Review By HOMA WOODRUM I checked out this book based on Jessica’s suggestion as it was just featured as a 2012 Sydney Taylor Honor Book for Younger Readers. As is apparent from the title, Naamah and the Ark at Night, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti and illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Holly Meade, is a Noah’s Ark story [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Animals'
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
Just a Second
December 31st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I remember the long stretch of days when I was a kid, how summer seemed endless, and that we settled into games quickly enough to (nearly) finish them in twenty minutes of recess. Looking back, I think that time seemed different then, possibly because of my point of reference — only a few [...]
Tags:Animals·Birds·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Environment·Human Body·Illustration·Natural History·Nature Books·Preschoolers·Steve Jenkins
The Vegetarian Lion
December 1st, 2011 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI 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 because he bides his time with other vegetarian animals like [...]
Tags:Animals·Differences·Early Elementary·Illustration·Jennifer Kali·Kristen Stein·Lions·Preschoolers·Vegetarian·Vegetarian Kids Books·Vegetarian Protagonist
Animal Aha!
October 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN In order to prove to the masses that animals are intelligent, scientists have spent countless hours – decades even (think: Jane Goodall) – observing their behavior or carrying out experiments. On a personal level, that irks me; it should be a given that animals (at the very least mammals since people [...]
Tags:animal intelligence·Animals·Carolyn M. Mullin·Cockroaches·Diane Swanson·Dolphins·Elephants·Gorillas·Nonfiction·Older Elementary·Parrots·Pythons·Science
Whooo Loves You?
August 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM I read this lift a flap board book (a review copy from the publisher) to both my 1 year old and my 3 year old. My 1 year old was interested in pulling at the flaps which, sadly, are a structural weak point in a book with otherwise sturdy pages (which [...]
Tags:Animals·Baby Book·Birds·Cows·Good for Toddlers·Homa Woodrum·Love·Owls·Sandra Magsamen
Me … Jane
June 27th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Two powerhouses team up to bring young readers a sweet and inspiring autobiography of one girl who made her dream a reality. Vegbooks contributors Jennifer and Jessica (not once, but twice!) have fawned over Patrick McDonnell’s work, but now they and you too can appreciate his artistic style and prose [...]
Tags:Africa·ALSC Notable Childrens Book·Animals·Biography·Carolyn M. Mullin·Charlotte Zolotow Award·Chimpanzees·Early Elementary·Eggs·Female Protagonist·Jane Goodall·New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2011·Patrick McDonnell·Preschoolers
Swan Song
June 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY I can’t imagine a more ambitious project than creating a book of children’s poems and illustrations to pay tribute to species of animals now extinct — and yet, J. Patrick Lewis and Christopher Wormell have accomplished just that in Swan Song. Without speaking down to the reader or resorting to sing-songy [...]
Tags:Animals·Childrens Poet Laureate·Christopher Wormell·Early Adult·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Endangered Species·Environment·Environmental Children's Literature·Extinction·Illustrations·J. Patrick Lewis·Older Elementary·Parents·Poetry·Preschoolers·Woodcut
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
June 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL (Warning: contents include animal and human trade.) What are two goldfish worth? What is a negligent, newspaper-reading dad worth? A mischievous boy and his friends dicker and deal to trade for what most appeals. One fish, two fish, trade dad for goldfish! And Dad barely notices as he gets transferred from [...]
Tags:Animals·Dave McKean·Early Elementary·Father's Day·Fathers·Fish·Huyen MacMichael·Neil Gaiman·Preschoolers
What’s Your Sound, Hound the Hound?
June 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Author, illustrator and Caldecott Honoree Mo Willems brings us What’s Your Sound, Hound the Hound? This simple picture book depicts a number of different adorable animal friends asking each other what sound they make. When Bunny the Bunny is caught flat footed in terms of what his sound may be, all of the [...]
Tags:Animal Sounds·Animals·Baby Books·Early Elementary·Good for Toddlers·Jennifer Gannett·Mo Willems·Preschoolers
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