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Entries Tagged as 'Books for Vegetarian Kids'

Houndsley and Catina

September 20th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Books

Review By HOMA WOODRUM On vacation recently, I stopped into an independent bookshop that exclusively catered to children’s books and let them know I was looking for charming chapter books.  Moments later I had a number of books to choose from and was flipping through the first of four books in the Houndlsey and Catina [...]

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The Lucky Lobsters

September 2nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Life isn’t so lucky for most lobsters. Snatched from their habitats, they are kept in crowded tanks until they’re bought and boiled alive. Given new evidence that despite their simple nervous systems, lobsters may feel pain and I think you’d be hard pressed to find any human who’d be willing to trade [...]

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Sometimes It’s Turkey, Sometimes It’s Feathers

May 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY 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 listed it on Goodreads as a good book for vegetarian and vegan kids. So of course I had [...]

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The Jumbo Vegetarian Cookbook

May 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT The Jumbo Vegetarian Cookbook is a handy resource for vegetarian parents who want to involve their children in the kitchen.  Vegan families will have to either skip a number of the recipes or arrange for a work-around where dairy products and eggs are called for.  The book contains a nice explanation [...]

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The Secret Life of Mitch Spinach

January 26th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Books

Review By ROBYN MOORE 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, where most cafeterias serve processed junk food). Mitch pulls out his Nutripak, filled with organic fruits, [...]

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Top Holiday Picks 2010

November 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Books, Movies

By JESSICA ALMY If you’re making a list and checking it twice, consider these titles for the kids in your life. They’ve all gotten positive reviews on Vegbooks in the past year. Granny Gomez and Jigsaw by Deborah Underwood and Scott Magoon (ages 3-7). Shop online at Farm Sanctuary and a portion of the purchase [...]

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

August 25th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Books

Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL 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 course) juicing. Like the title, a lot of interesting ingredients get blended together in this book; and although it sounds funny, it sure [...]

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The Chicken Gave It to Me

May 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN 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 score. Released in 1992, the novel features two classmates, Andrew and Gemma, who happen [...]

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So, You Love Animals

April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR For a parent who is raising vegetarian children, this book can come in quite handy. It’s a good resource for finding things to do with your children that can help them get involved with learning more about animals and their habitats, and helping to care for them. The book covers such [...]

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I’m a Vegetarian

April 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR Not many books about vegetarianism are aimed specifically at the younger crowd. But I’m a Vegetarian: Amazing Facts and Ideas for Healthy Vegetarians by Ellen Schwartz does just that, being a book about vegetarianism specifically written for those ages 9-12. If you have a child in this age group, it may be a good idea [...]

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