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 [...]
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Claude and Medea
February 2nd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Books
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 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
Fred Eats a Pea
January 4th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM This book tells the story of a real life dog named Fred who goes from a non-veg home to a vegan one when his caretaker, Gertie, becomes too ill to care for him. A large portion of the story sets up how Fred prefers people food over dog food but does [...]
Tags:Aging·Companion Animals·Death·Dogs·Food·Food Choices·Healthy Choices·Healthy Eating·Healthy Living·Homa Woodrum·Illness·Paula Weiner·Peas·Tiffany Whitfield·vegan·Vegan Childrens Books·vegan kids·Vegetables
Call Me Madame President
December 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JENNIFER KALI I like the idea of this book. Eight-year-old Amanda uses her IMAGINATION to pretend that she is president. When she is president, she and her dog Coolidge will have the run of the White House, attending state dinners and meeting with the troops. She won’t have any problems with public speaking, because as [...]
Tags:animal rights·Animal Rights Books for Kids·Dogs·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Feminism·Jennifer Kali·Keith A. Gaston·Preschoolers·President·Sue Pyatt·Washington D.C.·White House
Stickeen: John Muir and the Brave Little Dog
December 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Who doesn’t love a John Muir story? Every year that I visit the always impressive and stupefying Yosemite, I make it a point to attend one of the monologues put on by Lee Stetson. I don’t want to call him an impersonator per se; he’s far too talented for that, [...]
Tags:Adventure·Alaska·Carolyn M. Mullin·Christopher Canyon·Companion Animals·Dogs·Donnell Rubey·Early Elementary·Exploration·John Muir·Nature·Nature Books
Pele’s Forever Home
December 5th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Books
Review By ROBYN MOORE I love Pele’s Forever Home, and the fact that it’s a true story about an important issue makes me love it even more. The story focuses on Pele, a greyhound who was born into the cruel world of dog racing, where animals are forced to run around tracks for the sake [...]
Tags:Animal Exploitation·Companion Animals·Darylynn Ayala·Dog Racing·Dogs·Early Elementary·Greyhounds·Jon Rothenberg·Robyn Moore
Maggie’s Second Chance
November 28th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT As soon as a review copy of Maggie’s Second Chance: A Gentle Dog’s Rescue arrived, I looked through it and knew that Gryphon Press had another wonderful title with the release of this fantastic book. However, the true test is that of the intended audience, and in this case, the book [...]
Tags:Animal Adoption·Animal Rescue·Animal Shelters·Books that Teach Character·Books that Teach Empathy·Companion Animals·Dogs·Early Elementary·Illustration·Jennifer Gannett·Joe Hyatt·Nancy Furstinger
Suryia and Roscoe
November 21st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN Ack! Why does something so sweet and well-intentioned have to be such a letdown? Suryia and Roscoe, in theory, is a perfect tale for preschoolers and early elementary students about a unique friendship between an orangutan and a rescued dog who live at the T.I.G.E.R.S. “Preservation Station” in South Carolina. [...]
Tags:Bhagavan Antle·Books to Avoid·Carolyn M. Mullin·Dogs·Interspecies Friendship·Orangutan
A Home for Dakota
October 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Dishearteningly, a recent survey indicated that more than three-quarters of adults in the United States are not educated about the origins of most puppies available for sale in pet stores. A Home for Dakota, a title from a Vegbooks favorite publisher Gryphon Press, is the story of how one small breeder was rescued and given a [...]
Tags:Animal Abuse·Dogs·Early Elementary·Foster Care·Illness·Jan Zita Grover·Jennifer Gannett·Puppy Mills
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