Topic: Vegetarian Kids Books

21 Vegbooks reviews tagged Vegetarian Kids Books.

Harmony on the Farm

July 23rd, 2012Review by Jacqueline BodnarBooks

For those parents who want a good message regarding our relationship with animals, Harmony on the Farm makes a solid choice. The book follows Harmony, a young girl, who visits her grandparents’ farm. Only the farm is…

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Tags: AnimalsAnimals as FoodBooks for Vegetarian KidsCompassionDepictions of Meat in BooksEarly ElementaryFarmed AnimalsFemale ProtagonistGrandparentsJacqueline BodnarJess YeomansMeatMeat-eatingPortrayal of Vegetarians in BooksPreschoolersSean R. SmithVegetarianVegetarian CharactersVegetarian ChildrenVegetarian Kids Books

The Vegetarian Lion

December 1st, 2011Review by Jennifer KaliBooks

I had such high hopes for this book. It’s the story of a lion that is a little different. He doesn’t like to eat meat and would rather eat vegetables instead. He is a loner amongst his lion friends, but that’s okay…

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Tags: AnimalsDifferencesEarly ElementaryIllustrationJennifer KaliKristen SteinLionsPreschoolersVegetarianVegetarian CharactersVegetarian Kids BooksVegetarian Protagonist

Happy Thanksliving!

November 7th, 2011Review by Jessica AlmyBooks

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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Tags: Best Books for Vegetarian KidsColoringEarly ElementaryNathalie VanBalenNative AmericanNative PeoplesOlder ElementaryPreschoolersRecycled Paper BooksThanksgivingThanksgiving Books for Vegetarian KidsVegan ThanksgivingVegetarian Kids BooksVegetarian Thanksgiving

The Owly Books

September 28th, 2011Review by Homa WoodrumBooks

I met Andy Runton, the author of the Owly books, at the San Diego Comic Convention in 2005. I had never heard of his books but they had an adorable owl on the cover so I couldn’t resist. They are largely wordless…

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Tags: Andy RuntonBest Books for Vegetarian KidsComic BooksEarly ElementaryGraphic NovelsHoma WoodrumOwlsPortrayal of Vegetarians in BooksPreschoolersVegetarian Kids BooksWordless Books

Necks Out for Adventure!

May 27th, 2011Review by Jessica AlmyBooks

If you’re ready for a quirky adventure story told from the perspective of a clam, then Necks Out for Adventure! by Timothy Basil Ering is the book for you. “For as long as anyone could remember, the wiggleskins would…

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Tags: AdventureAnimal RescueAnimalsAnimals as FoodBest Books for Vegetarian KidsClamsEarly ElementaryInvertebrate AnimalsMarine AnimalsMollusksPreschoolersTimothy Basil EringVegetarian Kids Books

Sometimes It’s Turkey, Sometimes It’s Feathers

May 24th, 2011Review by Jessica AlmyBooks

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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Tags: Best Books for Vegetarian KidsBooks for Vegetarian KidsCatsEarly ElementaryLorna BalianPreschoolersThanksgivingThanksgiving Books for Vegetarian KidsTurkeysVegetarianVegetarian Kids BooksVegetarian Thanksgiving

Standing Up to Mr. O.

February 19th, 2011Review by Carolyn M. MullinBooks

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…

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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

January 26th, 2011Review by Robyn MooreBooks

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,…

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Tags: ActivitiesAndrea VitaliAnimal RescueBooks for Vegetarian KidsCatsEarly ElementaryFruitsHealthy ChoicesHealthy EatingHealthy LivingHillary FeerickJeff HillenbrandJoel FuhrmanOlder ElementaryPreschoolersRobyn MooreSmoothiesveganVegetablesVegetarian CharactersVegetarian Kids BooksVegetarian Protagonist

Happy Birthday, Baby!

October 24th, 2010Review by Jessica AlmyBooks

ByJESSICA ALMY Vegbooks turns one today! In honor of our baby’s birthday, Vegbooks contributors have their top picks for the babies in your life. I posed this question to them: Imagine that you’re attending a…

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Tags: Baby BookBest Books for Vegetarian KidsBoard BookCarolyn M. MullinEric CarleHealthy EatingHuyen MacMichaelJennifer GannettLois EhlertMo WillemsVegetarian Kids Books

Chicken Joy on Redbean Road

September 7th, 2010Review by Jessica AlmyBooks

What a wonderful book for vegetarian and vegan kids! Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Melissa Sweet team up to create a playful adventure book about saving a chicken. Set in the bayou, Chicken Joy on Redbean Road is the…

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Tags: Best Books for Vegetarian KidsChickensEarly ElementaryFarmFarmed AnimalsJacqueline Briggs MartinMelissa SweetPreschoolersVegetarian Kids Books

Garlic- Onion- Beet- Spinach- Mango- Carrot- Grapefruit Juice

August 25th, 2010Review by Huyen MacMichaelBooks

Garlic- Onion- Beet- Spinach- Mango- Carrot- Grapefruit Juice is a fresh, one-of-a-kind book designed to get a person’s mental juices flowing about compassion, vegetarianism, stereotypes, expectations, and (of…

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Tags: Best Books for Vegetarian KidsBooks for Vegetarian KidsCompassionEarly ElementaryHuyen MacMichaelJuicingNathalie VanBalenOlder ElementaryRaw FoodsVegan Childrens BooksVegetarianVegetarian Kids Books

Perfect the Pig

August 20th, 2010Review by Jessica AlmyBooks

Before Granny Gomez and Jigsaw, vegetarian and vegan families had Susan Jeschke’s book Perfect the Pig. Celebrating porcine intelligence and the human-animal bond, Ms. Jeschke’s storybook also deals with animal…

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Tags: Animal AbuseBest Books for Vegetarian KidsCompassionEarly ElementaryFarmFarmed AnimalsInterspecies FriendshipLesson PlansMeat-eatingPerforming AnimalsPigsVegan Childrens BooksVegetarian Kids Books

To Market, To Market

July 3rd, 2010Review by Jessica AlmyBooks

Anne Miranda’s brilliant spoof of Mother Goose’s not-so-vegetarian-friendly nursery rhyme “To Market, To Market” is full of humor and compassion, teaching kids that animals make better companions than they do food.…

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Tags: ALA Notable Children's booksAnne MirandaBest Books for Vegetarian KidsFarmed AnimalsFemale ProtagonistGood for ToddlersHealthy LivingJanet StevensPreschoolersveganVegetarianVegetarian Kids Books

Trouble at the Dinosaur Cafe

June 7th, 2010Review by Jacqueline BodnarBooks

One of the things that many children seem to go through while growing up is a phase of liking dinosaurs. In Trouble at the Dinosaur Caféby Brian Moses, a group of vegetarian dinosaurs are dining in a restaurant when…

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Tags: Best Books for Vegetarian KidsBrian MosesDinosaursJacqueline BodnarVegetarian CharactersVegetarian Kids Books

The Chicken Gave It to Me

May 4th, 2010Review by Carolyn M. MullinBooks

This post is in honor of International Respect for Chickens Day (May 4). In a genre of hard-to-find vegetarian and vegan children’s books (more specifically, chapter books), Anne Fine’s The Chicken Gave it to Me is a…

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Tags: 1990s BooksAnimal Rights Books for KidsBest Books for Vegetarian KidsBooks for Vegetarian KidsCarolyn M. MullinChapter BooksChickensOlder ElementaryVegetarian Kids Books

Souperchicken

April 20th, 2010Review by Marsha RakestrawBooks

We know that reading is important, but in Souperchickenby Mary Jane and Herm Auch, Henrietta discovers just how life-saving reading can be. On the farm, Henrietta’s aunts wonder why Henrietta spends so much time…

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Tags: Animal EscapeAnimal LiberationBest Books for Vegetarian KidsChickensEarly ElementaryHerm AuchMarsha RakestrawMary Jane AuchOlder ElementaryVegetarian Kids Books

A Turkey for Thanksgiving

February 19th, 2010Review by Jacqueline BodnarBooks

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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Tags: Diane deGroatEve BuntingGoatsJacqueline BodnarMooseRabbitsThanksgivingThanksgiving Books for Vegetarian KidsTurkeysVegetarian Kids Books

That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals

December 3rd, 2009Review by Carolyn M. MullinBooks

Newcomer to the publishing world, illustrator and now author Ruby Roth is making waves with That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals: A Book About Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things. Her stunning artwork mesmerizes…

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‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving

November 7th, 2009Review by Jessica AlmyBooks

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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Tags: ActivitiesDav PilkeyEarly ElementaryFarmed AnimalsHoliday BooksLesson PlansPreschoolersThanksgivingThanksgiving Books for Vegetarian KidsTurkeysveganVegan Authorvegan kidsVegan ThanksgivingVegetarianvegetarian kidsVegetarian Kids BooksVegetarian Thanksgiving

Horton Hears a Who!

November 4th, 2009Review by Jessica AlmyBooks

Dr. Seuss’s classic is a fantastic way to teach your kids about the importance of sticking up for the defenseless. When Horton the Elephant hears the microscopic Whos on a speck of dust, he doesn’t stop to question…

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Tags: 1950s Children LiteratureAnimal Emotionanimal intelligenceanimal rightsDr. SeussEarly ElementaryElephantsHortonInterspecies FriendshipPreschoolersRead AloudVegetarian Kids Books

Hubert the Pudge: A Vegetarian Tale

October 31st, 2009Review by Jessica AlmyBooks

This book by Henrik Drescher doesn’t beat around the bush. It’s the story of a horrible pudge processing farm where the animals are kept confined until it’s time for slaughter. Happily, one small pudge named Hubert…

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Tags: animal rightsEarly Elementaryfactory farmingHealthy LivingHenrik DrescherIllustrationPigveganVegan Childrens BooksVegetarianVegetarian ChildrenVegetarian Kids Books