Review By HOMA WOODRUM How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum is written by Lois Wyse and Molly Rose Goldman and illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay (the illustrator of the lovely Houndsley and Catina series previously reviewed on Vegbooks). I was drawn to this book when searching for other books by the illustrator and couldn’t [...]
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How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum
February 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Bugs·Dinosaurs·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Grandparents·Homa Woodrum·Lois Wyse·Marie-Louise Gay·Molly Rose Goldman·Natural History·Space·Wildlife
Claude and Medea
February 2nd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Authored by humane educator extraordinaire Zoe Weil, Claude and Medea traces the compassionate awakening of two twelve year olds. Both students at a prestigious private school in Manhattan, Claude comes from a background of wealth and privilege while his classmate Medea’s background is working class. The two are not friends at [...]
Tags:Animal Rescue·Animal Research·animal rights·Dogs·Humane Education·Jennifer Gannett·Older Elementary·Portrayal of Vegetarians in Books·Rats·Vegetarian Protagonist·Zoe Weil
The Whales’ Song
January 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Review By LISA ONYKAHONIE This beautiful little story book is lovely to read aloud to young children. It’s about the relationship between Lilly, her grandmother, and the whales who appear at the ocean nearby, to sing their mysterious and haunting songs. Grumpy Great Uncle Fredrick reminds Lilly and her grandmother that whales were hunted for [...]
Tags:Activities·Dyan Sheldon·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Grandparents·Lisa Onykahonie·Marine Animals·Marine Mammals·Preschoolers·Whales·Whaling
Billie the Unicorn
January 25th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM Billie the Unicorn by Brianne Brouhard is a vividly illustrated story set in what we learn is a world where unicorns grow plants and flowers. Billie is a little blue unicorn who seems to continually long for different pastures. She tends a cornfield but ventures into the forest to learn from her cousins [...]
Tags:Animals in Captivity·Brianne Brouhard·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Garden·Gardening·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Unicorn
From Trash to Treasure
January 23rd, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN 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. Books are broken up into their respective reuse material: cardboard, jars and pots, buttons [...]
Tags:Art·Carolyn M. Mullin·Craft Projects·Daniel Nunn·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Homeschooling·Preschoolers·Recycling·Trash
One More Acorn
January 21st, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY In honor of Squirrel Appreciation Day, I thought it would be appropriate to review a book that my daughter received from some fellow squirrel enthusiasts entitled One More Acorn. The story follows a father grey squirrel in the late fall, as he searches for a buried acorn. People have descended upon Washington, D.C., [...]
Tags:Autumn·Civil Rights·Don Freeman·Early Elementary·Fall·Preschoolers·President Kennedy·Roy Freeman·Seasons·Squirrels·Urban Wildlife·Washington D.C.
The It-Doesn’t-Matter Suit
January 18th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY The other day, my 6-year-old was slumped over Sylvia Plath, moping. Before you assume she’s terribly precocious or that I’m semi-negligent in giving my child depressing books, however, let me direct you to a recent article on Brain Pickings about obscure children’s books by famous “adult” lit authors. It’s true, Sylvia Plath [...]
Tags:Cats·Dogs·Early Elementary·Fishing·Hunting·Sylvia Plath
All Kinds of Kisses
January 16th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM Lavishly illustrated, All Kinds of Kisses by Caldecott Medalist Nancy Tafuri is a big and bright book that follows animal parents kissing their babies. The unifying narrative that is noteworthy for veg parents, however, is that the animals featured are all connected by living on the same farm, ending with the human mother [...]
Tags:Animal Families·Animals·Baby Book·Chickens·Farm·Farmed Animals·Farming·Good for Toddlers·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Mother's Day·Mothers·Nancy Tafuri·Pigs·Preschoolers·Sheep
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?
January 12th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM We are Eric Carle fans so I love discovering new (to us) books with his illustrations. Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? is a great book with a veg and family friendly theme (and a wonderful companion to Mister Seahorse). Each page asks if a different animal has a mother, responding on [...]
Tags:Bears·Dolphins·Elephants·Eric Carle·Foxes·Giraffes·Homa Woodrum·Kangaroos·Lions·Monkeys·Mother's Day·Mothers·Penguins·Sheep·Swans
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