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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Chickens'
All Kinds of Kisses
January 16th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Books
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
Chick ‘n’ Pug
August 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI What a cute book! My two-year-old daughter received this in her Easter Basket and has enjoyed it for months. We have a pug, so that connection makes the story that much more enjoyable. The pictures are adorable. Some of the jokes may be difficult for little ones to understand, but the pictures and storyline are [...]
Tags:Chickens·Dogs·Early Elementary·Humor·Illustration·Jennifer Kali·Preschoolers·Pugs
Chickens to the Rescue
August 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT When the typical order of daily events breaks down on a farm, some atypical helpers emerge in Chickens to the Rescue. Silly events develop as the helpful poultry assist in all quarters. Watch fell down a well? Too tired to make dinner? Homework eaten by the dog? Duck absconded in a [...]
Tags:Chickens·Early Elementary·Farm·Farmed Animals·Humor·Jennifer Gannett·John Himmelman·Preschoolers
Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones
August 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones doesn’t start off on a promising note for vegans because the first few pages are dedicated to the traditional notion that chickens lay eggs to be bought, eaten (boiled or fried) or dyed. However, this book unfolds into a beautifully illustrated tour through the world of [...]
Tags:Amphibians·Birds·Chickens·Dinosaurs·Early Elementary·Fish·Jennifer Gannett·Natural History·Reptiles·Ruth Heller·Wildlife
Chicken Said Cluck
July 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL A plucky little My First I Can Read! book that helped ease my daughter into reading. The repetition, simple storyline, and large font all make it early reader-friendly. Earl and Pearl are two kids who start growing their own pumpkins. Chicken wants to help but continually gets shooed out of the [...]
Tags:Autumn·Chickens·Early Elementary·Early Readers·Huyen MacMichael·Judy Ackerman Grant·Preschoolers·Pumpkins·Sue Truesdell·Summer·Thanksgiving
Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken
June 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT If you love chicken books like I love chicken books, then Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken is one to add to your shelves. When I read a children’s book about chickens, even if it is humorous, I pay attention to see if the author is thinking of the chickens’ perspective or [...]
Tags:Animals as Food·Brooklyn·Chickens·Daniel Pinkwater·Early Elementary·Farmed Animals·Humor·Jennifer Gannett·Jewish Culture·Jill Pinkwater·Parrots·Preschoolers·Spanish
Henrietta and the Golden Eggs
June 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Any book that begins with the unlovely depiction of life on a factory farm, such as this one which opens, “once upon a time, there were three thousand three hundred and thirty-three chickens who lived in a great big chicken house…” has my rapt attention from the start. In Henrietta and the [...]
Tags:Animals·Chickens·Early Elementary·Eggs·factory farming·Farm·Farmed Animals·Hanna Johansen·Hens·Industrial Farming·Jennifer Gannett·Kathi Bhend
Hilda Hen’s Search
December 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Accompanied by striking linocut illustrations, Hilda Hen’s Search is a cute story of a hen’s hunt for the perfect place to lay her eggs. After finding several appealing places that aren’t quite right — such as the basket of a bicycle — Hilda finally finds a place to hatch her brood [...]
Tags:1990s Books·Animal Emotion·Animal Families·Chickens·Farmed Animals·Female Protagonist·Illustration·Mary Wormell·Preschoolers
Benji Bean Sprout Doesn’t Eat Meat
October 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY 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 responding to peer pressure to eat meat. The plot is simple. Bullied because of his [...]
Tags:Chickens·Cows·Early Elementary·Farmed Animals·Healthy Living·Peer Pressure·Pigs·Sarah Rudy·vegan·Vegetarian
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