganVegetarian
All kids can use the message in The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food— that healthy, nourishing foods are better than candy and processed snacks — but vegetarian and vegan families might have some heavy editing…
Tags: Animals as FoodBerenstain BearsEarly ElementaryFood ChoicesHealthy ChoicesHealthy LivingJan BerenstainPreschoolersStan BerenstainveganVegetarian